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Vancouver-Kensington

2009 Results

VANCOUVER-KENSINGTON
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: May. 13, 2009 1:16 AM PDT 116/116 polls
NDP Mable Elmore 9,287 Elected
LIB Syrus Lee 7,210
GRN Doug Warkentin 1,209

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections B.C.

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STV referendum results in this riding

Question: Which electoral system should British Columbia use to elect members to the provinical Legislative Assembly?

  • The existing system (First-Past-the-Post)
  • The single transferable vote electorial system (BC-STV) proposed by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

BC-STV

First-Past-the-Post

MAJORITY 50%

 
 
 

7,446 votes | 45.86%

8,790 votes | 54.14%

Updated: May. 13, 2009 1:16 AM PDT

113/116 polls reporting

What it needs to win:

For the referendum to be binding, the approval level must be:

  1. at least 60% of the total popular vote, province-wide, AND
  2. more than 50% of the votes in at least 51 of the province's 85 electoral districts.

If the two thresholds are met, government is required to introduce legislation to implement BC-STV in sufficient time for it to be in place for the May 2013 General Election.

Profile

  • Riding, which takes in area in the central part of Vancouver, runs from East 16th Avenue/Kingsway in the north to East 49th Avenue in the south; from Main Street in the west to Nanaimo Street in the east.
  • Older area, most houses built before the 1950s.
  • In the 2006 census, the immigrant population was 56%; 32% gave Chinese as mother tongue.
  • The visible minority population was 70.5%; 37% Chinese; 12% Filipino; 10% South Asian.

Redistribution

  • Riding created in 1989 redistribution from parts of Vancouver-Little Mountain and Vancouver South.
  • In 2000 redistribution, kept majority of the riding and added small area from Vancouver-Little Mountain.
  • In 2008 redistribution, kept 97% of riding; added 3% Vancouver-Fraserview.

Political History

  • Vancouver-Kensington: New Democrat Ujjal Dosanjh won in 1991 and 1996 by 1,888 votes; served as Minister of Government Services; Attorney-General, Minister responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration; Premier and President of Executive Council between February 24, 2000 and 2001.
  • In 2001, Liberal Patrick Wong defeated Dosanjh by 1,684 votes; served as Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services between September 2004 and June 2005.
  • In 2005, New Democrat David Chudnovsky defeated Wong by 1,624 votes.
  • Announced in August 2008 that he wouldn't be running again.