Vancouver South

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

Vancouver South

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver South in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Wai Young Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	120,284
Electors (2011)	80,271
Area (km²)	27
Pop. density (per km²)	4,455
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Vancouver

Vancouver South is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1997, and since 2004. It covers the southern portion of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Demographics

This riding's population is 60% immigrants. The two largest minority ethnic groups in this riding are the Chinese-Canadians at 45% and the Indo-Canadians at 13%. The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver South. Nearly 30% of residents over the age of 25 years old have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $71,000. Unemployment is around 6.3%.

History

This electoral district was formed in 1914 from Vancouver City riding.

In 1996, it was abolished and used to create Vancouver South—Burnaby with portions of New Westminster—Burnaby.

Vancouver South was re-created in 2003 when the Burnaby sections were moved into the new ridings Burnaby—Douglas and Burnaby—New Westminster.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver City prior to 1916
13th	1917–1921		Richard Clive Cooper	Unionist
14th	1921–1925		Leon Johnson Ladner	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Angus MacInnis	Independent Labour
18th	1935–1940		Howard Charles Green	Conservative
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Arthur Laing	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		Elmore Philpott	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958		Ernest James Broome	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Arthur Laing	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		John Allen Fraser	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Herb Dhaliwal	Liberal
see Vancouver South—Burnaby for 1996 to 2003
38th	2004–2006		Ujjal Dosanjh	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Wai Young	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Wai Young, a sociologist, consultant, and small businesswoman. After losing by 20 votes in 2008, she defeated former BC Premier Ujjal Dosanjh in a rematch in 2011. She is the first Conservative MP elected in Vancouver since 1988.

Election results

2004 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Wai Young	19,504	43.31	+4.87
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	15,604	34.65	-3.84
	New Democrat	Meena Wong	8,552	18.99	+1.37
	Green	Jean Hakizimana	1,151	2.55	-2.38
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	222	0.49	-0.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			281	0.62	+0.09
Turnout			45,314	55.77	+4
Eligible voters			81,245

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	16,110	38.49	-9.56	$74,163
	Conservative	Wai Young	16,090	38.44	+11.30	$80,086
	New Democrat	Ann Chambers	7,376	17.62	-3.45	$22,765
	Green	Csaba Gulyas	2,065	4.93	+1.65	$413
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	211	0.50	+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,852	100.00		$85,093
Total rejected ballots			223	0.53	+0.12
Turnout			42,075	52	-4.00

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	20,991	48.05	+3.54	$62,784
	Conservative	Tarlok Sablok	11,856	27.14	+1.64	$68,523
	New Democrat	Bev Meslo	9,205	21.07	-3.48	$30,481
	Green	Doug Perry	1,435	3.28	-0.30	$1,280
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	202	0.46	+0.17
Total valid votes			43,689	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181	0.41	-0.29
Turnout			43,870	56	-

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	18,196	44.51		$67,157
	Conservative	Victor Soo Chan	10,426	25.50		$70,471
	New Democrat	Bev Meslo	10,038	24.55		$33,575
	Green	Doug Perry	1,465	3.58		$1,451
	Christian Heritage	Frank Wagner	339	0.82
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	119	0.29		$150
	Communist	Stephen Von Sychowski	105	0.25		$389
	Independent	H. Sandhu	98	0.23		$5,846
	Canadian Action	Joe Sixpack Horrocks	90	0.22
Total valid votes			40,876	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284	0.69
Turnout			41,160	56

1917 - 1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Dhaliwal	17,215	35.62	+6.83
	Reform	Gordon Shreeve	12,291	25.43	+23.34
	Progressive Conservative	K. K. Wan	11,357	23.50	-18.73
	New Democrat	John Maté	3,625	7.50	-16.26
	National	Cameron Ward	2,113	4.37
	Libertarian	John Clarke	554	1.15	-0.74
	Green	Valerie Jerome	418	0.86	+0.21
	Natural Law	Prince Pabbies	285	0.59
	Independent	Jas Mangat	278	0.58
	Independent	Dan Logan	69	0.14
	Independent	Robert Walter Ross	60	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Allan H. Bezanson	47	0.10
	Independent	Issam Mansour	20	0.04
Total valid votes			48,332	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	21,222	42.23	-12.64
	Liberal	Woody MacLaren	14,468	28.79	+8.31
	New Democrat	Martin Toren	11,939	23.76	+0.25
	Reform	Don Evans	1,052	2.09
	Libertarian	John Clarke	946	1.88
	Green	Douglas Dunn	327	0.65	-0.49
	Rhino	Brian Godzilla Salmi	173	0.34
	Not affiliated	Barbara Waldern	74	0.15
	Communist	Reginald Walters	54	0.11
Total valid votes			50,255	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	25,469	54.87	+1.59
	New Democrat	Brian Ernest Emery	10,909	23.50	+2.24
	Liberal	Harkirpal S. Sara	9,507	20.48	-4.03
	Green	Don Smardon	529	1.14
Total valid votes			46,414	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	22,288	53.28	-0.51
	Liberal	Patrick F. Graham	10,254	24.51	-0.56
	New Democrat	Judy McManus	8,896	21.27	+0.36
	Rhino	Linda Fleming	327	0.78
	Marxist–Leninist	Amarjit S. Dhillon	63	0.15	-0.07
Total valid votes			41,828	100.00

1979 general election

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	22,653	53.80	+0.92
	Liberal	Tony Toth	10,558	25.07	-6.50
	New Democrat	Judy McManus	8,806	20.91	+5.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Amarjit Dhillon	91	0.22	+0.04
Total valid votes			42,108	100.00

1974 general election

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	23,247	52.88	+12.84
	Liberal	Peter Oberlander	13,881	31.57	-1.22
	New Democrat	Roger Howard	6,629	15.08	-10.04
	Communist	James W. Beyon	129	0.29
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Boylan	79	0.18
Total valid votes			43,965	100.00

1972 general election

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	17,762	40.03	+16.29
	Liberal	Gordon Gibson	14,549	32.79	-16.47
	New Democrat	Roger Howard	11,145	25.12	+2.47
	Social Credit	Tony Jefferson	765	1.72	-2.23
	Not affiliated	Sean Griffin	102	0.23
	Not affiliated	Rick Hundal	44	0.10
Total valid votes			44,367	100.00

1968 general election

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Laing	19,757	49.26	+5.73
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	9,521	23.74	+7.70
	New Democrat	Joe Warnock	9,086	2.65	-2.14
	Social Credit	Daniel A. Devlin	1,585	3.95	-10.57
	Communist	Robin Smith	157	0.39	-0.71
Total valid votes			40,106	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Laing	18,669	43.54	-1.53
	New Democrat	Norman Levi	10,633	24.80	+2.08
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Southin	6,877	16.04	-6.04
	Social Credit	Norman Howard	6,228	14.52	+5.20
	Communist	William Evans Stewart	474	1.11	+0.29
Total valid votes			42,881	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Laing	19,140	45.07	+8.63
	New Democrat	Cliff Greer	9,649	22.72	+0.02
	Progressive Conservative	J. Ferguson Browne	9,374	22.07	-7.73
	Social Credit	Earl Backman	3,960	9.32	-0.50
	Communist	Thomas A. McEwen	345	0.81	-0.41
Total valid votes			42,468	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Laing	14,660	36.44	+18.74
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest James Broome	11,990	29.81	-30.65
	New Democrat	Cliff Greer	9,132	22.70	+7.20
	Social Credit	Erling L. Backman	3,953	9.83	+4.64
	Communist	William E. Stewart	492	1.22	+0.08
Total valid votes			40,227	100.00

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote and Cpmmunist Vote is compared to Labour-Progressive vote from 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest James Broome	22,292	60.46	+15.60
	Liberal	Elmore Philpott	6,528	17.70	-3.44
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cliff Greer	5,717	15.50	+1.96
	Social Credit	Hilliard Beyerstein	1,914	5.19	-12.98
	Labour-Progressive	Thomas A. McEwen	422	1.14	-1.14
Total valid votes			36,873	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest James Broome	16,058	44.86	+27.41
	Liberal	Elmore Philpott	7,568	21.14	-15.46
	Social Credit	Hilliard Beyerstein	6,505	18.17	-5.16
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cliff Greer	4,849	13.55	-6.09
	Labour-Progressive	Thomas A. McEwen	817	2.28	-0.70
Total valid votes			35,797	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elmore Philpott	10,459	36.60	-3.11
	Social Credit	Ira N. Monson	6,668	23.34
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cliff Augustine Greer	5,610	19.63	-11.93
	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Johnston	4,986	17.45	-11.28
	Labour-Progressive	Gordon Wesley Elder	852	2.98
Total valid votes			28,575	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Laing	13,082	39.71	+14.66
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Grace MacInnis	10,397	31.56	+13.90
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Webster Cornett	9,462	28.72	-25.06
Total valid votes			32,941	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Charles Green	25,878	53.78	+5.15
	Liberal	Richard Rowe Holland	12,056	25.06	-10.36
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward Alexander Lucas	8,497	17.66	+1.70
	Democratic	George Rayburn Smith	920	1.91
	Social Credit	Walter Redvers Dent	766	1.59
Total valid votes			48,117	100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Governmnet vote in 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Government	Howard Charles Green	18,470	48.63	+17.94
	Liberal	Sidney Alexander Smith	13,451	35.41	+5.63
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur James Turner	6,062	15.96	-11.95
Total valid votes			37,983	100.00

Note: National Governmnet vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Charles Green	9,491	30.69	-16.54
	Liberal	Alexander Malcolm Manson	9,212	29.78
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Skinner	8,632	27.91
	Reconstruction	Archie Bertram Carey	2,896	9.36
	Independent	Paul McDowell Kerr	699	2.26
Total valid votes			30,930	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Angus MacInnis	15,732	50.03
	Conservative	Leon Johnson Ladner	14,850	47.23	-8.78
	Communist	William Bennett	861	2.74
Total valid votes			31,443	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Johnson Ladner	9,762	56.01	+8.75
	Liberal	Paul McDowell Kerr	4,973	28.53	-8.88
	Labour	Alfred Hurry	2,693	15.45	+0.13
Total valid votes			17,428	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Johnson Ladner	8,587	47.27	+9.52
	Liberal	Robert George MacPherson	6,797	37.41	+5.63
	Labour	Alfred Hurry	2,783	15.32	-6.49
Total valid votes			18,167	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Johnson Ladner	4,893	37.75	-27.39
	Liberal	Victor Wentworth Odlum	4,120	31.79	+8.51
	Labour	Thomas Richardson	2,827	21.81	+10.69
	Independent	John Kavanagh	810	6.25
	Progressive	John Isaac Richmond	312	2.41
Total valid votes			12,962	100.00

Note" Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Government	Richard Clive Cooper	6,890	65.14
	Opposition	Charles MacDonald	2,462	23.27
	Labour	James Hackett McVety	1,176	11.12
	Unknown	Edward Gold	50	0.47
Total valid votes			10,578	100.00

See also

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

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1914-1996
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1996-present
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada