Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
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Surrey—White Rock—South Langley (formerly known as Surrey—White Rock) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.
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[edit] Geography
This electoral district included the City of White Rock, the southern portions of the Township of Langley, and the City of Surrey.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1987 as "Surrey—White Rock" from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.
In 1990, it was renamed "Surrey—White Rock—South Langley".
In 1996, it was abolished, with parts of it going to form South Surrey—White Rock—Langley riding.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- 1988-1993: Benno Friesen - Progressive Conservative
- 1993-1996: Val Meredith - Reform (1993-2000) - She later represented South Surrey—White Rock—Langley.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Reform | Val Meredith | 31,916 | |||
| Liberal | Gordon Hogg | 24,648 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Blain | 8,859 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Mota Jheeta | 3,046 | |||
| National | Carolyn Goertzen | 2,387 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Heather Stilwell | 871 | |||
| Green | Steve Chitty | 464 | |||
| Natural Law | Derek Nadeau | 252 | |||
| Canada Party | Farlie Paynter | 68 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Charles Boylan | 67 | |||
| Independent | Rhonda Thiessen | 61 | |||
| Commonwealth | Giancarlo Dalla Valle | 37 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Benno Friesen | 26,320 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Charan Gill | 14,725 | |||
| Liberal | Judy Higginbotham | 14,217 | |||
| Reform | Val Meredith | 3,821 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Roy Pilkey | 846 | |||
| Green | Steve Kisby | 263 | |||
| Libertarian | Joe Kyriakakis | 134 | |||
| Independent | Bill White | 109 | |||
| Communist | Viola Swann | 97 | |||
