Vancouver East

For the defunct provincial electoral district of the same name, see Vancouver East (provincial electoral district).

Vancouver East

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver East in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Libby Davies NDP
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	106,816
Electors (2011)	77,817
Area (km²)	21
Pop. density (per km²)	5,086.5
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver

Vancouver East is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935.

Vancouver East is known as a New Democratic Party stronghold; the NDP and its Co-operative Commonwealth Federation predecessor have won all but two elections in the riding since its creation in 1933. Both losses (1974 and 1993) have come at the hands of Liberal candidates who failed to retain the seat at the next election. The Conservative Party and its right-leaning predecessors have always fared poorly in the riding, rarely garnering more than 20 percent of the vote.

In the 2006 federal election, the NDP won a higher percentage of the vote in Vancouver East than in any other riding in the country: 56.6%. In 2011 the NDP increased its majority win to 62.83%.

Geography

The district includes the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Mount Pleasant, Grandview–Woodland, and Hastings–Sunrise.

Federal riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	Neighbourhood
	Green Party of Canada	Vancouver East Green Party of Canada EDA	Jean-Michel Toriel	603-1086 Bute Street	West End
	Conservative Party of Canada	Vancouver East Conservative Association	Edward Sem	3189 4 Avenue East	Hastings–Sunrise
	Liberal Party of Canada	Vancouver East Federal Liberal Association	Mark Elyas	460 - 580 Hornby St.	Vancouver
	New Democratic Party	Vancouver East Federal NDP Riding Association	Caelan Griffiths	138-2416 Main Street	Mount Pleasant
	Marijuana Party of Canada	Vancouver East Parti Marijuana Party Electoral District Association	Dan Crysler	240-2915 Kaslo Street	Renfrew Heights

Demographics

This is a prominently industrial and working-class riding. It is home to North America's largest Chinatown as well as the impoverished Downtown Eastside. 42% of this riding are immigrants and 30% are of Chinese-Canadian descent. A high number, 63%, or residents here are renters compared to only 37% home owners. 24% of residents over age 25 have a university certificate or degree. Manufacturing, tourism, port-related industries, and accommodation and food service industries are vital to employment in this riding. The average family income is over $61,000. The unemployment rate is about 7.7%.

The ethnicly diverse area is home to many of the city's artists and activists. In recent years, the area has been negatively affected by an influx of hard drugs and the problems associated with their use.

The riding is the least religious in Canada, with 47.4% of the population not adhering to any religion.

Ethnic groups: 45.5% White, 30.5% Chinese, 5.4% First Nations, 4.9% Southeast Asian, 4.9% Filipino, 2.2% South Asian, 1.7% Latin American, 1.5% Black, 1.1% Japanese
Languages: 46.6% English, 1.8% French, 49.3% Other, 2.3% Multiple languages
Religions: 22.2% Catholic, 11.9% Protestant, 8.6% Buddhist, 1.3% Muslim, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.5% Other Christian, 47.4% No religious affiliation
Average income: $22,144

History

The electoral district was created in 1933 from Vancouver South and Vancouver—Burrard ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver South and Vancouver—Burrard prior to 1933
18th	1935–1940		Angus MacInnis	Co-operative Commonwealth
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Harold Edward Winch	Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1961
	1961–1962			New Democratic
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Paddy Neale	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979		Art Lee	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Margaret Mitchell	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Anna Terrana	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Libby Davies	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Libby Davies, a former human resources co-ordinator and Vancouver city councillor. She was first elected in 1997. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP House Leader, and their critic for Social Programs, Multiculturalism, and Housing. She serves as the Vice-Chair on the Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	27,794	62.83	+8.41
	Conservative	Irene Yatco	8,361	18.90	+3.37
	Liberal	Roma Ahi	4,382	9.91	-7.32
	Green	Douglas Roy	3,383	7.65	-3.73
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	318	0.72	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,238	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275	0.62	+0.03
Turnout			44,513	56.21	+2
Eligible voters			79,184

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	22,506	54.42	-2.15	$72,187
	Liberal	Ken Low	7,127	17.23	-6.19	$80,088
	Conservative	Ryan Warawa	6,422	15.53	+2.22	$45,821
	Green	Mike Carr	4,708	11.38	+5.38	$2,396
	Work Less Party	Betty Krawczyk	423	1.02		--
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	171	0.41		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,357	100.00		$83,047
Total rejected ballots			270	0.65	+0.18
Turnout			41,639	54	-2.4
	New Democratic Party hold		Swing	+2.02

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	23,927	56.57	+0.11	$75,177
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	9,907	23.42	-2.50	$22,205
	Conservative	Elizabeth M. Pagtakhan	5,631	13.31	+3.32	$76,377
	Green	Christine Ellis	2,536	6.00	+0.31	$156
	Canadian Action	Bryce Bartholomew	293	0.69	-	$200
Total valid votes			42,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200	0.47	-0.26
Turnout			42,494	56.4	-1.76

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	23,452	56.46	+14.19	$64,940
	Liberal	Shirley Chan	10,768	25.92	-7.81
	Conservative	Harvey Grigg	4,153	9.99	-7.53	$44,993
	Green	Ron Plowright	2,365	5.69	+3.24	$1,157
	Marijuana	Marc Boyer	399	0.96	-0.85
	Christian Heritage	Gloria Anne Kieler	250	0.60	+0.25
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	147	0.35
Total valid votes			41,534	100.00
Total rejected ballots			305	0.73	0.73
Turnout			41,839	58.16	+2.28

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	16,818	42.27	+0.02	$56,481
	Liberal	Mason Loh	13,421	33.73	-3.33	$58,199
	Canadian Alliance	Sal Vetro	5,536	13.91	+1.81	$14,808
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Walsh	1,439	3.61	+0.89	$7,603
	Green	Kelly Elizabeth White	975	2.45	-0.99	$177
	Marijuana	David Malmo-Levine	724	1.81
	Canadian Action	Brian Bacon	432	1.08		$2,648
	Independent	Edna Mathilda Brass	196	0.49
	Independent	Gloria Anne Kieler	143	0.35	-0.28
	Natural Law	Rosemary F. Galte	97	0.24
Total valid votes			39,781	100.00
Total rejected ballots			444	1.10	-0.03
Turnout			40,225	55.88	-4.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform Party vote in the 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Libby Davies	14,961	42.25	+11.22	$52,043
	Liberal	Anna Terrana	13,123	37.06	+1.00	$52,663
	Reform	Keith Mitchell	4,287	12.10	+0.16	$11,525
	Green	Stuart Parker	1,221	3.44	+1.99	$2,871
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Cikes	964	2.72	-6.10	$5,167
	Christian Heritage	Gloria Kieler	226	0.63		$844
	Natural Law	Wayne Melvin	185	0.52	-0.45
	Independent	Kimball Cariou	161	0.45	-0.41	$5,097
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	158	0.44	+0.23
	Independent	Ryan Bloc Québécois Bigge	121	0.34
Total valid votes			35,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			403	1.13
Turnout			35,810	59.88

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anna Terrana	14,357	36.06	+6.29
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	12,357	31.03	-20.17
	Reform	Joan Stewart	4,754	11.94
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Tom	3,513	8.82	-7.09
	National	Bruce Frank Wright	2,403	6.04
	Libertarian	Wayne Marsden	811	2.04	+1.33
	Green	Kelly Elizabeth White	579	1.45	+0.43
	Natural Law	David Grayson	386	0.97
	Independent	Kimball Cariou	343	0.86
	Independent	Will Offley	103	0.26
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	84	0.21
	Independent	Joe Young	71	0.18
	Independent	Alan Imrie	56	0.14
Total valid votes			39,817	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	20,108	51.20	-0.59
	Liberal	Raymond Leung	11,692	29.77	+4.40
	Progressive Conservative	Paul E. Nielsen	6,248	15.91	-4.32
	Green	Robert J. Light	401	1.02
	Libertarian	Heinz Holzschuher	278	0.71	-0.22
	Rhino	Ruff Tuff Duff Duff Scott	277	0.71	-0.25
	Communist	Kim C. Zander	180	0.46	-0.27
	Not affiliated	Cheryl Stephens Soroka	88	0.22
Total valid votes			39,272	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	18,464	51.79	+7.88
	Liberal	Shirley Maple Wong	9,044	25.37	-14.64
	Progressive Conservative	Jack J. Volrich	7,210	20.22	+5.61
	Rhino	Cameron H. McCabe	342	0.96
	Libertarian	Sandy MacDonald	330	0.93
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	259	0.73	+0.17
Total valid votes			35,649	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	14,245	43.91	+1.21
	Liberal	Arthur John Art Lee	12,979	40.01	+0.97
	Progressive Conservative	David N. Kilbey	4,742	14.62	-1.92
	Rhino	Dandy Randy Lyttle	198	0.61
	Communist	J. Fred Wilson	179	0.55	+0.02
	Not affiliated	Paul Tetreault	61	0.19
	Marxist–Leninist	Chaouac Ferron	34	0.10	-0.03
Total valid votes			32,438	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mitchell	13,697	42.71	+6.44
	Liberal	Arthur John Art Lee	12,522	39.04	+2.57
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil H. Leng	5,304	16.54	-8.91
	Social Credit	Carlo Dallavalle	334	1.04
	Communist	J. Fred Wilson	170	0.53	-0.59
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian K. Sproule	44	0.14	-0.55
Total valid votes			32,071	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur J. Art Lee	9,671	36.48	+5.13
	New Democrat	C.P. Paddy Neale	9,614	36.26	-12.55
	Progressive Conservative	Hartley Hubbs	6,747	25.45	+8.91
	Communist	Maurice Rush	298	1.12	+0.38
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	181	0.68
Total valid votes			26,511	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	C. Paddy Neale	13,525	48.81	-1.20
	Liberal	John Minichiello	8,687	31.35	-5.21
	Progressive Conservative	John G. Balan	4,584	16.54	+7.63
	Social Credit	Walter Stunder	613	2.21	-0.51
	Not affiliated	Maurice Rush	206	0.74
	Not affiliated	Ian R. Hyman	92	0.33
Total valid votes			27,707	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	13,339	50.02	-6.87
	Liberal	Robert Kennedy	9,750	36.56	+17.51
	Progressive Conservative	Max E. Meyer	2,377	8.91	-0.21
	Social Credit	P. Daniel Emanuele	726	2.72	-10.91
	Communist	Charles Caron	477	1.79
Total valid votes			26,669	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	11,854	56.89	+2.59
	Liberal	Alexander C. Sharp	3,969	19.05	-4.65
	Social Credit	Walter W. Campbell	2,840	13.63	+5.91
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Chong	1,900	9.12	-5.16
	Progressive Workers	Jerry Le Bourdais	274	1.31
Total valid votes			20,837	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	12,688	54.30	-0.04
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	5,538	23.70	+4.10
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Guy Chong	3,335	14.27	-0.69
	Social Credit	Dorothy Jean Munnik	1,804	7.72	-0.51
Total valid votes			23,365	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Harold Edward Winch	12,329	54.35	+5.79
	Liberal	Marino Culos	4,447	19.60	+10.41
	Progressive Conservative	Oris Kirk	3,395	14.97	-21.62
	Social Credit	Michael John McCann	1,867	8.23	+2.57
	Communist	Thomas Alexander McEwen	648	2.86
Total valid votes			22,686	100.00

Note: NDP vote is compared to the CCF vote in the 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	11,486	48.56	+0.97
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Mullins	8,654	36.59	+18.45
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	2,175	9.20	-1.64
	Social Credit	Michael John McCann	1,338	5.66	-17.79
Total valid votes			23,653	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	10,782	47.59	-2.99
	Social Credit	John Chmelyk	5,312	23.44	-0.80
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Douglas Mullins	4,110	18.14	+12.99
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Sharp	2,454	10.83	-5.41
Total valid votes			22,658	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	10,192	50.58	+3.49
	Social Credit	Raymond McCarthy	4,885	24.24
	Liberal	William Reid	3,272	16.24	-17.78
	Progressive Conservative	Benjamin A.R. Morley	1,038	5.15	-9.12
	Labour-Progressive	Maurice Rush	764	3.79	-0.82
Total valid votes			20,151	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	14,056	47.09	+2.40
	Liberal	William Reid	10,154	34.02	+12.28
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Friend Day	4,261	14.28	-5.29
	Labour-Progressive	Charles McGregor Stewart	1,377	4.61	-7.35
Total valid votes				100.00

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	16,003	44.69	+1.71
	Liberal	William Reid	7,786	21.74	-9.90
	Progressive Conservative	William Ward	7,008	19.57
	Labour-Progressive	Harold James Pritchett	4,283	11.96	+7.15
	Democratic	William Nicholas Wallace	729	2.04
Total valid votes			35,809	100.00

Note: Labour-Progressive vote is compared to the Communist vote in the 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	12,490	42.98	-7.93
	Liberal	John Henderson	9,196	31.65	+5.16
	New Democracy	William Wilfred Derpak	5,975	20.56
	Communist	Fergus McKean	1,398	4.81	-1.00
Total valid votes			29,059	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	13,629	50.91
	Liberal	J. Lorne MacDougall	7,090	26.48
	Conservative	Thomas Todrick	3,364	12.57
	Communist	Malcolm Bruce	1,555	5.81
	Reconstruction	Clifford Norman Borton	1,134	4.24
Total valid votes			26,772	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada