Location in theLower Mainland | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision | Delta | ||
Delta South is aprovincial electoral district for theLegislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
The electoral district was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-memberDelta riding.
The currentMLA for this riding isIan Paton. The previous member wasVicki Huntington, the onlyIndependent 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.
| Delta South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created fromDelta | ||||
| 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 | BC United | |||
| 2024–2024 | Conservative | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | |||
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ian Paton | 14,491 | 55.07 | – | $42,172.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Jason McCormick | 11,822 | 44.93 | +10.4 | $4,990.71 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 26,313 | 99.62 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.38 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,414 | 65.04 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,611 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional gain fromBC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source:Elections BC[1][2] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 51.0 | ||
| New Democratic | 34.5 | ||
| Green | 14.5 | ||
| 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[4][5] | ||||||||
| 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[6][7] | ||||||||
| 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[8] | ||||||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||