Fleetwood—Port Kells

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Fleetwood—Port Kells

British Columbia electoral district
Fleetwood—Port Kells in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Nina Grewal Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	123,243
Electors (2006)	73,477
Area (km²)	111
Pop. density (per km²)	1,110.3
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Surrey, Greater Vancouver A

Fleetwood—Port Kells is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

It consists of the northeast part of the City of Surrey, Barnston Island, and Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3 the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Surrey Central and some of Surrey North riding.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Nina Grewal, a former sales manager. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She represents the Conservative Party of Canada. She serves as the Vice-Chair on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Her husband, Gurmant Grewal, was also a Conservative MP but stepped down in 2005.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(X)Nina Grewal	14,577	33.5%	-2.3%	$72,464.56
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	13,749	31.6%	+2.1%
	New Democratic Party	Barry Bell	10,961	25.2%	-2.8%	$18,907.49
	Independent	Jack Cook	3,202	7.4%	+7.4%
	Green	Duncan McDonald	1,059	2.4%	-3.9%
Total valid votes			43,548	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			127
Turnout			43,675
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,052	35.80%		$67,710
	Liberal	Gulzar Cheema	11,568	29.47%		$69,483
	New Democratic Party	Barry Bell	10,976	27.96%		$7,669
	Green	David Walters	2,484	6.32%
	Marxist-Leninist	Joseph Theriault	167	0.42%
Total valid votes			39,247	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			218	0.55%
Turnout			39,465	59.06%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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