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and Vancouver City. The riding began as a three-member seat, and was reduced to a two-member seat in 1966 when Vancouver-Little Mountain was created. In the redistribution preceding the 1991 election, it was reduced to a one-member riding along with the other older urban ridings, as several new one-member ridings were created. Many prominent politicians have been elected as members, including three British Columbia premiers, Liberals

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and

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, and

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incumbent premier

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. Former

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also represented this riding.

Geography

The district currently comprises the Vancouver neighbourhoods of

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and the western part of Kitsilano, as well as the adjacent

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and the Point Grey campus of the

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History

Three-member district

Dual-member district

Single-member district

Election results

Student Vote results

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s in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

Electoral history 1933–1986

''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , John (Jack) Evans , align="right", 6,382 , align="right", 8.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, Stanley Stewart McKeen , align="right", 9,125 , align="right", 12.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Ralph Offer , align="right", 6,196 , align="right", 8.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

George Moir Weir George Moir Weir (May 10, 1885 – December 4, 1949) was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. After years as Head of the Department of Education at the University of British Columbia, Weir became the provincial Minister of Ed ...

, align="right", 9,235 , align="right", 12.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Edgar Westmoreland , align="right", 6,011 , align="right", 7.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Robert Wilkinson , align="right", 8,883 , align="right", 11.69% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 75,967 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 472 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Mary Louise Bollert , align="right", 9,470 , align="right", 9.95% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Albert Dawson Gordon , align="right", 7,603 , align="right", 7.99% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Helena Rose Gutteridge , align="right", 8,183 , align="right", 8.60% ,

, Harold Elsdale Molson , align="right", 8,503 , align="right", 8.94% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Ewart Turner , align="right", 7,662 , align="right", 8.05% ,

, align="right", 11,073 , align="right", 11.64% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 95,159 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 597 , - , Co-operative Commonwealth , John Watkins Dunfield , align="right", 11,980 , align="right", 8.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth , Margaret Ellen Eckland , align="right", 11,334 , align="right", 7.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth , George Alfred Isherwood , align="right", 11,820 , align="right", 8.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 147,085 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,559 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with three ballots, one for each seat, with three separate candidate-races: , - , Independent , Ernest Forbes Allistone , align="right", 959 , align="right", 0.61% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Reginald Atherton , align="right", 3,324 , align="right", 2.13% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Ebbie William Bowering , align="right", 2,878 , align="right", 1.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Theodore Roosvelt Burnett , align="right", 12,924 , align="right", 8.29% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Alexander Whidden Fisher , align="right", 15,599 , align="right", 10.00% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frederick Norman Hill , align="right", 8,435 , align="right", 5.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, align="right", 17,801 , align="right", 11.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Winona Grace MacInnis , align="right", 11,365 , align="right", 7.29% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William James Gibbs Pierce , align="right", 7,979 , align="right", 5.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Emma Loring Tinsman , align="right", 1,822 , align="right", 1.69% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 155,953 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 561 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Reginald Atherton , align="right", 6,774 , align="right", 3.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Francis Cecil Boyes , align="right", 17,438 , align="right", 10.09% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Samuel Joseph Dumaresq , align="right", 15,107 , align="right", 8.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George Nelson Gibson , align="right", 12,158 , align="right", 7.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Clifford Augustine Greer , align="right", 12,702 , align="right", 7.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Desmond Fife Kidd , align="right", 6,453 , align="right", 3.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Mary Helen Poaps , align="right", 4,029 , align="right", 2.33% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Thomas Walter Thomason , align="right", 11,538 , align="right", 6.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Leslie Charles Way , align="right", 14,827 , align="right", 8.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 172,832 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 803 , - , Progressive Conservative , Ernest James (Ernie) Broome , align="right", 7,643 , align="right", 4.26% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , H. Richardson (Dick) Malkin , align="right", 7,213 , align="right", 4.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, align="right", 25,592 , align="right", 14.26% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Arthur Phillips , align="right", 16,510 , align="right", 9.20% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Harry Purdy , align="right", 15,719 , align="right", 8.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William George Rathie , align="right", 17,641 , align="right", 9.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 179,472 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 726 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Garde Basil Gardom Garde Basil Gardom, (July 17, 1924 – June 18, 2013) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and the 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Early life Gardom was born in Banff, Alberta on July 17, 1924. He grew up in the Fraser Valley of Br ...

, align="right", 13,507 , align="right", 26.99% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 17,400 , align="right", 30.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 57,472 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 392 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , John Anthony St. Etienne DeWolfe , align="right", 1,087 , align="right", 1.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 13,621 , align="right", 24.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 15,650 , align="right", 24.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 63,196 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 258 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 13,673 , align="right", 20.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Ian Bruce Kelsey , align="right", 5,103 , align="right", 7.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Marianne Linnell , align="right", 5,696 , align="right", 8.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 14,599 , align="right", 22.13% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 65,975 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 387 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Richard Neill MacLeod Brown , align="right", 1,340 , align="right", 1.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Theodore Bolton Burgoyne , align="right", 1,032 , align="right", 1.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , George Henry Does , align="right", 98 , align="right", 0.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard John Joseph Durante , align="right", 5,004 , align="right", 6.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Moyra Anne Roberts , align="right", 4,383 , align="right", 6.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 71,885 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 554 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , William Fairley , align="right", 2,511 , align="right", 3.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Elizabeth L. Green , align="right", 2,437 , align="right", 3.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Timothy Charles O'Brien , align="right", 1,399 , align="right", 1.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Christopher Keith Sumner , align="right", 1,131 , align="right", 1.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 79,151 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,274 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Leopold Auer , align="right", 1,675 , align="right", 1.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Lorne Neil MacLean , align="right", 1,573 , align="right", 1.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , William Fairley , align="right", 2,511 , align="right", 3.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Allan Edward Warnke , align="right", 2,048 , align="right", 2.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 84,826 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 480 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Doreen Braverman , align="right", 6,680 , align="right", 7.88% ,

, Thomas Airlie Brown , align="right", 5,505 , align="right", 6.49% In 1988, Kim Campbell resigned as the MLA to run in the federal election. Tom Perry (NDP) won the seat in the 1989 by-election, finishing the term with Marzari as his seatmate. A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old multiple member districts. Vancouver-Point Grey was trimmed with parts of going to the creation of

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, Vancouver-Langara, and

Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election and included the neighbourhoods of Kitsilano and Fairview. This ver ...

(mostly to Quilchena). In the 1991 election, Perry changed ridings and was elected in Vancouver-Little Mountain.

Notes

External links

MapBC Stats Profile

Elections BC Historical Returns 1871–1986

Elections BC Historical Returns 1987–2001Results of 2001 election (pdf)

2001 Expenditures (pdf)

1996 Expenditures

Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{BC-ED Politics of Vancouver British Columbia provincial electoral districts University Endowment Lands Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley