Ridings
299 Vancouver East
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
This is a largely working class and industrial area of downtown Vancouver, home to the Downtown Eastside and North America's largest Chinatown. Vancouver Harbour is the north border; Cambie Street, Dunsmuir Street, Main Street, 2nd Avenue East and Ontario Street are the west boundary; 16th Avenue East, Knight Street, 15th Avenue East, Nanaimo Street and Grandview Highway are in the south; and Boundary Road lies to the east.
The 2001 census counted 107,421 residents. Of those, 44 per cent were
immigrants. Twenty-eight per cent listed Chinese as their ethnic origin,
and just 46 per cent called English their first language. Renters outnumbered
homeowners 2 to 1.
The Vancouver East economy relies heavily on manufacturing and the accommodation
and food service industries. Tourism is important, as are port-related
industries. The average family income was $48,184 in 2001. Unemployment
was 11.2%.
This riding was established in 1933 and only slightly altered in the
1996 and 2004 redistributions. Most recently, it lost about seven per
cent of its previous residents while adding one per cent from Vancouver
Kingsway.
Population: 107,421
Political History
New Democrat incumbent Libby Davies won this seat in 2004, defeating Liberal
star candidate Shirley Chan by 12,684 votes.
Davies came to office in 1997, narrowly ousting Liberal Anna Terrana
that year. Davies was re-elected in 2000 with a 3,397-vote win over Liberal
Mason Loh.
This riding has a legacy of electing New Democrats. From 1935 to 1972,
Angus McInnis and Harold Winch held sway here. In 1974, the riding went
Liberal, but switched back with the victory of the NDP's Margaret Mitchell
in 1979. She held office until 1993, when she was beaten by Terrana.
1935-72 inclusive - CCF/NDP
1974 - LIB
1979-88 inclusive - NDP
1993 - LIB
1997, 2000, 2004 - NDP
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Bryce Bartholomew
Party: Canadian Action Party
Campaign Address:
(604) 251-8014
merlin81@telus.net
Elizabeth Pagtakhan
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birth date: 1952
Birthplace: The Philippines
Education: Holds a degree in political science from the University of British Columbia
Profession: Businesswoman
Marital status: Married
Name of spouse: Antonio
Children: Donovan and Denny
Career background: She works as an independent insurance broker and owns and operates a clothing company that specializes in seniors' homes.
Community activities: She is involved with the Canadian Cancer Society and the Catholic Women's League.
Campaign Address:
PO Box 56082, 1st Ave. RPO, Vancourver, B.C.
1690 Nanaimo St., Vancouver, B.C., V5L 5E2
(778) 233-1878
Christine Ellis
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birth Date: June 21, 1972
Age: 33
Birthplace: North Vancouver, B.C.
Education: Currently in school. Has a Herbal Practitioner Diploma and a
Personal Support Worker (Home and long term care worker) Diploma.
Profession: Student; entrepreneur; youth worker
Marital Status: Single
Career Background: Executive Director, Capilano Students' Society; self-employed Herbalist and Seamstress; Snowboard Instructor/Supervisor; Home Care Worker - Red Cross
Community Activities: Youth worker; sustainability activist
Electoral History: Three year elected director Capilano Student's Society; elected Education Council Representative - Capilano College; Ex-Officio Board of Governors Representative - Capilano College
Campaign Address:
672 E. Broadway
Vancouver, B.C.
(604) 910-4049
cellis@greenparty.ca
www.greenchristine.ca
Dave Haggard
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Profession: Union Official
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Eileen
Children: Ted and Linsey
Career Background: A former president of the Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada (IWA), he has been a full-time officer of the IWA since 1985. For five years he was President of Local 1-85 in Port Alberni, BC, during which time he also served on the IWA's National Executive Board, National Environment Committee, and BC Provincial Negotiating Committee. Worked as a welder and a truck driver and sat on the safety and camp committees at MacMillan Bloedel's Franklin River division during the 1970s.
Campaign Address:
2240 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4B5
(604) 255-2251
Libby Davies
Party: New Democratic Party
Birth date: Feb. 27, 1953
Birthplace: Aldershot, England
Marital status: Partner
Name of spouse: Kimberly Elliot
Children: Lief Eriksen
Career background: She worked as a human resources co-ordinator with the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, as ombudsman for human rights and complaints with the Hospital Employees' Union, and as former co-ordinator for the Downtown Eastside Community Health Plan.
Community activities: Member of the Vancouver Arts Initiative, the city planning board and the public library board, as well as a community member of UBC Green College. She has published several articles in City Magazine and has been a contributing author to two books about peace and the arms race
Electoral History
Municipal: From 1982 - 1993, was elected five times as a Vancouver city councillor. Was an unsuccessful Coalition of Progressive Electors mayoral candidate
Federal: Elected in Vancouver East in 1997, 2000 and 2004
Political History
Committee: Former member: Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities; Special Committee on Non-medical Use of Drugs; Special Committee on the Modernization and Improvement of the Procedures of the House of Commons; Citizenship and Immigration. Member: Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Caucus: Former critic areas: Children and Youth; Post-Secondary Education; Housing; Multiculturalism; Human Resources Development. Critic areas: Citizenship and Immigration; Public Housing; Human Resources and Skills Development; Social Programs; Homelessness; Social Development. Former deputy whip. NDP House leader
Campaign Address:
1010 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, B.C., V5L 3W9
(604) 254-8863
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