Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey
British Columbia electoral district
Map showing this riding within the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Christy Clark
BC Liberal
District created
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2001) 55,510
Electors
Area (km²) 23.77
Pop. density (per km²) 2,335.3
Census divisions Vancouver, University Endowment Lands
Census subdivisions

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were all created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver-Point Grey was a three-member seat, while the other three Vancouver ridings were only two members. Later it was reduced to a two-member seat when Vancouver-Little Mountain was created, and in the redistribution preceding the 1991 election it was reduced to a one-member riding along with the other older urban ridings, as several new one-member ridings were created.

For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

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Geography

The district currently comprises the Vancouver neighbourhoods of West Point Grey and part of Kitsilano, as well as the adjacent University Endowment Lands, the main campus of the University of British Columbia.

Election results

By-election, May 11, 2011
On the resignation of Gordon Campbell[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Christy Clark[3] 7,371 48.92%
     NDP David Eby[3] 6,776 44.97%
     Green Françoise Raunet 511 3.39%
     BC First Danielle Alie 369 2.45%
     Independent William Gibbens 27 0.18%
     Independent Eddie Petrossian 14 0.09%
B.C. General Election 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Gordon Campbell 11,546 50.38%
     New Democrat Mel Lehan 9232 40.28%
     Green Stephen Kronstein 2012 8.78%
     Sex John Ince 130 0.57%
Total valid votes 22,920 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Gordon Campbell 12,498 45.98%
     NDP Mel Lehan 10,248 37.70%
     Green Damian Kettlewell 4,111 15.12%
     Marijuana Yolanda Perez 138 0.51%
     Work Less Tom Walke 126 0.46%
     Libertarian Jeff Monds 44 0.16%
     Platinum Gudrun Kost 18 0.07%
Total
B.C. General Election 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Gordon Campbell 13,430 56.14% $43,396
     Green Varya Rubin 5,094 21.29% $1,158
     NDP Am Johal 4,441 18.57% $16,995
     Marijuana Alex Curylo 659 2.75% $394
     Unity Greg Dahms 257 1.07% $605
     People's Front Anne Jamiesonx 43 0.18% $57
Total Valid Votes 23,924 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 128 0.54%
Turnout 24,052 65.80%
B.C. General Election 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Gordon Campbell 12,637 48.86% $52,970
     NDP Jim Green 11,074 42.81% $49,267
     PDA Allison Mountstevens 857 3.31% $100
     Green Ralph Maud 683 2.64% $790
     Reform Sager Jan 406 1.57% $100
     Natural Law Ron Decter 76 0.29% $116
     Conservative Michael J.P. Moen 70 0.27%
     Family Coalition E'an P. Rankin 62 0.24% $100
Total Valid Votes 25,865 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 138 0.53%
Turnout 26,003 71.03%
B.C. General Election 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Darlene R. Marzari 12,076 49.26% $61,454
     BC Liberal Barry J. Burke 9,022 36.80% $6,832
     Social Credit Richard J. Wright 2,817 11.49% $24,472
     Green Nicole C. Kohnert 388 1.58% $41
     Independent Betty E. L. Green 138 0.56% $11
     Libertarian Joan M. Saxton 75 0.31% $412
Total Valid Votes 24,516 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 367 1.47%
Turnout 24,516 73.50%

Electoral history 1933-1986

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent CCF Edwin Clarke Appleby 111 0.15% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frank Ebenezer Buck 7,423 10.36% unknown
     Unionist Frederick DeWolfe Turner 2,078 2.90% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Dugald Donaghy 5,130 7.16% unknown
     United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party George Drayton 174 0.24% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Laura Dickey MacKay 1,731 2.41% unknown
     Liberal Stanley Stewart McKeen 9,880 13.79% unknown
     Independent William McNeill 902 1.26% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Arthur Pritchard 7,693 10.74% unknown
     Unionist William Savage 2,640 3.68% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 7,214 10.07% unknown
     Unionist Alice Townley 1,434 2.00% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group George Alexander Walkem 3,694 5.15% unknown
     Liberal George Moir Weir 12,163 16.97% unknown
     Liberal Robert Wilkinson 9,393 13.11% unknown
Total valid votes 71,660 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 608
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Cyril Gainsborough Beeston 8,809 11.60% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John (Jack) Evans 6,382 8.40% unknown
     Liberal Stanley Stewart McKeen 9,125 12.01% unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland1 10,580 13.93% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Ralph Offer 6,196 8.16% unknown
     Conservative James Alexander Paton 9,745 12.83% unknown
     Social Credit League of B.C. William Savage 1,001 1.32% unknown
     Liberal George Moir Weir 9,235 12.16% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edgar Westmoreland 6,011 7.91% unknown
     Liberal Robert Wilkinson 8,883 11.69% unknown
Total valid votes 75,967 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 472
Turnout %
1 Leader of the Opposition 1937-1941.
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Mary Louise Bollert 9,470 9.95% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Albert Dawson Gordon 7,603 7.99% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Helena Rose Gutteridge 8,183 8.60% unknown
     Emancipation Party Catherine Emily Ling 265 0.28 unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 14,668 15.41% unknown
     Liberal Harold Elsdale Molson 8,503 8.94% unknown
     Conservative James Alexander Paton 14,148 14.87% unknown
     Conservative Tilly Rolston 13,584 14.27% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Ewart Turner 7,662 8.05% unknown
     Liberal George Moir Weir 11,073 11.64% unknown
Total valid votes 95,159 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 597
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Albert Thomas Alsbury 9,837 10.07% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Alexander Lorenzo Gordon 878 0.90% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party John Goss 830 0.85% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Alfred Isherwood 8,466 8.67% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Francis James McKenzie 8,556 8.76% unknown
     Coalition Royal Lethington Maitland 22,843 23.39% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party William John Gordon Martin 764 0.78% unknown
     Coalition James Alexander Paton 22,281 22.82% unknown
     social Credit Alliance Charles Delbert Powell 625 0.64% unknown
     Coalition Tilly Rolston 22,152 22.68% unknown
     Democratic Party of Canada William Richard Smith 423 0.43% unknown
Total valid votes 97,655 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 597
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth John Watkins Dunfield 11,980 8.14% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Margaret Ellen Eckland 11,334 7.71% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth George Alfred Isherwood 11,820 8.04% unknown
     Union of Electors Cornelius Knight 148 0.10% unknown
     Coalition Albert Reginald MacDougall 36,921 25.10% unknown
     BC Social Credit League James Alexander Morrison 766 0.52% unknown
     BC Social Credit League Claude Delbert Powell 591 0.40% unknown
     BC Social Credit League Helena Ruth Powell 532 0.36% unknown
     Coalition Tilly Rolston 36,410 24.75% unknown
     Coalition Leigh Forbes Stevenson 36,451 24.78% unknown
     Union of Electors Richard Harley Watkins 132 0.09% unknown
Total valid votes 147,085 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,559
Turnout %

For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with three ballots, one for each seat, with three separate candidate-races:

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot A 1
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 13,771 26.24% 20,645 47.80% unknown
     Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 13,406 25.54% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Wadham Forster 11,267 21.47% - -.- % unknown
     Progressive Conservative Albert Reginald MacDougall 14,042 26.75% 22,549 52.20% unknown
Total valid votes 52,495 100.00% 43,194 %
Total rejected ballots 4,502
Turnout %
1 Preferential ballot; first and final of three (3) counts only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot B 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 12,828 24.69% 4,919 18.84% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 11,366 21.87% - -.- % unknown
     Progressive Conservative George Clark Miller 14,886 28.65% 24,089 56.43% unknown
     Social Credit League Claude Delbert Powell 12,882 24.79% 18,603 43.57% unknown
Total valid votes 51,962 100.00% 42,692 %
Total rejected ballots 4,933
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot; first and final of three (3) counts only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Ballot C 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Alfred Isherwood 10,451 20.05% - -.- % unknown
     Liberal George Stanley Miller 12,087 23.19% 18,078 41.25% unknown
     Social Credit League Tilly Rolston 19,236 36.90% 25,749 58.75% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Hattie Pearl Steen 10,356 19.87% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 52,130 100.00% 43,827 %
Total rejected ballots 4,787
Turnout %
3 Preferential ballot; first and final of three (3) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver Point-Grey Ballot A 4
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 19,768 39.77% 22,503 52.25% unknown
     Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 14,612 29.40% 20,567 47.75% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Stewart Leslie Chambers 4,533 9.12% - -.- % unknown
     Christian Democrat Wilfrid Joseph Charbonneau 194 0.39% - -.- % unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Beatrice Christine Ferneyhough 348 0.70% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Wadham Forster 10,058 20.23% - -.- % unknown
     Independent William Norman Kemp 193 0.39% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 49,706 100.00% 43,070 %
Total rejected ballots 3,205
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
4 Preferential ballot; first and final of six (6) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot B 5
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 20,205 40.60% 24,144 56.05% unknown
     Christian Democrat Alma Jane Diebolt 212 0.43% - -.- % unknown
     Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 12,022 24.16% 18,928 43.95% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George James Greenaway 9,556 19.19% - -.- % unknown
     Labour Progressive Party William John Turner 367 0.74% - -.- % unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Harold John Michael Griffin 337 0.68% - -.- % unknown
     Progressive Conservative George Clark Miller 7,373 14.81% - -.- % unknown
     Independent Abie Louis Seligman 64 0.13% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 49,769 100.00% 43,072 %
Total rejected ballots 3,150
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
5 Preferential ballot; first and final of six (6) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot C 6
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Norman Hill 9,441 18.86% 12,947 50.73% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Laing 17,412 34.79% 22,730 51.56% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Constance Marguerite Marks 338 0.67% - -.- % unknown
     Christian Democrat Mae Angelique Messner 196 0.39% - -.- % unknown
     Progressive Conservative Thomas Frederick Orr 3,607 7.21% - -.- % unknown
     Social Credit League Tilly Rolston 19,061 38.08% 21,354 48.44% unknown
Total valid votes 50,055 100.00% 44,084 %
Total rejected ballots 2,866
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
6 Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Ernest Forbes Allistone 959 0.61% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Reginald Atherton 3,324 2.13% unknown
     Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 23,696 15.19% unknown
     Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 25,615 16.42% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Ebbie William Bowering 2,878 1.85% unknown
     Social Credit League Buda Hosmer Brown 23,238 14.90% unknown
     Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 12,924 8.29% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 15,599 10.00% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Harold John Michael Griffin 318 0.20% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Norman Hill 8,435 5.41% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Laing 17,801 11.44% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Winona Grace MacInnis 11,365 7.29% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William James Gibbs Pierce 7,979 5.17% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Emma Loring Tinsman 1,822 1.69% unknown
Total valid votes 155,953 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 561
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Reginald Atherton 6,774 3.92% unknown
     Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 23,950 13.86% unknown
     Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 24,273 14.04% unknown
     Liberal Francis Cecil Boyes 17,438 10.09% unknown
     Social Credit League Buda Hosmer Brown 23,583 13.65% unknown
     Liberal Samuel Joseph Dumaresq 15,107 8.74% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Nelson Gibson 12,158 7.03% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 12,702 7.35% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Desmond Fife Kidd 6,453 3.73% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Mary Helen Poaps 4,029 2.33% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Walter Thomason 11,538 6.68% unknown
     Liberal Leslie Charles Way 14,827 8.58% unknown
Total valid votes 172,832 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 803
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 20,267 11.29% unknown
     Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 23,172 12.91% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Ernest James (Ernie) Broome 7,643 4.26% unknown
     New Democrat Amy Dalgleish 8,072 4.50% unknown
     Social Credit League Ralph Raymond Loffmark 20,962 11.68% unknown
     New Democrat John Kendrick Macey 8,663 4.83% unknown
     Progressive Conservative H. Richardson (Dick) Malkin 7,213 4.02% unknown
     Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 25,592 14.26% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Phillips 16,510 9.20% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Harry Purdy 15,719 8.76% unknown
     Liberal William George Rathie 17,641 9.83% unknown
     New Democrat William James Whitney 8,018 4.67% unknown
Total valid votes 179,472 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 726
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 11,494 22.97% unknown
     New Democrat Donald Garth Brown 2,853 5.70% unknown
     Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,507 26.99% unknown
     New Democrat Eduard Marcus Lavallee 2,934 5.11% unknown
     Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 17,400 30.28 % unknown
     Social Credit League Lawrence Edward Ranta 9,284 16.15% unknown
Total valid votes 57,472 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 392
Turnout %
7 Seat reduced to two members from three.
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Alan Frederick Bush 4,268 7.61% unknown
     Progressive Conservative John Anthony St. Etienne DeWolfe 1,087 1.94% unknown
     Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,621 24.27% unknown
     New Democrat John Kendrick Macey 3,939 6.23% unknown
     Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 15,650 24.76% unknown
     Social Credit League William George Rathie 12,811 20.27% unknown
     Social Credit League Charles Randolph Widman 11,820 18.70% unknown
Total valid votes 63,196 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 258
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,673 20.72% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Ian Bruce Kelsey 5,103 7.73% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Marianne Linnell 5,696 8.63% unknown
     Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 14,599 22.13% unknown
     Social Credit League John George Puil 8,326 12.62% unknown
     New Democrat Paul Sabatino 5,260 7.97% unknown
     Social Credit League Edward Charles Sweeney 8,006 12.13% unknown
     New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 5,312 8.05% unknown
Total valid votes 65,975 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 387
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Richard Neill MacLeod Brown 1,340 1.86% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Theodore Bolton Burgoyne 1,032 1.44% unknown
     Independent George Henry Does 98 0.14% unknown
     Liberal Richard John Joseph Durante 5,004 6.96% unknown
     Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 20,761 28.88% unknown
     Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 21,192 29.48% unknown
     New Democrat Venkatachala Setty Pendakur 8,932 12.42% unknown
     Liberal Moyra Anne Roberts 4,383 6.10% unknown
     New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 9,143 12.72% unknown
Total valid votes 71,885 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 554
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative William Fairley 2,511 3.17% unknown
     Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 20,620 26.05% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Elizabeth L. Green 2,437 3.08% unknown
     Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 19,789 25.00% unknown
     Liberal Timothy Charles O'Brien 1,399 1.77% unknown
     New Democrat Thomas Francis Shandel 15,686 19.82% unknown
     Liberal Christopher Keith Sumner 1,131 1.43% unknown
     New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 15,578 19.68% unknown
Total valid votes 79,151 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,274
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Leopold Auer 1,675 1.98% unknown
     Green Adriane Janice Carr 1,549 1.83% unknown
     Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 22,550 26.58% unknown
     Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 22,970 27.08% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Lorne Neil MacLean 1,573 1.86% unknown
     New Democrat Maureen Patricia Marchak 16,612 19.58% unknown
     New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 15,849 18.68% unknown
     Progressive Conservative William Fairley 2,511 3.17% unknown
     Liberal Allan Edward Warnke 2,048 2.41% unknown
Total valid votes 84,826 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 480
Turnout %
34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Doreen Braverman 6,680 7.88% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Airlie Brown 5,505 6.49% unknown
     Social Credit League Kim Campbell 19,716 23.24% unknown
     Green Douglas Dunn 498 0.59% unknown
     New Democrat Richard J. {Dick) Gathercole 15,729 18.55% unknown
     Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 18,256 21.52% unknown
     New Democrat Darlene R. Marzari 18,311 21.59% unknown
     People's Front Allen Harvey Soroka 120 0.14% unknown
Total valid votes 84,815 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 682
Turnout %

A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old multiple member districts. Vancouver-Point Grey was trimmed with parts of going to the creation of Vancouver-Quilchena, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Burrard (mostly to Quilchena).

35th British Columbia election, 19913
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Barry J. Burke 9,022 36.80% unknown
     Independent Betty E.L. Green 138 0.56% unknown
     Green Nicole C. Kohnert 388 1.58% unknown
     New Democrat Darlene R. Marzari 12,076 49.26% unknown
     Libertarian Joan M. Saxton 75 0.31% unknown
     Social Credit League Richard J. Wright 2,817 11.49% unknown
Total valid votes 24,516 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 367
Turnout %
3 Seat reduced to one member from two. All Vancouver ridings become one-member ridings only, but greater in number.
36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gordon Campbell 12,637 48.86% unknown
     Natural Law Party Ron Decter 76 0.29% unknown
     New Democrat Jim Green 11,074 42.81% unknown
     BC Reform Jan Sager 406 1.57% unknown
     Green Ralph Maud 683 2.64% unknown
     Communist Michael J.P. Moen 70 0.27% unknown
     Progressive Democratic Alliance Allison Mountstevens 857 3.31% unknown
     Family Coalition Party E'an P. Rankin 62 0.25% unknown
Total valid votes 25,865 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 138
Turnout %

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