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South Surrey—White Rock

Surrey-Sud—White Rock
Federal riding · BC · No. 59032 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — South Surrey—White Rock, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Ernie Klassen Liberal
2025 result
Liberal gain by 3,170 votes
Turnout
71.6% of 92,041 electors
Population
118,280 2021 census
Area
193 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
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
  • Closeness of the race: Won by 3,170 votes (4.8 pts) · 63rd of 343 in Canada63rd
    Closeness of the race
    Won by 3,170 votes (4.8 pts) · 63rd of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Ernie Klassen took the seat for the Liberals by 3,170 votes (+4.8 points).
  2. The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 99% of the old South Surrey—White Rock.
  3. On election day alone, the Conservatives led; advance and special ballots decided it.
  4. Median age is the 41st highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Ernie Klassen
Liberal · first elected 2025-04-28 · first term
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries
  • Member: Fisheries and Oceans
44 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Protection of Private Property Rights in Canada.

IDid this riding change?

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

Share of today's areaFormer riding
100.0%South Surrey—White Rock 99% 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 gain
Elected
Ernie Klassen
Liberal
33,094
50.5% of valid votes
Margin
3,170
votes · +4.8 pts
Runner-up
Kerry-Lynne Findlay
Conservative
29,924
45.7% of valid votes
Liberal 50.5% · Conservative 45.7% · New Democratic 2.5% · Green 1.3%
Turnout71.6% of 92,041 electors
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

Swing needed to flip
2.4 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
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.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative49.0%42.7%−6.3
Liberal46.1%54.3%+8.2
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.

VWhat kind of place this is

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

The card

No. 59032BC · 2025
South Surrey—White Rock
Ernie Klassen
Result
Liberal gain by 3,170
Turnout
71.6%
Population
118,280
Area
193 km²
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)58Changed hands in 2025Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327Decided before election dayCloseness of the race: Won by 3,170 votes (4.8 pts) · 63rd of 343 in Canada63rdCloseness of the race
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