- Vancouver-Burrard
Vancouver-Burrard is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofBritish Columbia ,Canada . It first appeared on thehustings in the 1933 general election.For the next election, the riding will be split across two new ridings. The portion west of Burrard, Georgia, Jervis will become the new
Vancouver-West End riding. [ [http://www.bc-ebc.ca/final_report/google_maps/ Proposed SMP Boundaries ] ] The remainder of Vancouver-Burrard will join part ofVancouver-Fairview to become the newVancouver-False Creek riding.Demographics
From 2001 Canadian Census
Geography
History
Member of Legislative Assembly
The constituency is currently vacant as of September 8, 2008. Former Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly
Lorne Mayencourt resigned after winning the federal Conservative nomination to run inVancouver Centre riding in the 2008 federal election. [ [http://bc2009.com/2008/09/05/mayencourt-to-step-down-monday/] A by-election has been called for October 29, 2008. [ [http://cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1030948]Arthur Griffiths has announced he will run as theBC Liberal candidate, whileSpencer Herbert will run for the NDP. The same candidates had earlier announced they would run inVancouver-West End before Mayencourt had decided to resign.Election results
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalArthur Griffiths
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NDPSpencer Herbert
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Green
Drina Read
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Conservative
Ian McLeod
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalLorne Mayencourt
align="right"|12,009
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align="right"|-5.94
NDPTim Stevenson
align="right"|11,998
align="right"|42.12%
align="right"|+11.04
Green
Janek Patrick John Kuchmistrz
align="right"|3,698
align="right"|12.98%
align="right"|-3.21
Libertarian
John Clarke
align="right"|388
align="right"|1.36%
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Work Less
Lisa Voldeng
align="right"|170
align="right"|0.60%
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Sex Party
John Gordon Ince
align="right"|111
align="right"|0.39%
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DRBC
Ian McLeod
align="right"|82
align="right"|0.29%
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Platinum
Antonio Francisco Ferreira
align="right"|27
align="right"|0.09%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|28,483!align="right"|100.00!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalLorne Mayencourt
align="right"|11,396
align="right"|48.11%
align="right"|+10.88
align="right"|$46,939
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NDPTim Stevenson
align="right"|7,359
align="right"|31.07%
align="right"|-18.63
align="right"|$45,493
Green
Robbie Mattu
align="right"|3,826
align="right"|16.15%
align="right"|+13.52
align="right"|$1,029
MarijuanaMarc Emery
align="right"|906
align="right"|3.82%
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align="right"|$394
Unity
Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell
align="right"|290
align="right"|1.15%
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Independent
Boris Bear
align="right"|136
align="right"|0.57%
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People's Front
Joseph Theriault
align="right"|40
align="right"|0.17%
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align="right"|$57
Independent Rhino
Helvis
align="right"|25
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align="right"|$100
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|23,688!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|123!align="right"|0.52%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|23,811!align="right"|63.67%!align="right"
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NDPTim Stevenson
align="right"|10,646
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align="right"|-1.23
align="right"|$43,534
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Duncan Wilson
align="right"|7,975
align="right"|37.23%
align="right"|+2.00
align="right"|$50,880
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PDA
Laura McDiarmid
align="right"|1,014
align="right"|4.73%
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align="right"|$1,072
Green
Imtiaz Popat
align="right"|563
align="right"|2.63%
align="right"|+0.32
align="right"|$155
BC Reform
Aletta Buday
align="right"|671
align="right"|3.13%
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Libertarian
John Clarke
align="right"|458
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Natural Law
Wayne A. Melvin
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|21,420!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|257!align="right"|1.19%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|21,677!align="right"|62.68%!align="right"
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NDPEmery Barnes
align="right"|9,725
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Steven R. Bourne
align="right"|6,727
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align="right"|$7,987
Social Credit
Joy Davies
align="right"|2,201
align="right"|11.53%
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align="right"|$29,256
Green
Andy Telfer
align="right"|441
align="right"|2.31%
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align="right"|$1,349
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|19,094!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|552!align="right"|2.81%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|19,646!align="right"|65.59%!align="right"
!align="right"External links
* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_64.pdf BC Stats]
* [http://142.165.149.53/docs/map/edmap1999/vbu.pdf Map of riding]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/vbu.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_vbu.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-89.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
* [http://vancouver-burrardndp.ca/index.htm Website of the Vancouver-Burrard New Democrats]References
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