The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Vancouver Centre
Vancouver-Centre
Federal riding · BC · No. 59035 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Hedy Fry Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 13,487 votes
- Turnout
- 63.2% of 86,246 electors
- Population
- 115,965 2021 census
- Area
- 17 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Smallest by area in Canada17 km² · 10th of 343
- Smallest households1.6 people per household, 2nd lowest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)
- Fewest home owners31.7% of households own their home, 9th lowest of 343 (Share of households that own their home, 2021 census)
In brief
- Hedy Fry held the seat for the Liberals by 13,487 votes (+24.9 points).
- The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 87% of the old Vancouver Centre.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 39.5% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 9th lowest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Hedy Fry
- Chair: Fisheries and Oceans
- Chair: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Member: Fisheries and Oceans
- Member: Liaison
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Vancouver Centre comes from the old Vancouver Centre, but it is only 87% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.8%Vancouver Centre 87% of it kept
0.2%Vancouver Quadra 0% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Hedy Fry
Liberal
29,855
55.2% of valid votes
Margin
13,487
votes · +24.9 pts
Runner-up
Elaine Allan
Conservative
16,368
30.3% of valid votes
Liberal 55.2% · Conservative 30.3% · New Democratic 12.6% · Green 1.4%
Turnout63.2% of 86,246 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedy Fry | Liberal | 29,855 | 55.2% | 40.3% | +14.9 |
| Elaine Allan | Conservative | 16,368 | 30.3% | 21.7% | +8.6 |
| Avi Lewis | New Democratic | 6,807 | 12.6% | 30.1% | −17.5 |
| Scott MacDonald | Green | 757 | 1.4% | 3.8% | −2.4 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Christopher Varga | People's | 211 | 0.4% |
| Drew William McPherson | Independent | 63 | 0.1% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
12.4 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
6,807 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 13,487-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
44 of 181
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 6,744 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 12.5% of the 54,061 valid votes, 12.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal29,855
Conservative16,368
Still Liberal by 13,487 votes. Actual margin: 13,487.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 39.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal48.7%59.5%+10.8
Conservative35.6%26.8%−8.8
New Democratic13.3%12.1%−1.2
Green1.6%1.2%−0.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $75,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest98th lowest of 343
- Median age is 38.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest66th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.1% — about 2.2 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest11th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 40.6% — about 2.3 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest54th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 31.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest9th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.4% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest130th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59035BC · 2025
Vancouver Centre
Hedy Fry
- Result
- Liberal hold by 13,487
- Turnout
- 63.2%
- Population
- 115,965
- Area
- 17 km²
Smallest by area in CanadaSmallest householdsFewest home owners
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