Vancouver South—Burnaby
Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Vancouver South was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 113,063 |
| Electors | 73,738 |
| Area (km2) | |
| Population density (people per km2) |
Geography
History
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings. It was only contested 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 | |
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| Riding created from Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Herb Dhaliwal | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Vancouver South, Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas |
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Election results
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 17,705 | 42.70 | +0.04 | $58,673 | |||
| Alliance | Ron Jack | 15,384 | 37.10 | +7.38 | $28,116 | |||
| New Democratic | Herschel Hardin | 3,848 | 9.28 | –9.85 | $13,583 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan Tidball | 2,649 | 6.39 | +0.44 | $2,621 | |||
| Green | Imtiaz Popat | 646 | 1.56 | –0.06 | $594 | |||
| Independent | Michelle Jasmine Chang | 465 | 1.12 | – | none listed | |||
| Canadian Action | Adam Sealey | 430 | 1.04 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Derrick O'Keefe | 158 | 0.38 | – | $317 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Charles Boylan | 101 | 0.24 | –0.11 | $600 | |||
| Natural Law | Prince Pabbies | 81 | 0.20 | –0.38 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,467 | 99.31 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 288 | 0.69 | –0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,755 | 58.38 | –5.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,523 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –3.67 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is compared to the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 16,648 | 42.66 | $54,591 | ||||
| Reform | Doug Hargrove | 11,598 | 29.72 | $23,380 | ||||
| New Democratic | Herschel Hardin | 7,467 | 19.13 | $35,574 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald W. Couch | 2,321 | 5.95 | $18,037 | ||||
| Green | Cyndi Thompson | 633 | 1.62 | none listed | ||||
| Natural Law | Carolyn Grayson | 224 | 0.57 | none listed | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Allan H. Bezanson | 138 | 0.35 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,029 | 99.29 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 281 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 39,310 | 64.22 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 61,215 | |||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||