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Vancouver Kingsway

For the provincial electoral district that incorporates some of the same area, see Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district).
Vancouver Kingsway
British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Kingsway (Canadian electoral district).svg
Vancouver Kingsway in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver area
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
Don Davies
New Democratic
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]102,003
Electors (2015)69,812
Area (km²)[1]15
Pop. density (per km²)6,800.2
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Vancouver

Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver.

Demographics

This riding's population is over 54% immigrants. The three largest ethnic groups include Chinese (36%), European (31.7%) and Filipino (12.5%). The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver Kingsway. The average family income is over $72,000. Unemployment is around 6.5%.[2]

9.9% of the population is Buddhist, the highest in Canada.[3] More generally, Vancouver Kingsway has the highest proportion of non-Christians, 62.8% in particular, of which: no religious affiliation: 43.5%, Buddhist: 9.9%, Sikh: 3.2% etc.[4][5]

Ethnic groups in Vancouver Kingsway (2016)
Source: [2]		 Population %
Ethnic group Chinese 37,355 36%
European 32,905 31.7%
Filipino 12,975 12.5%
South Asian 7,085 6.8%
Southeast Asian 6,570 6.3%
Aboriginal 2,235 2.2%
Latin American 1,525 1.5%
Japanese 1,390 1.3%
Korean 930 0.9%
Black 915 0.9%
West Asian 415 0.4%
Arab 210 0.2%
Multiple minorities 2,805 2.7%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 160 0.2%
Total population 103,760 100%

History

The name "Vancouver Kingsway" has been used twice to describe federal ridings. It was first created in 1952, carved out of Vancouver South riding. In 1987, the riding was divided between Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South ridings. In 1996, a new Vancouver Kingsway was created out of these same four ridings.

This riding has been held by the NDP and its precursor CCF for most of its history. The NDP has won 12 of the 18 elections held since the riding was formed in 1953, the Liberals have won five and the Conservatives one. The two candidates who topped the poll in the 2008 election ran again in 2011. The incumbent Member of Parliament, Vancouver lawyer Don Davies, represented the NDP,[6] and Vancouver businesswoman Wendy Yuan represented the Liberal Party again.[7] Davies won by approximately 3,000 votes in 2008. In 2011, Davies quintupled that margin, topping the Liberal candidate by over 15,000 votes, the Conservative candidate by over 10,000 votes, and winning over 50% of the votes cast.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Vancouver Kingsway should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name was created.[8] The redefined Vancouver Kingsway lost its territory west of Main Street to the new district of Vancouver Granville, as well as a small area in its extreme southeast to Vancouver South. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 2015 election.[9]

David Emerson controversy

David Emerson was first elected in 2004, for the Liberal Party of Canada, and served in the Cabinet as the Minister of Industry.

Emerson was re-elected as a Liberal in the 2006 election, but crossed the floor two weeks later on February 6, 2006 to become the new Minister of International Trade in Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Emerson's floor-crossing was highly controversial. Then Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper dispatched campaign co-chair John Douglas Reynolds, on the day after the election, to offer Emerson a cabinet post in a Conservative government. Emerson's acceptance of that offer made Canadian history, marking the first time a member of parliament, let alone a cabinet minister, had crossed the floor before a new government was even sworn in.

As a result of the controversy, a number of groups formed to fight for Emerson's resignation. Some groups also seek legislation that would prevent floor crossing altogether or restrict a member of parliament if they abandon their party's caucus. Groups that fought against Emerson's defection included the New Democratic Party-aligned Recall David Emerson Campaign, and the Liberal Party-aligned but eventually wholly citizen-driven De-Elect Emerson Campaign.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Vancouver Kingsway
Riding created from Vancouver South
22nd  1953–1957 Angus MacInnis Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd  1957–1958 Alexander Macdonald
24th  1958–1962 John Ferguson Browne Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963 Arnold Webster New Democratic
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Grace MacInnis
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Simma Holt Liberal
31st  1979–1980 Ian Waddell New Democratic
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East,
Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South
Riding re-created from Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East,
Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South
36th  1997–2000 Sophia Leung Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 David Emerson
39th  2006–2006
 2006–2008 Conservative
40th  2008–2011 Don Davies New Democratic
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–present

Election results

1997–present

Graph of election results in Vancouver Kingsway (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Don Davies 21,680 49.1 +3.36 $96,884.11
Liberal Tamara Taggart 10,194 23.1 -4.71 $96,618.31
Conservative Helen Quan 8,804 19.9 -1.11 none listed
Green Lawrence Taylor 2,675 6.1 +2.85 none listed
People's Ian Torn 427 1.0 – $3,869.88
Communist Kimball Cariou 292 0.7 -0.28 none listed
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 91 0.2 +0.02 $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,163 100.0
Total rejected ballots 446
Turnout 44,609 59.4
Eligible voters 75,050
New Democratic hold Swing +4.035
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Don Davies 20,763 45.74 -5.53 $113,476.84
Liberal Steven Kou 12,625 27.81 +11.64 $93,120.16
Conservative Jojo Quimpo 9,538 21.01 -7.09 –
Green Catherine Moore 1,476 3.25 -0.28 $1,663.13
Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 468 1.03 +0.44 –
Communist Kimball Cariou 445 0.98 +0.53 –
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 81 0.18 +0.01 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,396 100.00 $204,392.06
Total rejected ballots 471 1.03 –
Turnout 45,867 64.41
Eligible voters 71,206
New Democratic hold Swing -8.58
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party Vote %
New Democratic 18,752 51.27
Conservative 10,177 27.82
Liberal 5,916 16.17
Green 1,292 3.53
Others 441 1.21
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Don Davies 23,452 50.08 +14.88
Conservative Trang Nguyen 13,157 28.1 +0.67
Liberal Wendy Yuan 7,796 16.65 -12.37
Green Louise Boutin 1,860 3.97 -2.72
Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 275 0.59 -0.09
Communist Kimball Cariou 210 0.45 -0.19
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 78 0.17 -0.16
Total valid votes 46,828 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 315 0.67 -0.05
Turnout 47,143 58.10 +2
New Democratic hold Swing +7.10
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Don Davies 15,933 35.20 +1.70 $81,501
Liberal Wendy Yuan 13,164 29.02 -14.43 $79,758
Conservative Salomon Rayek 12,419 27.43 +8.64 $70,829
Green Doug Warkentin 3,031 6.69 +3.86 $3,478
Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 309 0.68 +0.09
Communist Kimball Cariou 291 0.64 +0.29 $391
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 149 0.33 +0.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,296 100.0   $84,758
Total rejected ballots 328 0.72 +0.13
Turnout 45,624 56 -3
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +8.06
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David Emerson 20,062 43.45 +3.01 $74,641
New Democratic Ian Waddell 15,470 33.50 -3.77 $77,756
Conservative Kanman Wong 8,679 18.79 +2.31 $77,756
Green Arno Schortinghuis 1,307 2.83 -0.73 $803
Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 277 0.59 –
Communist Kimball Cariou 162 0.35 -0.05 $297
Canadian Action Connie Fogal 143 0.30 -0.03 $2,987
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 68 0.14 -0.08
Total valid votes 46,285 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 274 0.59 -0.43
Turnout 46,442 59.2 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing +3.39
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David Emerson 17,267 40.44 -2.82 $63,734
New Democratic Ian Waddell 15,916 37.27 +21.36 $55,150
Conservative Jesse Johl 7,037 16.48 -17.69 $72,888
Green Tracey Jastinder Mann 1,521 3.56 +0.87
Independent Jeannie Kwan 548 1.28 – $7,229
Communist Jason Mann 172 0.40 -0.04 $389
Canadian Action Jacob Rempel 142 0.33 -2.87 $373
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 94 0.22 -0.11 $150
Total valid votes 42,697 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 395 0.92 +0.08
Turnout 43,092 58.01 +2.03
Liberal hold Swing -12.09
Change is based on redistributed results from 2000. Conservative change is from the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Sophia Leung 16,118 43.07 +2.63 $56,204
Alliance Alice Wong 11,076 29.59 +11.23 $39,286
New Democratic Victor Wong 5,921 15.82 -14.72 $7,654
Progressive Conservative Kanman Wong 1,803 4.81 +0.85 $11,072
Canadian Action Connie Fogal 1,200 3.20 – $54,962
Green Phillip Petrik 1,009 2.69 +0.37 $134
Communist Elwyn Patterson 168 0.44 – $189
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 126 0.33 -0.13 $22
Total valid votes 37,421 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 316 0.84 -0.37
Turnout 37,737 55.98 -7.39
Liberal hold Swing -4.30
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal Sophia Leung 14,182 40.62 $48,495
New Democratic Victor Wong 10,662 30.54 $52,412
Reform Raymond Leung 6,412 18.36 $15,532
Progressive Conservative Kan Wong 1,385 3.96 $4,577
Independent Gim Huey 894 2.56 $23,368
Green Irene Louise Schmidt 811 2.32
Natural Law Steven Beck 210 0.60
Marxist–Leninist Donna Peterson 161 0.46 $699
Independent Roger Annis 116 0.33
Independent David Tsai 78 0.22 $2,450
Total valid votes 34,911 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 426 1.21
Turnout 35,337 63.37
This riding was re-created from parts of Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South, which elected three Liberals and one New Democrat (Burnaby—Kingsway) in the previous election.

1953–1988

Graph of election results in Vancouver Kingsway (1953-1984, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ian Waddell 20,179 51.10 +4.25
Liberal Nancy Morrison 11,640 29.48 -0.84
Progressive Conservative Collin Wong 7,152 18.11 -3.82
Green Ted Mousseau 305 0.77 –
Communist Bert Ogden 214 0.54 +0.13
Total valid votes 39,490 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +2.54
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ian Waddell 16,928 46.85 +2.09
Liberal Simma Holt 10,954 30.32 -2.01
Progressive Conservative Drew Taylor 7,924 21.93 -0.27
Communist Bert Ogden 149 0.41 ±0
Independent Norm Baker 113 0.31 –
Marxist–Leninist Leanne Corcoran 63 0.17 -0.12
Total valid votes 36,131 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +2.05
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ian Waddell 15,928 44.76 +11.71
Liberal Simma Holt 11,503 32.33 -5.05
Progressive Conservative Cal Davis 7,900 22.20 -6.31
Communist Jack Phillips 147 0.41 -0.29
Marxist–Leninist Tarlochan S. Bains 106 0.30 -0.06
Total valid votes 35,584 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +8.38
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Simma Holt 12,002 37.38 +18.60
New Democratic Dennis F. Mulroney 10,614 33.06 -23.76
Progressive Conservative John Taylor 9,155 28.51 +7.33
Communist Fred Wilson 225 0.70 –
Marxist–Leninist Thomas J. Boylan 114 0.36 –
Total valid votes 32,110 100.0  
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +21.18
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Grace MacInnis 18,108 56.81 +7.26
Progressive Conservative John A. Cherrington 6,752 21.18 +10.75
Liberal Ed Bodnarchuk 5,986 18.78 -15.64
Social Credit Faren Garner 750 2.35 -3.24
Independent William John Turner 211 0.66 –
Independent Claire Alston 66 0.21 –
Total valid votes 31,873 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing -1.74
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Grace MacInnis 15,599 49.55 +0.48
Liberal Edward Bodnarchuk 10,835 34.42 +5.85
Progressive Conservative Claude Britton 3,285 10.44 +2.43
Social Credit Lorena T. Green 1,760 5.59 -8.75
Total valid votes 31,479 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing -2.68
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Grace MacInnis 13,730 49.08 +1.84
Liberal Jack Austin 7,994 28.57 +1.00
Social Credit Arthur Holmes 4,012 14.34 +3.70
Progressive Conservative Garfield Milner 2,240 8.01 -6.54
Total valid votes 27,976 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +0.42
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Arnold Alexander Webster 13,966 47.24 -0.87
Liberal Douglas A. Walker 8,154 27.58 +5.45
Progressive Conservative Gerald E. Klein 4,301 14.55 -4.65
Social Credit Arthur Holmes 3,145 10.64 +0.07
Total valid votes 29,566 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing -3.16
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Arnold Alexander Webster 13,837 48.10 +6.12
Liberal Douglas A. Walker 6,366 22.13 +12.71
Progressive Conservative John Ferguson Browne 5,523 19.20 -23.51
Social Credit Arthur Holmes 3,039 10.56 +4.68
Total valid votes 28,765 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -3.30
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Ferguson Browne 11,928 42.71 +17.04
Co-operative Commonwealth Alex B. Macdonald 11,724 41.98 +7.66
Liberal Everet King 2,631 9.42 -6.79
Social Credit Gus Froese 1,642 5.88 -17.90
Total valid votes 27,925 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Co-operative Commonwealth Swing +4.69
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Alex Macdonald 9,040 34.33 -11.85
Progressive Conservative John Ferguson Browne 6,762 25.68 +17.95
Social Credit Thomas Williamson 6,262 23.78 -1.71
Liberal Everett Crowley 4,270 16.21 -1.77
Total valid votes 26,334 100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth hold Swing -14.90
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Co-operative Commonwealth Angus MacInnis 10,162 46.18
Social Credit Nicholas James Bartman 5,610 25.49
Liberal Arthur Ralph Gordon Helps 3,957 17.98
Progressive Conservative Walter Redvers Dent 1,700 7.72
Labor–Progressive Mona Laufey Morgan 578 2.63
Total valid votes 22,007 100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Vancouver South, which elected a Liberal in the previous election.

See also

References

  • "(Code 59032) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  • Expenditures – 2004
  • Expenditures – 2000
  • Expenditures – 1997

Notes

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Vancouver Kingsway, CBC.ca, 2008.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Religion (13) and Age Groups (8) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  5. ^ "2001 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations". 2.statcan.ca. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  6. ^ Candidate « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections. Punditsguide.ca. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
  7. ^ Candidate « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections. Punditsguide.ca. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
  8. ^ Final Report – British Columbia
  9. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  10. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  11. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  12. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver Kingsway, 30 September 2015
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  14. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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