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

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 1999 Redistribution
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	53,465
Population Change, 1996-2001	3.1%
Area (km²)	14.73
Pop. Density (people per km²)	3,630

[edit] Geography

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[edit] History

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

Changes to the Vancouver-Langara electoral district in 1999 include:

Addition of the area bounded by 33rd and 41st Avenues, and Main and Granville Streets
Removal of the area bounded by Granville Street, 41st Avenue, 57th Avenue, and the Arbutus rail line

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Carole Taylor, former chair of the CBC and former Vancouver city councillor. She was first elected in 2005 and appointed the Minister of Finance. She represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Vancouver-Langara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Carole Taylor	11,181	56.55%
	NDP	Anita Romaniuk	6,456	32.65%
	Green	Doug Warkentin	1,584	8.01%
	Marijuana	Mark Gueffroy	214	1.08%
	Libertarian	Christopher De Wilde	185	0.94%
	Work Less	Charlie Latimer	152	0.77%
Total Valid Votes			19,772	100.00%

Popular vote by voting area

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Langara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Val J. Anderson	11,800	66.90%		$29,498
	NDP	Peter G. Prontzos	2,999	17.00%		$2,596
	Green	Doug Warkentin	2,009	11.39%		$2,347
	Marijuana	Anthony Campbell	673	3.82%		$394
	Independent	Joe Young	105	0.60%		$362
	People's Front	Michael Hill	51	0.29%		$57
Total Valid Votes			17,637	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			203	1.15%
Turnout			17,840	67.38%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Langara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Val J. Anderson	11,038	60.20%		$25,864
	NDP	Ragini Rankin	5,515	30.08%		$29,984
	PDA	Philip Read	839	4.58%		$488
	Reform	Christie Jung	519	2.83%		$7,749
	Green	Michael Airton	337	1.84%		$100
	Natural Law	Jerry Zen-Jih Chang	89	0.49%		$118
Total Valid Votes			18,337	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			177	0.96%
Turnout			18,514	68.66%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Langara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Val J. Anderson	7,241	36.95%		$13,737
	NDP	Peter M. Kendall	6,774	34.57%		$25,805
	Social Credit	Russell G. Fraser	5,374	27.42%		$50,387
	Green	Kamala J. Todd	134	0.68%		$32
	Conservative	Malcolm A. Weatherston	75	0.38%
Total Valid Votes			19,598	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			373	1.87%
Turnout			19,971	72.64%

[edit] External links

v • d • e British Columbia provincial electoral districts

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 • List of British Columbia general elections • 2005 general election • Defunct districts

Categories: British Columbia provincial electoral districts

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[edit] History

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

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[edit] Election results

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