Vancouver-Fairview

Vancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Fairview refers to the city's neighbourhood on its south shore, made up of two rectangles, one bounded by Granville Street to the East, 16th Avenue to the South, Arbutus Street to the West and 4th Avenue to the North and a second area bounded on the east by Main Street, on the west by Granville Street, to the south by 33rd Avenue and the north end boundary is formed by the West 4th-West 6th-West 2nd Avenue road.

Demographics

Population, 2006	53,321
Population Change, 1996–2001	4.0%
Area (km²)	9.80
Pop. Density (people per km²)	5,514

MLAs

1. Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal (2001–2004)
2. Gregor Robertson, NDP (2005–2008)
3. Jenn McGinn, NDP (2008–2009)
4. Margaret MacDiarmid, Liberal (2009–2013)
5. George Heyman, NDP (2013–present)

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gary Farrell-Collins	12,864	54.94%	$35,510
	Green	Vanessa Violini	5,051	21.57%	$3,659
	New Democratic	Anita Romaniuk	4,772	20.38%	$9,902
	Marijuana	Ron MacIntyre	651	2.78%	$735
	People's Front	Brian Sproule	76	0.33%	$57
Total valid votes			23,414	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			142	0.61%
Turnout			23,556	64.20%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gregor Robertson	13,009	46.59%	$138,500
	Liberal	Virginia Greene	12,114	43.39%	$159,138
	Green	Hamdy El-Rayes	2,479	8.88%	$1,468
	Sex	Patrick Gallagher Clark	121	0.43%	$100
	Central Party	Scott Yee	102	0.37%	$110
	Work Less	Malcolm Janet Mary van Delst	95	0.34%	$100
Total Valid Votes			27,920	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			206	0.74%
Turnout			28,126	60.64%

By-election, October 29, 2008: Vancouver-Fairview
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Jenn McGinn	5,752	46.98		$70,030
	Liberal	Margaret MacDiarmid	4,936	40.32		$92,092
	Green	Jane Sterk	900	7.35	–	$7,773
	Conservative	Wilf Hanni	489	3.99		$6,886
	Marijuana	Jodie Emery	166	1.36		$430
Total valid votes			12,243	100%
Total rejected ballots			29	0.24%
Turnout			12,272	26.93%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Margaret MacDiarmid	11,034	47.09	$144,364
	New Democratic	Jenn McGinn	9,881	42.17	$106,859
	Green	Vanessa Violini	2,232	9.52	$749
	Independent	Graham Clark	165	0.70	$250
	Reform	Norris Matthew Barens	85	0.36	$250
	Refederation	Alex Frei	37	0.16	$260
Source:

B.C. General Election 2013: Vancouver-Fairview
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Heyman	12,649	47.32		$164,524
	Liberal	Margaret MacDiarmid	11,298	42.26		$134,882
	Green	Matthew Pedley	2,785	10.42		$7,620
Total Valid Votes			26,732	100
Total Rejected Ballots			220	0.82
Turnout			26,952	58.98

References

External links

• Map of riding
• BC Stats
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia