Vancouver Quadra

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia

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caption = Vancouver Quadra in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59033
fed-created = 1947
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1949
fed-election-last = 2008
fed-rep = Joyce Murray
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 119627
demo-electors = 86513
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 49
demo-cd = Metro Vancouver
demo-csd = 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.

2008 by-election

This riding had been vacant since its former Member of Parliament, Stephen Owen, resigned his seat on July 27, 2007, forcing a by-election in this riding, [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/07/05/bc-own.html] which was held on March 17, 2008.

The Liberal Party candidate Joyce Murray [http://www.joycemurray.ca] , a former BC cabinet minister and provincial MLA, defeated the Conservative candidate Deborah Meredith [http://www.deborahmeredith.ca] , a UBC lecturer, by 151 votes. The NDP and Green Party candidates each polled around 14 percent. Total votes cast were 28,165. [Elections Canada by-election results [http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1323] ]

Demographics

:"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

Geography

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

:"See also: Vancouver Quadra by-election, 2008"

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| -9.6
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- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| -3.2
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See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

References

External links

* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59030 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=763 Riding history from the Library of Parliament]