Editor:
Doing the math from the election results, I observe that from 58,623 voter turnout, 65 per cent, in South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale, Russ Hiebert took 54 per cent of the votes.
Yet he is required to represent all the other people that did not vote for him as well. From the 90,249 registered voters, that would be 65 per cent of the population expecting equal fair representation and service, along with the 35 per cent Conservative voters that showed up. This number does not include new electors who registered on election day, nor all the additional people that will be moving to the area in the next few years, who may or may not support Hiebert/Conservative.
I do hope that the MP’s past five years of spin with fear surveys called “householders” that smeared the opposition and shared selective information will no longer be sent to our homes.
The numbers for the national picture of popular vote and eligible population voters clearly exposes the truth that the system which elected this majority is one of the tasks that need attention.
Pat Petrala, White Rock
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The Conservative party now has a strong majority of seats in Parliament, yet it was supported by only 24.3 per cent of the electorate.
In this riding, the successful Russ Hiebert received votes from only 35.5 per cent of his electorate.
Don’t these numbers suggest there is something wrong with our voting system?
R. M. Strang, Surrey