Vancouver Kingsway

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia

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caption = Vancouver Kingsway in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59032
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = David Emerson
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 119815
demo-electors = 79058
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 21
demo-cd = Metro Vancouver
demo-csd = 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.

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is David Emerson, an economist and researcher. He 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 remains highly controversial. Then Prime Minister-elect 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 fighting against Emerson's defection include the New Democratic Party-aligned [http://recalldavidemerson.com/ Recall David Emerson Campaign] , and the Liberal Party of Canada-aligned but now wholly citizen-driven [http://emersoncampaign.com/ De-Elect Emerson Campaign] .

Election results

1997 - present

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| +3.4
align="right"

1953 - 1988

See also

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

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=59029 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]