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Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was first contested in the general election of 1933. It was created out of parts of Richmond-Point Grey, South Vancouver and Vancouver City. The riding began as a three-member seat, and was reduced to a two-member seat in 1966 when Vancouver-Little Mountain was created. In the redistribution preceding the 1991 election, it was reduced to a one-member riding along with the other older urban ridings, as several new one-member ridings were created.

Many prominent politicians have been elected as members, including three British Columbia premiers, Liberals Christy Clark and Gordon Campbell, and New Democrat incumbent premier David Eby. Former prime minister of Canada Kim Campbell also represented this riding.

In 2023, a petition to recall the district's MLA, David Eby, was approved by Elections BC under the Recall and Initiative Act.[1][2] However, the petition did not attract the required number of signatures. This was the third invocation of the recall procedure in Vancouver-Point Grey since the act was passed in 1994. (The other two unsuccessful attempts, in 1998 and 2003, both targeted Gordon Campbell.)[3][4]

Geography

The district currently comprises the Vancouver neighbourhoods of West Point Grey and the western part of Kitsilano, as well as the adjacent University Endowment Lands and the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia.

History

Three-member district

Dual-member district

Single-member district

Election results

Graph of election results in Vancouver-Point Grey (minor party results are summed as "other")



Student vote results

Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

Electoral history 1933–1986

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.


For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with three ballots, one for each seat, with three separate candidate-races:



In 1988, Kim Campbell resigned as the MLA to run in the federal election. Tom Perry (NDP) won the seat in the 1989 by-election, finishing the term with Marzari as his seatmate.[13] A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old multiple member districts. Vancouver-Point Grey was trimmed with parts of going to the creation of Vancouver-Quilchena, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Burrard (mostly to Quilchena). In the 1991 election, Perry changed ridings and was elected in Vancouver-Little Mountain.

Notes

  1. ^ Leader of the Opposition 1937–1941
  2. ^ Seat reduced to two members from three

External links

  1. ^ Daphne Bramham (February 9, 2023). "Daphne Bramham: Who's mad enough to try to recall David Eby?". Vancouver Sun.
  2. ^ Little, Simon (March 21, 2023). "Petition seeking to recall 'dictator' B.C. Premier David Eby fails". Global News.
  3. ^ Mackin, Bob (March 21, 2023). "Recall David Eby campaign falls far short of goal". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Vancouver-Point Grey Recall Petition". Elections BC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer – 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Clark calls by-election for May 11". The Globe and Mail, April 13, 2011.
  11. ^ Gordon Campbell steps down as MLA. CBC News, March 15, 2011.
  12. ^ "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote British Columbia 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "B.C. Votes - Vancouver-Point Grey". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009.