Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant British Columbia electoral district |
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Location in Vancouver |
Provincial electoral district |
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Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
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MLA | Joan Phillip New Democratic |
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First contested | 1991 |
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Last contested | 2023 |
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Demographics |
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Population (2001) | 53,986 |
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Area (km²) | 9.64 |
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Pop. density (per km²) | 5,600.2 |
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Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver |
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Census subdivision(s) | Vancouver |
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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 electoral map, and it did so by a much wider margin than Vancouver-Hastings, the other seat to return a New Democrat.
The NDP routinely wins by over 40 points in this riding. Even during the 2001 landslide victory for the BC Liberals, the NDP won this riding by over 10 points, despite a massive province-wide turn away from the party. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered one of the safest NDP seats in all of British Columbia.
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Vancouver-Strathcona.[1]
Geography
This riding is located in the east end of Vancouver, running from the eastern parts of the Downtown eastward to Commercial Drive (the western parts of the downtown make up the neighbouring riding of Vancouver-False Creek). The riding consists of the part of its namesake neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant east of Main Street, all of Strathcona, Downtown Eastside and Gastown, as well as part of Chinatown, the part of Grandview-Woodland west of Commercial Drive and the part of Kensington-Cedar Cottage north of Kingsway.
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Joan Phillip, who was elected in a 2023 by-election to replace Melanie Mark; Mark resigned her seat in April 2023.[2]
Election results
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Graph of the election results in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant (minor parties are combined into "Others")
British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 5,627 | 60.14 | −5.69 | $71,603 |
| Green | Pete Fry | 2,533 | 27.07 | +15.16 | $29,065 |
| Liberal | Gavin Dew | 1,056 | 11.29 | −7.46 | $66,547 |
| Libertarian | Bonnie Boya Hu | 79 | 0.84 | – | $250 |
| Your Political Party | Jeremy Gustafson | 61 | 0.65 | – | $454 |
Total valid votes | 9,356 | 99.53 | – |
Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.47 | −0.51 |
Turnout | 9,400 | 23.17 | −26.60 |
Registered voters | 40,561 |
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −10.42 |
2009 British Columbia general election |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 11,232 | 63.95 | -0.29 | $79,796 |
| Liberal | Sherry Darlene Wiebe | 3,654 | 20.80 | -0.48 | $41,506 |
| Green | John T. Boychuck | 2,507 | 14.27 | +4.04 | $7,013 |
| Communist | Peter Marcus | 171 | 0.97 | +0.49 | $1,565 |
Total valid votes | 17,564 | 98.77 |
Total rejected ballots | 218 | 1.23 | -0.30 |
Turnout | 17,782 | 46.47 | -3.46 |
Registered voters | 38,267 |
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.09 |
2005 British Columbia general election |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 12,974 | 64.24 | +19.76 | $98,030 |
| Liberal | Juliet Andalis | 4,298 | 21.28 | -11.89 | $34,819 |
| Green | Raven Bowen | 2,066 | 10.23 | -5.99 | $1,882 |
| Marijuana | Christopher Patrick Bennett | 308 | 1.53 | -1.51 | $100 |
| Independent | Mike Hansen | 205 | 1.02 | | $406 |
| Work Less | Niki Westman | 187 | 0.93 | | $100 |
| Communist | Peter Marcus | 98 | 0.49 | -0.40 | $2,928 |
| Democratic Reform | Imtiaz Popat | 43 | 0.21 | | $100 |
| Platinum | Kirk Anton Moses | 17 | 0.08 | | $130 |
Total valid votes | 20,196 | 98.48 |
Total rejected ballots | 312 | 1.52 | +0.25 |
Turnout | 20,508 | 49.93 | -9.43 |
Registered voters | 41,071 |
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +15.83 |
2001 British Columbia general election |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 7,163 | 44.48 | -19.57 | $60,582 |
| Liberal | Gail Sparrow | 5,343 | 33.18 | +8.81 | $56,796 |
| Green | Dale Hofmann | 2,612 | 16.22 | +11.86 | $3,276 |
| Marijuana | David Malmo-Levine | 489 | 3.04 | | $721 |
| Unity | Ken Wright | 166 | 1.03 | | $185 |
| No Affiliation | Liar Liar | 148 | 0.92 | | |
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 142 | 0.88 | +0.19 | $332 |
| Party of Citizens | Franklin Wayne Poley | 42 | 0.26 | | $331 |
Total valid votes | 16,105 | 98.72 |
Total rejected ballots | 208 | 1.28 | -0.33 |
Turnout | 16,313 | 59.36 | -1.14 |
Registered voters | 27,480 |
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -14.19 |
References
- ^ "Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for 4 of 6 new proposed B.C. ridings". British Columbia. April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Premier, Office of the (May 27, 2023). "Byelections called for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Langford-Juan de Fuca | BC Gov News". news.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant By-election Interim Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
External links
- BC Stats
- Results of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures
- Results of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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