Vancouver-Langara

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

Demographics

Population, 2001 53,465
Population Change, 1996–2001 3.1%
Area (km²) 14.73
Pop. Density (people per km²) 3,630

History

1999 Redistribution

Changes to the Vancouver-Langara electoral district in 1999 include:

Member of Legislative Assembly

The riding is currently held by MLA Dr. Moira Stilwell, who represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Stilwell was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development in June 2009.

The previous MLA was Carole Taylor, former chair of the CBC and former Vancouver city councillor. She was first elected in 2005 and appointed the Minister of Finance. She represented the British Columbia Liberal Party. She resigned on December 18, 2008.

Election results

2013 BC General Election

BC Liberal: Moira Stilwell (Votes: 9365)

BCNDP: George Chow (Votes: 6727)

BC Green: Regan-Heng Zhang (Votes: 916)

BC Conservatives: Gurjinder Bains (Votes: 607)

Platinum Party: Espavo Sozo (Votes: 41)

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
LiberalMoira Stilwell 10,615 58.87 $89,931
New DemocraticHelesia Luke 6,340 35.16 $19,002
GreenJ-M Toriel 1,075 5.97 $948
Total valid votes 18,030 100
Total rejected ballots 167 0.92
Turnout 18,197 47.71
B.C. General Election 2005 Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
LiberalCarole Taylor 11,181 56.55 $78,828
     NDP Anita Romaniuk 6,456 32.65 $9,044
GreenDoug Warkentin 1,584 8.01 – $815
     Marijuana Mark Gueffroy 214 1.08 $100
     Libertarian Christopher De Wilde 185 0.94 $100
Work LessCharlie Latimer 152 0.77 – $100
Total Valid Votes 19,77 100
Total Rejected Ballots 183 0.93
Turnout 19,955 53.51
Popular vote by voting area
B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
LiberalVal J. Anderson 11,800 66.90% $29,498
     NDP Peter G. Prontzos 2,999 17.00% $2,596
GreenDoug Warkentin 2,009 11.39% – $2,347
     Marijuana Anthony Campbell 673 3.82% $394
     Independent Joe Young 105 0.60% $362
     People's Front Michael Hill 51 0.29% $57
Total valid votes 17,637 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 203 1.15%
Turnout 17,840 67.38%
B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
LiberalVal J. Anderson 11,038 60.20% $25,864
     NDP Ragini Rankin 5,515 30.08% $29,984
Progressive DemocratPhilip Read 839 4.58% – $488
     Reform Christie Jung 519 2.83% $7,749
GreenMichael Airton 337 1.84% – $100
     Natural Law Jerry Zen-Jih Chang 89 0.49% $118
Total valid votes 18,337 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 177 0.96%
Turnout 18,514 68.66%
B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
LiberalVal J. Anderson 7,241 36.95% $13,737
     NDP Peter M. Kendall 6,774 34.57% $25,805
Social CreditRussell G. Fraser 5,374 27.42% – $50,387
GreenKamala J. Todd 134 0.68% – $32
     Conservative Malcolm A. Weatherston 75 0.38%
Total valid votes 19,598 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 373 1.87%
Turnout 19,971 72.64%

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