The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Delta
Federal riding · BC · No. 59011 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Jill McKnight Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 5,488 votes
- Turnout
- 74.1% of 85,862 electors
- Population
- 117,735 2021 census
- Area
- 412 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Turnout74.1% of 85,862 electors voted · 50th of 343 in Canada
- Population, largest first117,735 people, 2021 census · 90th of 343 in Canada
- Closeness of the raceWon by 5,488 votes (8.6 pts) · 117th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Jill McKnight
- Associate Minister of National Defence
- Minister of Veterans Affairs
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 1% of today's Delta came from ridings other than the old Delta.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.1%Delta
0.5%South Surrey—White Rock 1% of it kept
0.4%Surrey—Newton 5% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Jill McKnight
Liberal
32,802
51.8% of valid votes
Margin
5,488
votes · +8.6 pts
Runner-up
Jessy Sahota
Conservative
27,314
43.2% of valid votes
Liberal 51.8% · Conservative 43.2% · New Democratic 4.4%
Turnout74.1% of 85,862 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill McKnight | Liberal | 32,802 | 51.8% | 42.3% | +9.5 |
| Jessy Sahota | Conservative | 27,314 | 43.2% | 33.3% | +9.9 |
| Jason McCormick | New Democratic | 2,787 | 4.4% | 18.3% | −13.9 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Natasa Sirotic | People's | 390 | 0.6% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
4.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,787 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 5,488-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
81 of 180
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 2,745 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 4.3% of the 63,293 valid votes, 4.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal32,802
Conservative27,314
Still Liberal by 5,488 votes. Actual margin: 5,488.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 48.2% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal48.6%54.9%+6.3
Conservative45.6%40.9%−4.7
New Democratic5.2%3.7%−1.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $108,000 — about 1.3 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest42nd highest of 343
- Median age is 44.0 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest97th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.2% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest135th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 33.8% — about 2.0 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest83rd highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 76.1% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest107th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest48th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59011BC · 2025
Delta
Jill McKnight
- Result
- Liberal hold by 5,488
- Turnout
- 74.1%
- Population
- 117,735
- Area
- 412 km²
TurnoutPopulation, largest firstCloseness of the race
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