Vancouver-Quilchena

Vancouver-Quilchena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

According to the 2006 Census, this riding is the second wealthiest in British Columbia with an average family income of $91,822, behind West Vancouver-Capilano just across the Burrard Inlet.^[1]

Demographics

Population	54,709
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.5%
Area (km²)	21.48
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,547

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. Art Cowie, Liberal (1991-1993)
2. Gordon Campbell, Liberal (1993-1996)
3. Colin Hansen, Liberal (1996-2013)
4. Andrew Wilkinson, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Andrew Wilkinson	14,496	64.32	-5.9	$99,827
	New Democratic	Nicholas Scapillati	5,705	25.31	+4.57	$30,366
	Green	Damian Kettlewell	1,667	7.40	-1.64	$2,267
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	671	2.98	+2.98	$14,738
Total Valid Votes			22,539	100
Total Rejected Ballots			108	0.48
Turnout			22,647	59.45

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	15,731	70.22	+3.06	$109,703
	New Democratic	James Young	4,646	20.74	-0.28	$12,514
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	2,024	9.04	-1.36	$1,837
Total valid votes			22,401	100
Total rejected ballots			127	0.56
Turnout			22,528	57.67

B.C. General Election 2005 Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	16,394	67.16	–	$107,414
	NDP	Jarrah Hodge	5,131	21.02		$13,103
	Green	Lorinda Earl	2,538	10.40	–	$2,633
	Marijuana	Rhiannon Rose	175	0.72		$100
	Libertarian	Katrina Chowne	174	0.71		$100
Total valid votes			24,412	100
Total rejected ballots			128	0.52
Turnout			24,540	61.64

Popular vote by voting area

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	16,829	73.86%	–	$34,886
	Green	Judy Johnstone	3,277	14.38%	–	$360
	NDP	Gareth Charles Richmond	2,168	9.52%		$6,725
	Marijuana	Katrina Chowne	351	1.54%		$394
	Independent	Mike Sharp	160	0.70%
Total valid votes			22,785	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96	0.42%
Turnout			22,881	73.44%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Hansen	15,509	68.68%	–	$36,863
	NDP	Roger Boshier	4,977	22.04%		$13,802
	Progressive Democrat	Richard Chave Sanderson	827	3.66%	–	$300
	Green	Valerie Jerome	627	2.78%	–	$459
	Reform	Jay Davison	495	2.19%	–	$975
	Social Credit	Lorraine Hinton	91	0.40%	–	$2,142
	Natural Law	Alan Mackenzie Brooke	57	0.25%		$134
Total valid votes			22,583	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			109	0.48%
Turnout			22,692	75.71%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Art Cowie	11,373	49.53%	–	$56,984
	NDP	Stuart P. Hertzog	6,172	26.88%		$14,576
	Social Credit	Doug Mowat	5,113	22.27%	–	$64,574
	Green	Valerie E. Parker	302	1.32%	–	$809
Total valid votes			22,960	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			309	1.33%
Turnout			23,269	80.40%

References

1. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/Rich+ridings+lean+Liberal+poor+ridings+British+Columbia/8307309/story.html

External links

• BC Stats - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia