Vancouver-Langara

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Vancouver-Langara
British Columbia electoral district
British Columbia 2015 Vancouver-Langara.svg
Location in Vancouver
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Michael Lee
Liberal
First contested1991
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2015)60,041
Area (km²)15
Pop. density (per km²)4,002.7
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Vancouver

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:

Vancouver-Langara
Assembly Years Member Party
35th 1991–1996     Val Anderson Liberal
36th 1996–2001
37th 2001–2005
38th 2005–2009 Carole Taylor
39th 2009–2013 Moira Stilwell
40th 2013–2017
41st 2017–2020 Michael Lee
42nd 2020–present

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 the British Columbia Liberal Party.

From 2009-2017, the riding was held by Moira Stilwell, who represented the British Columbia Liberal Party as well. Stilwell was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development in June 2009. Previously, the MLA was Carole Taylor, former chair of the CBC and former Vancouver City Councillor. She was first elected in 2005 and appointed the Minister of Finance. She represented the British Columbia Liberal Party. She resigned on December 18, 2008.

Election results[]

Graph of the election results in Vancouver-Langara (minor parties are combined into "Others")
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2020 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Michael Lee 9,888 48.51 +1.05 $58,300.21
New Democratic Tesicca Chi-Ying Truong 8,431 41.36 +3.30 $42,051.83
Green Stephanie Hendy 1,840 9.03 −4.64 $2,420.05
Libertarian Paul Matthews 224 1.10 – $0.00
Total valid votes 20,383 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 180 0.88 +0.23
Turnout 20,563 49.45 −6.99
Registered voters 41,581
Liberal hold Swing −1.13
Source: Elections BC[1][2]
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2017 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Michael Lee 10,047 47.46 −5.14 $57,579
New Democratic James Wang 8,058 38.06 −0.22 $76,064
Green Janet Rhoda Fraser 2,894 13.67 +8.25 $6,721
Your Political Party Surinder Singh Trehan 172 0.81 – $6,699
Total valid votes 21,171 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 138 0.65 −0.23
Turnout 21,309 56.44 +5.92
Registered voters 37,754
Source: Elections BC[3][4]
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2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Moira Stilwell 10,234 52.60
New Democratic George Chow 7,447 38.28
Green Regan-Heng Zhang 1,055 5.42
Conservative Gurjinder Bains 674 3.46
Platinum Espavo Sozo 45 0.23
Total valid votes 19455 100.00
Total rejected ballots 172 0.88
Turnout 19627 50.52
Source: Elections BC[5]
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2009 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal Moira Stilwell 10,615 58.87 $89,931
New Democratic Helesia Luke 6,340 35.16 $19,002
Green J-M Toriel 1,075 5.97 $948
Total valid votes 18,030 100
Total rejected ballots 167 0.92
Turnout 18,197 47.71
B.C. General Election 2005 Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Carole Taylor 11,181 56.55 $78,828
  NDP Anita Romaniuk 6,456 32.65 $9,044
Green Doug Warkentin 1,584 8.01 – $815
Marijuana Mark Gueffroy 214 1.08 $100
Libertarian Christopher De Wilde 185 0.94 $100
Work Less Charlie Latimer 152 0.77 – $100
Total Valid Votes 19,77 100
Total Rejected Ballots 183 0.93
Turnout 19,955 53.51
Popular vote by voting area
B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Val J. Anderson 11,800 66.90% $29,498
  NDP Peter G. Prontzos 2,999 17.00% $2,596
Green Doug Warkentin 2,009 11.39% – $2,347
Marijuana Anthony Campbell 673 3.82% $394
  Independent Joe Young 105 0.60% $362
People's Front Michael Hill 51 0.29% $57
Total valid votes 17,637 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 203 1.15%
Turnout 17,840 67.38%
B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Val J. Anderson 11,038 60.20% $25,864
  NDP Ragini Rankin 5,515 30.08% $29,984
Progressive Democrat Philip Read 839 4.58% – $488
Reform Christie Jung 519 2.83% $7,749
Green Michael Airton 337 1.84% – $100
  Natural Law Jerry Zen-Jih Chang 89 0.49% $118
Total valid votes 18,337 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 177 0.96%
Turnout 18,514 68.66%
B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Val J. Anderson 7,241 36.95% $13,737
  NDP Peter M. Kendall 6,774 34.57% $25,805
Social Credit Russell G. Fraser 5,374 27.42% – $50,387
Green Kamala J. Todd 134 0.68% – $32
Conservative Malcolm A. Weatherston 75 0.38%
Total valid votes 19,598 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 373 1.87%
Turnout 19,971 72.64%

References[]

  1. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 31, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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