South Surrey—White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Coordinates:	49.057°N 122.786°W / 49.057; -122.786
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kerry-Lynne Findlay Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	94,678
Electors (2017)	79,359
Area (km²)[1]	154
Pop. density (per km²)	614.8
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Semiahmoo, Surrey, White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock (French: Surrey-Sud—White Rock) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompass a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta, and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale.^[2]

South Surrey—White Rock 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, on October 19, 2015.^[3]

The 2017 by-election was won by Liberal candidate and former White Rock mayor Gordie Hogg.^[4] However, the Conservatives were quick to regain their seat with Kerry-Lynne Findlay winning the 43nd Canadian federal election, defeating Gordie Hogg who entered Parliament through a by-election.^[5]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in South Surrey—White Rock (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	70,055	60.08%	70,635	69.86%	73,055	79.44%
East Asian[b]	21,745	18.65%	15,075	14.91%	8,665	9.42%
South Asian	14,095	12.09%	8,640	8.55%	5,495	5.98%
Southeast Asian[c]	3,140	2.69%	1,745	1.73%	1,515	1.65%
Indigenous	2,475	2.12%	2,250	2.23%	1,555	1.69%
African	1,325	1.14%	685	0.68%	505	0.55%
Latin American	1,195	1.02%	680	0.67%	345	0.38%
Middle Eastern[d]	980	0.84%	520	0.51%	360	0.39%
Other[e]	1,600	1.37%	870	0.86%	475	0.52%
Total responses	116,610	97.44%	101,105	97.17%	91,965	97.13%
Total population	119,672	100%	104,051	100%	94,678	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2011 Canadian census^[9]

Religions: 52.1% Christian, 4.3% Sikh, 1.4% Buddhist, 1.1% Muslim, 2.0% Other, 39.1% None.
Median income: $34,974 (2010)
Average income: $50,826 (2010)

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
South Surrey—White Rock Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
42nd	2015–2017		Dianne Watts	Conservative
	2017–2019		Gordie Hogg	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Kerry-Lynne Findlay	Conservative
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in South Surrey—White Rock (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,802	42.44
	Liberal	21,816	38.90
	New Democratic	8,302	14.80
	People's	2,162	3.86

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	24,158	42.5	+0.6	$116,336.93
	Liberal	Gordie Hogg	22,166	39.0	+2.9	$106,216.01
	New Democratic	June Liu	8,395	14.8	+2.5	$5,597.59
	People's	Gary Jensen	2,186	3.8	+2.3	$2,520.21
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,905	99.6	–	$116,892.25
Total rejected ballots			340	0.4
Turnout			57,245	64.7	-6.7
Eligible voters			88,048
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.6
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	24,310	41.9	-0.24	$109,768.11
	Liberal	Gordie Hogg	21,692	37.4	-10.09	none listed
	New Democratic	Stephen Crozier	6,716	11.6	+6.72	none listed
	Green	Beverly Pixie Hobby	4,458	7.7	+3.58	none listed
	People's	Joel Poulin	852	1.5	–	$5,942.36
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,028	100.0
Total rejected ballots			326
Turnout			58,354	69.4
Eligible voters			84,138
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.3
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a by-election which was held on December 11, 2017.^[15]

Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017 Resignation of Dianne Watts
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordie Hogg	14,369	47.49	+6.00
	Conservative	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	12,752	42.14	-1.89
	New Democratic	Jonathan Silveira	1,478	4.88	-5.53
	Green	Larry Colero	1,247	4.12	+0.70
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	238	0.79
	Libertarian	Donald Wilson	89	0.29	-0.17
	Progressive Canadian	Michael Huenefeld	86	0.28	+0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			30,259	38.13	-36.60
Eligible voters			79,359
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+1.40

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dianne Watts	24,934	44.03	-8.85	$161,579.40
	Liberal	Judith Higginbotham	23,495	41.49	+22.40	$40,658.82
	New Democratic	Pixie Hobby	5,895	10.41	-8.78	$38,925.44
	Green	Larry Colero	1,938	3.42	-2.44	$12.62
	Libertarian	Bonnie Hu	261	0.46	–	–
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	108	0.19	–	$400.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,631	100.00		$208,357.11
Total rejected ballots			219	0.39	–
Turnout			56,850	74.73	–
Eligible voters			76,078
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.63
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

2011 federal election redistributed results[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,890	52.9
	New Democratic	8,671	19.2
	Liberal	8,624	19.0
	Green	2,648	5.9
	Others	1,344	3.0

See also

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

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. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
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