Delta (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Delta (provincial electoral district).

Delta

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Carla Qualtrough Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	103,064
Electors (2015)	77,892
Area (km²)[2]	207
Pop. density (per km²)	497.9
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Delta

Delta is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015.

History

The 1988–1997 edition of this riding was created in 1987 from parts of Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings. During this period of time, the riding consisted of the District Municipality of Delta and the southwest part of the District Municipality of Surrey. It was abolished in 1996, and became part of Delta—South Richmond.

The riding was recreated following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution.^[3] The boundaries for this edition of the riding are perfectly coterminal with the District Municipality of Delta. The riding was created from parts of Newton—North Delta and Delta—Richmond East. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Delta (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[4]		2016[5]		2011[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	56,580	51.7%	62,285	61.3%	67,090	67.45%
South Asian	28,100	25.68%	20,495	20.17%	17,035	17.13%
East Asian[b]	11,445	10.46%	9,365	9.22%	7,105	7.14%
Southeast Asian[c]	4,525	4.13%	3,255	3.2%	3,170	3.19%
Indigenous	3,450	3.15%	2,950	2.9%	2,515	2.53%
African	1,120	1.02%	795	0.78%	595	0.6%
Latin American	1,060	0.97%	820	0.81%	715	0.72%
Middle Eastern[d]	945	0.86%	520	0.51%	240	0.24%
Other[e]	2,205	2.01%	1,125	1.11%	1,005	1.01%
Total responses	109,435	98.84%	101,600	98.58%	99,465	98.88%
Total population	110,721	100%	103,064	100%	100,588	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Delta Riding created from Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
34th	1988–1993		Stan Wilbee	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		John Cummins	Reform
Riding dissolved into Delta—South Richmond
Riding re-created from Newton—North Delta and Delta—Richmond East
42nd	2015–2019		Carla Qualtrough	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

2015–present

Graph of election results in Delta (2013-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carla Qualtrough	22,105	42.26	+1.03	$103,546.64
	Conservative	Garry Shearer	17,695	33.83	+0.84	$80,980.88
	New Democratic	Monika Dean	9,591	18.33	+2.04	$3,705.19
	People's	Paul Tarasenko	1,291	2.47	+0.71	$0.00
	Green	Jeremy Smith	1,244	2.39	-3.89	$0.00
	Independent	Hong Yan Pan	379	0.72	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,305	99.43	+0.09	$109,817.32
Total rejected ballots			300	0.57	-0.09
Turnout			52,605	67.54	-3.15
Eligible voters			77,892
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.10
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	23,697	42.54
	Conservative	18,681	33.54
	New Democratic	10,276	18.45
	People's	1,381	2.48
	Green	1,244	2.23
	Others	424	0.76

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carla Qualtrough	22,257	41.2	-7.92
	Conservative	Tanya Corbet	17,809	33.0	+0.22
	New Democratic	Randy Anderson-Fennell	8,792	16.3	+1.38
	Green	Craig DeCraene	3,387	6.3	+3.13
	People's	Angelina Ireland	948	1.8	-
	Independent	Amarit Bains	398	0.7	-
	Independent	Tony Bennett	385	0.7	-
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,976	100.0
Total rejected ballots			361
Turnout			54,337	70.7
Eligible voters			76,871
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.07
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carla Qualtrough	27,355	49.12	+30.55	$72,634.16
	Conservative	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	18,255	32.78	-15.17	$174,408.46
	New Democratic	Jeremy Leveque	8,311	14.92	-13.13	$59,352.24
	Green	Anthony Edward Devellano	1,768	3.17	-1.57	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,689	100.00		$206,935.20
Total rejected ballots			200	0.36	–
Turnout			55,889	74.47	–
Eligible voters			75,044
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.86
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,982	47.95
	New Democratic	12,862	28.06
	Liberal	8,514	18.57
	Green	2,177	4.75
	Others	307	0.67

1987–1996

Graph of election results in Delta (1987-1996) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Cummins	17,161	38.30	+33.85
	Liberal	Karen Morgan	13,750	30.69	+10.80
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	9,245	20.63	-23.62
	New Democratic	Lloyd Macdonald	2,577	5.75	-23.36
	National	John Waller	1,173	2.62	–
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	347	0.77	-1.02
	Natural Law	Joan Buzik	177	0.40	–
	Green	Bryan Wagman	165	0.37	–
	Independent	Benjamin Brian Wolfe	103	0.23	–
	Independent	Ryan Bigge	59	0.13	–
	Independent	Carollyne Tayler	36	0.08	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Nevenka Kos	11	0.02	–
Total valid votes			44,804	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.52

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	19,755	44.25
	New Democratic	Sylvia Bishop	12,995	29.11
	Liberal	Fred Gingell	8,880	19.89
	Reform	John Cummins	1,987	4.45
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	801	1.79
	Independent	Gerard Baisch	134	0.30
	Libertarian	Kurt Pokrandt	88	0.20
Total valid votes			44,640	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Historic ridings with the name Delta

• Burnaby—Richmond—Delta (1970–1976)
• Delta—Richmond East (2003–)
• Newton—North Delta (2003–)
• Richmond—South Delta (1976–1987)
• Surrey—White Rock—North Delta (1976–1987)

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 "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" 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. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Final Report – British Columbia
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
7. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
8. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Delta, 30 September 2015
12. Official Voting Results - Delta
13. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
14. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament