- Current MLA: Spencer Chandra Herbert, (NDP | 2008)
- Candidates:
- BC NDP: Spencer Chandra Herbert
- Independent: Cari Turnbull
- Green: Eoin O’Dwyer
- Conservative: Jon Ellacott
- Description:
- While BC Liberal firebrand Lorne Mayencourt was strong enough to defy the trends in 2005 that saw many of his colleagues lose their “one-term rentals”, the predecessor riding of Vancouver-Burrard flipped to NDP candidate Spencer Chandra Herbert in a 2008 by-election and has stayed orange ever since.
- The NDP does the best in Davie Village, blowing the doors off with north of 70% of the vote. Meanwhile, the BC Liberals have usually fared best in Coal Harbour, which they only narrowly lost in the NDP’s 2020 landslide. The riding is a mix of old and young, most of whom rent. In particular, it features the province’s largest Latin American community.
- Watch for who comes second in this riding - the Greens managing to clamber onto second could signal some potential in the seat once Herbert retires. In a sign of the times, the Conservatives are even running the BC Liberals’ 2020 candidate under their banner.
- Election 2020 Results (with 2024 boundaries):
- BC NDP – 62%
- BC Liberals – 20%
- BC Greens – 16%
Hugh Chan is a second year student at UBC studying International Relations and Data Science. You can find more coverage of the 2024 BC election as well as politics across East Asia and the Anglosphere at .
