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Vancouver South
British Columbia electoral district
	Boundaries in relation to other Vancouver ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Harjit Sajjan; Liberal
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	109,339
Electors (2015)	68,733
Area (km²)	20.69
Pop. density (per km²)	5,284.6
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

Vancouver South (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver South (French: Vancouver-Sud) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1997, and since 2004. It covers the southern portion of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Demographics

The riding is one of the most diverse in Canada, with less than one-fifth of the population being of European descent.^[2]^[3] As of 2021, four pan-ethnic groups form greater than 10 percent of the riding; 38.1% East Asian, 18.7% European, 17.8% South Asian and 16% Southeast Asian.

Vancouver South is the centre of the city's South Asian community; the colourful Punjabi Market (Little India) and the close-knit community of religious Sikhs dominate the area.^[4] The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver South. Nearly 30% of residents over the age of 25 years have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $71,000. Unemployment is around 6.3%.^[5]

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Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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[EastAsian-11] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[euro-12] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[SoutheastAsian-13] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[MiddleEastern-14] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-15] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

[2021_census_FED-1] [1]
"Population and dwelling counts: Canada and federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order)". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

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The growing diversity within federal ridings. Policy Options. Retrieved on 2018-19-10.

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"Economy trumps all in culturally diverse Vancouver South". The Globe And Mail. March 30, 2011.

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Conservative Wai Young beats Dosanjh in rematch. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

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Vancouver South, CBC.ca, 2008.

[2021censusB-6] [6]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Vancouver South British Columbia [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census Vancouver South [Federal electoral district], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

[2011census-8] [8]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile, Vancouver South, British Columbia, 2011". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

[2006census-9] [9]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "Federal Electoral District Profile of Vancouver South, British Columbia (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

[2001census-10] [10]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2Federal Electoral District Profile of Vancouver South - Vancouver-Sud, British Columbia (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 6, 2022.

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Final Report – British Columbia

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Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts

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"Confirmed candidates — Vancouver South". Elections Canada. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

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"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

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Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver South, 30 September 2015

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Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Panethnic group	2021^[6]		2016^[7]		2011^[8]		2006^[9]		2001^[10]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian^{[lower-alpha 1]}	41,190	38.14%	41,115	40.6%	40,960	41.37%	54,545	45.87%	49,735	44.66%
European^{[lower-alpha 2]}	20,175	18.68%	19,180	18.94%	19,180	19.37%	28,240	23.75%	31,435	28.23%
South Asian	19,260	17.84%	17,655	17.43%	18,070	18.25%	17,990	15.13%	15,825	14.21%
Southeast Asian^{[lower-alpha 3]}	17,275	16%	15,360	15.17%	13,815	13.95%	11,295	9.5%	9,305	8.36%
Latin American	2,520	2.33%	1,950	1.93%	2,025	2.05%	1,855	1.56%	1,370	1.23%
Indigenous	1,520	1.41%	1,355	1.34%	1,435	1.45%	1,070	0.9%	870	0.78%
African	1,350	1.25%	1,070	1.06%	980	0.99%	1,060	0.89%	890	0.8%
Middle Eastern^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1,075	1%	840	0.83%	715	0.72%	1,180	0.99%	815	0.73%
Other^{[lower-alpha 5]}	3,615	3.35%	2,745	2.71%	1,835	1.85%	1,655	1.39%	1,095	0.98%
Total responses	107,985	98.76%	101,265	98.39%	99,010	100%	118,905	98.84%	111,355	98.49%
Total population	109,339	100%	102,927	100%	100,966	100%	120,295	100%	113,065	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Population drop between 2006 census and 2011 census due to 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

Parliament	Years		Party
Vancouver South Riding created from Vancouver City
13th	1917–1921	Richard Clive Cooper	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Leon Johnson Ladner	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	Angus MacInnis	Independent Labour
18th	1935–1940	Howard Charles Green	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		National Government
20th	1945–1949		Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Arthur Laing	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Elmore Philpott	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Ernest James Broome	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Ernest James Broome	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Arthur Laing	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974	John Allen Fraser	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Herb Dhaliwal	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Vancouver South—Burnaby
Riding re-created from Vancouver South—Burnaby
38th	2004–2006	Ujjal Dosanjh	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Wai Young	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Harjit Sajjan	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harjit Sajjan	19,910	49.4		$82,846.68
	New Democratic	Sean McQuillan	9,922	24.6		$3,175.98
	Conservative	Sukhbir Singh Gill	9,060	22.5		$90,407.62
	People's	Anthony Cook	1,104	2.7		$1,151.17
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	287	0.7		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,283	100.0	–	$108,408.40
Total rejected ballots			493
Turnout			40,776
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada^[13]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harjit Sajjan	17,808	41.2	-7.61	$96,879.65
	Conservative	Wai Young	14,388	33.3	-0.58	$82,900.36
	New Democratic	Sean McQuillan	8,015	18.6	+4.63	none listed
	Green	Judy Zaichkowsky	2,451	5.7	+3.12	none listed
	People's	Alain Deng	532	1.2	–	$11,771.39
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,194	100.0
Total rejected ballots			431
Turnout			43,625	58.9
Eligible voters			74,114
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.52
Source: Elections Canada^[14]^[15]

2015 Canadian federal election: Vancouver South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harjit Sajjan	21,773	48.81	+15.05	$161,402.16
	Conservative	Wai Young	15,115	33.88	-8.54	$118,748.27
	New Democratic	Amandeep Nijjar	6,230	13.97	-7.10	$63,954.79
	Green	Elain Ng	1,149	2.58	+0.37	$5,232.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	178	0.40	-0.09	–
	Progressive Canadian	Raj Gupta	166	0.37	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,611	100.00		$203,440.39
Total rejected ballots			259	0.58	–
Turnout			44,870	64.04	–
Eligible voters			70,062
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.80
Source: Elections Canada^[16]^[17]

Vancouver_South

Vancouver South (federal electoral district)

Demographics

History

Historical boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Vancouver South, 2004–present

Vancouver South, 1917–1997

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References

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2011 federal election redistributed results^[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,571	42.43
	Liberal	12,389	33.76
	New Democratic	7,732	21.07
	Green	808	2.20
	Others	202	0.55

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	16,110	38.49	-9.56	$74,163
	Conservative	Wai Young	16,090	38.44	+11.30	$80,086
	New Democratic	Ann Chambers	7,376	17.62	-3.45	$22,765
	Green	Csaba Gulyas	2,065	4.93	+1.65	$413
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	211	0.50	+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,852	100.0		$85,093
Total rejected ballots			223	0.53	+0.12
Turnout			42,075	52.00	-4.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.43

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	18,196	44.51	$67,157
	Conservative	Victor Soo Chan	10,426	25.50	$70,471
	New Democratic	Bev Meslo	10,038	24.55	$33,575
	Green	Doug Perry	1,465	3.58	$1,451
	Christian Heritage	Frank Wagner	339	0.82
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	119	0.29	$150
	Communist	Stephen Von Sychowski	105	0.25	$389
	Independent	H. Sandhu	98	0.23	$5,846
	Canadian Action	Joe Sixpack Horrocks	90	0.22
Total valid votes			40,876	100.0
Total rejected ballots			284	0.69
Turnout			41,160	56
This riding was re-created from parts of Vancouver South—Burnaby, which elected a Liberal in the previous election.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Dhaliwal	17,215	35.62	+6.83
	Reform	Gordon Shreeve	12,291	25.43	+23.34
	Progressive Conservative	K. K. Wan	11,357	23.50	-18.73
	New Democratic	John Maté	3,625	7.50	-16.26
	National	Cameron Ward	2,113	4.37	–
	Libertarian	John Clarke	554	1.15	-0.74
	Green	Valerie Jerome	418	0.86	+0.21
	Natural Law	Prince Pabbies	285	0.59	–
	Independent	Jas Mangat	278	0.58	–
	Independent	Dan Logan	69	0.14	–
	Independent	Robert Walter Ross	60	0.12	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Allan H. Bezanson	47	0.10	–
	Independent	Issam Mansour	20	0.04	–
Total valid votes			48,332	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-8.26

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Allen Fraser	21,222	42.23	-12.64
	Liberal	Woody MacLaren	14,468	28.79	+8.31
	New Democratic	Martin Toren	11,939	23.76	+0.25
	Reform	Don Evans	1,052	2.09	–
	Libertarian	John Clarke	946	1.88	–
	Green	Douglas Dunn	327	0.65	-0.49
	Rhinoceros	Brian Godzilla Salmi	173	0.34	–
	Independent	Barbara Waldern	74	0.15	–
	Communist	Reginald Walters	54	0.11	–
Total valid votes			50,255	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.48