Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
Demographics
| Population, 2001
| 53,986
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| Population Change, 1996-2001
| 3.9%
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| Area (km2)
| 9.64
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| Pop. Density (People per km2)
| 5,600
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Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Jenny Kwan, a former Vancouver City Councillor. She was first elected to the legislature in 1996. She represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Kwan became the first Chinese-Canadian cabinet minister in B.C. history when she was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs in February 1998. She has also been Minister of Women's Equality and Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers.
Election results
| NDP
| Jenny Kwan
| 12,974
| 64.24%
|
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BC Liberal
| Juliet Andalis
| 4,298
| 21.28%
|
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| Green
| Raven Bowen
| 2,066
| 10.23%
|
| Marijuana
| Christopher Patrick Bennett
| 308
| 1.53%
|
| Independent
| Mike Hansen
| 205
| 1.02%
|
| Work Less
| Niki Westman
| 187
| 0.93%
|
| Communist
| Peter Marcus
| 98
| 0.49%
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| DRBC
| Imtiaz Popat
| 43
| 0.21%
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| Platinum
| Kirk Anton Moses
| 17
| 0.08%
|
|
| Total
| 20,196
| 100.00%
|
|
| NDP
| Jenny Kwan
| 7,163
| 44.48%
|
| $60,582
|
BC Liberal
| Gail Yvonne Sparrow
| 5,343
| 33.18%
|
| $56,796
|
| Green
| Dale Hofmann
| 2,612
| 16.22%
|
| $3,276
| Marijuana
| David Malmo-Levine
| 489
| 3.03%
|
| $721
| Unity
| Ken Wright
| 166
| 1.03%
|
| $185
| No Affiliation
| Liar Liar
| 148
| 0.92%
|
|
| Communist
| Kimball Cariou
| 142
| 0.88%
|
| $332
| Party of Citizens
| Franklin Wayne Poley
| 42
| 0.26%
|
| $331
|
| Total Valid Votes
| 16,105
| 100.00%
|
|
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| Total Rejected Ballots
| 208
| 1.29%
|
|
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| Turnout
| 16,313
| 59.36%
|
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| NDP
| Jenny Kwan
| 11,155
| 64.05%
|
| $41,905
|
BC Liberal
| Anne Beer
| 4,243
| 24.36%
|
| $32,735
|
| Green
| Paul Alexander
| 759
| 4.36%
|
| $100
| PDA
| John Spark
| 584
| 3.35%
|
| $100
| BC Reform
| Wayne Marsden
| 354
| 2.03%
|
|
| Communist
| Kimball Cariou
| 121
| 0.69%
|
| $319
| Natural Law
| John S.W. Kent
| 114
| 0.65%
|
| $120
| Social Credit
| Agnes Kokko
| 86
| 0.49%
|
| $526
|
| Total Valid Votes
| 17,416
| 100.00%
|
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots
| 284
| 1.60%
|
|
|
| Turnout
| 17,700
| 60.50%
|
|
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| NDP
| Mike Harcourt
| 10,108
| 63.3%
|
| $105,044
|
| BC Liberal
| Todd Gnissios
| 3,137
| 19.65%
|
| $3,341
| Social Credit
| Randy Vannatter
| 2,143
| 13.43%
|
| $11,663
| Green
| Grant Watson
| 432
| 2.71%
|
| $579
| Libertarian
| John Wayne Marsden
| 80
| 0.50%
|
|
| Interdependence
| Jacek (Jack) Latek
| 62
| 0.39%
|
|
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| Total Valid Votes
| 15,962
| 100.00%
|
|
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| Total Rejected Ballots
| 600
| 3.62%
|
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| Turnout
| 16,562
| 64.03%
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External links
British Columbia provincial electoral districts
"Vancouver-Mount Pleasant"