Vancouver Kingsway

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Kingsway in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Don Davies NDP
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	119,815
Electors (2006)	79,058
Area (km²)	21
Pop. density (per km²)	5,705.5
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver

For the similarly-named provincial electoral district that incorporates some of the same area, see Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 David Emerson controversy 3 Election results 3.1 1997 - present 3.2 1953 - 1988 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

This riding's population is over 54% immigrants. The two largest ethnic groups in this riding are the Chinese-Canadians at 43% and the Filipino-Canadians at 11%. The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver Kingsway. The average family income is over $72,000. Unemployment is around 6.5%.^[1] 9.9% of the population is Buddhist, the highest in Canada. [1]

[edit] History

The name "Vancouver Kingsway" has been used twice to describe federal ridings. It was first created in 1952, carved out of Vancouver South riding. In 1987, the riding was divided between Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South ridings. In 1996, a new Vancouver Kingsway was created out of these same four ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
22nd	1953-1957		Angus MacInnis	CCF
23rd	1957-1958		Alex Macdonald	CCF
24th	1958-1962		John Ferguson Browne	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963		Arnold Webster	New Democratic Party
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968		Grace MacInnis	New Democrat
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979		Simma Holt	Liberal
31st	1979-1980		Ian Waddell	NDP
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South from 1988 to 1997
36th	1997-2000		Sophia Leung	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		David Emerson	Liberal
39th	2006-2008			Conservative
40th	2008-		Don Davies	NDP

[edit] David Emerson controversy

David Emerson was first elected in 2004, for the Liberal Party of Canada, and served in the Cabinet as the Minister of Industry.

Emerson was re-elected as a Liberal in the 2006 election, but crossed the floor two weeks later on February 6, 2006 to become the new Minister of International Trade in Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Emerson's floor-crossing was highly controversial. Then Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper dispatched campaign co-chair John Douglas Reynolds, on the day after the election, to offer Emerson a cabinet post in a Conservative government. Emerson's acceptance of that offer made Canadian history, marking the first time a member of parliament, let alone a cabinet minister, had crossed the floor before a new government was even sworn in.

As a result of the controversy, a number of groups formed to fight for Emerson's resignation. Some groups also seek legislation that would prevent floor crossing altogether or restrict a member of parliament if they abandon their party's caucus. Groups that fought against Emerson's defection included the New Democratic Party-aligned Recall David Emerson Campaign, and the Liberal Party-aligned but eventually wholly citizen-driven De-Elect Emerson Campaign.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Don Davies	15,933	35.20%	+1.7%	$81,501
	Liberal	Wendy Yuan	13,164	29.02%	-14.43%	$79,758
	Conservative	Salomon Rayek	12,419	27.43%	+8.64%	$70,829
	Green	Doug Warkentin	3,031	6.7%	+3.87%	$3,478
	Libertarian	Matt Kadioglu	309	0.68%	+0.09%	--
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	291	0.64%	+0.29%	$391
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	149	0.33%	+0.19%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,296	100%		$84,758
Total rejected ballots			328
Turnout			45,624

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Emerson	20,062	43.45%	+3.01	$74,641
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	15,470	33.50%	-3.77	$77,756
	Conservative	Kanman Wong	8,679	18.79%	+2.31	$77,756
	Green	Arno Schortinghuis	1,307	2.83%	-0.73	$803
	Libertarian	Matt Kadioglu	277	0.59%
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	162	0.35%	-0.05	$297
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	143	0.30%	-0.03	$2,987
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	68	0.14%	-0.08
Total valid votes			46,285	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			274	0.59%
Turnout			46,442	59.2%
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Emerson	17,267	40.44%		$63,734
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	15,916	37.27%		$55,150
	Conservative	Jesse Johl	7,037	16.48%		$72,888
	Green	Tracey Jastinder Mann	1,521	3.56%
	Independent	Jeannie Kwan	548	1.28%		$7,229
	Communist	Jason Mann	172	0.40%		$389
	Canadian Action	Jacob Rempel	142	0.33%		$373
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	94	0.22%		$150
Total valid votes			42,697	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			395	0.92%
Turnout			43,092	58.01%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sophia Leung	16,118	43.07%		$56,204
	Canadian Alliance	Alice Wong	11,076	29.59%		$39,286
	New Democrat	Victor Wong	5,921	15.82%		$7,654
	Progressive Conservative	Kanman Wong	1,803	4.81%		$11,072
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	1,200	3.20%		$54,962
	Green	Phillip Petrik	1,009	2.69%		$134
	Communist	Elwyn Patterson	168	0.44%		$189
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	126	0.33%		$22
Total valid votes			37,421	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			316	0.84%
Turnout			37,737	55.98%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sophia Leung	14,182	40.62%		$48,495
	New Democrat	Victor Wong	10,662	30.54%		$52,412
	Reform	Raymond Leung	6,412	18.36%		$15,532
	Progressive Conservative	Kan Wong	1,385	3.96%		$4,577
	Independent	Gim Huey	894	2.56%		$23,368
	Green	Irene Louise Schmidt	811	2.32%
	Natural Law	Steven Beck	210	0.60%
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	161	0.46%		$699
	Independent	Roger Annis	116	0.33%
	Independent	David Tsai	78	0.22%		$2,450
Total valid votes			34,911	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			426	1.21%
Turnout			35,337	63.37%

[edit] 1953 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	20,179
	Liberal	Nancy Morrison	11,640
	Progressive Conservative	Collin Wong	7,152
	Green	Ted Mousseau	305
	Communist	Bert Ogden	214

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	16,928
	Liberal	Simma Holt	10,954
	Progressive Conservative	Drew Taylor	7,924
	Communist	Bert Ogden	149
	Independent	Norm Baker	113
	Marxist-Leninist	Leanne Corcoran	63

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	15,928
	Liberal	Simma Holt	11,503
	Progressive Conservative	Cal Davis	7,900
	Communist	Jack Phillips	147
	Marxist-Leninist	Tarlochan S. Bains	106

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Simma Holt	12,002
	New Democrat	Dennis F. Mulroney	10,614
	Progressive Conservative	John Taylor	9,155
	Communist	Fred Wilson	225
	Marxist-Leninist	Thomas J. Boylan	114

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	18,108
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Cherrington	6,752
	Liberal	Ed Bodnarchuk	5,986
	Social Credit	Faren Garner	750
	Not affiliated	William John Turner	211
	Not affiliated	Claire Alston	66

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	15,599
	Liberal	Edward Bodnarchuk	10,835
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Britton	3,285
	Social Credit	Lorena T. Green	1,760

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	13,730
	Liberal	Jack Austin	7,994
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	4,012
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Milner	2,240

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Arnold Alexander Webster	13,966
	Liberal	Douglas A. Walker	8,154
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald E. Klein	4,301
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	3,145

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Arnold Alexander Webster	13,837
	Liberal	Douglas A. Walker	6,366
	Progressive Conservative	J. Fergie Browne	5,523
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	3,039

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Ferguson Browne	11,928
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex B. MacDonald	11,724
	Liberal	Everet King	2,631
	Social Credit	Gus Froese	1,642

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex MacDonald	9,040
	Progressive Conservative	John Ferguson Browne	6,762
	Social Credit	Thomas Williamson	6,262
	Liberal	Everett Crowley	4,270

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	10,162
	Social Credit	Nicholas James Bartman	5,610
	Liberal	Arthur Ralph Gordon Helps	3,957
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Redvers Dent	1,700
	Labour-Progressive	Mona Laufey Morgan	578

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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