Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of only two electoral districts to return an NDP MLA in the 2001 election when the NDP was nearly wiped off the electoral map, and it did so by a much wider margin than Vancouver-Hastings, the other seat to return a New Democrat. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered the safest New Democrat seat in all of British Columbia.

Demographics

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Jenny Kwan, a former Vancouver City Councillor. She was first elected to the legislature in 1996. She represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Kwan became the first Chinese-Canadian cabinet minister in B.C. history when she was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs in February 1998. She has also been Minister of Women's Equality and Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers.

Election results

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NDP
Jenny Kwan
align="right"|12,974
align="right"|64.24%
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Juliet Andalis
align="right"|4,298
align="right"|21.28%
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Green
Raven Bowen
align="right"|2,066
align="right"|10.23%
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Marijuana
Christopher Patrick Bennett
align="right"|308
align="right"|1.53%
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Independent
Mike Hansen
align="right"|205
align="right"|1.02%
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Work Less
Niki Westman
align="right"|187
align="right"|0.93%
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Communist
Peter Marcus
align="right"|98
align="right"|0.49%
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DRBC
Imtiaz Popat
align="right"|43
align="right"|0.21%
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Platinum
Kirk Anton Moses
align="right"|17
align="right"|0.08%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|20,196!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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NDP
Jenny Kwan
align="right"|7,163
align="right"|44.48%
align="right"
align="right"|$60,582
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Gail Yvonne Sparrow
align="right"|5,343
align="right"|33.18%
align="right"
align="right"|$56,796
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Green
Dale Hofmann
align="right"|2,612
align="right"|16.22%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,276
Marijuana
David Malmo-Levine
align="right"|489
align="right"|3.03%
align="right"
align="right"|$721
Unity
Ken Wright
align="right"|166
align="right"|1.03%
align="right"
align="right"|$185
No Affiliation
Liar Liar
align="right"|148
align="right"|0.92%
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Communist
Kimball Cariou
align="right"|142
align="right"|0.88%
align="right"
align="right"|$332
Party of Citizens
Franklin Wayne Poley
align="right"|42
align="right"|0.26%
align="right"
align="right"|$331
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|16,105!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|208!align="right"|1.29%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|16,313!align="right"|59.36%!align="right"
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NDP
Jenny Kwan
align="right"|11,155
align="right"|64.05%
align="right"
align="right"|$41,905
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Anne Beer
align="right"|4,243
align="right"|24.36%
align="right"
align="right"|$32,735
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Green
Paul Alexander
align="right"|759
align="right"|4.36%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
PDA
John Spark
align="right"|584
align="right"|3.35%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
BC Reform
Wayne Marsden
align="right"|354
align="right"|2.03%
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Communist
Kimball Cariou
align="right"|121
align="right"|0.69%
align="right"
align="right"|$319
Natural Law
John S.W. Kent
align="right"|114
align="right"|0.65%
align="right"
align="right"|$120
Social Credit
Agnes Kokko
align="right"|86
align="right"|0.49%
align="right"
align="right"|$526
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|17,416!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|284!align="right"|1.60%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|17,700!align="right"|60.50%!align="right"
!align="right"
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NDP
Mike Harcourt
align="right"|10,108
align="right"|63.3%
align="right"
align="right"|$105,044
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Todd Gnissios
align="right"|3,137
align="right"|19.65%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,341
Social Credit
Randy Vannatter
align="right"|2,143
align="right"|13.43%
align="right"
align="right"|$11,663
Green
Grant Watson
align="right"|432
align="right"|2.71%
align="right"
align="right"|$579
Libertarian
John Wayne Marsden
align="right"|80
align="right"|0.50%
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Interdependence
Jacek (Jack) Latek
align="right"|62
align="right"|0.39%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|15,962!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|600!align="right"|3.62%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|16,562!align="right"|64.03%!align="right"
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External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_71.pdf BC Stats]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/vmp.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_vmp.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-91.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-96-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]