Vancouver Granville

Vancouver Granville is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada,^[2] that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. The district includes all or significant portions of the Kerrisdale, Marpole, Oakridge, Shaughnessy, South Cambie, Fairview and Riley Park–Little Mountain neighbourhoods. Based on the Canada 2011 Census data, the population of the district is 99,886.^[2]

Vancouver Granville

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Granville in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)^[1]	109,799
Electors (2021)	82,070
Area (km²)^[1]	22.40
Pop. density (per km²)	4,901.7
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

History

Vancouver Granville was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which happened in October 2015.^[3] It was created out of the electoral districts of Vancouver Centre (38%), Vancouver Quadra (18%), Vancouver Kingsway (19%) and Vancouver South (26%).

In April 2019, the district's first MP, Jody Wilson-Raybould, was expelled from the Liberal Party after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the SNC-Lavalin affair. Even though she was removed from the party, many of the riding’s constituents continued to support her in the federal election as an Independent MP candidate.^[4] She subsequently won as an Independent in the 2019 federal general election, beating her nearest rival, the Liberal candidate, by almost 3,000 votes. In July 2021, Wilson-Raybould announced that she would not stand again for re-election.^[5]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Vancouver Granville (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[6]		2016^[7]		2011^[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	50,120	46.17%	51,660	50.63%	49,625	50.55%
East Asian^[b]	37,745	34.77%	35,705	34.99%	34,915	35.57%
Southeast Asian^[c]	5,600	5.16%	4,835	4.74%	4,625	4.71%
South Asian	4,995	4.6%	3,330	3.26%	3,040	3.1%
Latin American	2,415	2.22%	1,060	1.04%	980	1%
Middle Eastern^[d]	1,965	1.81%	1,430	1.4%	1,340	1.36%
Indigenous	1,760	1.62%	1,490	1.46%	1,310	1.33%
African	1,215	1.12%	825	0.81%	940	0.96%
Other^[e]	2,735	2.52%	1,690	1.66%	1,390	1.42%
Total responses	108,555	98.87%	102,030	98.62%	98,170	98.28%
Total population	109,799	100%	103,456	100%	99,886	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the Canada 2021 Census^[9]

Languages: 53.2% English, 11.1% Mandarin, 10.1% Cantonese, 2.1% Spanish, 1.8% Tagalog, 1.6% French, 1.4% Japanese, 1.4% Korean
Religions: 57.4% No Religion, 30% Christian (12.2% Catholic, 2.4% Anglican, 1.8% United Church, 1.3% Christian Orthodox), 3.6% Buddhist, 3% Jewish, 2.2% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 1.2% Sikh
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $71,400 (2010)

Geography

Vancouver Granville consists of that part of the City of Vancouver described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southerly limit of said city with the southerly production of Cambie Street; thence northerly along said production and Cambie Street to 41st Avenue West; thence easterly along said avenue and 41st Avenue East to Main Street; thence northerly along said street to 16th Avenue East; thence westerly along said avenue to Ontario Street; thence northerly along said street to 2nd Avenue West; thence westerly and southwesterly along said avenue to 6th Avenue West; thence westerly along said avenue to 4th Avenue West; thence northwesterly and westerly along said avenue to Arbutus Street; thence southerly along said street to 37th Avenue West; thence easterly along said avenue to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly and southeasterly along said railway to the southerly production of Granville Street; thence southerly along said production to the southerly limit of said city; thence generally easterly along said limit to the point of commencement.^[10] While much of the riding's population resides in single family homes, massive redevelopment has occurred from Broadway all the way down the Cambie corridor to Marine Drive, with dense transit-oriented development popping up around stations of the Canada Line.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vancouver Granville Riding created from Vancouver Centre, Vancouver Kingsway, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South
42nd	2015–2019		Jody Wilson-Raybould	Liberal
	2019–2019			Independent
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Taleeb Noormohamed	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in Vancouver Granville (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Taleeb Noormohamed	17,050	34.40	+7.83	$104,842.87
	New Democratic	Anjali Appadurai	16,619	33.53	+20.41	$58,609.98
	Conservative	Kailin Che	13,280	26.80	+4.92	$72,350.92
	Green	Imtiaz Popat	1,434	2.89	-2.17	$280.64
	People's	Damian Jewett	1,177	2.37	+1.56	$3,075.03
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,560	99.34	—	$111,836.39
Total rejected ballots			331	0.66	+0.17
Turnout			49,891	60.79	-4.21
Eligible voters			82,070
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		-6.29
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Jody Wilson-Raybould	17,265	32.56	-11.37	$97,203.39
	Liberal	Taleeb Noormohamed	14,088	26.57	-17.36	$103,546.83
	Conservative	Zach Segal	11,605	21.88	-4.18	$98,739.59
	New Democratic	Yvonne Hanson	6,960	13.12	-13.75	$28,671.17
	Green	Louise Boutin	2,683	5.06	+1.96	$2,198.84
	People's	Naomi Chocyk	431	0.81	–	$917.80
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,032	100.0	–	$108,561.11
Total rejected ballots			264	0.49	+0.15
Turnout			53,296	65.0	-3.23
Eligible voters			81,952
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		+24.80
Net change for Wilson-Raybould is in comparison to her 2015 vote percentage. Net change for Noormohamed is in comparison to the 2015 Liberal vote percentage; in other words the same basis as Wilson-Raybould.
Source: Elections Canada^[13]^[14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jody Wilson-Raybould	23,643	43.93	+13.83	$126,252.39
	New Democratic	Mira Oreck	14,462	26.87	+2.42	$165,255.58
	Conservative	Erinn Broshko	14,028	26.06	-9.31	$184,283.40
	Green	Michael Barkusky	1,691	3.14	-6.08	$3,885.32
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,824	100.00		$212,795.60
Total rejected ballots			186	0.34	–
Turnout			54,010	68.23	–
Eligible voters			79,154
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.57
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16][1]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[17]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,440	35.38
	Liberal	13,137	30.10
	New Democratic	10,670	24.45
	Green	4,026	9.22
	Others	372	0.85

Notes

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

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2022
2. Report – British Columbia (PDF)
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Ghoussoub, Michelle (April 3, 2019). "In Wilson-Raybould's Vancouver riding, shock and support for ousted MP". CBC. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
5. Jones, Ryan Patrick (July 8, 2021). "Jody Wilson-Raybould won't run in next election, denounces 'toxic' environment in Parliament". CBC. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
9. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Vancouver Granville [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], British Columbia". February 9, 2022.
10. "Vancouver Granville Map -Elections Canada". www.elections.ca. Elections Canada.
11. "Confirmed candidates — Vancouver Granville". Elections Canada. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
12. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
13. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
15. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver Granville, 30 September 2015
16. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
17. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections