Vancouver-Burrard

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Vancouver-Burrard is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election.

For the next election, the riding will be split across two new ridings. The portion west of Burrard,Georgia,Jervis will become the new Vancouver-West End riding.[1] The remainder of Vancouver-Burrard will join part of Vancouver-Fairview to become the new Vancouver-False Creek riding.

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[edit] Demographics

From 2001 Canadian Census

Population, 2001 64,046
Population Change, 1996-2001 20.9%
Area (km²) 8.89
Pop. Density (people per km²) 7,204

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

The MLA is Lorne Mayencourt, who won the 2005 election by 11 votes. He has announced he will not seek reelection after this term.[2]

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Burrard
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Lorne Mayencourt 12,009 42.16% -5.94
     NDP Tim Stevenson 11,998 42.12% +11.04
     Green Janek Patrick John Kuchmistrz 3,698 12.98% -3.21
     Libertarian John Clarke 388 1.36%
     Work Less Lisa Voldeng 170 0.60%
     Sex Party John Gordon Ince 111 0.39%
     DRBC Ian McLeod 82 0.29%
     Platinum Antonio Francisco Ferreira 27 0.09%
Total 28,483 100.00
B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Burrard
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Lorne Mayencourt 11,396 48.11% +10.88 $46,939
     NDP Tim Stevenson 7,359 31.07% -18.63 $45,493
     Green Robbie Mattu 3,826 16.15% +13.52 $1,029
     Marijuana Marc Emery 906 3.82% $394
     Unity Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell 290 1.15%
     Independent Boris Bear 136 0.57% $157
     People's Front Joseph Theriault 40 0.17% $57
     Independent Rhino Helvis 25 0.11% $100
Total Valid Votes 23,688 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 123 0.52%
Turnout 23,811 63.67%
B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Burrard
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Tim Stevenson 10,646 49.70% -1.23 $43,534
     BC Liberal Duncan Wilson 7,975 37.23% +2.00 $50,880
     PDA Laura McDiarmid 1,014 4.73% $1,072
     Green Imtiaz Popat 563 2.63% +0.32 $155
     BC Reform Aletta Buday 671 3.13% $100
     Libertarian John Clarke 458 2.14%
     Natural Law Wayne A. Melvin 93 0.43% $100
Total Valid Votes 21,420 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 257 1.19%
Turnout 21,677 62.68%
B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Burrard
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Emery Barnes 9,725 50.93% $56,902
     BC Liberal Steven R. Bourne 6,727 35.23% $7,987
     Social Credit Joy Davies 2,201 11.53% $29,256
     Green Andy Telfer 441 2.31% $1,349
Total Valid Votes 19,094 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 552 2.81%
Turnout 19,646 65.59%

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.bc-ebc.ca/final_report/google_maps/
  2. ^ http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/56540


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