Vancouver Quadra
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Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The constituency bears the name of the Spanish explorer who surveyed the area in 1775, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver. Voters within Vancouver Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized. Though the Liberals have held the seat since 1984, MPs tend to be on the right wing of the party. For example, the previous MP, Joyce Murray, was a cabinet minister in the centre-right British Columbia Liberal Party, which was unaffiliated with the federal Liberal party.
Demographics
This is the sixth wealthiest riding in Canada, with an average family income of over $145,000. As of 2006, this riding had 37% immigrants, most of whom are Chinese-Canadians. The province's largest university, the University of British Columbia, is situated in this riding. The major employer is the professional, scientific and technical service sector. The unemployment rate is 5.2%.<ref>Vancouver Quadra, CBC.ca, 2008.</ref> Nearly every single-family house in this riding is worth over a million dollars; the median house value is over 2 million dollars.Template:Citation needed
The Vancouver Quadra riding has a very high level of educational attainment; it has the highest percentage of people with a university certificate or degree in all of Canada (53.1%) and also tops the following educational attainment sub-categories:
- Earned doctorate: 4.7%
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry: 2.5%
- Bachelor's degree: 27.4%<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the 2016 Canadian census:
Languages: 66.0% English, 1.6% French, 31.3% other, 1.1% multiple languages
Religions: 27.9% Protestant, 16.3% Catholic, 4.5% Buddhist, 4.2% Other Christian, 3.8% Jewish, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Muslim, 38.5% no religious affiliation
Average income: $46,991
Geography
The district includes the parts of the West Side of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands.
History
The electoral district was created in 1947 from Vancouver East and Vancouver South ridings. It was a swing riding for most of its first four decades. However, in 1984, John Turner, then Prime Minister, unseated Progressive Conservative incumbent Bill Clarke even as Turner's Liberals suffered what was then the biggest seat loss in Canadian history. It was one of only two Liberal-held seats west of Ontario. The seat has stayed in Liberal hands ever since.
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Vancouver Quadra should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.<ref name=report>Template:Citation</ref> The redefined Vancouver Quadra loses a portion of its current territory east of the Arbutus Corridor to the new district of Vancouver Granville. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.<ref name=timeline>Template:Citation</ref>
Historical boundaries
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
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Election results
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Liberal | 21,464 | 43.39 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Conservative | 14,455 | 29.22 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | New Democratic | 9,593 | 19.39 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Green | 2,950 | 5.96 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | People's | 1,004 | 2.03 |
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| 2011 federal election redistributed results<ref>Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections</ref> | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Liberal | 20,226 | 43.47 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Conservative | 16,953 | 36.43 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | New Democratic | 6,723 | 14.45 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Green | 2,629 | 5.65 |
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See also
References
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- Expenditures – 2004
- Expenditures – 2000
- Expenditures – 1997
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Notes
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