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Surrey-Tynehead is a newly formed provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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electoral district

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for the Legislative Assembly

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of British Columbia

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, Canada

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. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries. The newly created riding of Surrey-Tynehead has reserved just over half of the existing Surrey-Tynehead riding and added portions of Surrey-Whalley

Surrey-Whalley

Surrey-Whalley is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries...

, and Surrey-Green Timbers

Surrey-Green Timbers

Surrey-Green Timbers is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...

Demographics historic

Population, 2001	59,081
Population Change, 1996–2001	24.3%
Area (km²)	70.81
Pop. Density	834

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include:

Inclusion of all of Surrey-Tynehead, except for portion from Surrey-Green Timbers

Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include:

Inclusion of the quartersections between 104th and 96th Avenue, and 152nd and 160th Street

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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is Dave Hayer

Dave Hayer

Dave Hayer is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He has represented the riding of Surrey-Tynehead since the 2001 election. He is currently serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism....

. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

Election results

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British Columbia Liberal Party

|Dave Hayer

Dave Hayer

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...

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...

|Gerald Singh
|align="right"|717
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
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|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Dave Hayer
|align="right"|12,052
|align="right"|51.37%
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|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....

|Donald Joseph Briere
|align="right"|243
|align="right"|1.04%
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|Independent
|Summer Davis
|align="right"|380
|align="right"|1.62%
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|Independent
|Gary Alan Hoffman
|align="right"|223
|align="right"|0.95%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|23,462
!align="right"|100.00%
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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Dave Hayer
|align="right"|12,252
|align="right"|60.95%
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|align="right"|$52,615
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|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...

|Enoch Ephraimson
|align="right"|265
|align="right"|1.31%
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|align="right"|$3,452

|Independent
|Mandir Benipal
|align="right"|50
|align="right"|0.25%
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|align="right"|$1,400
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,101
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|95
!align="right"|0.47%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,196
!align="right"|72.25%
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