 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Vancouver | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2021 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Vancouver | ||
Vancouver-Yaletown is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. It was created out of parts of Vancouver-False Creek and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.
Geography
The district comprises the portions of Downtown Vancouver east of Burrard Street, taking its name from the neighbourhood of Yaletown. Yaletown is the second-wealthiest neighbourhood of Vancouver, after Shaughnessy The riding is adjacent to Vancouver's infamous Downtown Eastside area, widely known as the poorest neighbourhood in Canada, which is located in next-door Vancouver-Strathcona.
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Terry Yung | 9,018 | 49.8% | |||||
| Conservative | Melissa de Genova | 7,858 | 43.4% | |||||
| Green | Dana-Lyn Mackenzie | 1,248 | 6.9% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,124 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 45.0 | ||
| New Democratic | 40.2 | ||
| Green | 11.2 | ||
| Conservative | 2.1 | ||
References
- ^ "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- "Four more provincial ridings needed for Metro Vancouver: electoral boundaries commission | Urbanized". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- "Yaletown, BC Employment - Median Household Income, Unemployment Rate". www.areavibes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- City of Vancouver (2020). "West Point Grey: Neighbourhood Social Indicators Profile" (PDF). Vancouver.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- https://globalnews.ca/news/10779134/bc-election-2024-results-vancouver-yaletown/
- "Vancouver-South Granville". 338Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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