Profile
Vancouver Quadra in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings''
Population, 2001
112,985
Electors
83,918
Area (km2 )
Population density (people per km2 )
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 candiates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized.
Geography
The district includes the west side of
Vancouver and the
University of British Columbia .
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 :
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is
Stephen Owen , a former lawyer and professor. He was first elected in
2000 . He represents the
Liberal Party of Canada .
Election results
Liberal
Stephen Owen
28,285
48.84%
$66,111.98
Conservative
Stephen Rogers
16,844
29.09%
$81,185.70
New Democratic Party
David Askew
9,321
16.1%
$28,264.64
Green
Ben West
2,979
5.14%
Independent
Betty Krawczyk
263
0.5%
Marijuana
Marc Boyer
158
0.28%
Marxist-Leninist
Donovan Young
41
0.09%
Total valid votes
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Liberal
Stephen Owen
29,187
52.43%
$68,710
Conservative
Stephen Rogers
14,648
26.31%
$78,433
New Democratic Party
David Askew
8,348
14.99%
$51,374
Green
Doug Warkentin
3,118
5.60%
$4,289
Canadian Action
Connie Fogal
165
0.29%
$5,222
Libertarian
Katrina Chowne
151
0.27%
Marxist-Leninist
Donovan Young
48
0.08%
Total valid votes
55,665
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
164
0.29%
Turnout
55,829
66.53%
Liberal
Stephen Owen
22,253
44.83%
$60,542
Canadian Alliance
Kerry-Lynne Findlay
18,613
37.50%
$64,240
Progressive Conservative
Bill Clarke
4,112
8.28%
$12,355
New Democratic Party
Loretta Woodcock
2,595
5.22%
$10,844
Green
Doug Warkentin
1,434
2.88%
$16,556
Canadian Action
Chris Shaw
390
0.78%
$5,683
Natural Law
Steven Beck
126
0.25%
Marxist-Leninist
Anne Jamieson
109
0.21%
$18
Total valid votes
49,632
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
194
0.40%
Turnout
49,826
63.34%
Liberal
Ted McWhinney
18,847
42.14%
$55,589
Reform
Joanne Easdown
12,340
27.59%
$57,114
Progressive Conservative
Geoff Chutter
7,546
16.87%
$53,095
New Democratic Party
Donovan T. Kuehn
4,486
10.03%
$11,981
Green
Kelly White
1,155
2.58%
Natural Law
Alan Mackenzie Brooke
211
0.47%
Marxist-Leninist
Anne Jamieson
135
0.30%
Total valid votes
44,720
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
202
0.45%
Turnout
44,922
67.76%
MCWHINNEY, Ted 20,366
MCARTHUR, Bill 11,447
CHUTTER, Geoff 9,002
TAO, Tommy 5,524
SPAT, W.J. Willy 3,303
NEW-SMALL, Alannah 594
BOYTINCK, Walter 410
BROOKE, Alan M. 376
OPMEER, Walter 208
YORK, Roman 170
LUDLAM, Janet 138
O'DONNELL, Dorothy-Jean 80
JACKMAN, J.G. Joseph 59
TURNER, John N. 24,021
CLARKE, Bill 16,664
SCOTT, Gerry 11,687
FORD, J.R. Jack 1,112
TURNER, John 760
BOYTINCK, Walter 129
OGDEN, Bert 75
RITCHIE, Albert A. 74
LONGLEY, Blair T. 52
GALENZOSKI, Nora 35
JACKMAN, G.J. Joseph 23
SOROKA, Allen 22
TURNER, John N. 21,794
CLARKE, Bill 18,581
CANTILLON, Ray 8,343
BOHLEN, Jim 389
MCCONKEY, Ian 219
JONES, Diane 111
DEN OUDEN, Marco 87
BURGESS, Bill 28
SHEBIB, David Michael 20
WALL, T. Gaetan Feuille D'érable 20
JACKMAN, J.G. Joseph 12
CLARKE, Bill 20,993
PEARSE, Peter 13,987
BUSH, Alan 9,907
MCDONALD, Verne John Eh 405
WANSTALL, Elaine 104
MILNE, Peter Rabbit 73
SOROKA, Allen 50
NELSON, Byron 26
CLARKE, Bill 19,869
MANNING, Paul 12,820
BUSH, Alan 10,665
OSBORNE, Campbell 144
FULLER, David 64
GILBERTSON, Fred 37
CLARKE, Bill 18,892
LOW-BEER, Frank 15,458
NIXON, Nigel
4,434
GARNER, Edith
179
SPROULE, Brian Keith
120
DENT, Norman G.
61
CLARKE, Bill 17,767
DEACHMAN, Grant
15,001
NIXON, Nigel
8,411
GARNER, Edith
378
BEEBE, Rupert 180
DEACHMAN, Grant 20,788
PEARKES, John A. 11,604
TRASOV, George 5,727
Republican Party
HEIN, Robert 175
DEACHMAN, Grant 12,895
GREEN, Howard Charles 12,549
TRASOV, George E. 5,342
GOSSE, Donald W.
2,416
DEACHMAN, Grant 15,160
GREEN, Howard Charles 13,756
STEEVES, Dorothy Gretchen 5,324
MASON, James P.R.
2,085
GREEN, Howard Charles 15,113
DEACHMAN, Grant 10,331
WADDELL, Philip H. 5,699
SCHAFER, Emil Peter
2,103
GREEN, Howard Charles 24,802
BOYES, Francis Cecil
5,713
PIERCE, Bill
3,496
HALOM, Stephen
1,062
GREEN, Howard Charles 21,719
BURNETT, Ted R. 5,423
MCDEVITT, Christy 3,871
LORIMER, James G. 2,959
GREEN, Howard Charles 12,769
GORDON, Russell Charles
7,786
BOOTHMAN, Tom 4,955
DOWDING, Gordon H. 3,628
GREEN, Howard Charles 16,661
ISHERWOOD, Thomas Foster 10,665
MASON, Harold Winston 5,908
See also
External links British Columbia federal electoral districts | University Endowment Lands, British Columbia
"Vancouver Quadra".