Vancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

History

This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:

1999 Redistribution

Changes to the Vancouver-Langara electoral district in 1999 include: *Addition of the area bounded by 33rd and 41st Avenues, and Main and Granville Streets *Removal of the area bounded by Granville Street, 41st Avenue, 57th Avenue, and the Arbutus rail line

Member of Legislative Assembly

This riding is currently held by MLA Michael Lee, who was elected in the 2017 Provincial General Election. He represents BC United, previously called the BC Liberal Party. From 2009-2017, the riding was held by

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, who represented the BC Liberal Party as well. Stilwell was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development in June 2009. Previously, the MLA was

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, former chair of the CBC and former

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. She represented the

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. She resigned on December 18, 2008.

Election results

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References

External links

Vancouver-Langara Electoral District Map (pdf)Results of 2013 election (pdf)Results of 2009 election (pdf)Results of 2005 election (pdf)BC Electoral Boundaries Report, 2015 (pdf)
{{BC-ED Politics of Vancouver British Columbia provincial electoral districts Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley