Langara

Vancouver-Langara

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

Demographics

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

Geography

History

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

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.

Election results

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%

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% 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% 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%