Newton—North Delta

Newton—North Delta

British Columbia electoral district
Newton—North Delta in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	127,954
Electors (2011)	73,317
Area (km²)	51.08
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey, Delta

Newton—North Delta was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015, when it was abolished and redistributed to the Delta and Surrey—Newton electoral districts.

It is located within the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and consists of

Newton—North Delta has the highest percentage of people of Sikh ethnic origin (27.6%); of native Punjabi speakers (33.4%); of those that use Punjabi as home language (26.8%); as well as of South Asians overall (42.7%), lagging only Richmond - 50.2% Chinese - in terms of population proportion of a single visible minority group.

In terms of religion, it is the federal riding with the highest percentage of Sikhs (27.6%) and, more generally, the highest percentage of people with a non-Judeo-Christian religion affiliation, 38.0% in particular (Sikh: 27.6%, Muslim: 4.3%, Hindu: 4.1%, etc.).

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central ridings.

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

During the 40th Parliament, Dhaliwal was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.