Margaret MacDiarmid

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2013 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Fairview
Margaret MacDiarmid
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Fairview
In office
May 12, 2009 –May 14, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic George Heyman 12,64947.32
Liberal Margaret MacDiarmid 11,29842.26
Green Matthew Pedley2,78510.42
Total valid votes26,732100.00
Total rejected ballots2200.82
Turnout26,95258.98
Source: Elections BC [21]
2009 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Fairview
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Liberal Margaret MacDiarmid 11,03447.09$144,364
New Democratic Jenn McGinn 9,88142.17$106,859
Green Vanessa Violini2,2329.52$749
Independent Graham Clark 1650.70$250
Reform Norris Matthew Barens850.36$250
Refederation Alex Frei370.16$260
Source:
By-election, October 29, 2008: Vancouver-Fairview
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  NDP Jenn McGinn 5,75246.98$70,030
Liberal Margaret MacDiarmid4,93640.32$92,092
Green Jane Sterk 9007.35–$7,773
Conservative Wilf Hanni 4893.99$6,886
Marijuana Jodie Emery 1661.36$430
Total valid votes12,243 100%
Total rejected ballots29 0.24%
Turnout12,272 26.93%

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