Vancouver Centre (federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district of the same name, see Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district).

Vancouver Centre is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917.

Vancouver Centre

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Centre in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Hedy Fry Liberal
District created	1914
First contested	1917
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	123,701
Electors (2011)	95,537
Area (km²)	16
Pop. density (per km²)	7,731.3
Census division(s)	Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Fairview, Yaletown, Coal Harbour, Downtown Vancouver, the West End, the western extreme part of Strathcona, the easternmost part of Kitsilano, and Stanley Park in the City of Vancouver.

History

The electoral district was created in 1914 from parts of Vancouver City riding.

Its most high-profile Member of Parliament has been Kim Campbell, who was Prime Minister in 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver City and Vancouver East prior to 1916
13th	1917–1921	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Unionist |	Henry Stevens	Unionist
14th	1921–1925	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |		Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Ian Mackenzie	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1948
	1948–1949	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CCF |	Rodney Young	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
21st	1949–1953	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Ralph Campney	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |	Douglas Jung	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	John Nicholson	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Ronald Basford	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Arthur Phillips	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |	Patricia Carney	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |	Kim Campbell	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	rowspan="7" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Hedy Fry	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Hedy Fry, a former physician. She was first elected in 1993. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Election results

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By-election on 8 June 1948 On Mr. Mackenzie being called to the Senate, 19 January 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

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See also

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

External links

• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Vancouver Centre electoral information at the Library of Parliament
• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Map of Vancouver Center from Elections Canada. (PDF)
• Vancouver Centre electoral District Profile, Elections Canada
• Conservative Party of Canada - Vancouver Centre Electoral District Association
• Green Party of Canada - Vancouver Centre Electoral District Association