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Vancouver-Fairview 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Demographics

Population, 2001	54,036
Population Change, 1996–2001	4.0%
Area (km²)	9.80
Pop. Density (people per km²)	5,514

MLAs

Gary Farrell-Collins
Gary Farrell-Collins
Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...

, Liberal (2001–2004)
Gregor Robertson
Gregor Robertson (politician)
Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson is a Canadian politician who has been the 39th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2008. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver party slate...

, NDP (2005–2008)
Jenn McGinn
Jenn McGinn
Jenn McGinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Fairview, in a by-election on October 29, 2008. She is the first openly lesbian MLA to serve in the British Columbian Legislature...

, NDP (2008–2009)
Margaret MacDiarmid
Margaret MacDiarmid
Margaret MacDiarmid is a Canadian politician, currently serving Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. She was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...

, Liberal (2009–present)

Election results

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

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...

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...

|Jenn McGinn

Jenn McGinn

Jenn McGinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Fairview, in a by-election on October 29, 2008. She is the first openly lesbian MLA to serve in the British Columbian Legislature...

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...

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...

British Columbia Refederation Party

The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...

|Alex Frei
|align="right"|31
|align="right"|0.15
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
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|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Jenn McGinn

Jenn McGinn

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

|Jane Sterk

Jane Sterk

Jane Sterk is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, a candidate in the Esquimalt-Royal Roads riding in the 2009 British Columbia provincial election, and a business professor at University Canada West. She was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007, and elected...

|align="right"|856
|align="right"|7.28
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|Conservative

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...

|Wilf Hanni

Wilf Hanni

Wilf Hanni is a politician and oil industry consultant in British Columbia, Canada. Hanni served as leader of the Reform Party of British Columbia from August 30, 1997 to June 1998, and later as leader of the British Columbia Party...

|align="right"|483
|align="right"|4.11
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|Marijuana

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....

|Jodie Emery
|align="right"|155
|align="right"|1.32
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|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Gregor Robertson

Gregor Robertson (politician)

Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson is a Canadian politician who has been the 39th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2008. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver party slate...

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

Sex Party (British Columbia)

The Sex Party is a political party based in British Columbia, Canada, that contests provincial elections to promote libertarian and sex-positive attitudes towards sexual education, pornography, indecency laws, and prostitution. It describes itself as "the world's first registered political party...

Central Party (British Columbia)

The Central Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Scott Yee. It nominated one candidate in the 2001 British Columbia 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...

|Malcolm Janet Mary van Delst
|align="right"|95
|align="right"|0.34%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|27,920
!align="right"|100.00%
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|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Gary Farrell-Collins

Gary Farrell-Collins

Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...

|align="right"|12,864
|align="right"|54.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$35,510
|-

|Green

Green Party of British Columbia

|Vanessa Violini
|align="right"|5,051
|align="right"|21.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,659

|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...

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....

|Ron MacIntyre
|align="right"|651
|align="right"|2.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$735

|People's Front
|Brian Sproule
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$57
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,414
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|142
!align="right"|0.61%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,556
!align="right"|64.20%
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