Surrey-Panorama Ridge was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. The district was created in the 1999 redistribution from the southern half of Surrey-Newton, and the western portion of Surrey-Cloverdale.[1] It was abolished following the 2008 redistribution, with a large portion going to the new Surrey-Panorama riding.

Surrey-Panorama Ridge
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created1999
District abolished2009
First contested2001
Last contested2005
Demographics
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Surrey

Demographics

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Population, 2017 89, 985
Population Change, 1996–2017 71.2%
Area (km2) 28.16
Pop. Density (people per km2) 2,892

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Surrey-Newton and Surrey-Cloverdale
37th 2001–2004     Gulzar Cheema Liberal
2004–2005     Jagrup Brar New Democratic
38th 2005–2009
Riding abolished

Election results

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B.C. General Election 2005: Surrey-Panorama Ridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Jagrup Brar 11,553 53.17 -0.42
Liberal Bob Hans 8,573 39.45 +6.10
Green Romeo D. De La Pena 1,370 6.30 -2.07
Marijuana Troy Allan Chan 234 1.08
Total 21,730 100.00
Surrey-Panorama Ridge by-election, 28 October 2004[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Jagrup Brar 6,740 53.59 +33.68
Liberal Mary Polak 4,194 33.35 -25.59
Green Adriane Carr 1,053 8.37 -0.46
Conservative David James Evans 276 2.19
Reform Shirley Abraham 246 1.96 -0.55
  Independent Joe Pal 68 0.54
Total Valid Votes 12,577 100.00
Total Rejected Ballots 41 0.33
Turnout 12,618 52.15
B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Panorama Ridge[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gulzar Cheema 9,590 58.94
  NDP Bruce Ralston 3,240 19.91
Green Sunny Athwal 1,437 8.83
Unity Heather Stilwell 1,123 6.90
Marijuana Randy Caine 424 2.61
Reform Shirley Ann Abraham 408 2.51
Action Ed Weiland 50 0.30
Total Valid Votes 16,272 100.00
Total Rejected Ballots 128 0.79
Turnout 16,400 69.04

References

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  1. ^ "Preliminary Report: Part 9 - Proposed Single Member Plurality Boundaries" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. August 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Statement of Votes - 38th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. November 14, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Surrey-Panorama Ridge By-election October 28, 2004" (PDF). Elections BC. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2006.
  4. ^ "Statement of Votes - 37th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
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