Vancouver South—Burnaby

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Vancouver South—Burnaby
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested 1997
Last contested 2000

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.

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Demographics

Population, 2001113,063
Electors73,738
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

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

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 17,70542.69+0.04$58,673
Alliance Ron Jack15,38437.09+7.38$28,116
New Democratic Herschel Hardin 3,8489.27-9.86$13,583
Progressive Conservative Dan Tidball2,6496.38+0.44$2,621
Green Imtiaz Popat6461.55-0.07$594
Independent Michelle Jasmine Chang4651.12
Canadian Action Adam Sealey4301.03
Independent Derrick O'Keefe 1580.38$317
Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan1010.24-0.11$600
Natural Law Prince Pabbies810.19-0.38
Total valid votes41,467100.0  
Total rejected ballots2880.69
Turnout41,75558.38
Liberal hold Swing -3.67
Change for the Canadian Alliance is compared to the Reform Party.
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 16,64842.65$54,591
Reform Doug Hargrove11,59829.71$23,380
New Democratic Herschel Hardin 7,46719.13$35,574
Progressive Conservative Don Couch2,3215.94$18,037
Green Cyndi Thompson6331.62
Natural Law Carolyn Grayson2240.57
Marxist–Leninist Allan Bezanson1380.35
Total valid votes39,029100.0  
Total rejected ballots2810.71
Turnout39,31064.22
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.

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