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Vancouver-Quilchena 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	54,709
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.5%
Area (km²)	21.48
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,547

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its 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 Colin Hansen

Colin Hansen

Colin Hansen was Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier for the Canadian province of British Columbia from June 10, 2009 to March 13,2011. He had also served as Minister Responsible for Small Business since October 25, 2010. On November 30, 2010, he was additionally appointed as the Minister of...

. He was first elected in 1996. He represents 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. Hansen is currently Minister of Economic Development, and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

Election results

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

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...

|Laura-Leah Shaw
|align="right"|1,840
|align="right"|8.76
|align="right"|-1.64
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|21,216
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Colin Hansen

Colin Hansen

|align="right"|16,394
|align="right"|67.16%
|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....

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...

|Katrina Chowne
|align="right"|174
|align="right"|0.71%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|24,412
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Colin Hansen

Colin Hansen

|align="right"|16,829
|align="right"|73.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$34,886
|-

|Green

Green Party of British Columbia

|Judy Johnstone
|align="right"|3,277
|align="right"|14.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$360

|NDP

New Democratic 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....

|Katrina Chowne
|align="right"|351
|align="right"|1.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$394

|Independent
|Mike Sharp
|align="right"|160
|align="right"|0.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,785
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|0.42%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|22,881
!align="right"|73.44%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Colin Hansen

Colin Hansen

|align="right"|15,509
|align="right"|68.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$36,863

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Roger Boshier
|align="right"|4,977
|align="right"|22.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,802
|-

|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....

|Alan Mackenzie Brooke
|align="right"|57
|align="right"|0.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$134
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,583
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|109
!align="right"|0.48%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|22,692
!align="right"|75.71%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Art Cowie
|align="right"|11,373
|align="right"|49.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$56,984

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Social Credit Party

Green Party of British Columbia

|Valerie E. Parker
|align="right"|302
|align="right"|1.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$809
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,960
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|309
!align="right"|1.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,269
!align="right"|80.40%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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