Vancouver Granville

Vancouver Granville was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which happened in October 2015 in Canada.^[3] It was created out of the electoral districts of Vancouver Centre (38%), Vancouver Quadra (18%), Vancouver Kingsway (19%) and Vancouver South (26%).

Geography

Vancouver Granville consists of that part of the City of Vancouver described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southerly limit of said city with the southerly production of Cambie Street; thence northerly along said production and Cambie Street to 41st Avenue West; thence easterly along said avenue and 41st Avenue East to Main Street; thence northerly along said street to 16th Avenue East; thence westerly along said avenue to Ontario Street; thence northerly along said street to 2nd Avenue West; thence westerly and southwesterly along said avenue to 6th Avenue West; thence westerly along said avenue to 4th Avenue West; thence northwesterly and westerly along said avenue to Arbutus Street; thence southerly along said street to 37th Avenue West; thence easterly along said avenue to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly and southeasterly along said railway to the southerly production of Granville Street; thence southerly along said production to the southerly limit of said city; thence generally easterly along said limit to the point of commencement.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver Granville Riding created from Vancouver Centre, Vancouver Kingsway, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South
42nd	2015–Present		Jody Wilson-Raybould	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jody Wilson-Raybould	23,643	43.93	+13.83	–
	New Democratic	Mira Oreck	14,462	26.87	+2.42	–
	Conservative	Erinn Broshko	14,028	26.06	-9.31	–
	Green	Michael Barkusky	1,691	3.14	-6.08	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,824	100.00		$210,623.54
Total rejected ballots			186	0.34	–
Turnout			54,010	68.23	–
Eligible voters			79,154
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.57
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,440	35.38
	Liberal	13,137	30.10
	New Democratic	10,670	24.45
	Green	4,026	9.22
	Others	372	0.85

References

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2011
1 2 Report – British Columbia (PDF)
↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
↑ "Vancouver Granville Map -Elections Canada". www.elections.ca. Elections Canada.
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver Granville, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

Liberal	Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam North Vancouver Vancouver Centre Vancouver Granville Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

New Democratic	Burnaby South New Westminster—Burnaby Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South 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

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