Vancouver-False Creek Explained

Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2008
Prov-Election-First:2009
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:Brenda Bailey
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:British Columbia New Democratic Party
Demo-Census-Date:2014
Demo-Pop:57261
Demo-Area:6.71
Demo-Cd:Metro Vancouver
Demo-Csd:Vancouver

Vancouver-False Creek is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. The current MLA is Brenda Bailey of the BC NDP. Established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, Vancouver-False Creek was first contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.

The riding takes in most of Downtown Vancouver (the eastern part of Downtown is part of the Vancouver-Mount Pleasant riding) and the area around the north shore of False Creek, including Yaletown.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was divided along False Creek. The portions north of False Creek, comprising the majority of the population, were redistributed to Vancouver-Yaletown, while most of the portions south of False Creek were redistributed to Vancouver-South Granville. A small segment east of Cambie Street, corresponding to the 2010 Olympic Village, was assigned to Vancouver-Little Mountain.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Proportional representation8,57251.33
First Past the Post8,12948.67
Total valid votes16,701100.0
Total rejected ballots690.41
Source: Elections BC[2]

Student vote results

Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-04-17 . Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for 4 of 6 new proposed B.C. ridings . 2024-04-24 . British Columbia . en.
  2. Web site: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer – 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform. October 23, 2020. Elections BC.