Vancouver-Kensington
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Vancouver | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1991 | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 57,790 | ||
| Area (km²) | 8.95 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 6,457 | ||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision | Vancouver | ||
Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada.
Since 2009, the district's member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) has been Mable Elmore. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
| Vancouver-Kensington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Vancouver-Little Mountain and Vancouver South | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Ujjal Dosanjh | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Patrick Wong | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | David Chudnovsky | New Democratic | |
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Mable Elmore | ||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | |||
Election results
Graph of the election results in Vancouver-Kensington (minor parties are combined into "Others")
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mable Elmore | 11,713 | 60.9% | +0.93 | ||||
| Conservative | Syed Mohsin | 6,061 | 31.5% | |||||
| Green | Amy Fox | 1,458 | 7.6% | -6.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,232 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[1] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mable Elmore | 12,481 | 59.97 | +4.40 | $6,860.33 | |||
| Liberal | Paul Lepage | 5,255 | 25.25 | −6.91 | $8,116.84 | |||
| Green | Nazanin Moghadami | 2,874 | 13.81 | +2.34 | $5,727.78 | |||
| Independent | Salvatore Vetro | 202 | 0.97 | – | $5,942.50 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,812 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 231 | 1.10 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,043 | 50.89 | −8.61 | |||||
| Registered voters | 41,346 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +5.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mable Elmore | 12,503 | 55.57 | +4.20 | $35,037 | |||
| Liberal | Kim Jee Chan Logan | 7,236 | 32.16 | −6.13 | $64,066 | |||
| Green | Simon Alexander Rear | 2,580 | 11.47 | +3.88 | $1,518 | |||
| Your Political Party | Ramanjit Kaur Dhillon | 181 | 0.80 | – | $1,341 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,500 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 229 | 1.01 | −0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,729 | 59.50 | +5.17 | |||||
| Registered voters | 38,199 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mable Elmore | 10,687 | 51.37 | −1.18 | $64,956 | |||
| Liberal | Gabby Kalaw | 7,965 | 38.29 | −2.34 | $63,669 | |||
| Green | Chris Fjell | 1,578 | 7.59 | +0.77 | $2,530 | |||
| Conservative | Raj Gupta | 572 | 2.75 | – | $6,467 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,802 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 254 | 1.21 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,056 | 54.33 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Mable Elmore | 9,930 | 52.55 | $85,850 | ||||
| Liberal | Syrus Lee | 7,678 | 40.63 | $39,514 | ||||
| Green | Doug Warkentin | 1,288 | 6.82 | $780 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,896 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 210 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,106 | 51.98 | ||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | David Chudnovsky | 10,573 | 49.97 | $79,895 | ||||
| Liberal | Patrick Wong | 8,949 | 42.29 | $106,628 | ||||
| Green | Cody Matheson | 1,273 | 6.02 | $893 | ||||
| Marijuana | John Patrick Gordon | 266 | 1.26 | $100 | ||||
| People's Front | Charles Boylan | 99 | 0.47 | $103 | ||||
| Total | 21,160 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 302 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,462 | 58.46 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Patrick Wong | 9,162 | 47.56% | $37,139 | ||
| NDP | Ujjal Dosanjh | 7,478 | 38.82% | $62,038 | ||
| Green | Betty Krawczyk | 1,795 | 9.32% | – | $16,056 | |
| Marijuana | John Patrick Gordon | 516 | 2.68% | $721 | ||
| Unity | John Francis O'Flynn | 314 | 1.62% | $1,357 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,265 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 250 | 1.30% | ||||
| Turnout | 19,515 | 73.09% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Ujjal Dosanjh | 9,496 | 50.74% | $49,807 | ||
| Liberal | Gim Huey | 7,608 | 40.65% | $34,923 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Don Seykens | 537 | 2.87% | – | $100 | |
| Reform | Kirk Pankey | 472 | 2.52% | $1,238 | ||
| Green | Kelly White | 349 | 1.86% | – | $100 | |
| Social Credit | Damon Wong | 135 | 0.72% | – | $1,029 | |
| Family Coalition | Mark Toth | 119 | 0.64% | – | $487 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,716 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | 1.15% | ||||
| Turnout | 18,934 | 70.25% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Ujjal Dosanjh | 8,323 | 46.85% | $37,210 | ||
| Liberal | Ted Olynyk | 4,700 | 26.45% | $2,679 | ||
| Social Credit | Gim Huey | 4,389 | 24.70% | – | $51,080 | |
| Green | Bryan Wagman | 155 | 0.87% | – | ||
| Family Coalition | John O'Flynn | 151 | 0.85% | – | $500 | |
| Non-affiliated (Communist League) | Colleen Levis | 49 | 0.28% | $247 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,767 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 644 | 3.50% | ||||
| Turnout | 18,411 | 72.14% | ||||
