Vancouver Quadra

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Quadra in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Joyce Murray Liberal
District created	1947
First contested	1949
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	119,627
Electors (2006)	86,513
Area (km²)	49
Pop. density (per km²)	2,441.4
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver, Greater Vancouver A

Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver.

Voters within Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized.

Contents 1 Current Member of Parliament 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 History 4.1 Members of Parliament 5 Election results 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Joyce Murray, a former BC cabinet minister and provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly. She was first elected in a March 2008 by-election, by a small margin. She was re-elected in the general election on October 14, 2008, by nearly 5000 votes.

[edit] Demographics

This is the sixth wealthiest riding in Canada, with an average family income of over $145,000. As of 2006, this riding had 37% immigrants, most of which are of Chinese-Canadians. The province's largest university, the University of British Columbia is situated in this riding. The major employer is the professional, scientific and technical service sector. The unemployment rate is 5.2%. ^[1] Nearly every house in this riding is worth over a million dollars.

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Racial groups: 69.2% White, 21.3% Chinese, 1.9% South Asian, 1.6% Korean, 1.6% Japanese, 1.0% Aboriginal
Languages: 66.0% English, 1.6% French, 31.3% Other, 1.1% Multiple languages
Religions: 27.9% Protestant, 16.3% Catholic, 4.5% Buddhist, 4.2% Other Christian, 3.8% Jewish, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Muslim, 38.5% No religious affiliation
Average income: $46,991

[edit] Geography

The district includes the parts of the West Side of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1947 from Vancouver East and Vancouver South ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver East and Vancouver South prior to 1947
21st	1949-1953		Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965		Grant Deachman	Liberal
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974		Bill Clarke	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		John Turner	Liberal
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Ted McWhinney	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004		Stephen Owen	Liberal
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2007
	2008		Joyce Murray	Liberal

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	25,371	45.57%		$79,097
	Conservative	Deborah Meredith	20,563	36.93%		$83,516
	Green	Dan Grice	4,916	8.83%		$6,621
	New Democrat	David Caplan	4,493	8.07%		$19,537
	Libertarian	Norris Barens	332	0.6%		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.0%		$89,046
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

See also: Vancouver Quadra by-election, 2008

By-election on 17 March 2008 Resignation of Stephen Owen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	10,155	36.05%	-12.79%
	Conservative	Deborah Meredith	10,004	35.52%	+6.43%
	New Democrat	Rebecca Coad	4,064	14.43%	-1.67%
	Green	Dan Grice	3,792	13.46%	+8.32%
	Neorhino.ca	John Turner	110	0.39%
	Canadian Action	Psamuel Frank	40	0.14%
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.6

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	28,285	48.84%	-3.59%	$66,112
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	16,844	29.09%	+2.78%	$81,186
	New Democrat	David Askew	9,321	16.1%	+1.11%	$28,264
	Green	Ben West	2,979	5.14%	-0.46%	$1,187
	Independent	Betty Krawczyk	263	0.5%
	Marijuana	Marc Boyer	158	0.28%
	Marxist-Leninist	Donovan Young	41	0.09%	+0.01%
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	29,187	52.43%		$68,710
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	14,648	26.31%		$78,433
	New Democrat	David Askew	8,348	14.99%		$51,374
	Green	Doug Warkentin	3,118	5.60%		$4,289
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	165	0.29%		$5,222
	Libertarian	Katrina Chowne	151	0.27%
	Marxist-Leninist	Donovan Young	48	0.08%
Total valid votes			55,665	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			164	0.29%
Turnout			55,829	66.53%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	22,253	44.83%		$60,542
	Canadian Alliance	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	18,613	37.50%		$64,240
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	4,112	8.28%		$12,355
	New Democrat	Loretta Woodcock	2,595	5.22%		$10,844
	Green	Doug Warkentin	1,434	2.88%		$16,556
	Canadian Action	Chris Shaw	390	0.78%		$5,683
	Natural Law	Steven Beck	126	0.25%
	Marxist-Leninist	Anne Jamieson	109	0.21%		$18
Total valid votes			49,632	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			194	0.40%
Turnout			49,826	63.34%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted McWhinney	18,847	42.14%		$55,589
	Reform	Joanne Easdown	12,340	27.59%		$57,114
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Chutter	7,546	16.87%		$53,095
	New Democrat	Donovan T. Kuehn	4,486	10.03%		$11,981
	Green	Kelly White	1,155	2.58%
	Natural Law	Alan Mackenzie Brooke	211	0.47%
	Marxist-Leninist	Anne Jamieson	135	0.30%
Total valid votes			44,720	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			202	0.45%
Turnout			44,922	67.76%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ted McWhinney	20,366
	Reform	Bill McArthur	11,447
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Chutter	9,002
	New Democrat	Tommy Tao	5,524
	National	W.J. Willy Spat	3,303
	Green	Alannah New-Small	594
	Libertarian	Walter Boytinck	410
	Natural Law	Alan M. Brooke	376
	Christian Heritage	Walter Opmeer	208
	Independent	Roman York	170
	Not affiliated	Janet Ludlam	138
	Marxist-Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	80
	Commonwealth	J.G. Joseph Jackman	59

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	24,021
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	16,664
	New Democrat	Gerry Scott	11,687
	Reform	J.R. Jack Ford	1,112
	Rhino	John Turner (no relation)	760
	Libertarian	Walter Boytinck	129
	Communist	Bert Ogden	75
	Independent	Albert A. Ritchie	74
	Not affiliated	Blair T. Longley	52
	Confederation of Regions	Nora Galenzoski	35
	Commonwealth	G.J. Joseph Jackman	23
	Not affiliated	Allen Soroka	22

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	21,794
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	18,581
	New Democrat	Ray Cantillon	8,343
	Green	Jim Bohlen	389
	New Democrat	Ian McConkey	219
	Independent	Diane Jones	111
	Libertarian	Marco Den Ouden	87
	Not affiliated	Bill Burgess	28
	Independent	David Michael Shebib	20
	Commonwealth	T. Gaetan Feuille D'érable Wall	20
	Independent	J.G. Joseph Jackman	12

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	20,993
	Liberal	Peter Pearse	13,987
	New Democrat	Alan Bush	9,907
	Rhino	Verne John Eh McDonald	405
	Social Credit	Elaine Wanstall	104
	Independent	Peter Rabbit Milne	73
	Marxist-Leninist	Allen Soroka	50
	Not affiliated	Byron Nelson	26

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	19,869
	Liberal	Paul Manning	12,820
	New Democrat	Alan Bush	10,665
	Libertarian	Campbell Osborne	144
	Marxist-Leninist	David Fuller	64
	Not affiliated	Fred Gilbertson	37

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	18,892
	Liberal	Frank Low-Beer	15,458
	New Democrat	Nigel Nixon	4,434
	Social Credit	Edith Garner	179
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Keith Sproule	120
	Independent	Norman G. Dent	61

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	17,767
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	15,001
	New Democrat	Nigel Nixon	8,411
	Social Credit	Edith Garner	378
	Independent	Rupert Beebe	180

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	20,788
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Pearkes	11,604
	New Democrat	George Trasov	5,727
	Republican	Robert Hein	175

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	12,895
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	12,549
	New Democrat	George E. Trasov	5,342
	Social Credit	Donald W. Gosse	2,416

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	15,160
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	13,756
	New Democrat	Dorothy Gretchen Steeves	5,324
	Social Credit	James P.R. Mason	2,085

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	15,113
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	10,331
	New Democrat	Philip H. Waddell	5,699
	Social Credit	Emil Peter Schafer	2,103

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	24,802
	Liberal	Francis Cecil Boyes	5,713
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bill Pierce	3,496
	Social Credit	Stephen Halom	1,062

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	21,719
	Liberal	Ted R. Burnett	5,423
	Social Credit	Christy McDevitt	3,871
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James G. Lorimer	2,959

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	12,769
	Liberal	Russell Charles Gordon	7,786
	Social Credit	Tom Boothman	4,955
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gordon H. Dowding	3,628

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	16,661
	Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	10,665
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Winston Mason	5,908

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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