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South Surrey—White Rock

Surrey-Sud—White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock is a federal riding in British Columbia. Ernie Klassen (Liberal) has represented South Surrey—White Rock since the 2025 election. Ernie Klassen (Liberal) took South Surrey—White Rock from the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 3,170 votes (4.8 points), with 50.5% of the vote. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) was second with 45.7%, on a turnout of 71.6% of 92,041 electors. Member as of .

Abbotsford—South Langley · ConservativeCloverdale—Langley City · ConservativeDelta · LiberalSurrey Newton · LiberalSouth Surrey—White Rock
Fig. 1 — South Surrey—White Rock on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents South Surrey—White Rock

LErnie Klassen
Ernie Klassen's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Ernie Klassen

Member of Parliament for South Surrey—White Rock

Liberal

MP since · first term

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries
  • Fisheries and Oceans committee

54 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Fisheries and Oceans.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal gain from the Conservatives

Share of the valid votes by candidate, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025Of the 65,527 valid votes, Ernie Klassen (Liberal) took 50.5%, Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) 45.7%, Jureun Park (New Democratic) 2.5% and Christine Kinnie (Green) 1.3%.2025Turnout 71.6% of 92,041 electorsErnie KlassenLiberal50.5% · 33,0943,170 votes ahead · 4.8 ptsKerry-Lynne FindlayConservative45.7% · 29,924Jureun ParkNew Democratic2.5% · 1,634Christine KinnieGreen1.3% · 875050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025Of the 65,527 valid votes, Ernie Klassen (Liberal) took 50.5%, Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) 45.7%, Jureun Park (New Democratic) 2.5% and Christine Kinnie (Green) 1.3%.2025Turnout 71.6% of 92,041 electorsErnie KlassenLiberal50.5% · 33,0943,170 votes ahead · 4.8 ptsKerry-Lynne FindlayConservative45.7% · 29,924Jureun ParkNew Democratic2.5% · 1,634Christine KinnieGreen1.3% · 875050%100%
Shares of the 65,527 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ernie KlassenLiberal33,09450.5%
Kerry-Lynne FindlayConservative29,92445.7%
Jureun ParkNew Democratic1,6342.5%
Christine KinnieGreen8751.3%

Ernie Klassen (Liberal) won South Surrey—White Rock on with 33,094 votes, 50.5% of the 65,527 valid votes. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) was second with 29,924 (45.7%), 3,170 votes and 4.8 points behind.

Of the 65,527 valid votes, Ernie Klassen (Liberal) took 50.5%, Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) 45.7%, Jureun Park (New Democratic) 2.5% and Christine Kinnie (Green) 1.3%. Turnout was 71.6% of 92,041 electors: 65,895 ballots cast, 65,527 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 11.8 (38.7% to 50.5%), the Conservatives up 3.5 (42.2% to 45.7%) and the New Democrats down 12.2 (14.7% to 2.5%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in South Surrey—White Rock at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative42.4%by 5.8 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Conservative46.2%by 15.4 points over the Liberals
  3. 2008Conservative55.9%by 34.6 points over the Liberals
  4. 2011Conservative53.9%by 33.3 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative44.0%by 2.5 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative41.9%by 4.5 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Conservative42.2%by 3.5 points over the Liberals
  8. 2025changed handsLiberal50.5%by 4.8 points over the Conservatives
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative42.4%Liberal5.8carried, our estimate
2006Conservative46.2%Liberal15.4carried, our estimate
2008Conservative55.9%Liberal34.6carried, our estimate
2011Conservative53.9%New Democratic33.3carried, our estimate
2015Conservative44.0%Liberal2.5carried, our estimate
2019Conservative41.9%Liberal4.5carried, our estimate
2021Conservative42.2%Liberal3.5transposed by Elections Canada
2025Liberal50.5%Conservative4.8official result

The Conservatives were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Liberals took 50.5% of the vote here, 18.6 points above their average of 31.9% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (42.4%), 2006 (46.2%), 2008 (55.9%), 2011 (53.9%), 2015 (44.0%), 2019 (41.9%) and 2021 (42.2%) and the Liberals in 2025 (50.5%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Conservative · Kerry-Lynne Findlay, by 1,992 votes (3.5 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Kerry-Lynne Findlay, by 2,618 votes (4.5 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Dianne Lynn Watts, by 1,439 votes (2.5 pts)

In the old South Surrey—White Rock on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's South Surrey—White Rock lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place South Surrey—White Rock is

Population
118,2802021 census
Area
193km²
Density
613people per km²
Electors
92,041on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327
    Decided before election day
    On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
  • Median age is 47.6 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest41st highest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.9% — about 56 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest79th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.0% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest83rd highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 33.4% — about 1.9 times the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest85th highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $94,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest93rd highest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 76.5% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest102nd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's South Surrey—White Rock, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old South Surrey—White Rock, but it is only 99% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
100.0%South Surrey—White Rock 100.0% of the area · 99% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Ernie KlassenLiberal33,09450.5%38.7%+11.8
Kerry-Lynne FindlayConservative29,92445.7%42.2%+3.5
Jureun ParkNew Democratic1,6342.5%14.7%−12.2
Christine KinnieGreen8751.3%—+1.3
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

Third place vs. the margin
1,634 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 3,170-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
106 of 187
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (78) · ■ won by another party (106) · ▨ tied (3).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 1,586 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 2.4% of the 65,527 valid votes, 2.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal33,094
Conservative29,924
Still Liberal by 3,170 votes. Actual margin: 3,170.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 46.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.

On election day the Liberals took 46.1%, the Conservatives 49.0%, the New Democrats 3.1% and the Greens 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 54.3%, 42.7%, 2.0% and 0.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 46.1%, the Conservatives 49.0%, the New Democrats 3.1% and the Greens 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 54.3%, 42.7%, 2.0% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal46.1%54.3%+8.2 ptsConservative49.0%42.7%−6.3 ptsNew Democratic3.1%2.0%−1.1 ptsGreen1.8%0.9%−0.9 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, South Surrey—White Rock, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 46.1%, the Conservatives 49.0%, the New Democrats 3.1% and the Greens 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 54.3%, 42.7%, 2.0% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal46.1%54.3%+8.2 ptsConservative49.0%42.7%−6.3 ptsNew Democratic3.1%2.0%−1.1 ptsGreen1.8%0.9%−0.9 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Liberal46.1%54.3%+8.2
Conservative49.0%42.7%−6.3
New Democratic3.1%2.0%−1.1
Green1.8%0.9%−0.9
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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — South Surrey—White Rock and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"South Surrey—White Rock — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/south-surrey-white-rock/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.