Vancouver East

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver East in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Libby Davies NDP
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	106,816
Electors (2006)	76,678
Area (km²)	21
Pop. density (per km²)	5,086.5
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver

Vancouver East is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935.

Vancouver East is known as New Democratic Party stronghold; the NDP and its Co-operative Commonwealth Federation predecessor have won all but two elections in the riding since the riding's creation in 1933. In the 2006 federal election, the New Democratic Party won a higher percentage of the vote in Vancouver East than in any other riding in the country: 56.6%.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Member of Parliament 5 Election results 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Mount Pleasant, and Hastings-Sunrise.

[edit] Demographics

This is a prominently industrial and working-class riding. It is home to North America's largest Chinatown as well as the infamously impoverished Downtown Eastside. 42% of this riding are immigrants and 30% are of Chinese-Canadian descent. A high number, 63%, or residents here are renters compared to only 37% home owners. 24% of residents over age 25 have a university certificate or degree. Manufacturing, tourism, port-related industries, and accommodation and food service industries are vital to employment in this riding. The average family income is over $61,000. The unemployment rate is about 7.7%.^[1]

The ethnically diverse area is home to many of the cities' artists and activists. In recent years, the area has been negatively affected by an influx of hard drugs and the problems associated with their use.

The riding is the least religious in Canada, with 47.4% of the population not adhering to any religion. [1]

Ethnic groups: 45.5% White, 30.5% Chinese, 5.4% First Nations, 4.9% Southeast Asian, 4.9% Filipino, 2.2% South Asian, 1.7% Latin American, 1.5% Black, 1.1% Japanese
Languages: 46.6% English, 1.8% French, 49.3% Other, 2.3% Multiple languages
Religions: 22.2% Catholic, 11.9% Protestant, 8.6% Buddhist, 1.3% Muslim, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.5% Other Christian, 47.4% No religious affiliation
Average income: $22,144

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1933 from Vancouver South and Vancouver—Burrard ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1935-1953: Angus MacInnis - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• 1953-1972: Harold Edward Winch - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1953-1961), New Democratic Party (1961-1972)
• 1972-1974: Paddy Neale - New Democratic Party
• 1974-1979: Art Lee - Liberal
• 1979-1993: Margaret Anne Mitchell - New Democratic Party
• 1993-1997: Anna Terrana - Liberal
• 1997-present: Libby Davies - New Democratic Party

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Libby Davies, a former human resources co-ordinator and Vancouver city councillor. She was first elected in 1997. She represents the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP House Leader, and their critic for Social Programs, Multiculturalism, and Housing. She serves as the Vice-Chair on the 'Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	22,506	54.42%	-2.15%	$72,187
	Liberal	Ken Low	7,127	17.23%	-6.19%	$80,088
	Conservative	Ryan Warawa	6,422	15.53%	+2.22%	$45,821
	Green	Mike Carr	4,708	11.38%	+5.38%	$2,396
	Work Less Party	Betty Krawczyk	423	1.02%		--
	Marxist-Leninist	Anne Jamieson	171	0.41%		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,357	100%		$83,047
Total rejected ballots			270
Turnout			41,639
Expense limit				$83,047

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	23,927	56.57%	+0.11%	$75,177
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	9,907	23.42%	-2.50%	$22,205
	Conservative	Elizabeth M. Pagtakhan	5,631	13.31%	+3.32%	$76,377
	Green	Christine Ellis	2,536	6.00%	+0.31%	$156
	Canadian Action	Bryce Bartholomew	293	0.69%	-	$200
Total valid votes			42,294	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			200	0.5%
Turnout			42,494	56.4%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	23,452	56.46%		$64,940
	Liberal	Shirley Chan	10,768	25.92%
	Conservative	Harvey Grigg	4,153	9.99%		$44,993
	Green	Ron Plowright	2,365	5.69%		$1,157
	Marijuana	Marc Boyer	399	0.96%
	Christian Heritage	Gloria Anne Kieler	250	0.60%
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	147	0.35%
Total valid votes			41,534	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			305	0.73%
Turnout			41,839	58.16%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	16,818	42.27%		$56,481
	Liberal	Mason Loh	13,421	33.73%		$58,199
	Canadian Alliance	Sal Vetro	5,536	13.91%		$14,808
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Walsh	1,439	3.61%		$7,603
	Green	Kelly Elizabeth White	975	2.45%		$177
	Marijuana	David Malmo-Levine	724	1.81%
	Canadian Action	Brian Bacon	432	1.08%		$2,648
	Independent	Edna Mathilda Brass	196	0.49%
	Independent	Gloria Anne Kieler	143	0.35%
	Natural Law	Rosemary F. Galte	97	0.24%
Total valid votes			39,781	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			444	1.10%
Turnout			40,225	55.88%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	14,961	42.25%		$52,043
	Liberal	Anna Terrana	13,123	37.06%		$52,663
	Reform	Keith Mitchell	4,287	12.10%		$11,525
	Green	Stuart Parker	1,221	3.44%		$2,871
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Cikes	964	2.72%		$5,167
	Christian Heritage	Gloria Kieler	226	0.63%		$844
	Natural Law	Wayne Melvin	185	0.52%
	Independent	Kimball Cariou	161	0.45%		$5,097
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Boylan	158	0.44%
	Independent	Ryan Bloc Québécois Bigge	121	0.34%
Total valid votes			35,407	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			403	1.13%
Turnout			35,810	59.88%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Anna Terrana	14,357
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	12,357
	Reform	Joan Stewart	4,754
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Tom	3,513
	National	Bruce Frank Wright	2,403
	Libertarian	Wayne Marsden	811
	Green	Kelly Elizabeth White	579
	Natural Law	David Grayson	386
	Independent	Kimball Cariou	343
	Independent	Will Offley	103
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Sproule	84
	Independent	Joe Young	71
	Independent	Alan Imrie	56

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	20,108
	Liberal	Raymond Leung	11,692
	Progressive Conservative	Paul E. Nielsen	6,248
	Green	Robert J. Light	401
	Libertarian	Heinz Holzschuher	278
	Rhino	Ruff Tuff Duff Duff Scott	277
	Communist	Kim C. Zander	180
	Not affiliated	Cheryl Stephens Soroka	88

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	18,464
	Liberal	Shirley Maple Wong	9,044
	Progressive Conservative	Jack J. Volrich	7,210
	Rhino	Cameron H. McCabe	342
	Libertarian	Sandy MacDonald	330
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	259

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	14,245
	Liberal	Arthur John Art Lee	12,979
	Progressive Conservative	David N. Kilbey	4,742
	Rhino	Dandy Randy Lyttle	198
	Communist	J. Fred Wilson	179
	Not affiliated	Paul Tetreault	61
	Marxist-Leninist	Chaouac Ferron	34

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	13,697
	Liberal	Arthur John Art Lee	12,522
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil H. Leng	5,304
	Social Credit	Carlo Dallavalle	334
	Communist	J. Fred Wilson	170
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian K. Sproule	44

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur J. Art Lee	9,671
	New Democrat	C.P. Paddy Neale	9,614
	Progressive Conservative	Hartley Hubbs	6,747
	Communist	Maurice Rush	298
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Boylan	181

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	C. Paddy Neale	13,525
	Liberal	John Minichiello	8,687
	Progressive Conservative	John G. Balan	4,584
	Social Credit	Walter Stunder	613
	Not affiliated	Maurice Rush	206
	Not affiliated	Ian R. Hyman	92

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	13,339
	Liberal	Robert Kennedy	9,750
	Progressive Conservative	Max E. Meyer	2,377
	Social Credit	P. Daniel Emanuele	726
	Communist	Charles Caron	477

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	11,854
	Liberal	Alexander C. Sharp	3,969
	Social Credit	Walter W. Campbell	2,840
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Chong	1,900
	Progressive Workers	Jerry Le Bourdais	274

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	12,688
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	5,538
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Guy Chong	3,335
	Social Credit	Dorothy Jean Munnik	1,804

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	12,329
	Liberal	Marino Culos	4,447
	Progressive Conservative	Oris Kirk	3,395
	Social Credit	Michael John McCann	1,867
	Communist	Thomas Alexander McEwen	648

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	11,486
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Mullins	8,654
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	2,175
	Social Credit	Michael John McCann	1,338

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	10,782
	Social Credit	John Chmelyk	5,312
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Douglas Mullins	4,110
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	2,454

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	10,192
	Social Credit	Raymond McCarthy	4,885
	Liberal	William Reid	3,272
	Progressive Conservative	Benjamin A.R. Morley	1,038
	Labour-Progressive	Maurice Rush	764

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	14,056
	Liberal	William Reid	10,154
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Friend Day	4,261
	Labour-Progressive	Charles McGregor Stewart	1,377

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	16,003
	Liberal	William Reid	7,786
	Progressive Conservative	William Ward	7,008
	Labour-Progressive	Harold James Pritchett	4,283
	Democratic	William Nicholas Wallace	729

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	12,490
	Liberal	John Henderson	9,196
	New Democrat	William Wilfred Derpak	5,975
	Communist	Fergus McKean	1,398

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	13,629
	Liberal	J. Lorne MacDougall	7,090
	Conservative	Thomas Todrick	3,364
	Communist	Malcolm Bruce	1,555
	Reconstruction	Clifford Norman Borton	1,134

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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