Surrey was split down the middle Tuesday night, with voters doling out four ridings each to the Liberals and the New Democrats.

Seven out of the eight ridings went to incumbents, with the newly redrawn riding of Surrey Panorama going to Liberal candidate and political newcomer Stephanie Cadieux, who makes B.C. history as the first woman with a disability to be elected to the legislature.

“I’m feeling pretty good, very anxious to see the final results,” said a cautiously-optimistic Cadieux at her campaign office earlier in the evening.

The top issue among residents in her riding was the economy, she said.

Cadieux, who injured her spinal cord in an accident when she was 18, will be following in the footsteps of Doug Mowat, a quadriplegic who served as a Vancouver MLA in the 1980s.

In Surrey-Tynehead, Liberal incumbent Dave Hayer narrowly beat out NDP rival Pat Zanon and will be heading to a third term in office.

“I feel good,” said a jubilant Hayer from Northview Golf and Country Club. “We had a very difficult election, a negative election on the NDP side, but our team worked very hard.”

In the newly-created riding of Surrey-Fleetwood, the race was neck-and-neck, with NDP veteran Jagrup Brar edging to victory over Liberal Jagmohan Singh.

The rest of Surrey’s ridings stuck with the tried-and-true, voting their incumbents back in. Residents of Surrey-White Rock granted Liberal incumbent Gordon Hogg a fourth term.

In Surrey-Cloverdale, another Liberal stronghold, transportation minister Kevin Falcon emerged victorious as expected.

NDP incumbent Sue Hammell garnered a dominant 70 per cent of the vote in Surrey-Green Timbers, while NDP MLAs Harry Bains and Bruce Ralston topped the ballots in Surrey-Newton and Surrey-Whalley respectively.