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Vancouver-Fraserview 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	53,062
Population Change, 1996–2001	5.5%
Area (km²)	12
Pop. Density (people per km²)	4,317

Geography

As of the redistricting from the census, Vancouver-Fraserview is on the southeast section of Vancouver with approximate borders of East 49th Ave., Fraser St., Boundary Rd., and SW Marine Drive.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its current 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....

is Kash Heed

Kash Heed

Kash P. Heed is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview....

of the Liberal Party. Former MLAs include, Wally Oppal

Wally Oppal

Wallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Thompson Rivers University...

, a former justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal

British Columbia Court of Appeal

The British Columbia Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a number of boards and tribunals. The BCCA also hears criminal appeals from the Provincial Court of British...

. He was first elected in 2005. He represented 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...

. Mr. Oppal was appointed Attorney-General on June 16, 2006 and did not run for re-election in 2009.

Election results

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Kash Heed

Kash Heed

|align="right"|9,549
|align="right"|49.29%
|align="right"|+1.49%

|NDP

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...

|Gabriel Yiu

Gabriel Yiu

Gabriel Yiu is an award-winning journalist, social activist and small business owner in Vancouver.-Background:Yiu was born and educated in Hong Kong. He worked in his father’s trading business before becoming the administrator of an arts institution...

|align="right"|8,801
|align="right"|45.43%
|align="right"|+3.00%

|Green

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...

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...

|Andrew Stevano
|align="right"|118
|align="right"|0.61%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|19,372
!align="right"|100.00%
!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"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Wally Oppal

Wally Oppal

Wallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Thompson Rivers University...

|align="right"|9,895
|align="right"|47.80%
|align="right"|
|-

|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....

|Shea Campbell
|align="right"|650
|align="right"|3.14%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|20,702
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Ken Johnston

Ken Johnston (politician)

Ken Johnston is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He is currently a member of the Richmond city council, having previously sat on council from 1993 to 2001, and representing the Vancouver-Fraserview riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005.Ken graduated from...

|align="right"|10,361
|align="right"|56.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,542
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Ian Waddell

Ian Waddell

Ian Gardiner Waddell is a Canadian politician.Waddell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and as a child immigrated to Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto with bachelor of arts in history and an LLB, a teaching diploma Ontario College of Education and a master's in international law...

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....

|Paul Emerson Hughes
|align="right"|267
|align="right"|1.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$394
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,229
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|150
!align="right"|0.82%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,379
!align="right"|71.61%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Ian Waddell

Ian Waddell

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Gulzar Singh Cheema

Gulzar Singh Cheema

Gulzar Singh Cheema is an Indian-born doctor and a Canadian politician. Dr. Cheema was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004, making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to sit in two...

|align="right"|8,394
|align="right"|43.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$53,524
|-

|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....

Green Party of British Columbia

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 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...

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....

|Prince Pabbies
|align="right"|57
|align="right"|0.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$139
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|19,085
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|143
!align="right"|0.74%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|19,228
!align="right"|71.94%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Social Credit Party

Green Party of British Columbia

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...

|John Clarke
|align="right"|98
|align="right"|0.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,152
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|520
!align="right"|2.78%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,672
!align="right"|73.08%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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