Vancouver-Fraserview

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

Vancouver-Fraserview

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	George Chow New Democratic
District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver

Demographics

Population, 2001	53,062
Population Change, 1996–2001	5.5%
Area (km²)	12
Pop. Density (people per km²)	4,317

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.

Electoral History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Bernie Simpson	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Ian Waddell
37th	2001–2005		Ken Johnston	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Wally Oppal
39th	2009–2013		Kash Heed
40th	2013–2017		Suzanne Anton
41st	2017–present		George Chow	New Democratic

Member of Legislative Assembly

The current MLA of Vancouver-Fraserview is George Chow. Recent MLAs include Kash Heed, who served as the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, and Suzanne Anton and Wally Oppal, who both served as the Attorney-General. Since its inception in 1991 this district has never had an MLA that has served more than one term.

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	George Chow	10,160	47.67
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	9,171	43.21
	Green	Eric Kolotyluk	1,580	7.45
	Your Political Party	Harpreet S. Bajwa	156	0.74
	Libertarian	Hiroshi Hyde	155	0.73
Total valid votes			21,222	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

B.C. General Election 2013: Vancouver-Fraserview[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	10,118	46.74%		$91,618
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yiu	9,648	44.56%		$107,004
	Green	Stuart Mackinnon	1,230	5.68%		$2,989
	Conservative	Rajiv Pandey	653	3.02%	–	$9,904
Total Valid Votes			21,649	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			251	1.15
Turnout			21,900	54.96%

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kash Heed	9,549	49.29%	+1.49%	$105,420
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yiu	8,801	45.43%	+3.00%	$97,038
	Green	Jodie Joanna Emery	904	4.67%	-1.97%	$8,279
	Refederation	Andrew Stevano	118	0.61%	–	$260
Total Valid Votes			19,372	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			175	0.90%
Turnout			19,547	51.09%

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wally Oppal	9,895	47.80%		$195,304
	NDP	Ravinder Gill	8,783	42.43%		$55,698
	Green	Doug Perry	1,374	6.64%	–	$2,223
	Marijuana	Shea Campbell	650	3.13%		$100
Total Valid Votes			20,702	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			286	1.38%
Turnout			20,988	57.96%

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Johnston	10,361	56.84%		$43,542
	NDP	Ian Waddell	5,815	31.91%		$28,396
	Green	Merina Matthew	1,417	7.77%	–	$197
	Unity	Paul Stilwell	369	2.02%
	Marijuana	Paul Emerson Hughes	267	1.46%		$394
Total valid votes			18,229	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			150	0.82%
Turnout			18,379	71.61%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Ian Waddell	8,774	45.97%		$41,504
	Liberal	Gulzar Singh Cheema	8,394	43.98%		$53,524
	Progressive Democrat	Andy Wong	815	4.27%	–	$2,073
	Green	Stephen Samuel	225	1.18%	–	$307
	Reform	Tim Shreeve	643	3.37%		$2,189
	Social Credit	T. Glen Lockhart	177	0.93%	–	$1,118
	Natural Law	Prince Pabbies	57	0.30%		$139
Total valid votes			19,085	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			143	0.74%
Turnout			19,228	71.94%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Bernie Simpson	8,016	44.16%		$43,735
	Liberal	Rod Raglin	5,837	32.15%		$6,541
	Social Credit	Jonathan Baker	4,060	22.37%	–	$25,231
	Green	Stuart Parker	141	0.78%	–
	Libertarian	John Clarke	98	0.54%
Total valid votes			18,152	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			520	2.78%
Turnout			18,672	73.08%

References

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• BC Stats
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia