Vancouver-Fraserview

Not to be confused with Vancouver-Fairview.

Vancouver-Fraserview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver-Fraserview

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Vancouver
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	George Chow New Democratic
District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2015)	62,885
Area (km²)	13
Pop. density (per km²)	4,837.3
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

Geography

Following the redistricting in 2015 based on the previous census, Vancouver-Fraserview sits in the southeastern portion of Vancouver, including the neighbourhoods of Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview, and Killarney. Its approximate borders are East 49th Ave to the north, Fraser St to the west, Boundary Rd to the east, and the Fraser River to the south.

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election out of parts of the dual member ridings of Vancouver South and Vancouver East.

Electoral history

Vancouver-Fraserview
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Bernie Simpson	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Ian Waddell
37th	2001–2005		Ken Johnston	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Wally Oppal
39th	2009–2013		Kash Heed
40th	2013–2017		Suzanne Anton
41st	2017–2020		George Chow	New Democratic
42nd	2020–2024
43rd	2024–present

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Vancouver-Fraserview is a swing riding which has consistently elected MLAs from the party that formed government since its creation in 1991, often with competitive margin.

It also served as launching pad for numerous high-profile candidates from both major parties.

• 1996 - Ian Waddell, former MP for Vancouver Kingsway 1979-1988 (when it covered a significant portion of the riding) and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam 1988-93, candidate in the 1989 federal NDP leadership contest. Subsequently appointed by Premier Glen Clark as Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, with responsibility of the successful 2010 Winter Olympic bid, and by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh as Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks.
• 2005 - Wally Oppal, prominent justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, former lead commissioner of inquiry into policing in British Columbia. Appointed Attorney General immediately after election by Premier Gordon Campbell
• 2009 - Kash Heed, first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada, former superintendent of the Vancouver Police Department and chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department. Appointed Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General immediately after election by Campbell
• 2013 – Suzanne Anton, 2011 Non-Partisan Association's candidate for Mayor of Vancouver, former Vancouver Councillor and Park Board Commissioner. Appointed Attorney General immediately after election by Premier Christy Clark
• 2017 – George Chow, former Vancouver Councillor and Park Board Commissioner. Appointed Minister of State for Trade immediately after election by Premier John Horgan

Since its inception in 1991 until the 2020 re-election of George Chow, this district has never had an MLA that has served more than one term.

Election results

Graph of provincial election results in Vancouver-Fraserview (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Chow	11,896	57.2%	+0.83
	Conservative	Jag S. Sanghera	7,618	36.6%
	Green	Françoise Raunet	1,291	6.2%	-2.86
Total valid votes			20,805	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[1]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Chow	12,247	56.37	+7.80	$42,403.53
	Liberal	David Grewal	7,511	34.57	−7.65	$64,241.50
	Green	Françoise Raunet	1,969	9.06	+1.34	$243.99
Total valid votes			21,727	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			170	0.78	−0.27
Turnout			21,897	50.22	−10.33
Registered voters			43,602
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.08
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	10,182	67.33
	Proportional Representation	4,940	32.67
Total valid votes		15,122	100.0
Total rejected ballots		126	0.83
Source: Elections BC[4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Chow	11,487	48.57	+4.01	$68,196
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	9,985	42.22	-4.52	$69,911
	Green	Eric Kolotyluk	1,826	7.72	+2.04	$2,357
	Libertarian	Hiroshi Hyde	179	0.76	–	$56
	Your Political Party	Harpreet S. Bajwa	174	0.73	–	$8,399
Total valid votes			23,651	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			252	1.05	-0.1
Turnout			23,903	60.55	+5.59
Registered voters			39,479
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

B.C. general election 2013: Vancouver-Fraserview^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	10,118	46.74%		$91,618
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yiu	9,648	44.56%		$107,004
	Green	Stuart Mackinnon	1,230	5.68%		$2,989
	Conservative	Rajiv Pandey	653	3.02%	–	$9,904
Total valid votes			21,649	100%
Total rejected ballots			251	1.15
Turnout			21,900	54.96%

B.C. general election 2009: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kash Heed	9,549	49.29%	+1.49%	$105,420
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yiu	8,801	45.43%	+3.00%	$97,038
	Green	Jodie Emery	904	4.67%	-1.97%	$8,279
	Refederation	Andrew Stevano	118	0.61%	–	$260
Total valid votes			19,372	100%
Total rejected ballots			175	0.90%
Turnout			19,547	51.09%

B.C. general election 2005: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wally Oppal	9,895	47.80%		$195,304
	NDP	Ravinder Gill	8,783	42.43%		$55,698
	Green	Doug Perry	1,374	6.64%	–	$2,223
	Marijuana	Shea Campbell	650	3.13%		$100
Total valid votes			20,702	100%
Total rejected ballots			286	1.38%
Turnout			20,988	57.96%

B.C. general election 2001: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Johnston	10,361	56.84%		$43,542
	NDP	Ian Waddell	5,815	31.91%		$28,396
	Green	Merina Matthew	1,417	7.77%	–	$197
	Unity	Paul Stilwell	369	2.02%
	Marijuana	Paul Emerson Hughes	267	1.46%		$394
Total valid votes			18,229	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			150	0.82%
Turnout			18,379	71.61%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Ian Waddell	8,774	45.97%		$41,504
	Liberal	Gulzar Singh Cheema	8,394	43.98%		$53,524
	Progressive Democrat	Andy Wong	815	4.27%	–	$2,073
	Green	Stephen Samuel	225	1.18%	–	$307
	Reform	Tim Shreeve	643	3.37%		$2,189
	Social Credit	T. Glen Lockhart	177	0.93%	–	$1,118
	Natural Law	Prince Pabbies	57	0.30%		$139
Total valid votes			19,085	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			143	0.74%
Turnout			19,228	71.94%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Fraserview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Bernie Simpson	8,016	44.16%		$43,735
	Liberal	Rod Raglin	5,837	32.15%		$6,541
	Social Credit	Jonathan Baker	4,060	22.37%	–	$25,231
	Green	Stuart Parker	141	0.78%	–
	Libertarian	John Clarke	98	0.54%
Total valid votes			18,152	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			520	2.78%
Turnout			18,672	73.08%

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).

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	George Chow	173	47.40	+0.64
	Green	Françoise Raunet	133	36.44	+15.91
	Liberal	David Grewal	59	16.16	−8.65
Total valid votes			365	100.00	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[8]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	George Chow	1,082	46.76	+11.17
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	574	24.81	-9.69
	Green	Eric Kolotyluk	475	20.53	+1.1
	Your Political Party	Harpreet S. Bajwa	113	4.88	–
	Libertarian	Hiroshi Hyde	70	3.03	–
Total valid votes			2,314	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[9]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yu	163	35.59	+3.35
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	158	34.5	-5.82
	Green	Stuart Mackinnon	89	19.43	-2.79
	Conservative	Rajiv Pandey	48	10.48	–
Total valid votes			458	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[10]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Kash P. Heed	127	40.32
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yu	111	32.24
	Green	Jodie Joanna Emery	70	22.22
	Refederation	Andrew Stevano	7	2.22
Total valid votes			315	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[11]