Newton—North Delta

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Newton—North Delta in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings
Population, 2001	111,050
Electors	65,794
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Newton—North Delta is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

It is located within the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and consists of

• the eastern part of the Corporation of Delta, and
• the western and central parts of the City of Surrey.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006		Gurmant Grewal	Conservative
39th	2006-		Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	15,306	34.0%	+2.4	$76,831.15
	New Democrat	Nancy Clegg	14,306	32.4%	+3.2	$50,542.49
	Conservative	Phil Eidsvik	13,416	30.4%	-2.4	$76,831.15
	Green	Sunny Athwal	853	1.9%	-4.3
	Independent	Rob Girn	319	0.7%
	Communist	Harjit Daudharia	112	0.3%	+0.1	$379.38
	Independent	Mike Saifie	106	0.2%
Total valid votes			44,118	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			44,118	64.1%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gurmant Grewal	13,529	32.81%		$72,183
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	13,009	31.55%		$64,449
	New Democratic Party	Nancy Clegg	12,037	29.19%		$28,384
	Green	John Hague	2,535	6.19%		$3,135
	Communist	Nazir Rizvi	98	0.23%		$389
Total valid votes			41,228	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			216	0.52%
Turnout			41,444	62.99%

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in the Fraser Valley and Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
Liberal	Newton—North Delta | Richmond
New Democratic	Surrey North

Federal Ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior | Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River | Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Newton—North Delta | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | Richmond | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale | Surrey North
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | North Vancouver | Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver East | Vancouver Kingsway | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | Nanaimo—Alberni | Nanaimo—Cowichan | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Vancouver Island North | Victoria