Surrey Central
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Surrey Central was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Surrey—White Rock—South Langley riding. It was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1997.
The riding was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta, South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale, and Surrey North ridings.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected one Member of Parliament:
- 1997-2003: Gurmant Grewal - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004) - He represented Newton—North Delta during the 38th Parliament.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Expenditures | ||
| Canadian Alliance | Gurmant Grewal | 29,707 | $62,150 | ||
| Liberal | Peter Warkentin | 19,482 | $70,581 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan Baxter | 3,916 | $3,774 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Dan Goy | 3,196 | $5,977 | ||
| Green | David Walters | 1,175 | $4,129 | ||
| Communist | Harjit Daudharia | 114 | $189 | ||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Expenditures | ||
| Reform | Gurmant Grewal | 17,461 | $32,008 | ||
| Liberal | Palbinder Shergill | 14,595 | $65,570 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Charan Gill | 7,064 | $58, 025 | ||
| Independent | Mike Runte | 4,596 | $25,401 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent Antonio | 4,327 | $24,601 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Bill Stilwell | 978 | $2.944 | ||
| Canadian Action | Philip McCormack | 634 | $3,497 | ||
| Green | Imtiaz Popat | 417 | |||
| Natural Law | Val Litwin | 147 | |||
| Independent | Gaetan Myre | 140 | $681 | ||
