Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

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 Pleasant

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Vancouver
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Melanie Mark New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	53,986
Area (km²)	9.64
Pop. density (per km²)	5,600.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Vancouver

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.

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.

Member of Legislative Assembly

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.

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East
35th	1991–1996		Mike Harcourt	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Jenny Kwan
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2015
	2016–2017		Melanie Mark
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Melanie Mark	14,530	66.95	+1.62
	Green	Kelly Tatham	4,356	20.07	+3.14
	Liberal	George Vassilas	2,816	12.98	−3.05
Total valid votes			21,702	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[1]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Melanie Mark	15,962	65.33	+5.19	$40,109
	Green	Jerry Kroll	4,136	16.93	−10.14	$68,641
	Liberal	Conny Lin	3,917	16.03	+4.74	$32,647
	Independent	Mike Hansen	212	0.87	–	$30
	Communist	Peter Marcus	135	0.55	–	$0
	Your Political Party	Shai Joseph Mor	72	0.29	−0.36	$85
Total valid votes			24,434	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			256	1.04	+0.58
Turnout			24,690	57.62	+34.45
Registered voters			42,848
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Melanie Mark	5,627	60.14	−5.69	$71,603
	Green	Pete Fry	2,533	27.07	+15.15	$29,065
	Liberal	Gavin Dew	1,056	11.29	−7.45	$66,547
	Libertarian	Bonnie Boya Hu	79	0.85	–	$250
	Your Political Party	Jeremy Gustafson	61	0.65	–	$454
Total valid votes			9,356	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			44	0.46	−0.51
Turnout			9,400	23.17	−26.60
Registered voters			40,561
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−10.42

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jenny Wai Ching Kwan	13,845	65.83	+1.88	$78,020
	Liberal	Celyna Sia Sherst	3,942	18.74	−2.06	$18,622
	Green	Barinder Hans	2,506	11.92	−2.36	$7,727
	Marijuana	William Austin	349	1.66	–	$250
	Independent	Jeremy Gustafson	260	1.24	–	$480
	Communist	Peter Marcus	129	0.61	−0.36	$344
Total valid votes			21,031	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			207	0.97	−0.26
Turnout			21,238	49.77	+3.30
Registered voters			42,672
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.97
Source: Elections BC[4]

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jenny Kwan	11,232	63.95	-0.29	$79,796
	Liberal	Sherry Darlene Wiebe	3,654	20.80	-0.48	$41,506
	Green	John T. Boychuck	2,507	14.28	+4.05	$7,013
	Communist	Peter Marcus	171	0.97	+0.48	$1,565
Total valid votes			17,564	100
Total rejected ballots			218	1.23
Turnout			17,782	46.47
	New Democratic hold		Swing

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jenny Kwan	12,974	64.24	+19.76	$98,030
	Liberal	Juliet Andalis	4,298	21.28	-11.90	$34,819
	Green	Raven Bowen	2,066	10.23	-5.97	$1,882
	Marijuana	Christopher Patrick Bennett	308	1.53	-1.50	$100
	Independent	Mike Hansen	205	1.02		$406
	Work Less	Niki Westman	187	0.93		$100
	Communist	Peter Marcus	98	0.49	-0.39	$2,928
	Democratic Reform	Imtiaz Popat	43	0.21		$100
	Platinum	Kirk Anton Moses	17	0.08		$130
Total valid votes			20,196	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312	1.54
Turnout			20,508	49.93
	New Democratic hold		Swing

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jenny Kwan	7,163	44.48	-19.57	$60,582
	Liberal	Gail Sparrow	5,343	33.18	+8.82	$56,796
	Green	Dale Hofmann	2,612	16.22	+11.86	$3,276
	Marijuana	CDavid Malmo-Levine	489	3.03		$721
	Unity	Ken Wright	166	1.03		$185
	No Affiliation	Liar Liar	148	0.92
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	142	0.88	-0.19	$332
	Party of Citizens	Franklin Wayne Poley	42	0.26		$331
Total valid votes			16,105	100.00
Total rejected ballots			208	1.29
Turnout			16,313	59.36
	New Democratic hold		Swing

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jenny Kwan	11,155	64.05		$41,905
	Liberal	Anne Beer	4,243	24.36		$32,735
	Green	Paul Alexander	759	4.36		$100
	Progressive Democrat	John Spark	584	3.35		$100
	Reform	Wayne Marsden	354	2.03%
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	121	0.69		$319
	Natural Law	John S.W. Kent	114	0.65		$120
	Social Credit	Agnes Kokko	86	0.49		$526
Total valid votes			17,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284	1.60
Turnout			17,700	60.50

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Harcourt	10,108	63.30		$105,044
	Liberal	Todd Gnissios	3,137	19.65		$3,341
	Social Credit	Randy Vannatter	2,143	13.43		$11,663
	Green	Grant Watson	432	2.71		$579
	Libertarian	John Wayne Marsden	80	0.50
	Interdependence	Jack Latek	62	0.39
Total valid votes			15,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			600	3.62
Turnout			16,562	64.03%

References

1. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
2. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
4. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

External links

• BC 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 Columbia