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The Province
29-04-2025
- Politics
- The Province
Federal Election Results Live: Liberals' Ernie Klassen pulls ahead of Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay in South Surrey-White Rock
In White Rock-South Surrey, Liberal Ernie Klassen pulled ahead of Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay. South Surrey-White Rock could be a close race. The candidates, from left, Green candidate Christine Kinnie, NDP candidate Jureun Park, Liberal candidate Ernie Klassen and Conservative candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Photo by Submitted Click HERE to follow our federal election 2025 live blog throughout the night for the latest election news from across B.C. and the rest of the country, and we'll update this story with Surrey riding results after the polls close. Be sure to hit the refresh button often to get the latest update. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. 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Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Here is a riding-by-riding map of election results for Metro Vancouver. Hit refresh on this story to get the latest vote count: Here is a riding-by-riding map of election results for B.C. Hit refresh on this story to get the latest vote count: Liberals are out in front in several Surrey ridings, including White Rock-South Surrey, where it looks like Conservative incumbent Kerry-Lynne Findlay will lose her seat. Liberal Ernie Klassen, a White Rock city councillor, has 20,095 votes, while Findlay has to 18,626 votes with 191 of 221 polls reporting. Fleetwood-Port Kells remains close. Liberal Gurbux Saini has 10,880 votes and Conservative Sukh Pandher has 10,517 votes, with 155 of 187 polls reporting. In Surrey Centre, Liberal Randeep Sarai is ahead with 13,972 votes. Conservative rival Rajvir Dhillon has 12,386 votes, with 80 of 153 polls reporting. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In Surrey Newton, Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal is leading with 9,287 votes, compared to Conservative Harjit Singh Gill with 8,548 votes, with 146 out of 169 polls reporting. Surrey voters have had their pick of political rallies to attend over the last two months. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre kicked off his B.C. campaign at a Surrey warehouse in late March, telling stories about a Penticton camping trip. More recently, Liberal Leader Mark Carney was in Surrey, talking tariffs and Donald Trump at the Cloverdale Agriplex after making a brief stop at the White Rock pier. With poll aggregator website 338Canada showing a tight race in several Surrey ridings, it's not surprising the leaders made several stops in the city, said University of the Fraser Valley political scientist Hamish Telford. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Pierre Poilievre during his Canada First rally in Surrey on March 27, 2025. Photo by Arlen Redekop / PNG Metro Vancouver could play a deciding factor in the election, in the same way (though to a lesser extent) that the Greater Toronto Area often determines who forms government, he said. It could also be a deciding factor between a minority or majority government. Surrey is large and populous, but also unpredictable. Ridings flip between parties, whereas in cities and rural areas, political allegiances tend to be stable. That's a strong incentive for leaders to spend time in B.C. and home in on issues that matter to voters. So what matters to Surrey? Telford said the proximity of the U.S. border — and how much Surrey businesses rely on trade with the U.S. — can't be overlooked. About 20 per cent of Surrey businesses, including 113 import and export businesses and 900 transportation and warehousing firms, have trade ties with the U.S., Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said this year. That represents about $2.8 billion in cross-border commerce each year. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Surrey's large trucking industry is likely feeling the impact of reduced trade and economic uncertainty, said Telford. Liberal Leader Mark Carney thanks supporters after speaking at a rally on April 23, 2025, in Surrey. Photo by Rich Lam / Getty Images Here's a closer look at four Surrey ridings as voters head to the polls: South Surrey-White Rock South Surrey-White Rock has been a nail-biter in previous elections. In 2021, Findlay won the seat by 3.5 percentage points over Liberal Gordie Hogg. She won it by four percentage points in 2019. Hogg won the seat in a 2017 byelection, besting Findlay by five percentage points after Conservative Dianne Watts resigned. Liberal candidate for South Surrey-White Rock Ernie Klassen in White Rock on April 16, 2025. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Klassen said a trade war could critically impact the riding, from tourism and economic hardship for farmers in South Surrey, to the manufacturing sector on the riding's eastern edge. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He said he wants to ensure Canada has a leader who can 'rebuild a friendly relationship' with the U.S. Findlay blamed the Liberals for putting the country in a 'weakened state.' 'Inflation, high interest rates, gas prices, groceries — people are very concerned,' she said. Also running in South Surrey-White Rock is Jureun Park for the NDP and Christine Kinnie for the Greens. Conservative candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay in White Rock on April 22, 2025. Photo by Arlen Redekop / PNG Surrey Centre Surrey Centre is another race to watch, with some polls predicting a close race. Liberal incumbent Randeep Sarai has won the riding by a healthy margin in the last three federal elections, most recently beating the closest NDP candidate by a 17 per cent margin in 2021. Running against Sarai in Surrey Centre is Rajvir Dhillon for the Conservatives, Dominic Denofrio for the NDP, Krishan Khurana for the Greens, Beverly Tanchak for the People's Party of Canada, and Ryan Abbott for the Communist party. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Fleetwood-Port Kells has voted Liberal in recent elections, with Ken Hardie winning the seat in 2021, 2019 and 2015. Before that, the riding was held by Conservative Nina Grewal for four terms. Running for the Liberals this time is Gurbux Saini. Sukh Pandher is running for the Conservatives, Shannon Permal for the NDP, Murali Krishnan for the Greens, and John Hetherington for the People's Party of Canada. Surrey Newton Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal is seeking a sixth term in Surrey Newton. The Liberals have held the riding since 2015, when Dhaliwal beat the NDP's Jinny Sims. Dhaliwal also held the riding in 2008 and 2006 before losing to Sims in 2011. Running for the NDP this time is Raj Toor Singh. Harjit Singh Gill is running for the Conservatives and Salman Zafar for the Communist Party. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. gluymes@ Read more of our federal election coverage in these B.C. ridings: • Vancouver Centre; Vancouver East; Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby; Vancouver Granville; Vancouver Kingsway; and Vancouver Quadra • Delta; Richmond Centre-Marpole; Richmond East-Steveston • Fleetwood-Port Kells; South Surrey-White Rock; Surrey Centre; and Surrey Newton • Abbotsford-South Langley; and Mission-Matsqui-Abbotsford • Cloverdale-Langley City; and Langley Township-Fraser Heights • North Vancouver-Capilano; and West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky • Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam; Port Moody-Coquitlam; and Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge • Burnaby-Central; Burnaby North-Seymour; and New West-Burnaby-Mallairdville • Vancouver Island • Rest of B.C. and beyond Read More
CBC
28-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
8 ridings across British Columbia to watch on election night
B.C. ridings worth watching on election night 3 days ago Duration 2:16 Social Sharing Seemingly every federal election, there's a thought that the late night counting of votes in British Columbia will determine which party will form government. And seemingly every federal election, it doesn't happen. Polls close at 7 p.m. PT in B.C. Monday, a half hour after everywhere from Alberta to Quebec. That means that by the time a substantial number of ballots are counted in B.C., a government might already be called — or it could be the focus of the entire country into the early hours of the morning. There are 43 electoral districts across British Columbia, and they all matter — but based on this election's candidates, past history and current polling, here are eight that are likely to get a little more attention on Monday night. South Surrey-White Rock If the polls are correct, the Liberal Party not only stands on the verge of winning a fourth straight election, but could receive a majority government. That would require them to win an additional 19 ridings across the country from where they stood when Parliament was dissolved — and one of their top possibilities is South Surrey-White Rock. The Conservative Party has won the last two elections there, but the Liberals have been within five percentage points, and were victorious there in 2015. Incumbent Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay seeks re-election against White Rock Coun. Ernie Klassen in the riding along the Canada-U.S. border. WATCH | What voters here say matters to them: South Surrey-White Rock voters share what matters to them ahead of the 2025 federal election 17 days ago Duration 5:05 Early Edition host Stephen Quinn set out a card table and a couple of folding chairs in front of an all-candidates meeting at the St. John's Presbyterian Church in White Rock to hear what matters most to South Surrey-White Rock voters. Here's how that went. Richmond Centre-Marpole But if the polls are inaccurate, and there's more support for the Conservative Party than they indicate, Pierre Poilievre's party could pick up more seats in British Columbia en route to a possible government. One of those seats in Metro Vancouver is Richmond Centre-Marpole, where Liberal incumbent Wilson Miao seeks re-election against Conservative Chak Au, a longtime Richmond city councillor. North Island-Powell River While the Conservatives would like to take away seats currently held by the Liberal party, most of their best opportunities for pickups are at the expense of the NDP, which has been lagging behind in federal and provincial polls all campaign. Their biggest target is Vancouver Island, where there are four ridings north of Greater Victoria currently held by the NDP, but which went to the Conservative Party or their predecessors in many elections in the 1990s and 2000s. It's why Poilievre has been in the region on multiple occasions. The highest profile of those four ridings is North Island-Powell River, where polarizing Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn seeks to defeat NDP candidate Tanille Johnston and Liberal Jennifer Lash. Questions about strategic voting have dominated progressive discussions about those ridings — but it's impossible to say how much it will change voting habits until after Monday night. Victoria But all seven ridings on Vancouver Island are hard to forecast, and not all of them are trending Conservative. Liberal Leader Mark Carney has visited the Victoria riding three times during the course of the campaign, a sign of his party's desire to retake the seat along with the adjacent riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke. University of Victoria associate professor Will Greaves hopes to take the seat for the Liberals from incumbent NDP MP Laurel Collins, which would turn B.C.'s provincial capital red for the first time since the 2000 election. WATCH | Liberals eye NDP's Victoria seat: Victoria riding could be up for grabs this federal election 11 days ago Duration 2:22 Saanich-Gulf Islands And to the north of Victoria, Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May hopes to hold onto a seat she has held since 2011, despite her party doing worse in federal polls than at any point during her tenure. That area of Vancouver Island was held by the Conservative Party prior to May's victory, meaning the party is optimistic for a pickup here. But it's another place where questions about strategic voting and whether progressive voters pool their support are a big part of the conversation. Burnaby Central Of course, there's another federal leader who's also at risk of losing their B.C. riding. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's Burnaby South riding was eliminated during redistribution, and he seeks re-election in the newly drawn Burnaby Central electoral district. However, it's seen as a tossup because, in the past two general elections, Singh won Burnaby South by less than 10 percentage points, and his party is doing significantly worse in the polls than either of those outings. Party leaders generally receive a bump in support relative to how a typical candidate would perform in a riding — but will it be enough for Singh on Monday? Twelve of the NDP's 24 current seats are in British Columbia, meaning much of the focus on the party's fate will be there. None loom larger than Singh's. WATCH | Singh confident in riding win despite poor polling: Singh says he's 'absolutely confident' he'll win Burnaby Central 20 days ago Duration 1:34 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking from Vancouver on Day 17 of the federal election campaign, is asked if he's confident he'll win the riding after a poll suggested his seat is in jeopardy amid lagging support for his party in British Columbia. Abbotsford-South Langley While there are plenty of other ridings across Metro Vancouver with potentially interesting three-way races, there's one in the Fraser Valley with a different three-way split. Longtime MLA Mike de Jong hoped to run for the Conservatives in the new riding of Abbotsford-South Langley, but was rejected by the party with no public reason. The Conservatives instead appointed Sukhman Gill, a 25-year-old Langley businessman who was raised on his parent's blueberry farm. De Jong decided to run as an Independent in the traditionally Conservative district and has the support of the retiring Conservative MP for the area — giving hope to both de Jong, and Liberal candidate Kevin Gillies, who might be able to come up the middle. Kelowna And while most of the ridings that will get attention on election night are either in the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island, there are ten seats up for grabs beyond Hope. The Conservatives currently hold the vast majority of them, and are hoping to sweep the region with pickups in Skeena-Bulkley Valley and Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay. But the Liberal Party is also mildly optimistic about their chances in Kelowna, the biggest city in B.C.'s Interior. The area has only been won once by the party in recent history, by Stephen Fuhr in 2015 — but he's back hoping to retake the area from Conservative incumbent Tracy Gray. It's the type of seat the Conservatives need to take for granted if they hope to form government after Monday.
Global News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Global News
Canada election 2025: South Surrey-White Rock
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook South Surrey-White Rock is a federal riding located in British Columbia. This riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay who first took office in 2019. Findlay collected 24,158 votes, winning 42.45 per cent of the vote in the 2021 federal election. Voters will decide who will represent South Surrey-White Rock in British Columbia during the upcoming Canadian election on April 28, 2025. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results. Candidates Conservative: Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Incumbent) Liberal: Ernie Klassen NDP: Jureun Park Green: Christine Kinnie
