Vancouver Quadra

Vancouver Quadra

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Quadra in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Joyce Murray Liberal
District created	1947
First contested	1949
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	119,627
Electors (2011)	88,146
Area (km²)	49
Pop. density (per km²)	2,441.4
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver, Greater Vancouver A

Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver.

Voters within Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized.

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Joyce Murray, (Liberal) a former BC cabinet minister and provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly. She was first elected in a March 2008 by-election, by a small margin. She was re-elected in the general election on October 14, 2008, by nearly 5000 votes.

Demographics

This is the sixth wealthiest riding in Canada, with an average family income of over $145,000. As of 2006, this riding had 37% immigrants, most of whom are Chinese-Canadians. The province's largest university, the University of British Columbia is situated in this riding. The major employer is the professional, scientific and technical service sector. The unemployment rate is 5.2%. Nearly every house in this riding is worth over a million dollars.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Racial groups: 69.2% White, 21.3% Chinese, 1.9% South Asian, 1.6% Korean, 1.6% Japanese, 1.0% Aboriginal
Languages: 66.0% English, 1.6% French, 31.3% Other, 1.1% Multiple languages
Religions: 27.9% Protestant, 16.3% Catholic, 4.5% Buddhist, 4.2% Other Christian, 3.8% Jewish, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Muslim, 38.5% No religious affiliation
Average income: $46,991

Geography

The district includes the parts of the West Side of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands.

History

The electoral district was created in 1947 from Vancouver East and Vancouver South ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver East and Vancouver South prior to 1947
21st	1949–1953		Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		Grant Deachman	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Bill Clarke	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		John Turner	Liberal
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Ted McWhinney	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004		Stephen Owen	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2007
	2008		Joyce Murray	Liberal
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	22,903	42.17	-3.42
	Conservative	Deborah Meredith	20,984	38.64	+1.73
	New Democrat	Victor Elkins	7,499	13.81	+5.75
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	2,922	5.38	-3.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,308	100.00		-
Total rejected ballots			144	0.26	-0.02
Turnout			54,452	63.17	-0.20
Eligible voters			86,203

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	25,393	45.59	+9.54	$79,097
	Conservative	Deborah Meredith	20,561	36.91	+1.39	$83,516
	Green	Dan Grice	4,916	8.82	-4.64	$6,621
	New Democrat	David Caplan	4,493	8.06	-6.37	$19,537
	Libertarian	Norris Barens	333	0.59		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,696	100.00		$89,046
Total rejected ballots			158	0.28	+0.01
Turnout			55,854	63.37	+29
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

See also: Vancouver Quadra by-election, 2008

By-election on 17 March 2008 Resignation of Stephen Owen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	10,155	36.05	-12.79	$71,894
	Conservative	Deborah Meredith	10,004	35.52	+6.43	$86,890
	New Democrat	Rebecca Coad	4,064	14.43	-1.67	$59,591
	Green	Dan Grice	3,792	13.46	+8.32	$37,353
	Neorhino.ca	John Turner	111	0.39
	Canadian Action	Psamuel Frank	40	0.14		$58
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,166	100.00		$87,208
Total rejected ballots			77	0.27	+0.05
Turnout			28,243	34	-34
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.6

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	28,655	49.14	-3.29	$66,112
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	16,844	28.89	+2.58	$81,186
	New Democrat	David Askew	9,379	16.08	+1.09	$28,264
	Green	Ben West	2,974	5.10	-0.50	$1,187
	Independent	Betty Krawczyk	263	0.45
	Marijuana	Marc Boyer	158	0.27
	Marxist–Leninist	Donovan Young	41	0.07	-0.02
Total valid votes			58,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.22	-0.07
Turnout			58,445	68	-1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	29,187	52.43	+7.60	$68,710
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	14,648	26.31	-19.47	$78,433
	New Democrat	David Askew	8,348	14.99	+9.77	$51,374
	Green	Doug Warkentin	3,118	5.60	+2.72	$4,289
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	165	0.29	-0.49	$5,222
	Libertarian	Katrina Chowne	151	0.27
	Marxist–Leninist	Donovan Young	48	0.08	-0.21
Total valid votes			55,665	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164	0.29	-0.11
Turnout			55,829	66.53	+3.19

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Owen	22,253	44.83	+2.69	$60,542
	Canadian Alliance	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	18,613	37.50	+9.91	$64,240
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	4,112	8.28	-8.59	$12,355
	New Democrat	Loretta Woodcock	2,595	5.22	-4.81	$10,844
	Green	Doug Warkentin	1,434	2.88	+0.30	$16,556
	Canadian Action	Chris Shaw	390	0.78		$5,683
	Natural Law	Steven Beck	126	0.25	-0.22
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	109	0.21	-0.09	$18
Total valid votes			49,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194	0.40
Turnout			49,826	63.34	-4.32

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted McWhinney	18,847	42.14	+2.73	$55,589
	Reform	Joanne Easdown	12,340	27.59	+5.44	$57,114
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Chutter	7,546	16.87	-0.55	$53,095
	New Democrat	Donovan T. Kuehn	4,486	10.03	-0.66	$11,981
	Green	Kelly White	1,155	2.58	+1.43
	Natural Law	Alan Mackenzie Brooke	211	0.47	-0.26
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	135	0.30	+0.15
Total valid votes			44,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202	0.45
Turnout			44,922	67.76

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted McWhinney	20,366	39.41	-4.54
	Reform	Bill McArthur	11,447	22.15	+20.12
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Chutter	9,002	17.42	-13.07
	New Democrat	Tommy Tao	5,524	10.69	-10.69
	National	W.J. Willy Spat	3,303	6.39
	Green	Alannah New-Small	594	1.15
	Libertarian	Walter Boytinck	410	0.79	+0.56
	Natural Law	Alan M. Brooke	376	0.73
	Christian Heritage	Walter Opmeer	208	0.40
	Independent	Roman York	170	0.33
	Not affiliated	Janet Ludlam	138	0.27
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	80	0.15
	Commonwealth	J.G. Joseph Jackman	59	0.11	+0.07
Total valid votes			51,677	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Turner	24,021	43.95	+0.02
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	16,664	30.49	-6.97
	New Democrat	Gerry Scott	11,687	21.38	+4.56
	Reform	J.R. Jack Ford	1,112	2.03
	Rhino	John Turner (no relation)	760	1.39
	Libertarian	Walter Boytinck	129	0.24	+0.06
	Communist	Bert Ogden	75	0.14
	Independent	Albert A. Ritchie	74	0.14
	Not affiliated	Blair T. Longley	52	0.10
	Confederation of Regions	Nora Galenzoski	35	0.06
	Commonwealth	G.J. Joseph Jackman	23	0.04	+0.02
	Not affiliated	Allen Soroka	22	0.04
Total valid votes			54,654	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Turner	21,794	43.94	+13.23
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	18,581	37.46	-8.63
	New Democrat	Ray Cantillon	8,343	16.82	-4.93
	Green	Jim Bohlen	389	0.78
	Rhino	Ian McConkey	219	0.44
	Independent	Diane Jones	111	0.22
	Libertarian	Marco Den Ouden	87	0.18
	Not affiliated	Bill Burgess	28	0.06
	Independent	David Michael Shebib	20	0.04
	Commonwealth	T. Gaetan Feuille D'érable Wall	20	0.04
	Independent	J.G. Joseph Jackman	12	0.02
Total valid votes			49,604	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	20,993	46.09	+0.52
	Liberal	Peter Pearse	13,987	30.71	+1.31
	New Democrat	Alan Bush	9,907	21.75	-2.71
	Rhino	Verne John Eh McDonald	405	0.89
	Social Credit	Elaine Wanstall	104	0.23
	Independent	Peter Rabbit Milne	73	0.16
	Marxist–Leninist	Allen Soroka	50	0.11	-0.04
	Not affiliated	Byron Nelson	26	0.06
Total valid votes			45,545	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	19,869	45.57	-2.69
	Liberal	Paul Manning	12,820	29.40	-10.09
	New Democrat	Alan Bush	10,665	24.46	+13.13
	Libertarian	Campbell Osborne	144	0.33
	Marxist–Leninist	David Fuller	64	0.15	-0.16
	Not affiliated	Fred Gilbertson	37	0.08
Total valid votes			43,599	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	18,892	48.26	+5.69
	Liberal	Frank Low-Beer	15,458	39.49	+3.55
	New Democrat	Nigel Nixon	4,434	11.33	-8.82
	Social Credit	Edith Garner	179	0.46	-0.45
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Keith Sproule	120	0.31
	Independent	Norman G. Dent	61	0.16
Total valid votes			39,144	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clarke	17,767	42.57	+12.27
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	15,001	35.94	-18.34
	New Democrat	Nigel Nixon	8,411	20.15	+5.20
	Social Credit	Edith Garner	378	0.91
	Independent	Rupert Beebe	180	0.43
Total valid votes			41,737	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	20,788	54.29	+15.45
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Pearkes	11,604	30.30	-7.49
	New Democrat	George Trasov	5,727	14.96	-1.13
	Republican	Robert Hein	175	0.46
Total valid votes			38,294	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	12,895	38.84	-2.90
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	12,549	37.80	-0.07
	New Democrat	George E. Trasov	5,342	16.09	+1.43
	Social Credit	Donald W. Gosse	2,416	7.28	+1.54
Total valid votes			33,202	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	15,160	41.73	+10.66
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	13,756	37.87	-7.59
	New Democrat	Dorothy Gretchen Steeves	5,324	14.66	-2.49
	Social Credit	James P.R. Mason	2,085	5.74	-0.59
Total valid votes			36,325	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	15,113	45.46	-25.26
	Liberal	Grant Deachman	10,331	31.07	+14.79
	New Democrat	Philip H. Waddell	5,699	17.14	+7.17
	Social Credit	Emil Peter Schafer	2,103	6.33	+3.30
Total valid votes			33,246	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	24,802	70.72	+6.78
	Liberal	Francis Cecil Boyes	5,713	16.29	+0.33
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bill Pierce	3,496	9.97	+1.26
	Social Credit	Stephen Halom	1,062	3.03	-8.37
Total valid votes			35,073	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	21,719	63.93	+20.11
	Liberal	Ted R. Burnett	5,423	15.96	-10.76
	Social Credit	Christy McDevitt	3,871	11.39	-5.61
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James G. Lorimer	2,959	8.71	-3.74
Total valid votes			33,972	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	12,769	43.82	-6.31
	Liberal	Russell Charles Gordon	7,786	26.72	-5.37
	Social Credit	Tom Boothman	4,955	17.01
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gordon H. Dowding	3,628	12.45	-5.33
Total valid votes			29,138	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	16,661	50.13
	Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	10,665	32.09
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Winston Mason	5,908	17.78
Total valid votes			33,234	100.00

See also

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

Sources

• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament