Vancouver-Fairview

Vancouver-Fairview
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in Vancouver
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
First contested	2001
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2014)	59,701
Area (km²)	9.8
Census division	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision	Vancouver

Vancouver-Fairview is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada in use from 2001 to 2024.

Fairview is 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 to the north by the West 4th-West 6th-West 2nd Avenue road.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Vancouver-Fairview
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	2001–2005		Gary Farrell-Collins	Liberal
38th	2005–2008		Gregor Robertson	New Democratic
38th	2008–2009		Jenn McGinn	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013		Margaret MacDiarmid	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		George Heyman	New Democratic
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2024

Election results

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

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Heyman	15,538	56.07	+1.95	$42,472.54
	Liberal	George Affleck	7,570	27.32	−4.53	$52,688.01
	Green	Ian Goldman	4,368	15.76	+2.23	$1,481.40
	Libertarian	Sandra Filosof-Schipper	234	0.84	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			27,710	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			318	1.13	+0.45
Turnout			28,028	61.08	−4.71
Registered voters			45,991
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.24
Source: Elections BC^[1]^[2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Heyman	16,035	54.12	+6.80	$67,813
	Liberal	Gabe Garfinkel	9,436	31.85	-10.41	$66,722
	Green	Louise Boutin	4,007	13.53	+3.11	$437
	Your Political Party	Joey Doyle	149	0.50	–	$344
Total valid votes			29,627	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			204	0.68	-0.14
Turnout			29,831	65.79	+6.81
Registered voters			45,343
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	George Heyman	12,649	47.32
	Liberal	Margaret MacDiarmid	11,298	42.26
	Green	Matthew Pedley	2,785	10.42
Total valid votes			26,732	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220	0.82
Turnout			26,952	58.98
Source: Elections BC^[5]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
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
Total valid votes			23,434	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152	0.64
Turnout			23,586	56.50
Registered voters			41,748
Source: Elections BC^[6]

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%

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
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

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
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
Source: Legislative Library of British Columbia^[7]

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 Hayman	234	42.86	−12.27
	Green	Ian Goldman	178	32.60	+3.69
	Liberal	George Affleck	105	19.23	+7.86
	Libertarian	Sandra Filosof-Schipper	29	5.31	–
Total valid votes			546	100.0	–
^[8]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	George Hayman	349	55.13	+23.73
	Green	Louis Boutin	183	28.91	-7.14
	Liberal	Gabe Garfinkel	72	11.37	-21.19
	Your Political Party	Joey Doyle	29	4.58	–
Total valid votes			633	100.0	–
^[9]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Matthew Pedley	31	36.05
	Liberal	Margaret MacDiarmid	28	32.56
	New Democratic	George Hayman	27	31.4
Total valid votes			86	100.0
^[10]

References

↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
↑ "2009 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes - Vancouver-Fairview (VFA) Voting results by voting area" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia Supplement: 1987-2001" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
↑ "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
↑ "Student Vote British Columbia 2017". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
↑ "2013 Student Election Results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

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 Archived August 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
1991 Expenditures
Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

[1] "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

[2] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[3] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 31, 2017.

[4] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[5] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

[6] "2009 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes - Vancouver-Fairview (VFA) Voting results by voting area" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 2, 2026.

[7] "Electoral History of British Columbia Supplement: 1987-2001" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[8] "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[9] "Student Vote British Columbia 2017". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

[10] "2013 Student Election Results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

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Vancouver-Fairview

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Student vote results

See also

References

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