Vancouver South—Burnaby

Vancouver South was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

Vancouver South—Burnaby
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000

Demographics

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Population, 2001 113,063
Electors 73,738
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

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It comprised the southeastern portion of the city of Vancouver and the southwestern portion of the neighbouring city of Burnaby.

History

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This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings. It was only contested in two elections.

It was abolished in 2003 and used to re-create Vancouver South and to help create Burnaby—New Westminster. A small portion went to Burnaby—Douglas.

Member of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Vancouver South
and New Westminster—Burnaby
36th  1997–2000     Herb Dhaliwal Liberal
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Vancouver South,
Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas

Election results

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2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 17,705 42.69 +0.04 $58,673
Alliance Ron Jack 15,384 37.09 +7.38 $28,116
New Democratic Herschel Hardin 3,848 9.27 -9.86 $13,583
Progressive Conservative Dan Tidball 2,649 6.38 +0.44 $2,621
Green Imtiaz Popat 646 1.55 -0.07 $594
Independent Michelle Jasmine Chang 465 1.12
Canadian Action Adam Sealey 430 1.03
Independent Derrick O'Keefe 158 0.38 $317
Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 101 0.24 -0.11 $600
Natural Law Prince Pabbies 81 0.19 -0.38
Total valid votes 41,467 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 288 0.69
Turnout 41,755 58.38
Liberal hold Swing -3.67
Change for the Canadian Alliance is compared to the Reform Party.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 16,648 42.65 $54,591
Reform Doug Hargrove 11,598 29.71 $23,380
New Democratic Herschel Hardin 7,467 19.13 $35,574
Progressive Conservative Don Couch 2,321 5.94 $18,037
Green Cyndi Thompson 633 1.62
Natural Law Carolyn Grayson 224 0.57
Marxist–Leninist Allan Bezanson 138 0.35
Total valid votes 39,029 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 281 0.71
Turnout 39,310 64.22
This riding was created from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby, which elected a Liberal and a Reform candidate, respectively, in the previous election. Herb Dhaliwal was the incumbent from Vancouver South.

See also

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