# Surrey-Tynehead

Surrey-Tynehead was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The electoral district, firstly represented by Dave Hayer (2001–2013), then Amrik Virk (2013–2017).After the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015 the riding became Surrey-Guildford

## Demographics historic

| Population, 2001 | 59,081 |
| Population change, 1996–2001 | 24.3% |
| Area (km$^2$) | 70.81 |
| Population density (people per km$^2$) | 834 |

## Geography
### 1999 redistribution

Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include:
* Inclusion of all of Surrey-Tynehead, except for portion from Surrey-Green Timbers
Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include:
* Inclusion of the quarter sections between 104th and 96th Avenue, and 152nd and 160th Street

## History

The riding was created for the 2001 election from parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers. It was abolished in the 2015 redistribution into Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Fleetwood.
Surrey-Tynehead :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Guildford, and Surrey-Whalley prior to 2001 |||||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Dave Hayer | Liberal |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | Dave Hayer | Liberal |
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Dave Hayer | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Amrik Virk | Liberal |
| Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Fleetwood, and Surrey-Guildford after 2017 |||||

## Election results

vte2013 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Amrik Virk | 9,172 | 48.15 | -4.35 |
| | New Democratic | Avtar Bains | 7,539 | 39.58 | -3.65 |
| | Conservative | Barry J. Sikora | 2,040 | 10.71 | – |
| | Vision | Sukhi Gill | 298 | 1.56 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,049 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 176 | 0.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,225 | 52.13 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
BC General Election 2009 Surrey-Tynehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dave Hayer | 8,814 | 52.50% | +1.13% |
| | NDP | Pat Zanon | 7,257 | 43.23% | +2.87% |
| | Green | Gerald Singh | 717 | 4.27% | -0.40% |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,788 | 100.00% | |
BC General Election 2005: Surrey-Tynehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dave Hayer | 12,052 | 51.37% | -9.58% |
| | NDP | Barry Bell | 9,469 | 40.36% | +24.64% |
| | Green | Sean Orr | 1,095 | 4.67% | -4.67% |
| | Marijuana | Donald Joseph Briere | 243 | 1.04% | -0.28% |
| | Independent | Summer Davis | 380 | 1.62% | – |
| | Independent | Gary Alan Hoffman | 223 | 0.95% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 23,462 | 100.00% | |
BC General Election 2001: Surrey-Tynehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Dave Hayer | 12,252 | 60.95% | | $52,615 |
| | NDP | Barry Bell | 3,159 | 15.72% | | $2,502 |
| | Green | Joel Macht | 1,876 | 9.33% | – | $305 |
| | Unity | Bill Stilwell | 1,234 | 6.14% | | $2,831 |
| | Independent | Marilyn Collins | 880 | 4.38% | | $9,970 |
| | Marijuana | Donald Joseph Briere | 385 | 1.92% | | $821 |
| | Reform | Enoch Ephraimson | 265 | 1.31% | | $3,452 |
| | Independent | Mandir Benipal | 50 | 0.25% | | $1,400 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,101 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,196 | 72.25% |