Surrey (electoral District)
Surrey was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The area it covered was formerly part of the electoral district of Delta. It returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of B.C. from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter. It was abolished prior to the 1986 election into Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, Surrey-Newton and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. For other historical and current ridings in Vancouver or the North Shore see Vancouver (electoral districts). For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs * Bill Vander Zalm *Rita Johnston Electoral history , Liberal , Renaldo Angelo Masi , align="right", 1,234 , align="right", 8.45% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 14,604 !align="right", 100.00% !al ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canadian Province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territorial governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada. The powers flowing from th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1972 British Columbia General Election
The 1972 British Columbia general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 24, 1972, and held on August 30, 1972. The new legislature met for the first time on October 17, 1972. David Barrett led the social democratic New Democratic Party to victory, winning a majority government. The Social Credit Party, led by Premier W.A.C. Bennett, was defeated after governing British Columbia since the 1952 election. Social Credit's share of the popular vote fell by over 15 percentage points, and the party lost 28 of the seats it had won in the previous election. The Liberal Party held onto its five seats, while the Progressive Conservative Party, under the leadership of Derrill Warren, returned to the legislature for the first time since the 1953 election by winning two seats. In four ridings and part of a fifth, a referendum was held on the question of daylight s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surrey-White Rock
Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region. Demographics Geography The riding is bounded on the south and west by Semiahmoo Bay, on the east by Highway 99, and on the north by 24th Avenue. The riding contains the southwest corner of Surrey, the city of White Rock, and the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve. History This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly: Member of Legislative Assembly The current MLA is Trevor Halford. He was elected in 2020. The previous MLA was Tracy Redies, first elected in 2017, she was the former CEO of Coast Capital Savings and now the CEO for Science World. And before Redies was Gordon Hogg, a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997 by-election. Hogg, Redies and Halford all represent the British Columbia Liberal Pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surrey-Whalley
Surrey-Whalley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries. The newly created riding of Surrey-Whalley kept the majority of the original Surrey-Whalley riding and added a portion of Surrey-Green Timbers. Member of Legislative Assembly On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Its MLA is Bruce Ralston. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in the 2009 election. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Election results , - , - , NDP , Joan Smallwood , align="right", 4,536 , align="right", 30.99% , align="right", , align="right", $42,735 , - , NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surrey-Green Timbers
Surrey-Green Timbers is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography 1999 Redistribution History This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly: Member of Legislative Assembly The current MLA is Rachna Singh, a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia who was elected in 2017. Election results , - , - , NDP , Sue Hammell , align="right", 5,592 , align="right", 36.31% , align="right", -13.80% , align="right", $37,237 , - , NDP , Sue Hammell , align="right", 10,278 , align="right", 50.11% , align="right", +3.95% , align="right", $36,931 , - , Progressive Conservative , Cliff Blair , align="right", 179 , align="right", 0.87% , align="right", n/a , align="right", , Independent , Don Knight , align="right", 101 , align="right", 0.49% , align="right", n/a , align="right", $1,245 , Natural Law , Ross Ranger , align="right" ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surrey-Tynehead
Surrey-Tynehead was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The electoral district, firstly represented by Dave Hayer (2001–2013), then Amrik Virk (2013–2017).After the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015 the riding became Surrey-Guildford Demographics historic Geography 1999 Redistribution Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include: *Inclusion of all of Surrey-Tynehead, except for portion from Surrey-Green Timbers Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include: *Inclusion of the quarter sections between 104th and 96th Avenue, and 152nd and 160th Street History The riding was created for the 2001 election from parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers. It was abolished in the 2015 redistribution into Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Fleetwood Members of the Legislative Assembly #Dave Hayer, Liberal (2001–2013) #Amrik Virk, Li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Surrey-Panorama Ridge was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Geography 1999 Redistribution Surrey-Panorama Ridge was created from *the southern half of Surrey-Newton *the western portion of Surrey-Cloverdale Currently, it is on the hills of South Surrey and Newton History When it was first established the Liberals ruled it for three years and then in 2004, the NDP claimed Panorama Ridge. Panorama Ridge is one of Surrey's low crime rate neighbourhoods. Panorama Ridge also has access to the major highway 10 taking you to Delta and Langley. Panorama is mainly new and has big houses. In 2009, the newly renamed district of Surrey-Panorama was created from Surrey-Panorama Ridge. MLA Jagrup Brar ran in the newly created district of Surrey-Fleetwood, which took much of the former Panorama Ridge district. Members of the Legi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1986 British Columbia General Election
The 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected. The election was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987. The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, although with winning less than half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Earl Reid
William Earl "Bill" Reid (August 13, 1934 – May 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician. He was a political figure in British Columbia, Canada known locally as "Mr. Surrey". He represented Surrey from 1983 to 1986 and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member. "That was the best job I ever had in my whole life," said Reid. "I was the Minister of Tourism from '86 to '91, when Expo 86 was on and we had the best place in the world to visit." Early years Reid was born in Nelson, British Columbia, the son of William Earl Reid and Dolly Renwick, and was educated in Chilliwack. Prior to politics, he owned and operated a car dealership in Surrey. Local politics He served as an alderman for Delta from 1973 to 1978. Reid also was chairman of the board for the Metro Transit Authority. Provincial politics Reid ran in the 1972 provincial elections as a Progressive Conservative candidate for Surrey, but did not ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rita Margaret Johnston
Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935; née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th premier of British Columbia, serving for seven months. The daughter of John Leichert and Annie Chyzzy, she was educated in Vancouver. In 1951, she married George Johnston. Much of her early life was spent running a trailer park in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. Political career Johnston first entered politics as a city councillor in Surrey. In 1983, she was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as part of the Social Credit Party, representing the provincial riding of Surrey. She was reelected in 1986 in the newly-created riding of Surrey-Newton and became a cabinet minister under Premier Bill Vander Zalm, serving in various portfolios. She had previously served under Vander Zalm when she was a councilor and he w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1983 British Columbia General Election
The 1983 British Columbia general election was the 33rd provincial election for the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 7, 1983. The election was held on May 5, 1983. The new legislature that resulted from this election met for the first time on June 23, 1983. The governing Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority government, defeating the opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia. The "Socreds" increased both their share of the popular vote almost half of all votes) and their number of seats in the legislature. No other parties other than the Socreds and the NDP won seats in the legislature. There were seven two-member constituencies in this election. Voters in these places were allowed two votes (block-voting), and generally used them both on the same party. None of these districts elected both a SC and a NDP MLA. All distric ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1979 British Columbia General Election
The 1979 British Columbia general election was the 32nd general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 3, 1979. The election was held on May 10, 1979, and the new legislature met for the first time on June 6, 1979. The governing Social Credit Party of British Columbia of Bill Bennett was re-elected with a majority government, and won almost half of the popular vote. The electorate was polarized between the Socreds and the social democratic New Democratic Party of former premier Dave Barrett, which won just under 46% of the popular vote and all of the remaining seats in the legislature. The NDP made up much of the ground it had lost in its severe defeat of four years earlier. However, the Socreds dominated the Fraser Valley and the Interior, allowing Bennett to cling to government by three seats. Of the other parties only the Progressive Conservatives won ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |