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Vancouver-Langara is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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Demographics

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

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

Member of Legislative Assembly

The riding is currently held by MLA Dr. Moira Stilwell, who represents the British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

. Stilwell was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development in June 2009.

The previous MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

was Carole Taylor

Carole Taylor

Carole Taylor, OC is a Canadian journalist and former politician.She is currently serving as the Chancellor of Simon Fraser University since June 17, 2011. She previously served as British Columbia's Minister of Finance from 2005 until 2008 in the government of Liberal premier Gordon...

, former chair of the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

and former Vancouver city councillor. She was first elected in 2005 and appointed the Minister of Finance. She represented the British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

. She resigned on December 18, 2008.

Election results

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

|J-M Toriel
|align="right"|1,067
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
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|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Carole Taylor

Carole Taylor

|align="right"|11,181
|align="right"|56.55%
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|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Anita Romaniuk

Anita Romaniuk

Anita Romaniuk is a Canadian politician. She was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia. She received a B.Sc., and a M.Sc. at the University of Victoria and an M.B.A...

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

Work Less Party of British Columbia

The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics...

|Charlie Latimer
|align="right"|152
|align="right"|0.77%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|19,772
!align="right"|100.00%
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|}
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Val J. Anderson

Val Anderson

Val Anderson was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1991 general election, as a candidate of the BC Liberal Party, and was re-elected in the 1996 and 2001 elections....

|align="right"|11,800
|align="right"|66.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,498
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

|Anthony Campbell
|align="right"|673
|align="right"|3.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$394

|Independent
|Joe Young
|align="right"|105
|align="right"|0.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$362

|People's Front
|Michael Hill
|align="right"|51
|align="right"|0.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$57
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|17,637
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|203
!align="right"|1.15%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|17,840
!align="right"|67.38%
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|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Val J. Anderson

Val Anderson

|align="right"|11,038
|align="right"|60.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$25,864
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Ragini Rankin
|align="right"|5,515
|align="right"|30.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,984

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

Green Party of British Columbia

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|Jerry Zen-Jih Chang
|align="right"|89
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$118
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,337
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|177
!align="right"|0.96%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,514
!align="right"|68.66%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Val J. Anderson

Val Anderson

|align="right"|7,241
|align="right"|36.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,737

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Malcolm A. Weatherston
|align="right"|75
|align="right"|0.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|19,598
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|373
!align="right"|1.87%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|19,971
!align="right"|72.64%
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|}

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