Vancouver-Yaletown is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election.[1] It was created out of parts of Vancouver-False Creek and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Vancouver | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2021 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Vancouver | ||
Geography
editThe district comprises the portions of Downtown Vancouver east of Burrard Street, taking its name from the neighbourhood of Yaletown.[2] Yaletown is the second-wealthiest neighbourhood of Vancouver, after Shaughnessy[3] [4] The riding is adjacent to Vancouver's infamous Downtown Eastside area, widely known as the poorest neighbourhood in Canada, which is located in next-door Vancouver-Strathcona.
Election results
edit| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Melissa de Genova | |||||||
| Green | Dana-Lyn Mackenzie | |||||||
| New Democratic | Terry Yung | |||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 45.0 | ||
| New Democratic | 40.2 | ||
| Green | 11.2 | ||
| Conservative | 2.1 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Four more provincial ridings needed for Metro Vancouver: electoral boundaries commission | Urbanized". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Yaletown, BC Employment - Median Household Income, Unemployment Rate". www.areavibes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ City of Vancouver (2020). "West Point Grey: Neighbourhood Social Indicators Profile" (PDF). Vancouver.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Vancouver-South Granville". 338Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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