Vancouver South—Burnaby

Vancouver South—Burnaby
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000

Last updated October 28, 2025

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.

Demographics

Population, 2001	113,063
Electors	73,738
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

It comprised the southeastern portion of the city of Vancouver and the southwestern portion of the neighbouring city of Burnaby.

History

This 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

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby
36th	1997–2000	Herb Dhaliwal	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Herb Dhaliwal	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Vancouver South, Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas

Election results

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.

References

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Expenditures - 2000
Expenditures – 1997
Website of the Parliament of Canada

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v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

v t e Historical federal ridings in British Columbia
Until 2025	Burnaby South Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country North Okanagan—Shuswap Vancouver South
Until 2015	British Columbia Southern Interior Burnaby—Douglas Burnaby—New Westminster Delta—Richmond East Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Langley Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Cowichan New Westminster—Coquitlam Newton—North Delta Okanagan—Coquihalla Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Surrey North Vancouver Island North
Until 2004	Cariboo—Chilcotin Delta—South Richmond Fraser Valley Kamloops / Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys Langley—Abbotsford New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby Prince George—Bulkley Valley Skeena South Surrey—White Rock—Langley Surrey Central Vancouver South—Burnaby
Until 1997	Burnaby—Kingsway Capilano—Howe Sound Comox—Alberni Fraser Valley East Fraser Valley West Kootenay West—Revelstoke Mission—Coquitlam Okanagan Centre Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
Until 1988	Burnaby Capilano Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands Esquimalt—Saanich Kamloops—Shuswap Kootenay West Mission—Port Moody North Vancouver—Burnaby Okanagan North Okanagan—Similkameen Surrey—White Rock—North Delta Comox—Powell River
Until 1979	Burnaby—Richmond Burnaby—Seymour Coast Chilcotin Nanaimo (electoral district) Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands New Westminster Okanagan Boundary Okanagan—Kootenay Kamloops—Cariboo
Until 1968	Burnaby—Coquitlam Coast—Capilano Okanagan—Revelstoke Vancouver—Burrard
Until 1953	Yale
Until 1949	Vancouver North
Until 1925	Burrard Victoria City
Until 1917	Comox—Atlin Kootenay Vancouver City Yale—Cariboo
Until 1904	Vancouver
Until 1872	Cariboo District New Westminster District Vancouver Island Victoria District Yale District
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