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.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Demographics
edit| Population, 2001 | 113,063 |
| Electors | 73,738 |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Geography
editIt comprised the southeastern portion of the city of Vancouver and the southwestern portion of the neighbouring city of Burnaby.
History
editThis 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
edit| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Herb Dhaliwal | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Vancouver South, Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas |
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Election results
edit| 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. | ||||||||