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Vancouver Kingsway in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings
Population, 2001	115,325
Electors	74,286
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

For the similarly-named provincial electoral district that incorporates some of the same area, see Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 1997 - present 2.2 1953 - 1988 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The name "Vancouver Kingsway" has been used twice to describe federal ridings. It was first created in 1952, carved out of Vancouver South riding. In 1987, the riding was divided between Burnaby—Kingsway, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South ridings. In 1996, a new Vancouver Kingsway was created out of these same four ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1953 - 1988:

• 1953-1957: Angus MacInnis - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• 1957-1958: Alex Macdonald - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• 1958-1962: John Browne - Progressive Conservative
• 1962-1965: Arnold Webster - New Democratic Party
• 1965-1974: Grace MacInnis - New Democratic Party
• 1974-1979: Simma Holt - Liberal
• 1979-1988: Ian Waddell - New Democratic Party

1997 - present:

	Liberal	Sophia Leung	1997 - 2004
	Liberal	David Emerson	2004 - 2006
	Conservative		2006 - Present

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is David Emerson, an economist and researcher. He was first elected in 2004, for the Liberal Party of Canada, and served in the Cabinet as the Minister of Industry.

Emerson was re-elected as a Liberal in the 2006 election, but crossed the floor two weeks later on February 6 2006 to become the new Minister of International Trade in Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Emerson's floor-crossing remains highly controversial. Then Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper dispatched campaign co-chair John Douglas Reynolds, on the day after the election, to offer Emerson a cabinet post in a Conservative government. Emerson's acceptance of that offer made Canadian history, marking the first time a member of parliament, let alone a cabinet minister, had crossed the floor before a new government was even sworn in.

As a result of the controversy, a number of groups formed to fight for Emerson's resignation. Some groups also seek legislation that would prevent floor crossing altogether or restrict a member of parliament if they abandon their party's caucus. Groups fighting against Emerson's defection include the New Democratic Party-aligned Recall David Emerson Campaign, and the Liberal Party of Canada-aligned but now largely citizen-driven De-Elect Emerson Campaign. Speaking out on behalf of the silent plurality of upset Conservative members is Conservative Party member and Vancouver Kingsway resident, Mike Watkins.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Emerson	20,062	43.5%		$74,641.31
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	15,470	33.5%		$77,755.81
	Conservative	Kanman Wong	8,679	18.8%		$77,755.81
	Green	Arno Schortinghuis	1,307	2.8%		$802.69
	Libertarian	Matt Kadioglu	277	0.6%
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	162	0.4%		$297.06
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	143	0.3%		$2,986.80
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Peterson	68	0.1%
Total valid votes			46,285	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			274	0.59%
Turnout			46,442	59.2%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Emerson	17,267	40.44%		$63,734
	New Democratic Party	Ian Waddell	15,916	37.27%		$55,150
	Conservative	Jesse Johl	7,037	16.48%		$72,888
	Green	Tracey Jastinder Mann	1,521	3.56%
	No Affiliation	Jeannie Kwan	548	1.28%		$7,229
	Communist	Jason Mann	172	0.40%		$389
	Canadian Action	Jacob Rempel	142	0.33%		$373
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Petersen	94	0.22%		$150
Total valid votes			42,697	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			395	0.92%
Turnout			43,092	58.01%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sophia Leung	16,118	43.07%		$56,204
	Canadian Alliance	Alice Wong	11,076	29.59%		$39,286
	New Democratic Party	Victor Wong	5,921	15.82%		$7,654
	Progressive Conservative	Kanman Wong	1,803	4.81%		$11,072
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	1,200	3.20%		$54,962
	Green	Phillip Petrik	1,009	2.69%		$134
	Communist	Elwyn Patterson	168	0.44%		$189
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Petersen	126	0.33%		$22
Total valid votes			37,421	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			316	0.84%
Turnout			37,737	55.98%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sophia Leung	14,182	40.62%		$48,495
	New Democratic Party	Victor Wong	10,662	30.54%		$52,412
	Reform	Raymond Leung	6,412	18.36%		$15,532
	Progressive Conservative	Kan Wong	1,385	3.96%		$4,577
	Independent	Gim Huey	894	2.56%		$23,368
	Green	Irene Louise Schmidt	811	2.32%
	Natural Law	Steven Beck	210	0.60%
	Marxist-Leninist	Donna Petersen	161	0.46%		$699
	No affiliation	Roger Annis	116	0.33%
	No affiliation	David Tsai	78	0.22%		$2,450
Total valid votes			34,911	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			426	1.21%
Turnout			35,337	63.37%

[edit] 1953 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	20,179
	Liberal	Nancy Morrison	11,640
	Progressive Conservative	Collin Wong	7,152
	Green	Ted Mousseau	305
	Communist	Bert Ogden	214

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	16,928
	Liberal	Simma Holt	10,954
	Progressive Conservative	Drew Taylor	7,924
	Communist	Bert Ogden	149
	Independent	Norm Baker	113
	Marxist-Leninist	Leanne Corcoran	63

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Waddell	15,928
	Liberal	Simma Holt	11,503
	Progressive Conservative	Cal Davis	7,900
	Communist	Jack Phillips	147
	Marxist-Leninist	Tarlochan S. Bains	106

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Simma Holt	12,002
	New Democrat	Dennis F. Mulroney	10,614
	Progressive Conservative	John Taylor	9,155
	Communist	Fred Wilson	225
	Marxist-Leninist	Thomas J. Boylan	114

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	18,108
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Cherrington	6,752
	Liberal	Ed Bodnarchuk	5,986
	Social Credit	Faren Garner	750
	Not affiliated	William John Turner	211
	Not affiliated	Claire Alston	66

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	15,599
	Liberal	Edward Bodnarchuk	10,835
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Britton	3,285
	Social Credit	Lorena T. Green	1,760

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Grace MacInnis	13,730
	Liberal	Jack Austin	7,994
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	4,012
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Milner	2,240

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Arnold Alexander Webster	13,966
	Liberal	Douglas A. Walker	8,154
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald E. Klein	4,301
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	3,145

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Arnold Alexander Webster	13,837
	Liberal	Douglas A. Walker	6,366
	Progressive Conservative	J. Fergie Browne	5,523
	Social Credit	Arthur Holmes	3,039

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Ferguson Browne	11,928
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex B. MacDonald	11,724
	Liberal	Everet King	2,631
	Social Credit	Gus Froese	1,642

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex MacDonald	9,040
	Progressive Conservative	John Ferguson Browne	6,762
	Social Credit	Thomas Williamson	6,262
	Liberal	Everett Crowley	4,270

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus MacInnis	10,162
	Social Credit	Nicholas James Bartman	5,610
	Liberal	Arthur Ralph Gordon Helps	3,957
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Redvers Dent	1,700
	Labour-Progressive	Mona Laufey Morgan	578

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland
Liberal	North Vancouver | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver Kingsway* | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country	Image:Vancouver NLM (39th Parl-2).png
New Democratic	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | Vancouver East
Conservative	Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Kingsway*
* Vancouver Kingsway MP David Emerson was reelected as a Liberal, but left the party and joined the Conservatives before Parliament resumed.

Federal Ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior | Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River | Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Newton—North Delta | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | Richmond | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale | Surrey North
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | North Vancouver | Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver East | Vancouver Kingsway | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | Nanaimo—Alberni | Nanaimo—Cowichan | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Vancouver Island North | Victoria