Vancouver-Quilchena

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Vancouver-Quilchena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

According to the 2006 Census, this riding is the second wealthiest in British Columbia with an average family income of $91,822.^[1]

Demographics

Population	54,709
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.5%
Area (km²)	21.48
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,547

Geography

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Art Cowie, Liberal (1991-1993)
Gordon Campbell, Liberal (1993-1996)
Colin Hansen, Liberal (1996-2013)
Andrew Wilkinson, Liberal (2013-present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Wilkinson	14,496	64.32	-5.9
	New Democratic	Nicholas Scapillati	5,705	25.31	+4.57
	Green	Damian Kettlewell	1,667	7.40	-1.64
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	671	2.98	+2.98
Total Valid Votes			22,539	100
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	15,731	70.22	+3.06	$109,703
	New Democrat	James Young	4,646	20.74	-0.28	$12,514
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	2,024	9.04	-1.36	$1,837
Total valid votes			22,401	100
Total rejected ballots			127	0.56
Turnout			22,528	57.67

B.C. General Election 2005 Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	16,394	67.16	–	$107,414
	NDP	Jarrah Hodge	5,131	21.02		$13,103
	Green	Lorinda Earl	2,538	10.40	–	$2,633
	Marijuana	Rhiannon Rose	175	0.72		$100
	Libertarian	Katrina Chowne	174	0.71		$100
Total valid votes			24,412	100
Total rejected ballots			128	0.52
Turnout			24,540	61.64

Popular vote by voting area

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	16,829	73.86%	–	$34,886
	Green	Judy Johnstone	3,277	14.38%	–	$360
	NDP	Gareth Charles Richmond	2,168	9.52%		$6,725
	Marijuana	Katrina Chowne	351	1.54%		$394
	Independent	Mike Sharp	160	0.70%
Total valid votes			22,785	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96	0.42%
Turnout			22,881	73.44%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	15,509	68.68%	–	$36,863
	NDP	Roger Boshier	4,977	22.04%		$13,802
	Progressive Democrat	Richard Chave Sanderson	827	3.66%	–	$300
	Green	Valerie Jerome	627	2.78%	–	$459
	Reform	Jay Davison	495	2.19%	–	$975
	Social Credit	Lorraine Hinton	91	0.40%	–	$2,142
	Natural Law	Alan Mackenzie Brooke	57	0.25%		$134
Total valid votes			22,583	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			109	0.48%
Turnout			22,692	75.71%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Art Cowie	11,373	49.53%	–	$56,984
	NDP	Stuart P. Hertzog	6,172	26.88%		$14,576
	Social Credit	Doug Mowat	5,113	22.27%	–	$64,574
	Green	Valerie E. Parker	302	1.32%	–	$809
Total valid votes			22,960	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			309	1.33%
Turnout			23,269	80.40%

References

↑ http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/Rich+ridings+lean+Liberal+poor+ridings+British+Columbia/8307309/story.html

External links

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Hope Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

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