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

Vancouver South was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

Demographics

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

Geography

It consisted of the southern portion of the city of Vancouver.

History

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings. It was only used 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	Member		Party
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

Canadian federal election, 2000
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.

Canadian federal election, 1997
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.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

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