Surrey was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, from 1966 to 1983. The area it covered was formerly part of the electoral district of Delta. It returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of BC from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter. It was abolished prior to the 1986 election into Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, Surrey-Newton, and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.
Notable MLAs Bill Vander Zalm Rita Johnston
Electoral history Surrey elected members to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The members it elected were:
|Liberal |Renaldo Angelo Masi |align="right"|1,234 |align="right"|8.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,604 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|119 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|9,398 |align="right"|47.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|Liberal |Robert Jacobs |align="right"|1,581 |align="right"|7.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,900 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|223 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Liberal |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |align="right"|3,995 |align="right"|16.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative |William Earl (Bill) Reid |align="right"|1,415 |align="right"|5.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,956 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|395 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Liberal |Donald Alvin Ross |align="right"|1,257 |align="right"|4.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|26,879 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|386 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative |Brian Kent Westwood |align="right"|5,834 |align="right"|4.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|119,361 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,368 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat increased to two members from one.
|Progressive Conservative |Frank Nelson Wright |align="right"|2,531 |align="right"|1.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|Liberal |Judith E. Higginbotham |align="right"|1,673 |align="right"|1.11% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|Liberal |Donald Peter McKinnon |align="right"|1,651 |align="right"|1.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|150,894 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,018 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
The riding was reconstituted into three ridings for the 1986 election: Surrey-Newton, Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. These were later reconstituted into the following ridings:
Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale Surrey-White Rock Surrey-Cloverdale
See also Vancouver (electoral districts) List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Elections BC Historical Returns