Vancouver-Fraserview Explained

Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1991
Prov-Election-First:1991
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:George Chow
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:NDP
Demo-Census-Date:2015
Demo-Pop:62885
Demo-Area:13
Demo-Cd:Metro Vancouver
Demo-Csd:Vancouver

Vancouver-Fraserview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

Following the redistricting in 2015 based on the previous census, Vancouver-Fraserview sits in the southeastern portion of Vancouver, including the neighbourhoods of Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview, and Killarney. Its approximate borders are East 49th Ave to the north, Fraser St to the west, Boundary Rd to the east, and the Fraser River to the south.

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election out of parts of the dual member ridings of Vancouver South and Vancouver East.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Vancouver-Fraserview is a swing riding which has consistently elected MLAs from the party that formed government since its creation in 1991, often with competitive margin.

It also served as launching pad for numerous high-profile candidates from both major parties.

Since its inception in 1991 until the 2020 re-election of George Chow, this district has never had an MLA that has served more than one term.

Election results

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post10,18267.33
Proportional Representation4,94032.67
Total valid votes15,122100.0
Total rejected ballots1260.83
Source: Elections BC[1]

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|21,649!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|251!align="right"|1.15!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|21,900!align="right"|54.96%!align="right"||}

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|19,372!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|175!align="right"|0.90%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|19,547!align="right"|51.09%!align="right"||}|-|-|NDP|Ravinder Gill|align="right"|8,783|align="right"|42.43%|align="right"||align="right"|$55,698|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|20,702!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|286!align="right"|1.38%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|20,988!align="right"|57.96%!align="right"||}

|-|-|NDP|Ian Waddell|align="right"|5,815|align="right"|31.91%|align="right"||align="right"|$28,396|}|-|NDP|Ian Waddell|align="right"|8,774|align="right"|45.97%|align="right"||align="right"|$41,504|-|Natural Law|Prince Pabbies|align="right"|57|align="right"|0.30%|align="right"||align="right"|$139|}|-|NDP|Bernie Simpson|align="right"|8,016|align="right"|44.16%|align="right"||align="right"|$43,735|-|}

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).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform. 15 October 2020. Elections BC.