Vancouver-Kensington

Vancouver-Kensington
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in Vancouver
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mable Elmore ; New Democratic
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District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	57,790
Area (km²)	8.95
Pop. density (per km²)	6,457
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

Last updated March 15, 2024

Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Since 2009, the district's member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) has been Mable Elmore. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

History

Vancouver-Kensington
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Vancouver-Little Mountain and Vancouver South
35th	1991–1996		Ujjal Dosanjh	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Ujjal Dosanjh	New Democratic
37th	2001–2005		Patrick Wong	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		David Chudnovsky	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013		Mable Elmore
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Election results

Graph of the election results in Vancouver-Kensington (minor parties are combined into "Others")

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mable Elmore	12,481	59.97	+4.40	$6,860.33
	Liberal	Paul Lepage	5,255	25.25	−6.91	$8,116.84
	Green	Nazanin Moghadami	2,874	13.81	+2.34	$5,727.78
	Independent	Salvatore Vetro	202	0.97	–	$5,942.50
Total valid votes			20,812	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			231	1.10	+0.09
Turnout			21,043	50.89	−8.61
Registered voters			41,346
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.66
Source: Elections BC ^[1]^[2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mable Elmore	12,503	55.57	+4.20	$35,037
	Liberal	Kim Jee Chan Logan	7,236	32.16	−6.13	$64,066
	Green	Simon Alexander Rear	2,580	11.47	+3.88	$1,518
	Your Political Party	Ramanjit Kaur Dhillon	181	0.80	–	$1,341
Total valid votes			22,500	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			229	1.01	−0.20
Turnout			22,729	59.50	+5.17
Registered voters			38,199
Source: Elections BC ^[3]^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mable Elmore	10,687	51.37	−1.18	$64,956
	Liberal	Gabby Kalaw	7,965	38.29	−2.34	$63,669
	Green	Chris Fjell	1,578	7.59	+0.77	$2,530
	Conservative	Raj Gupta	572	2.75	–	$6,467
Total valid votes			20,802	100.00
Total rejected ballots			254	1.21
Turnout			21,056	54.33
Source: Elections BC ^[5]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mable Elmore	9,930	52.55	$85,850
	Liberal	Syrus Lee	7,678	40.63	$39,514
	Green	Doug Warkentin	1,288	6.82	$780
Total valid votes			18,896	100
Total rejected ballots			210	1.1
Turnout			19,106	51.98

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	David Chudnovsky	10,573	49.97	$79,895
	Liberal	Patrick Wong	8,949	42.29	$106,628
	Green	Cody Matheson	1,273	6.02	$893
	Marijuana	John Patrick Gordon	266	1.26	$100
	People's Front	Charles Boylan	99	0.47	$103
Total			21,160	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302	1.4
Turnout			21,462	58.46

2001 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patrick Wong	9,162	47.56%		$37,139
	NDP	Ujjal Dosanjh	7,478	38.82%		$62,038
	Green	Betty Krawczyk	1,795	9.32%	–	$16,056
	Marijuana	John Patrick Gordon	516	2.68%		$721
	Unity	John Francis O'Flynn	314	1.62%		$1,357
Total valid votes			19,265	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			250	1.30%
Turnout			19,515	73.09%

1996 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Ujjal Dosanjh	9,496	50.74%		$49,807
	Liberal	Gim Huey	7,608	40.65%		$34,923
	Progressive Democrat	Don Seykens	537	2.87%	–	$100
	Reform	Kirk Pankey	472	2.52%		$1,238
	Green	Kelly White	349	1.86%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Damon Wong	135	0.72%	–	$1,029
	Family Coalition	Mark Toth	119	0.64%	–	$487
Total valid votes			18,716	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			218	1.15%
Turnout			18,934	70.25%

1991 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Ujjal Dosanjh	8,323	46.85%		$37,210
	Liberal	Ted Olynyk	4,700	26.45%		$2,679
	Social Credit	Gim Huey	4,389	24.70%	–	$51,080
	Green	Bryan Wagman	155	0.87%	–
	Family Coalition	John O'Flynn	151	0.85%	–	$500
	Non-affiliated (Communist League)	Colleen Levis	49	0.28%		$247
Total valid votes			17,767	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			644	3.50%
Turnout			18,411	72.14%

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References

↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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[1] "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

[2] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[3] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 26, 2020.

[4] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[5] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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See also:	2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution List of British Columbia general elections 2017 general election Defunct districts