Surrey North

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia

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caption = Surrey North in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59028
fed-created = 1986
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Penny Priddy
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = NDP
fed-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 111960
demo-electors = 64897
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 49
demo-cd = Metro Vancouver
demo-csd = Surrey

Surrey North is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It covers the northern part of Surrey.

It is home to 106,904 residents in 2001, more than 46 percent of which are immigrants -- 21 percent of residents are East Indian, the second-highest concentration in Canada. [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/297/] Most residents are employed in the manufacturing and service sectors, with an average family income of $50,445 and an unemployment rate of nine percent. [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/297/]

Geography

Bounded by the Fraser River at the north and west, the riding stretches south to 88th Avenue, King George Highway, 120th Street, and 96th Avenue, and east to Fraser Highway and 152nd Street.

History

The riding was formed in 1986 from portions of Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, Surrey Central, and Fraser Valley West ridings. The riding was revised in 1996 and 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

# 1988-1993: Jim Karpoff - New Democratic Party
# 1993-1997: Margaret Bridgman - Reform
# 1997-2005: Chuck Cadman - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004), Independent (2004-2005)
# 2006-present Penny Priddy - New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Surrey North's current Member of Parliament is Penny Priddy. She represents the NDP and was first elected in 2006. Penny Priddy will not be running in the 2008 election.

Election results

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|N.D.P. gain from Independent
align="right"|Swing
align="right"|+3.2
align="right"

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/297/ CBC Riding Profile]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=967 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59025 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]