Vancouver-False Creek is a provincial electoral district in
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
, Canada. The current
MLA is
Brenda Bailey of the
BC NDP
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social democracy, social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada.
As of 2017, it governs the province. It is the British Columbia provincial arm of the feder ...
. Established by the
''Electoral Districts Act, 2008'', Vancouver-False Creek was first contested in the
2009 British Columbia general election
The 2009 British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province ...
.
The riding takes in most of
Downtown Vancouver
Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north sh ...
(the eastern part of Downtown is part of the
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 e ...
riding) and the area around the north shore of
False Creek
False Creek (french: Faux ruisseau) is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest of the city. It is one of the four main bodies of water bordering Vancouver, along with ...
, including
Yaletown
Yaletown is an area of Downtown Vancouver, Canada, bordered by False Creek and Robson and Homer Streets. Formerly a heavy industrial area dominated by warehouses and rail yards, since the 1986 World's Fair it has been transformed into one of the ...
.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:
Election results
Student Vote results
Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds
mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).
References
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2017–present
British Columbia provincial electoral districts
Politics of Vancouver
Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley