Last contested 2013 Area (km²) 23.77 Province British Columbia | Population (2001) 55,510 Pop. density (per km²) 2,335.3 | |
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Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia MLA David Eby
New Democratic Census divisions Metro Vancouver Regional District, University Endowment Lands | ||
Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It's first appearance, the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings that year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were all created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver-Point Grey was a three-member seat, while the other three Vancouver ridings were only two members. Later it was reduced to a two-member seat when Vancouver-Little Mountain was created, and 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. Prominent politicians elected as members representing Vancouver Point Grey include: Premiers of British Columbia , Christy Clark and Gordon Campbell, and former Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell.
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For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).
Geography
The district currently comprises the Vancouver neighbourhoods of West Point Grey and part of Kitsilano, as well as the adjacent University Endowment Lands, the main campus of the University of British Columbia.
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. Dr. Tom Perry Tom Perry (NDP) won the seat in the 1989 by-election,finishing the term with Marzari as his seatmate. 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 moved over and was elected in the riding of Vancouver-Little Mountain.