Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

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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. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered the safest New Democrat seat in all of British Columbia.

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001 53,986
Population Change, 1996-2001 3.9%
Area (km²) 9.64
Pop. Density (People per km²) 5,600

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Jenny Kwan, a former Vancouver City Councillor. She was first elected to the legislature in 1996. She represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Kwan became the first Chinese-Canadian cabinet minister in B.C. history when she was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs in February 1998. She has also been Minister of Women's Equality and Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP Jenny Kwan 12,974 64.24%
     BC Liberal Juliet Andalis 4,298 21.28%
     Green Raven Bowen 2,066 10.23%
     Marijuana Christopher Patrick Bennett 308 1.53%
     Independent Mike Hansen 205 1.02%
     Work Less Niki Westman 187 0.93%
     Communist Peter Marcus 98 0.49%
     DRBC Imtiaz Popat 43 0.21%
     Platinum Kirk Anton Moses 17 0.08%
Total 20,196 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Jenny Kwan 7,163 44.48% $60,582
     BC Liberal Gail Yvonne Sparrow 5,343 33.18% $56,796
     Green Dale Hofmann 2,612 16.22% $3,276
     Marijuana David Malmo-Levine 489 3.03% $721
     Unity Ken Wright 166 1.03% $185
     No Affiliation Liar Liar 148 0.92%
     Communist Kimball Cariou 142 0.88% $332
     Party of Citizens Franklin Wayne Poley 42 0.26% $331
Total Valid Votes 16,105 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 208 1.29%
Turnout 16,313 59.36%
B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Jenny Kwan 11,155 64.05% $41,905
     BC Liberal Anne Beer 4,243 24.36% $32,735
     Green Paul Alexander 759 4.36% $100
     PDA John Spark 584 3.35% $100
     BC Reform Wayne Marsden 354 2.03%
     Communist Kimball Cariou 121 0.69% $319
     Natural Law John S.W. Kent 114 0.65% $120
     Social Credit Agnes Kokko 86 0.49% $526
Total Valid Votes 17,416 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 284 1.60%
Turnout 17,700 60.50%
B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Mike Harcourt 10,108 63.3% $105,044
     BC Liberal Todd Gnissios 3,137 19.65% $3,341
     Social Credit Randy Vannatter 2,143 13.43% $11,663
     Green Grant Watson 432 2.71% $579
     Libertarian John Wayne Marsden 80 0.50%
     Interdependence Jacek (Jack) Latek 62 0.39%
Total Valid Votes 15,962 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 600 3.62%
Turnout 16,562 64.03%

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