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{{short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{For|the defunct federal electoral district|Surrey—White Rock—South Langley}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Surrey-White Rock
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = 2023 332 Surrey-White Rock.svg
| caption             = Location in Surrey
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1991
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = [[Trevor Halford]]
| prov-rep-link       =
| prov-rep-party      = Conservative
| prov-rep-party-link = 
| demo-census-date    = 
| demo-pop            = 
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 
| demo-cd             = [[Metro Vancouver]]
| demo-csd            = [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]]
}}
'''Surrey-White Rock''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada.  During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.<ref name="vote2009">{{cite web
  | title = Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes
  | work = CBCNEWS.ca
  | publisher = CBC.ca
  | url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/068/
  | access-date =2009-04-12 }}
</ref>

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|52,770
|-
|Population Change, 1996–2001
|6.8%
|-
|Area (km²)
|24.07
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|2,192
|}

== Geography ==
The riding is bounded on the south and west by [[Semiahmoo Bay]], on the east by [[British Columbia Highway 99|Highway 99]], and on the north by 24th Avenue. The riding contains the southwest corner of [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], the city of [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]], and the [[Semiahmoo Indian Reserve]].<ref name="vote2009" />

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

{{BC-MLA|Surrey-White Rock}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Wilf Hurd
| BCParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 9
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 1997
| Assembly# = 36
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1997
| ToYr = 2001
| RepName = Gordon Hogg
| RepTerms# = 5
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
| RepName = Tracy Redies
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2023
| Assembly# = 42
| RepName = Trevor Halford
| RepTerms# = 3
| #ByElections = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2023
| ToYr = 2024
| BCParty = United
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr = 
| BCParty = Conservative
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
The current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] is [[Trevor Halford]]. He was elected in 2020. The previous [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] was [[Tracy Redies]], first elected in 2017, she was the former CEO of Coast Capital Savings and is now the CEO for [[Science World (Vancouver)|Science World]]. And before Redies was [[Gordon Hogg]], a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997 [[by-election]]. Hogg and Redies represented the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberals]], while Halford, representing [[BC United]]{{ref|a}}, defected to the [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|Conservatives]]. 

== Election results ==
{{Image frame
| content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width = 700
 | height = 300
 | type = line
 | xAxisTitle = Year
 | yAxisTitle = Vote Share
 | xAxisMin = 1991
 | xAxisMax = 2020
 | yAxisMin = 0
 | yAxisMax = 0.6
 | yAxisFormat = %
 | legend = Legend
 | y1Title = BC NDP
 | y2Title = BC Liberals
 | y3Title = BC Greens
 | y4Title = Reform
 | y5Title = Others
 | linewidth = 2
 | x = 1991,1996,1997,2001,2005,2009,2013,2017,2020
 | y1 = 0.3198,0.2643,0.1242,0.1256,0.2640,0.2736,0.2763,0.3059,0.3869
 | y2 = 0.3884,0.5804,0.5173,0.6870,0.5786,0.6205,0.5809,0.4987,0.3951
 | y3 = ,0.0218,0.0449,0.1316,0.1072,0.0869,0.0887,0.1618,0.1424
 | y4 = ,0.0810,0.2611,,,0.0190
 | y5 = 0.2918,0.0525,0.0525,0.0558,0.0502,,0.0541,0.0336,0.0755
 | colors = #F4A460,#A51B12,#99C955,#00BFFF,#DCDCDC
 | showSymbols = Yes}}
| caption = Graph of the election results in Surrey-White Rock (minor parties are combined into "Others")
| align = center
}}
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2013 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2013]]: Surrey-White Rock}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Gordon Hogg|15,092|58.09%|-3.96%}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |NDP |Susan Keeping|7,180|27.63%|+0.27%}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Green|Don Pitcairn|2,304|8.87%|+0.18%}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Conservative|Elizabeth Pagtakhan|1,301|5.01%|-}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |British Columbia|Jim Laurence|105|0.40%|-}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,982
!align="right"|99.7%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|74
!align="right"|0.3%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,056
!align="right"|64.73%
!align="right"|
|}
{{2009 British Columbia general election/Surrey-White Rock}}
{{2005 British Columbia general election/Surrey-White Rock}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Surrey-White Rock}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Gordon J. Hogg |18,678 |68.70% |+10.66% |$46,685}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Ruth Christine |3,577 |13.16% |+10.98% |$2,700}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Matt Todd
|align="right"|3,415
|align="right"|12.56%
|align="right"|-13.87%
|align="right"|$5,509
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Garry Sahl |983 |3.62% |- |}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|David Bourgeois|536|1.96%|-|$394}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |27,189 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |91 |0.33%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |27,280 |77.64%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[Byelection]] September 15, 1997: Surrey-White Rock}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Gordon Hogg]] |10,497 |51.73% |-6.31%}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |David Secord |5,298 |26.11% |+18.01% }}
{{CANelec |BC |NDP |David Thompson |2,520 |12.42% |-14.01% }}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stuart Parker |910 |4.49% |+2.31% }}
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Bill Gardner |876 |4.27% |+0.70% }}
{{CANelec |BC |Family Coalition |Jim Hessels |198 |0.98% | - }}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |20,290 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |32 |}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |20,322|}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Surrey-White Rock}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Wilf Hurd]] |18,039 |58.04% |+19.20% |$43,193}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|David Thompson
|align="right"|8,215
|align="right"|26.43%
|align="right"|-5.55%
|align="right"|$46,434
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |David Secord |2,519 |8.10% |- |$22,924}}
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Ahmad Bajwa |1,110 |3.57% |- |$100}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Steve Chitty |677 |2.18% |- |$400}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Kathy Burden
|align="right"|295
|align="right"|0.95%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit|Rick Post|226|0.73%|-27.71%|$3,395}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |31,081 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |118 |0.38%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |31,199 |75.89%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Surrey-White Rock}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Wilf Hurd]] |11,008 |38.84% | |$7,291}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Donna Osatiuk
|align="right"|9,063
|align="right"|31.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,721
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Chip Barrett |8,062 |28.44% |&ndash; |$54,719}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Bill Smith|209|0.74%||$1,188}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |28,342 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |540 |1.50%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |28,882 |80.36%}}
|}

==Notes==
{{note|a}}Formerly known as the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberals]] until 2023. 

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_63.pdf BC Stats]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025011350/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/swr.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071005070117/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_swr.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071004234650/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-88.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[http://www.leg.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

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