Ever since Hedy Fry snagged the riding from then-Prime Minister Kim Campbell in 1993, Vancouver-Centre has been a Liberal stronghold.
Here鈥檚 who鈥檚 running in 麻豆传媒映画Centre.
The riding stretches from Stanley Park in the northwest of the city down to False Creek, includes the downtown core and Coal Harbour, as well as parts of Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant.
The riding is bound to the west by Arbutus Street and Fourth Avenue and to the east by Main Street and East Second Avenue.
Here鈥檚 who鈥檚 running:
Conservative
David Cavey
David Cavey is a lifelong Vancouverite who works in financial planning with TD Canada Trust. Cavey made headlines in the summer over his refusal to march in the Pride Parade, a stance he took to protest the Pride Society banning UBC and the 麻豆传媒映画Public Library. Cavey graduated from McGill University with a bachelor of commerce in international management. His website is short on platform specifics, other than to denounce the Liberal track record on taxes and the economy.
David Cavey is a lifelong Vancouverite who works in financial planning with TD Canada Trust. Photo courtesy of Davey Carey Campaign
Green Party
Jesse Brown
Jesse Brown has lived in 麻豆传媒映画for 10 years after growing up in Ladner. He holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from UBC and currently works as executive director of the 麻豆传媒映画Friends for Life Society. Brown served as the executive director of YouthCO from 2011 to 2016. His platform includes tackling housing affordability and working towards an environmentally sustainable economy. Brown lives in the West End with partner
Jesse Brown has lived in 麻豆传媒映画for 10 years after growing up in Ladner. Photo courtesy of Jesse Brown campaign
Liberal (incumbent)
Hedy Fry
Death, taxes and Hedy Fry. She鈥檚 the longest serving female MP in Canadian history, having won eight consecutive mandates dating back to 1993. Originally from the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Fry became a family physician who worked at St. Paul鈥檚 Hospital for 20 years after immigrating to Canada. Fry鈥檚 past posts in the healthcare field include president of the 麻豆传媒映画Medical Association, B.C. Medical Association and the Federation of Medical Women. The lone rookie MP to have defeated a sitting prime minister, Fry has passed her flare for politics onto her son Pete, who was elected to 麻豆传媒映画council in 2018 under the Green Party banner.
Hedy Fry is the longest serving female MP in Canadian history. Photo courtesy Hedy Fry Campaign
NDP
Breen Oullette
If nothing else, you鈥檝e got to credit Breen Oullette for the depth of his platform. In a field full of mostly vague ideas and incomplete platforms, the 42-year-old Metis lawyer has a litany of campaign pledges that practically flow off the page: end homelessness; invest in social and coop housing; clamp down on corruption, tax evasion and property hoarding; close tax loopholes and end subsidies to the oil and gas sectors.
NDP candidate Breen Oulette. Photo courtesy Breen Oulette campaign
Libertarian
John Clarke
John Clarke ran as the party鈥檚 candidate in the 2015 federal election, the 2013 provincial election for the Vancouver-West End riding and in the 2006 federal election for Vancouver-Centre. He鈥檚 one of only two Libertarian candidates running in Vancouver.
People鈥檚 Party
Louise Kierans
Louise Kierans is a native of Montreal who moved to the riding in 2016. She holds a degree in economics and industrial relations from McGill University. Kierans has worked in the small business sector for 20 years and in the non-profit sector for more than three decades, managing her father鈥檚 law firm and funding and building small businesses.
Louise Kierans is a native of Montreal who moved to the riding in 2016. Photo courtesy of Louise Kierans campaign
Independent candidates Lily Bowman and Imtiaz Popat are also running in 麻豆传媒映画Centre.
