Surrey-Panorama is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into existence following the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009 and was contested for the first time in the 2009 provincial election. The 2008 re-distribution created this riding out of mainly Surrey-Panorama Ridge, with portions of Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-White Rock.[2]

Surrey-Panorama
British Columbia electoral district
Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Jinny Sims
New Democratic
District created2008
First contested2009
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2014)[1]60,128
Area (km²)24
Pop. density (per km²)2,505.3
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Surrey

Demographics edit

Surrey-Panorama demographics (2014)
Population 60,128
Area (km2) 24
Population density 2,505.33
[1]

MLAs edit

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Surrey-Panorama
Assembly Years Member Party
39th 2009–2013     Stephanie Cadieux Liberal
40th 2013–2017 Marvin Hunt
41st 2017–2020     Jinny Sims New Democratic
42nd 2020–present

Electoral history edit

Graph of election results in Surrey-Panorama (minor party results are summed as "other")


2020 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jinny Sims 12,336 55.07 +4.22 $60,769.34
Liberal Gulzar Cheema 9,607 42.89 +1.03 $65,963.02
Vision Sophie Shrestha 458 2.04 $0.00
Total valid votes 22,401 100.00
Total rejected ballots 240 1.06 +0.27
Turnout 22,641 51.65 −9.39
Registered voters 43,835
New Democratic hold Swing +1.60
Source: Elections BC[3][4]
2017 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jinny Sims 12,227 50.85 +15.11 $64,840
Liberal Puneet Sandhar 10,064 41.86 −12.43 $66,078
Green Veronica Laurel Greer 1,620 6.74 +1.06 $0
Refederation Liz Galenzoski 132 0.55 $250
Total valid votes 24,043 100.00
Total rejected ballots 192 0.79 +0.14
Turnout 24,235 61.04 +3.32
Registered voters 39,701
Source: Elections BC[5][6]
2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marvin Hunt 14,139 54.29 +0.03 $100,799
New Democratic Amrik Mahil 9,308 35.74 −4.08 $72,318
Green Sara Sharma 1,478 5.68 −0.24 $4,550
Conservative Kevin Rakhra 1,037 3.98 $20,744
No Affiliation Ali Zaidi 81 0.31 $1,056
Total valid votes 26,043 100.00
Total rejected ballots 171 0.65
Turnout 26,214 57.72
Eligible voters 45,415
Source: Elections BC[7]
2009 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Panorama
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephanie Cadieux 11,820 54.26% n/a
  New Democratic Debbie Lawrance 8,675 39.82% n/a
Green Murray Weisenburger 1,290 5.92% n/a
Total 21,785 100.00%

References edit

  1. ^ a b "BC Electoral Boundaries Commission - Final Report - September 24, 2015" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Surrey Panorama B.C. votes". CBC. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.