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{{short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Distinguish|Vancouver-Fairview}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = 2023 333 Vancouver-Fraserview.svg
| caption             = Location in Vancouver
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 1991
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1991
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = [[George Chow]]
| prov-rep-link       = 
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = NDP
| demo-census-date    = 2015
| demo-pop            = 62885
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 13
| demo-cd             = [[Metro Vancouver]]
| demo-csd            = [[Vancouver]]
}}

'''Vancouver-Fraserview''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada.

== 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 (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver South]] and [[Vancouver East (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver East]].

===Electoral history===
{{BC-MLA|Vancouver-Fraserview}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Bernie Simpson
| BCParty = NDP
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 36
| RepName = Ian Waddell
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = [[Ken Johnston (British Columbia politician)|Ken Johnston]]
| BCParty = Liberal
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
| RepName = Wally Oppal
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
| RepName = Kash Heed
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
| RepName = Suzanne Anton
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
| RepName = George Chow
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr = 
| Assembly# = 43
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

=== 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 New Democratic Party leadership election|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 of British Columbia|Attorney General]] immediately after election by Premier [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|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 [[Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (British Columbia)|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 City Council|Vancouver Councillor]] and [[Vancouver Park Board|Park Board Commissioner]]. Appointed [[Attorney General of British Columbia|Attorney General]] immediately after election by Premier [[Christy Clark]]
*2017 – '''[[George Chow]]''', former [[Vancouver City Council|Vancouver Councillor]] and [[Vancouver Park Board|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 ==
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 | width=700
 | height=300
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 | xAxisTitle=Year
 | yAxisTitle=Vote Share
 | xAxisMin=1991
 | xAxisMax=2020
 | yAxisMin=0
 | yAxisMax=0.6
 | yAxisFormat=%
 | legend=Legend
 | y1Title=BC NDP
 | y2Title=BC Liberal
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 | y4Title=BC Social Credit
 | y5Title=BC Reform
 | y6Title=BC Unity
 | y7Title=Marijuana
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 | y1=0.4416,0.4597,0.3191,0.4243,0.4543,0.4456,0.4857,0.5637
 | y2=0.3215,0.4398,0.5684,0.478,0.4929,0.4674,0.4222,0.3457
 | y3=0.0078,0.0118,0.0777,0.0664,0.0467,0.0568,0.0772,0.0906
 | y4=0.2237,0.0093
 | y5=,0.0337
 | y6=,,0.0202
 | y7=,,0.0146,0.0313
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| caption = Graph of provincial election results in Vancouver-Fraserview (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| align = center
}}
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Vancouver-Fraserview}}
{{2020 British Columbia general election/Vancouver-Fraserview}}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Side
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="red"|
|[[First-past-the-post voting|First Past the Post]]
|align="right"|10,182
|align="right"|67.33
|-
|bgcolor="green"|
|[[Proportional representation|Proportional Representation]]
|align="right"|4,940
|align="right"|32.67
|-
|colspan="2" |Total valid votes
|align="right"|15,122
|align="right"|100.0
|-
|colspan="2" |Total rejected ballots
|align="right"|126
|align="right"|0.83
|-
! colspan="4" |Source: [[Elections BC]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform|url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2018-CEO-2018-Referendum-Report.pdf|access-date=15 October 2020|website=[[Elections BC]]}}</ref>
|}

{{2017 British Columbia general election/Vancouver-Fraserview}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2013 British Columbia general election|B.C. general election 2013]]: Vancouver-Fraserview<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcenr/ed/GE-2013-05-14_Vancouver-Fraserview.html|access-date=19 May 2013|title=2013 General Election Final Voting Results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212231756/http://electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcenr/ed/GE-2013-05-14_Vancouver-Fraserview.html|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> }}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Suzanne Anton]] |10,118 |46.74% |  |$91,618}}
{{CANelec |BC |NDP |[[Gabriel Yiu]] |9,648 |44.56% | |$107,004}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stuart Mackinnon |1,230 |5.68% | |$2,989}}
{{CANelec |BC |Conservative |Rajiv Pandey |653 |3.02% |&ndash; |$9,904}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|21,649
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|251
!align="right"|1.15
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|21,900
!align="right"|54.96%
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|B.C. general election 2009]]: Vancouver-Fraserview}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Kash Heed]] |9,549 |49.29% |+1.49% |$105,420}}
{{CANelec |BC |NDP |Gabriel Yiu |8,801 |45.43% |+3.00% |$97,038 }}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |[[Jodie Emery]]|904 |4.67% |-1.97% |$8,279}}
{{CANelec |BC |Refederation |Andrew Stevano |118 |0.61% |&ndash; |$260}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|19,372
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|175
!align="right"|0.90%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|19,547
!align="right"|51.09%
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|B.C. general election 2005]]: Vancouver-Fraserview}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Wally Oppal]] |9,895 |47.80% | &emsp;|$195,304}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Ravinder Gill
|align="right"|8,783
|align="right"|42.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$55,698
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Doug Perry |1,374 |6.64% |&ndash; |$2,223}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Shea Campbell|650|3.13%||$100}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|20,702
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|286
!align="right"|1.38%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,988
!align="right"|57.96%
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. general election 2001]]: Vancouver-Fraserview}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Ken Johnston (British Columbia politician)|Ken Johnston]] |10,361 |56.84% | &emsp; |$43,542}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Ian Waddell]]
|align="right"|5,815
|align="right"|31.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,396
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Merina Matthew |1,417 |7.77% |&ndash; |$197}}
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Paul Stilwell |369 |2.02% |&emsp; |&emsp; }}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Paul Emerson Hughes|267|1.46%||$394}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |18,229 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |150 |0.82%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |18,379 |71.61%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Vancouver-Fraserview}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Ian Waddell]]
|align="right"|8,774
|align="right"|45.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,504
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Gulzar Singh Cheema]] |8,394 |43.98% | &emsp; |$53,524}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Andy Wong |815 |4.27% |&ndash; |$2,073}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stephen Samuel |225 |1.18% |&ndash; |$307}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Tim Shreeve |643 |3.37% | &emsp; |$2,189}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |T. Glen Lockhart |177 |0.93% |&ndash; |$1,118}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}
|[[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]]
|Prince Pabbies
|align="right"|57
|align="right"|0.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$139
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |19,085 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |143 |0.74%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |19,228 |71.94%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Vancouver-Fraserview}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Bernie Simpson]]
|align="right"|8,016
|align="right"|44.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,735
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Rod Raglin |5,837 |32.15% | &emsp; |$6,541}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Jonathan Baker |4,060 |22.37% |&ndash; |$25,231}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stuart Parker |141 |0.78% |&ndash; |}}
{{CANelec|BC|Libertarian|John Clarke|98|0.54%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |18,152 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |520 |2.78%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |18,672 |73.08%}}
|}

== Student vote results ==
Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds [[mock election]]s in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|2020|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|George Chow|173|47.40|+0.64}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Françoise Raunet|133|36.44|+15.91}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|David Grewal|59|16.16|−8.65}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|365|100.00|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote British Columbia 2020|url=https://studentvote.ca/results/home/district_results/25/1/74|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Student Vote Canada}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|2017|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|George Chow|1,082|46.76|+11.17}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Suzanne Anton|574|24.81|-9.69}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Eric Kolotyluk|475|20.53|+1.1}}
{{CANelec|BC|YPP|Harpreet S. Bajwa|113|4.88|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|BC|Libertarian|Hiroshi Hyde|70|3.03|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|2,314|100.0|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote BC|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/results/district_results/20/1/74|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612212331/http://www.studentvote.ca/results/district_results/20/1/74|archive-date=12 June 2017|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Student Vote Canada}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|2013|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gabriel Yu|163|35.59|+3.35}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Suzanne Anton|158|34.5|-5.82}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Stuart Mackinnon|89|19.43|-2.79}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Rajiv Pandey|48|10.48|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|458|100.0|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote BC|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/bc2013election/results/?id=71|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506042657/http://www.studentvote.ca/bc2013election/results/?id=71|archive-date=6 May 2015|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Student Vote Canada}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|2009|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Kash P. Heed|127|40.32}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gabriel Yu|111|32.24}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Jodie Joanna Emery|70|22.22}}
{{CANelec|BC|Refederation|Andrew Stevano|7|2.22}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|315|100.0}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote BC|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/bc/results2009/district.php?id=71|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506132025/http://www.studentvote.ca/bc/results2009/district.php?id=71|archive-date=6 May 2015|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Student Vote Canada}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_66.pdf BC Stats]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/vfv.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_vfv.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025221610/http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-90.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071004234457/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

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