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Surrey-Newton is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Demographics

Population, 2001	50,281
Population Change, 1996–2001	16.4%
Area (km²)	21
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,388

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Harry Bains

Harry Bains

Harry Bains is the current MLA for Surrey-Newton in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.- Career :...

. He was first elected in 2005

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

, and was re-elected in 2009

British Columbia general election, 2009

The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

Election results

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

Communist Party of British Columbia

The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....

|George Gidora
|align="right"|58
|align="right"|0.37%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Harry Bains

Harry Bains

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Daniel Igali

Daniel Igali

Baraladei Daniel Igali is a Canadian freestyler wrestler who is an Olympic gold medalist. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia.-Wrestling career:...

|align="right"|6,473
|align="right"|34.89%
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|Green

Green Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...

Work Less Party of British Columbia

The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics...

Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness

The Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness, also known as the Platinum Party, is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada....

|Jeff Robert Evans
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|0.39%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|18,553
!align="right"|100.00%
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|}

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Tony Bhullar

Tony Bhullar

Tony Bhullar is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Surrey-Newton in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005...

|align="right"|6,750
|align="right"|49.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$51,429
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

|Margaret Bridgman

Margaret Bridgman

Margaret L. Bridgman was a Canadian politician. Bridgman was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1997, representing the Canadian, federal electoral district of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia....

|align="right"|159
|align="right"|0.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,285
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,649
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|92
!align="right"|0.67%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,741
!align="right"|65.51%
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|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Penny Priddy

Penny Priddy

Penny Priddy is a politician from British Columbia, Canada. Originally a nurse, she moved from Ontario to Surrey in 1981 where she worked as a nursing educator...

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Indra Thind
|align="right"|9,788
|align="right"|34.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$54,778
|-

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Reform Party of British Columbia

Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a conservative, pro-life political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 1991 election, it nominated 8 candidates in the province's 75 ridings. They won a total of 1,310 votes, or 0.09% of the provincial total. In the 1996 election, it nominated...

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|Shane Laporte
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$118
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|28,198
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|244
!align="right"|0.86%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|28,442
!align="right"|71.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Penny Priddy

Penny Priddy

Penny Priddy is a politician from British Columbia, Canada. Originally a nurse, she moved from Ontario to Surrey in 1981 where she worked as a nursing educator...

|align="right"|10,193
|align="right"|42.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$47,584
|-

|Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

|Rita Johnston

Rita Johnston

Rita Margaret Johnston was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded William Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia.Much of her early life was spent running a successful trailer park in the...

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

|Paul George
|align="right"|197
|align="right"|0.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,740
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,109
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|638
!align="right"|2.58%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,747
!align="right"|76.28%
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|}

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