Vancouver_Centre

Vancouver Centre
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Hedy Fry; Liberal
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District created	1914
First contested	1917
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	126,995
Electors (2021)	91,276
Area (km²)	11.20
Pop. density (per km²)	11,338.8
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

Vancouver Centre (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Centre (French: Vancouver-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917. It is the riding with the biggest Japanese community in Canada. As per the 2021 census, 2.4% of the population of Vancouver-Centre is Japanese.^[3]

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[euro-8] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[EastAsian-9] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[MiddleEastern-10] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[SoutheastAsian-11] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-12] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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Statistics Canada: 2022

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Statistics Canada: 2022

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

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Final Report – British Columbia

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Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts

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"Confirmed candidates — Vancouver Centre". Elections Canada. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

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"Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver Centre, 30 September 2015

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Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Vancouver Sun, June 26, 1968, "Republicans Claim Win", p. 15

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"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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"Official Voting Results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^{[lower-alpha 1]}	70,670	56.77%	71,345	62.48%	65,120	64.45%
East Asian^{[lower-alpha 2]}	21,985	17.66%	19,505	17.08%	17,065	16.89%
Middle Eastern^{[lower-alpha 3]}	8,455	6.79%	6,680	5.85%	5,765	5.71%
South Asian	6,275	5.04%	4,150	3.63%	2,990	2.96%
Latin American	5,650	4.54%	3,460	3.03%	2,605	2.58%
Southeast Asian^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4,265	3.43%	3,520	3.08%	3,470	3.43%
Indigenous	2,615	2.1%	2,305	2.02%	1,740	1.72%
African	1,730	1.39%	1,300	1.14%	1,005	0.99%
Other^{[lower-alpha 5]}	2,825	2.27%	1,930	1.69%	1,275	1.26%
Total responses	124,475	98.02%	114,190	98.07%	101,040	98.59%
Total population	126,995	100%	116,443	100%	102,480	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Parliament	Years		Party
Vancouver Centre Riding created from Vancouver City
13th	1917–1921	Henry Herbert Stevens	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	Ian Alistair Mackenzie	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1948
20th	1948–1949	Rodney Young	Co-operative Commonwealth
21st	1949–1953	Ralph Campney	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Ralph Campney	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Douglas Jung	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Douglas Jung	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	John Robert Nicholson	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972	Ron Basford
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Art Phillips
32nd	1980–1984	Pat Carney	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988	Pat Carney
34th	1988–1993	Kim Campbell
35th	1993–1997	Hedy Fry	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	20,873	40.44	-1.74	$87,773.26
	New Democratic	Breen Ouellette	15,869	30.74	+7.00	$80,950.83
	Conservative	Harry Cockell	11,162	21.62	+2.35	$20,505.00
	Green	Alaric Paivarinta	2,030	3.93	-8.59	$8,967.42
	People's	Taylor Singleton-Fookes	1,683	3.27	+1.98	$3,574.44
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,617	99.19	–	$119,443.50
Total rejected ballots			422	0.81	+0.16
Turnout			52,039	57.01	-4.04
Eligible voters			91,276
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.37
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	23,599	42.18	-13.90	$90,613.92
	New Democratic	Breen Ouellette	13,280	23.74	+3.72	$35,726.92
	Conservative	David Cavey	10,782	19.27	+2.36	$32,539.03
	Green	Jesse Brown	7,002	12.52	+6.71	$28,503.30
	People's	Louise Kierans	724	1.29	–	$4,907.84
	Libertarian	John Clarke	379	0.68	-0.38	$0.00
	Independent	Lily Bowman	142	0.25	–	none listed
	Independent	Imtiaz Popat	38	0.07	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,946	99.35
Total rejected ballots			364	0.65	+0.22
Turnout			56,310	61.05	-4.85
Eligible voters			92,243
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.81
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	32,554	56.08	+25.06	$126,090.21
	New Democratic	Constance Barnes	11,618	20.01	-6.34	$102,184.82
	Conservative	Elaine Allan	9,818	16.91	-9.14	$84,492.99
	Green	Lisa Barrett	3,370	5.81	-9.27	$45,728.01
	Libertarian	John Clarke	614	1.06	+0.53	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	74	0.13	+0.02	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,048	99.58		$224,575.59
Total rejected ballots			247	0.42	–
Turnout			58,295	65.89	–
Eligible voters			88,470
	Liberal hold		Swing		+15.70
Source: Elections Canada^[14]^[15]

Vancouver_Centre

Vancouver Centre (federal electoral district)

Geography

Demographics

History

Historical boundaries

Members of Parliament

Current member of Parliament

Election results

Student vote results

2019

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Notes

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2011 federal election redistributed results^[16]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	12,894	31.02
	New Democratic	10,952	26.35
	Conservative	10,828	26.05
	Green	6,267	15.08
	Others	622	1.50

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	18,260	31.03	-3.47
	New Democratic	Karen Shillington	15,325	26.04	+4.73
	Conservative	Jennifer Clarke	15,323	26.04	+0.95
	Green	Adriane Carr	9,089	15.44	-2.87
	Libertarian	John Clarke	313	0.53	-0.07
	Progressive Canadian	Michael Huenefeld	285	0.48	–
	Pirate	Travis McCrea	192	0.33	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	62	0.11	-0.05
Total valid votes			58,849	100.0
Total rejected ballots			134	0.23
Turnout			58,983	59.23
Eligible voters			99,527
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.10

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	19,506	34.50	-9.37	$80,974
	Conservative	Lorne Mayencourt	14,188	25.09	+4.73	$91,239
	New Democratic	Michael Byers	12,047	21.31	-7.34	$85,957
	Green	Adriane Carr	10,354	18.31	+12.43	$82,713
	Libertarian	John Clarke	340	0.60	+0.07	$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	94	0.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,529	100.0		$94,404
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.05

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	25,013	43.80	+3.50	$77,826
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	16,374	28.67	-3.62	$84,170
	Conservative	Tony Fogarassy	11,684	20.46	+1.26	$86,591
	Green	Jared Evans	3,340	5.84	-0.94	$1,008
	Libertarian	John Clarke	304	0.53	-0.04
	Marijuana	HeathCliff Dion Campbell	259	0.45	–	$115
	Christian Heritage	Joe Pal	130	0.22	-0.24	$389
Total valid votes			57,104	100.0
Total rejected ballots			163	0.28	-0.15
Turnout			57,267	62.06	+0.59
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.56

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	21,280	40.30	-2.00	$66,619
	New Democratic	Kennedy Stewart	17,050	32.29	+20.25	$57,675
	Conservative	Gary Mitchell	10,139	19.20	-18.70	$73,789
	Green	Robbie Mattu	3,580	6.78	+2.85	$2,440
	Libertarian	John Clarke	304	0.57	–	$60
	Christian Heritage	Joe Pal	243	0.46	–	$389
	Canadian Action	Alexander Frei	101	0.19	-1.08	$100
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	96	0.18	+0.01	$389
Total valid votes			52,793	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.43	-0.05
Turnout			53,019	61.47	0.97
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.12
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.