 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1933 | ||
| First contested | 1935 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 118,675 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 85,900 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 21.66 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 5,479 | ||
| Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Vancouver | ||
Vancouver East (French: Vancouver-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is currently represented by New Democratic Party MP Jenny Kwan.
The riding of Vancouver East is the poorest in Canada with a median individual income of $24,374 (2010).
Vancouver East is known as a New Democratic Party stronghold; the NDP and its Co-operative Commonwealth Federation predecessor have won all but two elections in the riding since its creation in 1933. Both losses (1974 and 1993) have come at the hands of Liberal candidates who failed to retain the seat at the next election. The Conservative Party and its right-leaning predecessors have always fared poorly in the riding, rarely garnering more than 20 percent of the vote.
In the 2006 federal election, the NDP won a higher percentage of the vote in Vancouver East than in any other riding in the country: 56.6 percent. In the 2011 election, the NDP increased its majority win to 62.83 percent.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order)". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.