The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59036British Columbia

Vancouver East

Vancouver-Est

Vancouver East is a federal riding in British Columbia. Jenny Kwan (NDP, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Vancouver East. Jenny Kwan (NDP) held Vancouver East for the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 4,658 votes (8.1 points), with 43.6% of the vote. Mark Wiens (Liberal) was second with 35.5%, on a turnout of 62.7% of 91,705 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Vancouver East on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Vancouver East

Jenny Kwan's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Jenny Kwan

Member of Parliament for Vancouver East

New Democratic

MP since 2015-10-19 · 4 terms

230 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: New Democratic hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Vancouver East, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 57,151 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jenny Kwan	New Democratic	24,945	43.6%
Mark Wiens	Liberal	20,287	35.5%
Lita Cabal	Conservative	10,162	17.8%
Nikida Steel	Green	1,099	1.9%
Others (2)		658	1.2%

Jenny Kwan (New Democratic) won Vancouver East on April 28, 2025 with 24,945 votes, 43.6% of the 57,151 valid votes. Mark Wiens (Liberal) was second with 20,287 (35.5%), 4,658 votes and 8.1 points behind.

Of the 57,151 valid votes, Jenny Kwan (New Democratic) took 43.6%, Mark Wiens (Liberal) 35.5%, Lita Cabal (Conservative) 17.8% and Nikida Steel (Green) 1.9%; the 2 other candidates took 1.2% together. Turnout was 62.7% of 91,705 electors: 57,498 ballots cast, 57,151 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the New Democrats are down 12.2 (55.8% to 43.6%), the Liberals up 15.9 (19.6% to 35.5%), the Conservatives up 7.0 (10.8% to 17.8%) and the Greens down 5.7 (7.6% to 1.9%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: an NDP stronghold

The party first in Vancouver East at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004New Democratic56.5%by 30.5 points over the Liberals
2006New Democratic56.6%by 33.2 points over the Liberals
2008New Democratic54.4%by 37.2 points over the Liberals
2011New Democratic62.8%by 43.9 points over the Conservatives
2015New Democratic49.9%by 21.7 points over the Liberals
2019New Democratic52.6%by 34.5 points over the Liberals
2021New Democratic55.8%by 36.3 points over the Liberals
2025New Democratic43.6%by 8.1 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	New Democratic	56.5%	Liberal	30.5	carried, our estimate
2006	New Democratic	56.6%	Liberal	33.2	carried, our estimate
2008	New Democratic	54.4%	Liberal	37.2	carried, our estimate
2011	New Democratic	62.8%	Conservative	43.9	carried, our estimate
2015	New Democratic	49.9%	Liberal	21.7	carried, our estimate
2019	New Democratic	52.6%	Liberal	34.5	carried, our estimate
2021	New Democratic	55.8%	Liberal	36.3	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	New Democratic	43.6%	Liberal	8.1	official result

The NDP were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 30.7 points over the next party. In 2025 the NDP took 43.6% of the vote here, 11.9 points below their average of 55.5% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021. The NDP have been first here at every general election since 1997, ten in a row.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (56.5%), 2006 (56.6%), 2008 (54.4%), 2011 (62.8%), 2015 (49.9%), 2019 (52.6%), 2021 (55.8%) and 2025 (43.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 New Democratic · Jenny Kwan, by 18,172 votes (36.6 pts)
2019 New Democratic · Jenny Kwan, by 19,151 votes (34.5 pts)
2015 New Democratic · Jenny Kwan, by 12,784 votes (21.7 pts)

In the old Vancouver East on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Vancouver East lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Vancouver East is

Population: 118,6752021 census
Area: 26km²
Density: 4,582people per km²
Electors: 91,705on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

Boundaries unchanged in 2023
Covers the same ground as its predecessor, and the same electors · one of 54 of 343 by area and electors

Share of households that own their home is 39.4% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest19th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.1% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest59th highest of 343
Median total household income is $72,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest73rd lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 33.7% — about 1.9 times the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest84th highest of 343
Median age is 39.2 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest96th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.7% — a little higher than the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest158th highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Vancouver East covers almost exactly the same ground as the Vancouver East riding it replaced, and 100% of its 2025 electors lived in it.

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Jenny Kwan	New Democratic	24,945	43.6%	55.8%	−12.2
Mark Wiens	Liberal	20,287	35.5%	19.6%	+15.9
Lita Cabal	Conservative	10,162	17.8%	10.8%	+7.0
Nikida Steel	Green	1,099	1.9%	7.6%	−5.7

2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Kimball Cariou	Other	329	0.6%
Meghan Emily Murphy	People's	329	0.6%

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

Third place vs. the margin

10,162 votes

Conservative took more than the 4,658-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.

Election-day polls won by others

79 of 204

3 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the New Democrats (122) · ■ won by another party (79) · ▨ tied (3).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 2,330 voters switching from New Democratic to Liberal — 4.1% of the 57,151 valid votes, 4.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 004,660

New Democratic24,945

Liberal20,287

Still New Democratic by 4,658 votes. Actual margin: 4,658.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 52.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the New Democrats took 41.1%, the Liberals 35.0%, the Conservatives 20.6% and the Greens 1.9%; in advance and special ballots, 46.5%, 36.1%, 14.6% and 1.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Vancouver East, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
New Democratic	41.1%	46.5%	+5.4
Liberal	35.0%	36.1%	+1.1
Conservative	20.6%	14.6%	−6.0
Green	1.9%	1.9%	+0.0

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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Vancouver East and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Vancouver East — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/vancouver-east/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.