The NDP routinely wins by over 40 points in this riding. Even during the 2001 landslide victory for the BC Liberals, the NDP won this riding by over 10 points, despite a massive province-wide turn away from the party. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is therefore considered one of the safest NDP seats in all of British Columbia.
Its MLA is Melanie Mark, the first First Nation woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, who was elected in a 2016 by-election to replace Jenny Kwan. Kwan had resigned the previous year in order to run in the 2015 Canadian federal election.
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Vancouver Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Canada It was one of only two electoral districts to return an NDP MLA in the 2001 election when the NDP was nearly wiped off the electoral map and it did so by a much wider margin than Vancouver Hastings the other seat to return a New Democrat Vancouver Mount PleasantBritish Columbia electoral districtLocation in VancouverProvincial electoral districtLegislatureLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaMLA Melanie MarkNew DemocraticFirst contested1991Last contested2020DemographicsPopulation 2001 53 986Area km 9 64Pop density per km 5 600 2Census division s Metro VancouverCensus subdivision s VancouverThe NDP routinely wins by over 40 points in this riding Even during the 2001 landslide victory for the BC Liberals the NDP won this riding by over 10 points despite a massive province wide turn away from the party Vancouver Mount Pleasant is therefore considered one of the safest NDP seats in all of British Columbia This riding consists of its namesake neighbourhood Mount Pleasant Vancouver and the eastern parts of downtown Vancouver including Chinatown and Downtown Eastside while the western parts of downtown make up the neighbouring riding of Vancouver False Creek Contents 1 Member of Legislative Assembly 2 Election results 3 References 4 External linksMember of Legislative Assembly EditIts MLA is Melanie Mark the first First Nation woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who was elected in a 2016 by election to replace Jenny Kwan Kwan had resigned the previous year in order to run in the 2015 Canadian federal election Vancouver Mount PleasantAssembly Years Member PartyCreated from Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East35th 1991 1996 Mike Harcourt New Democratic36th 1996 2001 Jenny Kwan37th 2001 200538th 2005 200939th 2009 201340th 2013 20152016 2017 Melanie Mark41st 2017 202042nd 2020 presentElection results EditGraph of the election results in Vancouver Mount Pleasant minor parties are combined into Others vte2020 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Melanie Mark 14 530 66 95 1 62 22 210 72Green Kelly Tatham 4 356 20 07 3 14 5 570 94Liberal George Vassilas 2 816 12 98 3 05 8 413 63Total valid votes 21 702 100 00 Total rejected ballots 212 0 97 0 07Turnout 21 914 48 01 9 61Registered voters 45 644New Democratic hold Swing 0 76Source Elections BC 1 2 vte2017 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Melanie Mark 15 962 65 33 5 19 40 109Green Jerry Kroll 4 136 16 93 10 14 68 641Liberal Conny Lin 3 917 16 03 4 74 32 647Independent Mike Hansen 212 0 87 30Communist Peter Marcus 135 0 55 0Your Political Party Shai Joseph Mor 72 0 29 0 36 85Total valid votes 24 434 100 00 Total rejected ballots 256 1 04 0 58Turnout 24 690 57 62 34 45Registered voters 42 848Source Elections BC 3 4 British Columbia provincial by election February 2 2016Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Melanie Mark 5 627 60 14 5 69 71 603Green Pete Fry 2 533 27 07 15 15 29 065Liberal Gavin Dew 1 056 11 29 7 45 66 547Libertarian Bonnie Boya Hu 79 0 85 250Your Political Party Jeremy Gustafson 61 0 65 454Total valid votes 9 356 100 00 Total rejected ballots 44 0 46 0 51Turnout 9 400 23 17 26 60Registered voters 40 561New Democratic hold Swing 10 42vte2013 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Jenny Wai Ching Kwan 13 845 65 83 1 88 78 020Liberal Celyna Sia Sherst 3 942 18 74 2 06 18 622Green Barinder Hans 2 506 11 92 2 36 7 727Marijuana William Austin 349 1 66 250Independent Jeremy Gustafson 260 1 24 480Communist Peter Marcus 129 0 61 0 36 344Total valid votes 21 031 100 00 Total rejected ballots 207 0 97 0 26Turnout 21 238 49 77 3 30Registered voters 42 672New Democratic hold Swing 1 97Source Elections BC 5 B C General Election 2009 Vancouver Mount Pleasant Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Jenny Kwan 11 232 63 95 0 29 79 796Liberal Sherry Darlene Wiebe 3 654 20 80 0 48 41 506Green John T Boychuck 2 507 14 28 4 05 7 013Communist Peter Marcus 171 0 97 0 48 1 565Total valid votes 17 564 100Total rejected ballots 218 1 23Turnout 17 782 46 47New Democratic hold SwingB C General Election 2005 Vancouver Mount Pleasant Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Jenny Kwan 12 974 64 24 19 76 98 030Liberal Juliet Andalis 4 298 21 28 11 90 34 819Green Raven Bowen 2 066 10 23 5 97 1 882Marijuana Christopher Patrick Bennett 308 1 53 1 50 100Independent Mike Hansen 205 1 02 406Work Less Niki Westman 187 0 93 100Communist Peter Marcus 98 0 49 0 39 2 928Democratic Reform Imtiaz Popat 43 0 21 100Platinum Kirk Anton Moses 17 0 08 130Total valid votes 20 196 100 00Total rejected ballots 312 1 54Turnout 20 508 49 93New Democratic hold SwingB C General Election 2001 Vancouver Mount Pleasant Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Jenny Kwan 7 163 44 48 19 57 60 582Liberal Gail Sparrow 5 343 33 18 8 82 56 796Green Dale Hofmann 2 612 16 22 11 86 3 276Marijuana CDavid Malmo Levine 489 3 03 721Unity Ken Wright 166 1 03 185No Affiliation Liar Liar 148 0 92Communist Kimball Cariou 142 0 88 0 19 332Party of Citizens Franklin Wayne Poley 42 0 26 331Total valid votes 16 105 100 00Total rejected ballots 208 1 29Turnout 16 313 59 36New Democratic hold Swing1996 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Jenny Kwan 11 155 64 05 41 905Liberal Anne Beer 4 243 24 36 32 735Green Paul Alexander 759 4 36 100Progressive Democrat John Spark 584 3 35 100Reform Wayne Marsden 354 2 03 Communist Kimball Cariou 121 0 69 319Natural Law John S W Kent 114 0 65 120Social Credit Agnes Kokko 86 0 49 526Total valid votes 17 416 100 00Total rejected ballots 284 1 60Turnout 17 700 60 50B C General Election 1991 Vancouver Mount Pleasant Party Candidate Votes ExpendituresNew Democratic Mike Harcourt 10 108 63 30 105 044Liberal Todd Gnissios 3 137 19 65 3 341Social Credit Randy Vannatter 2 143 13 43 11 663Green Grant Watson 432 2 71 579Libertarian John Wayne Marsden 80 0 50Interdependence Jack Latek 62 0 39Total valid votes 15 962 100 00Total rejected ballots 600 3 62Turnout 16 562 64 03 References Edit Statement of Votes 42nd Provincial General Election PDF Elections BC Retrieved September 3 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Election Financing Reports Elections BC Retrieved March 21 2021 2017 Provincial General Election Statement of Votes PDF Elections BC Retrieved December 27 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Election Financing Reports Elections BC Retrieved September 13 2020 Statement of Votes 40th Provincial General Election PDF Elections BC Retrieved May 17 2017 External links EditBC Stats Results of 2001 election pdf 2001 Expenditures pdf Results of 1996 election 1996 Expenditures Results of 1991 election 1991 Expenditures Website of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaPreceded bySurrey Newton Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia1991 1996 Succeeded byVancouver Kingsway Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vancouver Mount Pleasant amp oldid 1117308204, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,