The riding was first created out of the two-member Surrey district in 1986, which had been in existence since 1966. Surrey had always been a battleground between the NDP and Social Credit, trading back and forth between the two parties. The riding was represented by Premier Rita Johnston, who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991.
In 1991, Penny Priddy defeated Johnston in a realigning election that saw Social Credit experience massive defeats all across the province. During the NDP government from 1991 to 2001, Priddy emerged as a prominent Cabinet minister in portfolios such as Women's Equality, Tourism and Culture, Health, Labour and Children and Families.
Although the riding was won by the Liberals during their 2001 landslide victory, it has been a relatively safe NDP seat since the 2005 election. The riding is home to a large South Asian community, whose population has exploded in Surrey since the early 1990s. The shift towards the NDP can largely be attributed to the party's inroads in the Indo-Canadian community.
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For the federal electoral district see Surrey Newton This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2013 Surrey Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Canada Surrey NewtonBritish Columbia electoral districtLocation in SurreyProvincial electoral districtLegislatureLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaMLA Harry BainsNew DemocraticFirst contested1991Last contested2020DemographicsPopulation 2001 58 340Area km 12Pop density per km 4 861 7Census division s Metro VancouverCensus subdivision s SurreyThe riding was first created out of the two member Surrey district in 1986 which had been in existence since 1966 Surrey had always been a battleground between the NDP and Social Credit trading back and forth between the two parties The riding was represented by Premier Rita Johnston who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991 In 1991 Penny Priddy defeated Johnston in a realigning election that saw Social Credit experience massive defeats all across the province During the NDP government from 1991 to 2001 Priddy emerged as a prominent Cabinet minister in portfolios such as Women s Equality Tourism and Culture Health Labour and Children and Families Although the riding was won by the Liberals during their 2001 landslide victory it has been a relatively safe NDP seat since the 2005 election The riding is home to a large South Asian community whose population has exploded in Surrey since the early 1990s The shift towards the NDP can largely be attributed to the party s inroads in the Indo Canadian community Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2 1 1999 Redistribution 3 History 4 Member of Legislative Assembly 5 Election results 6 References 7 External linksDemographics EditPopulation 2001 50 281Population change 1996 2001 16 4 Area km2 21Population density people per km2 2 388Geography Edit1999 Redistribution Edit Surrey Newton has its entire southern half removed History EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2010 Member of Legislative Assembly EditIts MLA is Harry Bains He was first elected in 2005 and was re elected in 2009 and 2013 He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia Surrey NewtonAssembly Years Member PartySurrey prior to 198634th 1986 1991 Rita Johnston Social Credit35th 1991 1996 Penny Priddy New Democratic36th 1996 200137th 2001 2005 Tony Bhullar Liberal38th 2005 2009 Harry Bains New Democratic39th 2009 201340th 2013 201741st 2017 202042nd 2020 presentElection results EditGraph of provincial election results in Surrey Newton minor parties are combined into Others vte2020 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Harry Bains 8 893 62 64 5 27 39 066 98Liberal Paul Boparai 3 911 27 55 2 38 0 00Green Asad Syed 1 393 9 81 2 83 6 482 79Total valid votes 14 197 100 00 Total rejected ballots 111 0 78 0 11Turnout 14 308 47 91 10 23Registered voters 29 867Source Elections BC 1 2 vte2017 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Harry Bains 9 744 57 31 0 89 41 769Liberal Gurminder Singh Parihar 5 099 29 99 8 08 73 162Green Richard Krieger 1 172 6 89 225No affiliation Balpreet Singh Bal 988 5 81 8 768Total valid votes 17 003 100 00 Total rejected ballots 114 0 67 0 42Turnout 17 117 58 14 5 58Registered voters 29 442Source Elections BC 3 4 vte2013 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Harry Bains 9 788 56 42 12 51 90 282Liberal Sukhminder S Virk 6 604 38 07 2 25 86 997Conservative Satinder Singh 674 3 89 3 660Helping Hand Alan Saldanha 282 1 63 250Total valid votes 17 348 100 00Total rejected ballots 191 1 09Turnout 17 539 52 56Source Elections BC 5 vte2009 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes New Democratic Harry Bains 10 709 68 93 11 04Liberal Ajay Caleb 4 011 25 82 9 07Green Trevor Loke 759 4 89 0 17Communist George Gidora 58 0 37 vte2005 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes New Democratic Harry Bains 10 741 57 89Liberal Daniel Igali 6 473 34 89Green Dan Deresh 876 4 72Democratic Reform Harry Grewal 268 1 44Work Less Gordon Scott 123 0 66Platinum Jeff Robert Evans 72 0 39Total 18 553 100 00B C General Election 2001 Surrey Newton Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Tony Bhullar 6 750 49 45 51 429 NDP Param Grewal 3 949 28 93 32 318Green David Walters 1 673 12 26 2 471Unity Paul Joshi 498 3 65 4 578Marijuana Stephen Kawamoto 364 2 20 394Reform Margaret Bridgman 159 0 96 1 285Total valid votes 13 649 100 00 Total rejected ballots 92 0 67 Turnout 13 741 65 51 B C General Election 1996 Surrey Newton Party Candidate Votes Expenditures NDP Penny Priddy 13 969 49 54 42 833Liberal Indra Thind 9 788 34 71 54 778Progressive Democrat Ian Brown 1 841 6 53 100Reform Liaqat Bajwa 1 244 4 41 12 184Family Coalition Bill Stilwell 577 2 05 890Green Maureen A MacDonald 340 1 21 100Conservative John Keith Bannister 217 0 77 931Social Credit Neil Maharaj 174 0 62 3 600 Natural Law Shane Laporte 48 0 17 118Total valid votes 28 198 100 00 Total rejected ballots 244 0 86 Turnout 28 442 71 33 B C General Election 1991 Surrey Newton Party Candidate Votes Expenditures NDP Penny Priddy 10 193 42 28 47 584Social Credit Rita Johnston 7 796 32 33 126 919Liberal A Charles McKinney 5 923 24 57 1 942Green Paul George 197 0 82 2 740Total valid votes 24 109 100 00 Total rejected ballots 638 2 58 Turnout 24 747 76 28 References Edit Statement of Votes 42nd Provincial General Election PDF Elections BC Retrieved August 20 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Election Financing Reports Elections BC Retrieved February 14 2021 2017 Provincial General Election Statement of Votes PDF Elections BC Retrieved December 3 2020 Election Financing Reports Elections BC Retrieved September 13 2020 Statement of Votes 40th Provincial General Election PDF Elections BC Retrieved May 17 2017 External links EditBC Stats 2001 Results of 2001 election pdf 2001 Expenditures Results of 1996 election 1996 Expenditures Results of 1991 election 1991 Expenditures Website of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaPreceded byRichmond Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia1991 Succeeded byVancouver Mount Pleasant Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Surrey Newton amp oldid 1132058861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
