Vancouver Quadra

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Vancouver Quadra in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings
Population, 2001 112,985
Electors 83,918
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver.

Voters within Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized.

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[edit] Geography

The district includes the west side of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1947 from Vancouver East and Vancouver South ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Stephen Owen, a former lawyer and professor. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stephen Owen 28,285 48.84% $66,111.98
     Conservative Stephen Rogers 16,844 29.09% $81,185.70
     New Democratic Party David Askew 9,321 16.1% $28,264.64
     Green Ben West 2,979 5.14%
     Independent Betty Krawczyk 263 0.5%
     Marijuana Marc Boyer 158 0.28%
     Marxist-Leninist Donovan Young 41 0.09%
Total valid votes 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stephen Owen 29,187 52.43% $68,710
     Conservative Stephen Rogers 14,648 26.31% $78,433
     New Democratic Party David Askew 8,348 14.99% $51,374
     Green Doug Warkentin 3,118 5.60% $4,289
     Canadian Action Connie Fogal 165 0.29% $5,222
     Libertarian Katrina Chowne 151 0.27%
     Marxist-Leninist Donovan Young 48 0.08%
Total valid votes 55,665 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 164 0.29%
Turnout 55,829 66.53%


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stephen Owen 22,253 44.83% $60,542
     Canadian Alliance Kerry-Lynne Findlay 18,613 37.50% $64,240
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 4,112 8.28% $12,355
     New Democratic Party Loretta Woodcock 2,595 5.22% $10,844
     Green Doug Warkentin 1,434 2.88% $16,556
     Canadian Action Chris Shaw 390 0.78% $5,683
     Natural Law Steven Beck 126 0.25%
     Marxist-Leninist Anne Jamieson 109 0.21% $18
Total valid votes 49,632 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 194 0.40%
Turnout 49,826 63.34%


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ted McWhinney 18,847 42.14% $55,589
     Reform Joanne Easdown 12,340 27.59% $57,114
     Progressive Conservative Geoff Chutter 7,546 16.87% $53,095
     New Democratic Party Donovan T. Kuehn 4,486 10.03% $11,981
     Green Kelly White 1,155 2.58%
     Natural Law Alan Mackenzie Brooke 211 0.47%
     Marxist-Leninist Anne Jamieson 135 0.30%
Total valid votes 44,720 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 202 0.45%
Turnout 44,922 67.76%


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ted McWhinney 20,366
     Reform Bill McArthur 11,447
     Progressive Conservative Geoff Chutter 9,002
     New Democrat Tommy Tao 5,524
     National W.J. Willy Spat 3,303
     Green Alannah New-Small 594
     Libertarian Walter Boytinck 410
     Natural Law Alan M. Brooke 376
     Christian Heritage Walter Opmeer 208
     Independent Roman York 170
     Not affiliated Janet Ludlam 138
     Marxist-Leninist Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell 80
     Commonwealth J.G. Joseph Jackman 59


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John Turner 24,021
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 16,664
     New Democrat Gerry Scott 11,687
     Reform J.R. Jack Ford 1,112
     Rhino John Turner (no relation) 760
     Libertarian Walter Boytinck 129
     Communist Bert Ogden 75
     Independent Albert A. Ritchie 74
     Not affiliated Blair T. Longley 52
     Confederation of Regions Nora Galenzoski 35
     Commonwealth G.J. Joseph Jackman 23
     Not affiliated Allen Soroka 22


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John Turner 21,794
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 18,581
     New Democrat Ray Cantillon 8,343
     Green Jim Bohlen 389
     New Democrat Ian McConkey 219
     Independent Diane Jones 111
     Libertarian Marco Den Ouden 87
     Not affiliated Bill Burgess 28
     Independent David Michael Shebib 20
     Commonwealth T. Gaetan Feuille D'érable Wall 20
     Independent J.G. Joseph Jackman 12


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 20,993
     Liberal Peter Pearse 13,987
     New Democrat Alan Bush 9,907
     Rhino Verne John Eh McDonald 405
     Social Credit Elaine Wanstall 104
     Independent Peter Rabbit Milne 73
     Marxist-Leninist Allen Soroka 50
     Not affiliated Byron Nelson 26


Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 19,869
     Liberal Paul Manning 12,820
     New Democrat Alan Bush 10,665
     Libertarian Campbell Osborne 144
     Marxist-Leninist David Fuller 64
     Not affiliated Fred Gilbertson 37


Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 18,892
     Liberal Frank Low-Beer 15,458
     New Democrat Nigel Nixon 4,434
     Social Credit Edith Garner 179
     Marxist-Leninist Brian Keith Sproule 120
     Independent Norman G. Dent 61


Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Bill Clarke 17,767
     Liberal Grant Deachman 15,001
     New Democrat Nigel Nixon 8,411
     Social Credit Edith Garner 378
     Independent Rupert Beebe 180


Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Grant Deachman 20,788
     Progressive Conservative John A. Pearkes 11,604
     New Democrat George Trasov 5,727
     Republican Robert Hein 175


Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Grant Deachman 12,895
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 12,549
     New Democrat George E. Trasov 5,342
     Social Credit Donald W. Gosse 2,416


Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Grant Deachman 15,160
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 13,756
     New Democrat Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 5,324
     Social Credit James P.R. Mason 2,085


Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 15,113
     Liberal Grant Deachman 10,331
     New Democrat Philip H. Waddell 5,699
     Social Credit Emil Peter Schafer 2,103


Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 24,802
     Liberal Francis Cecil Boyes 5,713
     Co-operative Commonwealth Bill Pierce 3,496
     Social Credit Stephen Halom 1,062


Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 21,719
     Liberal Ted R. Burnett 5,423
     Social Credit Christy McDevitt 3,871
     Co-operative Commonwealth James G. Lorimer 2,959


Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 12,769
     Liberal Russell Charles Gordon 7,786
     Social Credit Tom Boothman 4,955
     Co-operative Commonwealth Gordon H. Dowding 3,628


Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Howard Charles Green 16,661
     Liberal Thomas Foster Isherwood 10,665
     Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Winston Mason 5,908

[edit] See also

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Federal Ridings in Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland
Liberal

North Vancouver | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver Kingsway* | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
New Democratic

Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | Vancouver East
Conservative

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Kingsway*

* Vancouver Kingsway MP David Emerson was reelected as a Liberal, but left the party and joined the Conservatives before Parliament resumed.
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