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Vancouver-Mount Pleasant 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...

. It was one of only two electoral districts to return an 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...

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....

in the 2001 election

British Columbia general election, 2001

The British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001...

when the NDP was nearly wiped off the electoral map, and it did so by a much wider margin than Vancouver-Hastings

Vancouver-Hastings

Vancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Shane Simpson. He was first elected in 2005...

, the other seat to return a New Democrat. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered the safest New Democrat seat in all of British Columbia.

Demographics

Population, 2001	53,986
Population Change, 1996–2001	3.9%
Area (km²)	9.64
Pop. Density (People per km²)	5,600

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

is Jenny Kwan

Jenny Kwan

Jenny Wai Ching Kwan is a Hong Kong-born Canadian politician. She is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and a senior member of the provincial caucus of the New Democratic Party.-Personal life:...

, a former Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

City Councillor. She was first elected to the legislature in 1996. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Kwan became the first Chinese-Canadian cabinet minister in B.C. history when she was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs in February 1998. She has also been Minister of Women's Equality and Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers.

Election results

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|New Democrat

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

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...

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...

Communist Party of British Columbia

The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....

|Peter Marcus
|align="right"|171
|align="right"|0.98%
|align="right"|+0.49%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|17,513
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Jenny Kwan

Jenny Kwan

British Columbia Liberal Party

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....

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...

Communist Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...

Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness

The Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness, also known as the Platinum Party, is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada....

|Kirk Anton Moses
|align="right"|17
|align="right"|0.08%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|20,196
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Jenny Kwan

Jenny Kwan

British Columbia Liberal Party

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....

Party of Citizens Who Have Decided to Think for Themselves and Be Their Own Politicians

The Party of Citizens Who Have Decided to Think for Themselves and Be Their Own Politicians is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. It registered with Elections BC, the government elections agency, in 1995...

|Franklin Wayne Poley
|align="right"|42
|align="right"|0.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$331
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|16,105
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|208
!align="right"|1.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|16,313
!align="right"|59.36%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Jenny Kwan

Jenny Kwan

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

|Paul Alexander
|align="right"|759
|align="right"|4.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100

|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...

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....

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...

|Agnes Kokko
|align="right"|86
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$526
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|17,416
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|284
!align="right"|1.60%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|17,700
!align="right"|60.50%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Mike Harcourt

Mike Harcourt

Michael Franklin Harcourt served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of BC's major city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986....

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 Wayne Marsden
|align="right"|80
|align="right"|0.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Interdependence
|Jacek (Jack) Latek
|align="right"|62
|align="right"|0.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|15,962
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|600
!align="right"|3.62%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|16,562
!align="right"|64.03%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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