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Surrey Centre
Surrey Centre (French: Surrey-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Surrey North.

Surrey Centre was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Surrey Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021 2016 2011
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
South Asian 52,060 40.04% 41,515 35.06% 36,530 33.23%
European 28,845 22.19% 36,030 30.43% 39,670 36.09%
Southeast Asian 18,800 14.46% 15,065 12.72% 14,325 13.03%
East Asian 9,680 7.45% 8,910 7.52% 7,320 6.66%
Middle Eastern 5,420 4.17% 4,195 3.54% 2,235 2.03%
African 4,545 3.5% 3,225 2.72% 2,035 1.85%
Indigenous 3,660 2.82% 4,465 3.77% 4,175 3.8%
Latin American 2,955 2.27% 2,450 2.07% 2,110 1.92%
Other 4,050 3.12% 2,555 2.16% 1,530 1.39%
Total responses 130,010 98.74% 118,410 98.53% 109,915 98.59%
Total population 131,670 100% 120,172 100% 111,486 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Surrey Centre
Riding created from Surrey North
42nd  2015–2019     Randeep Sarai Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Liberal 15,753 44.63
  New Democratic 9,729 27.57
  Conservative 7,292 20.66
  People's 1,361 3.86
  Green 780 2.21
  Others 379 1.07

2013 representation order

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 16,862 44.4 +7.0 $88,830.88
New Democratic Sonia Andhi 10,268 27.0 -0.5 $48,702.94
Conservative Tina Bains 8,075 21.2 -4.2 $16,911.31
People's Joe Kennedy 1,539 4.0 +2.3 $2,301.17
Green Felix Kongyuy 838 2.2 -4.0 $0.00
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 289 0.8 -0.1 $3,869.07
Communist Ryan Abbott 137 0.4 +0.1 $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,386 98.7 – $108,719.22
Total rejected ballots 510 1.3
Turnout 38,896 51.7
Eligible voters 75,297
Liberal hold Swing +3.8
Source: Elections Canada
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 15,453 37.40 -7.62 $83,457.32
New Democratic Sarjit Singh Saran 11,353 27.48 -2.60 $50,584.88
Conservative Tina Bains 10,505 25.42 +5.62 $45,184.43
Green John Werring 2,558 6.19 +2.73 $2,721.98
People's Jaswinder Singh Dilawari 709 1.72 $5,821.65
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 378 0.91 -0.37 none listed
Independent Jeffrey Breti 243 0.59 none listed
Communist George Gidora 120 0.29 -0.02 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,319 98.87
Total rejected ballots 471 1.13 +0.32
Turnout 41,790 54.46 -6.05
Eligible voters 76,731
Liberal hold Swing -2.54
Source: Elections Canada
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 19,471 45.07 +27.31 $106,885.13
New Democratic Jasbir Sandhu 12,992 30.08 -9.95 $128,114.24
Conservative Sucha Thind 8,556 19.81 -15.85 $93,713.10
Green Jeremiah Deneault 1,493 3.46 -0.18 –
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 553 1.28 – $5,295.88
Communist Iqbal Kahlon 133 0.31 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,198 99.19   $203,771.47
Total rejected ballots 352 0.81 –
Turnout 43,550 60.51 –
Eligible voters 71,966
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +18.63
Source: Elections Canada
2011 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 13,041 40.03
  Conservative 11,618 35.66
  Liberal 5,787 17.76
  Green 1,186 3.64
  Others 949 2.91

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Final Report – British Columbia
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  11. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Surrey Centre, 30 September 2015
  12. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  13. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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