South Surrey—White Rock—Langley

This article is about the electoral district that existed from 1997 to 2004. For the electoral district of a similar name, see Surrey—White Rock—South Langley.

South Surrey—White Rock—Langley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

Geography

This electoral district included the City of White Rock and City of Langley, as well as the southern portions of the Township of Langley and the City of Surrey.

History

This riding was created in 1996 from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley ridings.

In 2003, it was abolished and parts of it went to help form Langley and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:

• 1997-2004: Val Meredith - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004) - She previously represented Surrey—White Rock—South Langley.

Election results

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Val Meredith	25,141	54.87	$51,726
	Liberal	Wilf Hurd	13,810	30.14	$52,648
	New Democratic	Julie A. Grenier	3,616	7.89	$11,952
	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Mary Brazeau	2,068	4.51	$22,219
	Green	Steve Chitty	756	1.64	$656
	Christian Heritage	Marcia Cecile Husson	169	0.36
	Canadian Action	Marie Fortier	130	0.28	$1,566
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	129	0.28
Total valid votes			45,819
Total rejected ballots			104	0.23
Turnout			45,923	71.36

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Expenditures
	Alliance	Val Meredith	28,762	$61,569
	Liberal	Bill Brooks	10,200	$32,115
	Progressive Conservative	Alistair Johnston	4,796	$10,453
	New Democratic Party	Matt Todd	2,718	$3,375
	Green	Steve Chitty	844	–
	Marijuana	Mavis Louise	559
	Natural Law	Daphne Quance	100

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1996-2003
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada