Vancouver South—Burnaby
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Vancouver South was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 113,063 |
| Electors | 73,738 |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Geography
It consisted of the southern portion of the city of Vancouver.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings. It was only used in two elections.
It was abolished in 2003 and used to re-create Vancouver South and to help create Burnaby—New Westminster. A small portion went to Burnaby—Douglas.
[edit] Member of Parliament
This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
- 1996-2004: Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal - He previously represented Vancouver South.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 17,705 | 42.69% | $58,673 | ||
| Canadian Alliance | Ron Jack | 15,384 | 37.09% | $28,116 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Herschel Hardin | 3,848 | 9.27% | $13,583 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan Tidball | 2,649 | 6.38% | $2,621 | ||
| Green | Imtiaz Popat | 646 | 1.55% | $594 | ||
| No Affiliation | Michelle Jasmine Chang | 465 | 1.12% | |||
| Canadian Action | Adam Sealey | 430 | 1.03% | |||
| Independent | Derrick O'Keefe | 158 | 0.38% | $317 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Charles Boylan | 101 | 0.24% | $600 | ||
| Natural Law | Prince Pabbies | 81 | 0.19% | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,467 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 288 | 0.69% | ||||
| Turnout | 41,755 | 58.38% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 16,648 | 42.65% | $54,591 | ||
| Reform | Doug Hargrove | 11,598 | 29.71% | $23,380 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Herschel Hardin | 7,467 | 19.13% | $35,574 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Couch | 2,321 | 5.94% | $18,037 | ||
| Green | Cyndi Thompson | 633 | 1.62% | |||
| Natural Law | Carolyn Grayson | 224 | 0.57% | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Allan Bezanson | 138 | 0.35% | |||
| Total valid votes | 39,029 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 281 | 0.71% | ||||
| Turnout | 39,310 | 64.22% | ||||
