South Surrey—White Rock (french: Surrey-Sud—White Rock) is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2015. It encompass a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of

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, and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale. 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

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, on October 19, 2015. The 2017 by-election was won by Liberal candidate and former White Rock mayor

Gordie Hogg Gordon "Gordie" Hogg (born August 24, 1946) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for South Surrey—White Rock in the House of Commons of Canada from December 11, 2017 until October 21, 2019, as a member of the Liber ...

. However, the Conservatives were quick to regain their seat with

Kerry-Lynne Findlay Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay (born 12 January 1955) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as the MP for South Surrey—White Rock in the 2019 federal election. She previously sat in the House of Commons of Canada from the 2011 Canadian federal el ...

winning the 43nd Canadian federal election, defeating Gordie Hogg who entered Parliament through a by-election.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 78.5% White, 7.1% Chinese, 6.0% South Asian, 2.6% Indigenous, 1.7% Korean, 1.3% Filipino, 2.8% Other
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

Election results

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister

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announced a by-election which was held on December 11, 2017.

References

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