Newton—North Delta

Newton—North Delta
British Columbia electoral district
	Newton—North Delta in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Coordinates:	49°07′52″N 122°53′10″W / 49.131°N 122.886°W
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	127,954
Electors (2011)	73,317
Area (km²)	51.08
Census division(s)	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Surrey, Delta

Newton—North Delta was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015, when it was abolished and redistributed to the Delta and Surrey—Newton electoral districts.

Geography

It is located within the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and consists of the eastern part of the Corporation of Delta and the western and central parts of the City of Surrey.

Demographics

Newton—North Delta has the highest percentage of people of Sikh ethnic origin (27.6%);^[3] of native Punjabi speakers (33.4%);^[4] of those that use Punjabi as home language (26.8%);^[5] as well as of South Asians overall (42.7%),^[6] lagging only Richmond - 50.2% Chinese - in terms of population proportion of a single visible minority group.

In terms of religion, it is the federal riding with the highest percentage of Sikhs (27.6%) and, more generally, the highest percentage of people with a non-Judeo-Christian religion affiliation, 38.0% in particular (Sikh: 27.6%, Muslim: 4.3%, Hindu: 4.1%, etc.).^[7]^[8]

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central ridings.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Newton—North Delta Riding created from Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central
38th	2004–2006	Gurmant Grewal	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal
40th	2008–2011	Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal
41st	2011–2015	Jinny Sims	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Delta and Surrey—Newton

During the 40th Parliament, Dhaliwal was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Election results

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jinny Sims	15,413	33.42	+7.29
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	14,510	31.46	-4.96
	Conservative	Mani Kaur Fallon	14,437	31.30	+0.39
	Green	Liz Walker	1,520	3.30	-2.30
	Independent	Ravi S. Gill	123	0.27	–
	Communist	Sam Hammond	116	0.25	-0.02
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,119	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			294	0.63	+0.07
Turnout			46,413	62.59	+0.52
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.79

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	16,481	36.42	+2.17	$79,459
	Conservative	Sandeep Pandher	13,988	30.91	+0.29	$79,709
	New Democratic	Teresa Townsley	11,824	26.13	-5.83	$41,739
	Green	Liz Walker	2,533	5.60	+3.65	$2,243
	Independent	James W. Miller-Cousineau	179	0.40	–
	Independent	John Shavluk	126	0.28	–
	Communist	Harjit Daudharia	121	0.27	+0.01	$377
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,252	100.00	$81,605
Total rejected ballots			255	0.56	+0.16
Turnout			45,507	62.07	-1.02
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.00

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	15,006	34.25	+2.70	$76,831
	New Democratic	Nancy Clegg	14,006	31.96	+2.76	$50,542
	Conservative	Phil Eidsvik	13,416	30.62	-2.20	$76,831
	Green	Sunny Athwal	853	1.95	-4.25	$12,622
	Independent	Rob Girn	319	0.73	–
	Communist	Harjit Daudharia	112	0.26	+0.02	$379
	Independent	Mike Saifie	106	0.24	–
Total valid votes			43,818	100.00
Total rejected ballots			174	0.40	-0.12
Turnout			43,992	63.09	0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+2.45

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gurmant Grewal	13,529	32.82	–	$72,183
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	13,009	31.55	–	$64,449
	New Democratic	Nancy Clegg	12,037	29.20	–	$28,384
	Green	John Hague	2,535	6.20	–	$3,135
	Communist	Nazir Rizvi	98	0.24	–	$389
Total valid votes			41,228	100.0
Total rejected ballots			216	0.52
Turnout			41,444	63