Surrey-Tynehead

Surrey-Tynehead

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1999
District abolished	2015
First contested	2001
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Surrey

Surrey-Tynehead was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The electoral district, firstly represented by Dave Hayer (2001–2013), then Amrik Virk (2013–2017).After the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015 the riding became Surrey-Guildford

Demographics historic

Population, 2001	59,081
Population change, 1996–2001	24.3%
Area (km2)	70.81
Population density (people per km2)	834

Geography

1999 redistribution

Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include:

• Inclusion of all of Surrey-Tynehead, except for portion from Surrey-Green Timbers

Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include:

• Inclusion of the quarter sections between 104th and 96th Avenue, and 152nd and 160th Street

History

The riding was created for the 2001 election from parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers. It was abolished in the 2015 redistribution into Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Fleetwood.

Surrey-Tynehead
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Guildford, and Surrey-Whalley prior to 2001
37th	2001–2005		Dave Hayer	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Amrik Virk
Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Fleetwood, and Surrey-Guildford after 2017

Election results

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Amrik Virk	9,172	48.15	-4.35
	New Democratic	Avtar Bains	7,539	39.58	-3.65
	Conservative	Barry J. Sikora	2,040	10.71	–
	Vision	Sukhi Gill	298	1.56	–
Total valid votes			19,049	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176	0.92
Turnout			19,225	52.13
Source: Elections BC

BC General Election 2009 Surrey-Tynehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	8,814	52.50%	+1.13%
	NDP	Pat Zanon	7,257	43.23%	+2.87%
	Green	Gerald Singh	717	4.27%	-0.40%
Total			16,788	100.00%

BC General Election 2005: Surrey-Tynehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	12,052	51.37%	-9.58%
	NDP	Barry Bell	9,469	40.36%	+24.64%
	Green	Sean Orr	1,095	4.67%	-4.67%
	Marijuana	Donald Joseph Briere	243	1.04%	-0.28%
	Independent	Summer Davis	380	1.62%	–
	Independent	Gary Alan Hoffman	223	0.95%	–
Total			23,462	100.00%

BC General Election 2001: Surrey-Tynehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	12,252	60.95%		$52,615
	NDP	Barry Bell	3,159	15.72%		$2,502
	Green	Joel Macht	1,876	9.33%	–	$305
	Unity	Bill Stilwell	1,234	6.14%		$2,831
	Independent	Marilyn Collins	880	4.38%		$9,970
	Marijuana	Donald Joseph Briere	385	1.92%		$821
	Reform	Enoch Ephraimson	265	1.31%		$3,452
	Independent	Mandir Benipal	50	0.25%		$1,400
Total valid votes			20,101	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			95	0.47%
Turnout			20,196	72.25%

External links

• BC Stats – 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• BCNDP Surrey-Tynehead Constituency Association