Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The constituency bears the name of the Spanish explorer who surveyed the area in 1775, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.
Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver. Voters within Vancouver Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized. Though the Liberals have held the seat since 1984, MPs tend to be on the right wing of the party. For example, the previous MP, Joyce Murray, was a cabinet minister in the centre-right British Columbia Liberal Party, which was unaffiliated with the federal Liberal party.
Demographics
This is the sixth wealthiest riding in Canada, with an average family income of over $145,000. As of 2006, this riding had 37% immigrants, most of whom are Chinese-Canadians. The province's largest university, the University of British Columbia, is situated in this riding. The major employer is the professional, scientific and technical service sector. The unemployment rate is 5.2%.Vancouver Quadra, CBC.ca, 2008. Nearly every single-family house in this riding is worth over a million dollars; the median house value is over 2 million dollars.
The Vancouver Quadra riding has a very high level of educational attainment; it has the highest percentage of people with a university certificate or degree in all of Canada (53.1%) and also tops the following educational attainment sub-categories:
Earned doctorate: 4.7% Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry: 2.5% Bachelor's degree: 27.4%
+ Panethnic groups in Vancouver Quadra (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 57,765 59,835 63,605 East Asian 33,805 31,615 26,990 South Asian 3,705 2,785 2,175 Middle Eastern 2,590 1,710 1,305 Southeast Asian 2,535 1,685 1,825 Indigenous 2,000 1,940 1,840 Latin American 1,700 1,295 870 African 860 605 575 Other 2,095 1,270 1,135 Total responses 107,055 102,740 100,325 Total population 109,328 105,608 102,416
According to the 2016 Canadian census:
Languages: 66.0% English, 1.6% French, 31.3% other, 1.1% multiple languages Religions: 27.9% Protestant, 16.3% Catholic, 4.5% Buddhist, 4.2% Other Christian, 3.8% Jewish, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Muslim, 38.5% no religious affiliation Average income: $46,991
Geography The district includes the parts of the West Side of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands.
History The electoral district was created in 1947 from Vancouver East and Vancouver South ridings. It was a swing riding for most of its first four decades. However, in 1984, John Turner, then Prime Minister, unseated Progressive Conservative incumbent Bill Clarke even as Turner's Liberals suffered what was then the biggest seat loss in Canadian history. It was one of only two Liberal-held seats west of Ontario. The seat has stayed in Liberal hands ever since.
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Vancouver Quadra should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Vancouver Quadra loses a portion of its current territory east of the Arbutus Corridor to the new district of Vancouver Granville. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.
Historical boundaries
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 21,464 43.39 Conservative 14,455 29.22 New Democratic 9,593 19.39 Green 2,950 5.96 People's 1,004 2.03
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Liberal 20,226 43.47 Conservative 16,953 36.43 New Democratic 6,723 14.45 Green 2,629 5.65
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Expenditures – 2004 Expenditures – 2000 Expenditures – 1997 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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