Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of only two electoral districts to return an NDP MLA in the 2001 election when the NDP was nearly wiped off the electoral map, and it did so by a much wider margin than Vancouver-Hastings, the other seat to return a New Democrat.
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![]() Location in Vancouver | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
First contested | 1991 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2001) | 53,986 | ||
Area (km²) | 9.64 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 5,600.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Vancouver |
The NDP routinely wins by over 40 points in this riding. Even during the 2001 landslide victory for the BC Liberals, the NDP won this riding by over 10 points, despite a massive province-wide turn away from the party. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered one of the safest NDP seats in all of British Columbia.
This riding consists of its namesake neighbourhood Mount Pleasant, Vancouver and the eastern parts of downtown Vancouver including Chinatown and Downtown Eastside while the western parts of downtown make up the neighbouring riding of Vancouver-False Creek.
Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Melanie Mark, the first First Nation woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, who was elected in a 2016 by-election to replace Jenny Kwan. Kwan had resigned the previous year in order to run in the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Created from Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East | ||||
35th | 1991–1996 | Mike Harcourt | New Democratic | |
36th | 1996–2001 | Jenny Kwan | ||
37th | 2001–2005 | |||
38th | 2005–2009 | |||
39th | 2009–2013 | |||
40th | 2013–2015 | |||
2016–2017 | Melanie Mark | |||
41st | 2017–2020 | |||
42nd | 2020–present |
Election results
2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 14,530 | 66.95 | +1.62 | ||||
Green | Kelly Tatham | 4,356 | 20.07 | +3.14 | ||||
Liberal | George Vassilas | 2,816 | 12.98 | −3.05 | ||||
Total valid votes | 21,702 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||
Source: Elections BC[1] |
2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 15,962 | 65.33 | +5.19 | $40,109 | |||
Green | Jerry Kroll | 4,136 | 16.93 | −10.14 | $68,641 | |||
Liberal | Conny Lin | 3,917 | 16.03 | +4.74 | $32,647 | |||
Independent | Mike Hansen | 212 | 0.87 | – | $30 | |||
Communist | Peter Marcus | 135 | 0.55 | – | $0 | |||
Your Political Party | Shai Joseph Mor | 72 | 0.29 | −0.36 | $85 | |||
Total valid votes | 24,434 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 256 | 1.04 | +0.58 | |||||
Turnout | 24,690 | 57.62 | +34.45 | |||||
Registered voters | 42,848 | |||||||
Source: Elections BC[2][3] |
British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 5,627 | 60.14 | −5.69 | $71,603 | |||
Green | Pete Fry | 2,533 | 27.07 | +15.15 | $29,065 | |||
Liberal | Gavin Dew | 1,056 | 11.29 | −7.45 | $66,547 | |||
Libertarian | Bonnie Boya Hu | 79 | 0.85 | – | $250 | |||
Your Political Party | Jeremy Gustafson | 61 | 0.65 | – | $454 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,356 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.46 | −0.51 | |||||
Turnout | 9,400 | 23.17 | −26.60 | |||||
Registered voters | 40,561 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | −10.42 |
2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Jenny Wai Ching Kwan | 13,845 | 65.83 | +1.88 | $78,020 | |||
Liberal | Celyna Sia Sherst | 3,942 | 18.74 | −2.06 | $18,622 | |||
Green | Barinder Hans | 2,506 | 11.92 | −2.36 | $7,727 | |||
Marijuana | William Austin | 349 | 1.66 | – | $250 | |||
Independent | Jeremy Gustafson | 260 | 1.24 | – | $480 | |||
Communist | Peter Marcus | 129 | 0.61 | −0.36 | $344 | |||
Total valid votes | 21,031 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 207 | 0.97 | −0.26 | |||||
Turnout | 21,238 | 49.77 | +3.30 | |||||
Registered voters | 42,672 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.97 | ||||||
Source: Elections BC[4] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 11,232 | 63.95 | -0.29 | $79,796 | |
Liberal | Sherry Darlene Wiebe | 3,654 | 20.80 | -0.48 | $41,506 | |
Green | John T. Boychuck | 2,507 | 14.28 | +4.05 | $7,013 | |
Communist | Peter Marcus | 171 | 0.97 | +0.48 | $1,565 | |
Total valid votes | 17,564 | 100 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 218 | 1.23 | ||||
Turnout | 17,782 | 46.47 | ||||
New Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 12,974 | 64.24 | +19.76 | $98,030 | |
Liberal | Juliet Andalis | 4,298 | 21.28 | -11.90 | $34,819 | |
Green | Raven Bowen | 2,066 | 10.23 | -5.97 | $1,882 | |
Marijuana | Christopher Patrick Bennett | 308 | 1.53 | -1.50 | $100 | |
Independent | Mike Hansen | 205 | 1.02 | $406 | ||
Work Less | Niki Westman | 187 | 0.93 | $100 | ||
Communist | Peter Marcus | 98 | 0.49 | -0.39 | $2,928 | |
Democratic Reform | Imtiaz Popat | 43 | 0.21 | $100 | ||
Platinum | Kirk Anton Moses | 17 | 0.08 | $130 | ||
Total valid votes | 20,196 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 312 | 1.54 | ||||
Turnout | 20,508 | 49.93 | ||||
New Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 7,163 | 44.48 | -19.57 | $60,582 | |
Liberal | Gail Sparrow | 5,343 | 33.18 | +8.82 | $56,796 | |
Green | Dale Hofmann | 2,612 | 16.22 | +11.86 | $3,276 | |
Marijuana | CDavid Malmo-Levine | 489 | 3.03 | $721 | ||
Unity | Ken Wright | 166 | 1.03 | $185 | ||
No Affiliation | Liar Liar | 148 | 0.92 | |||
Communist | Kimball Cariou | 142 | 0.88 | -0.19 | $332 | |
Party of Citizens | Franklin Wayne Poley | 42 | 0.26 | $331 | ||
Total valid votes | 16,105 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 208 | 1.29 | ||||
Turnout | 16,313 | 59.36 | ||||
New Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 11,155 | 64.05 | $41,905 | ||
Liberal | Anne Beer | 4,243 | 24.36 | $32,735 | ||
Green | Paul Alexander | 759 | 4.36 | $100 | ||
Progressive Democrat | John Spark | 584 | 3.35 | $100 | ||
Reform | Wayne Marsden | 354 | 2.03% | |||
Communist | Kimball Cariou | 121 | 0.69 | $319 | ||
Natural Law | John S.W. Kent | 114 | 0.65 | $120 | ||
Social Credit | Agnes Kokko | 86 | 0.49 | $526 | ||
Total valid votes | 17,416 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 284 | 1.60 | ||||
Turnout | 17,700 | 60.50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | Mike Harcourt | 10,108 | 63.30 | $105,044 | ||
Liberal | Todd Gnissios | 3,137 | 19.65 | $3,341 | ||
Social Credit | Randy Vannatter | 2,143 | 13.43 | $11,663 | ||
Green | Grant Watson | 432 | 2.71 | $579 | ||
Libertarian | John Wayne Marsden | 80 | 0.50 | |||
Interdependence | Jack Latek | 62 | 0.39 | |||
Total valid votes | 15,962 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 600 | 3.62 | ||||
Turnout | 16,562 | 64.03% |
References
- "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.