Surrey—Newton (federal electoral district)

Surrey—Newton
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in the Lower Mainland
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sukh Dhaliwal; Liberal
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	114,605
Electors (2015)	62,855
Area (km²)	30
Pop. density (per km²)	3,820.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Surrey

Surrey—Newton is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta and Surrey North.^[3]

Surrey—Newton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place October 2015.^[4]

The riding takes its name from Newton, Surrey.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Surrey Newton at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[5] It will lose the area south of 64 Ave and west of 126 Street to Delta.

Demographics

Religion in Surrey-Newton (2021)^[6]

Sikh (51.5%)

Christian (16.4%)

Muslim (8.7%)

Hindu (8.1%)

Buddhist (0.9%)

Jewish (0.1%)

Other (0.4%)

Irreligious (13.9%)

Panethnic groups in Surrey—Newton (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[7]		2016^[8]		2011^[9]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
South Asian	80,820	66.73%	68,880	60.69%	61,635	59.01%
European^[a]	18,225	15.05%	24,380	21.48%	26,795	25.66%
Southeast Asian^[b]	7,090	5.85%	6,650	5.86%	5,330	5.1%
East Asian^[c]	3,595	2.97%	3,765	3.32%	3,525	3.38%
African	2,780	2.3%	2,270	2%	1,375	1.32%
Middle Eastern^[d]	2,385	1.97%	1,690	1.49%	1,225	1.17%
Indigenous	1,980	1.63%	2,670	2.35%	2,275	2.18%
Latin American	1,505	1.24%	1,640	1.45%	1,195	1.14%
Other^[e]	2,725	2.25%	1,540	1.36%	1,070	1.02%
Total responses	121,110	99.06%	113,490	99.03%	104,440	99.29%
Total population	122,264	100%	114,605	100%	105,183	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Surrey—Newton Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta and Surrey North
42nd	2015–2019	Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Surrey—Newton (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Surrey Newton, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,071	54.43
	New Democratic	9,137	26.08
	Conservative	5,334	15.22
	People's	914	2.61
	Others	583	1.66

Surrey—Newton, 2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	19,721	53.9	+8.9	$93,094.29
	New Democratic	Avneet Johal	9,536	26.0	-3.2	$22,609.98
	Conservative	Syed Mohsin	5,758	15.7	-5.3	$10,627.85
	People's	Pamela Singh	967	2.6	+1.0	$1,484.10
	Independent	Parveer Hundal	628	1.7	N/A	$7,216.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,610	98.9	–	$104,887.75
Total rejected ballots			404	1.1
Turnout			37,014	56.2
Eligible voters			65,857
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.1
Source: Elections Canada^[11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	18,960	45.0	−10.98	$89,331.46
	New Democratic	Harjit Singh Gill	12,306	29.2	+3.08	none listed
	Conservative	Harpreet Singh	8,824	21.0	+5.29	none listed
	Green	Rabaab Khehra	1,355	3.2	+1.01	none listed
	People's	Holly Verchère	653	1.6	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,098	100.0		$102,264.49
Total rejected ballots			505	1.19	+0.46
Turnout			42,603	63.4	−5.66
Eligible voters			67,247
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.03
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	24,869	55.98	+21.90	$165,371.15
	New Democratic	Jinny Sims	11,602	26.12	-9.17	$123,083.62
	Conservative	Harpreet Singh	6,978	15.71	-11.71	$89,371.95
	Green	Pamela Sangha	975	2.19	-0.40	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,424	100.00		$199,113.86
Total rejected ballots			328	0.73	–
Turnout			44,752	69.06	–
Eligible voters			64,798
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.54
Source: Elections Canada^[14]^[15]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[16]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	11,459	35.29
	Liberal	11,066	34.08
	Conservative	8,903	27.42
	Green	844	2.60
	Others	199	0.61

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