Delta (electoral district)

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

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.

Delta consisted of the District Municipality of Delta and the southwest part of the District Municipality of Surrey. The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and became part of Delta—South Richmond.

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)

For provincial electoral districts with the name Delta see Delta (provincial electoral district)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	19,755
	New Democrat	Sylvia Bishop	12,995
	Liberal	Fred Gingell	8,880
	Reform	John Cummins	1,987
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	801
	Independent	Gerard Baisch	134
	Libertarian	Kurt Pokrandt	88

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	John Cummins	17,161
	Liberal	Karen Morgan	13,750
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	9,245
	New Democrat	Lloyd Macdonald	2,577
	National	John Waller	1,173
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	347
	Natural Law	Joan Buzik	177
	Green	Bryan Wagman	165
	Independent	Benjamin Brian Wolfe	103
	Independent	Ryan Bigge	59
	Independent	Carollyne Tayler	36
	Commonwealth	Nevenka Kos	11

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

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