Delta South

Delta South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Delta South

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Ian Paton Conservative
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Delta

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The current MLA for this riding is Ian Paton. The previous member was Vicki Huntington, the only Independent elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election, and was re-elected in 2013. Huntington did not seek re-election in the 2017 provincial election.

History

Delta South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Delta
35th	1991–1996		Fred Gingell	Liberal
36th	1996–1999
	1999–2001		Val Roddick
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013		Vicki Huntington	Independent
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020		Ian Paton	Liberal
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–2024			United
	2024–present			Conservative

The electoral district was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Delta riding.

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ian Paton	14,491	55.07	+55.07
	New Democratic	Jason McCormick	11,822	44.93	+11.06
Total valid votes			26,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ian Paton	12,828	51.70	+7.6	$41,976.94
	New Democratic	Bruce Reid	8,404	33.87	+13.15	$4,625.74
	Green	Peter van der Velden	3,581	14.43	+5.12	$0.00
Total valid votes			24,813	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ian Paton	11,123	44.10	+7.45	$52,639
	Independent	Nicholas Wong	6,437	25.52	–	$14,182
	New Democratic	Bruce Reid	5,228	20.72	+5.17	$4,570
	Green	Larry Colero	2,349	9.31	–	$389
	Action	Errol Edmund Sherley	88	0.35	–	$0
Total valid votes			25,225	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			68	0.27	−0.14
Turnout			25,293	71.79	+3.50
Registered voters			35,234
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Vicki Huntington	11,376	47.80	+5.17	$79,284
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	8,721	36.65	−5.85	$107,153
	New Democratic	Nic Slater	3,700	15.55	+3.17	$35,818
Total valid votes			23,797	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97	0.41
Turnout			23,894	68.29
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009: Delta South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Vicki Huntington	9,977	42.63%		$61,113
	Liberal	Wally Oppal	9,945	42.50%		$201,544
	New Democratic	Dileep Athaide	2,940	12.38%		$30,486
	Green	Duane Laird	555	2.24%	–	$362
	Independent	John Shavluk	60	0.26%		$250
Total Valid Votes			23,477	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			69	0.29%
Turnout			23,546	68.59%

B.C. General Election 2005: Delta South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Val Roddick	9,112	37.48%		?[1]
	Independent	Vicki Huntington	8,043	33.08%		$23,746
	NDP	Dileep Joseph Anthony Athaide	5,828	23.97%		$19,996
	Green	Duane Laird	1,131	4.65%	–	$1,500
	Marijuana	Julian Bellamy Wooldridge	139	0.57%		$100
	Independent	George Mann	58	0.24%		$9,901
Total Valid Votes			24,311	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			88	0.36%
Turnout			24,399	70.81%

Popular vote by voting area

B.C. General Election 2001: Delta South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Val Roddick	14,596	67.00%		$31,454
	Green	Rob La Belle	3,650	16.75%	–	$2,481
	NDP	Ruth Mary Adams	2,053	9.42%		$5,268
	Unity	Justin P. Goodrich	760	3.49%		$500
	Marijuana	Mike Hansen	507	2.33%		$721
	Independent	George Mann	114	0.52%		$2,265
	Independent	Paul Dhillon	105	0.49%
Total Valid Votes			21,785	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			64	0.29%
Turnout			21,849	73.15%

Delta South By-election, December 7, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Val Roddick	10,577	59.63%		$50,518
	Reform	Bill Vander Zalm	5,837	32.91%		$56,367
	Green	Rob La Belle	488	2.75%	–	$1,481
	NDP	Richard Tones	433	2.44%		$14,504
	Independent	Allan Warnke	153	0.86%		$2,398
	Social Credit	Greg Hodgins	137	0.77%		$12,273
	Family Coalition	Jim Hessels	112	0.64%	–	$2,842
Total Valid Votes			17,737	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			41	0.23%
Turnout			17,778	59.78%

B.C. General Election 1996: Delta South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fred Gingell	13,415	58.78%		$33,311
	NDP	Lloyd MacDonald	5,984	26.22%		$5,553
	Reform	Kevin Garvey	1,371	6.01%		$5,249
	Progressive Democrat	Donna M. Tobias	1,215	5.32%	–	$288
	Green	Greg Dickey	333	1.46%	–	$100
	Family Coalition	Jim Hessels	304	1.33%	–	$4,777
	Social Credit	Fabian Milat	200	0.88%	–	$3,678
Total Valid Votes			22,822	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			76	0.33%
Turnout			22,898	74.55%

B.C. General Election 1991: Delta South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fred Gingell	8,783	39.82%		$4,146
	Social Credit	John L. Savage	6,713	30.44%	–	$48,116
	NDP	Brent Kennedy	6,559	29.74%		$33,043
Total Valid Votes			22,055	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			286	0.33%
Turnout			22,341	80.85%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election
• Results of 1996 election
• Results of 1991 election
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia