Decision BC: Vancouver-Hastings

In 2009: NDP incumbent Shane Simpson won this riding again, defeating Liberal Haida Lane by 4500 votes, 55-32%.

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History & Geography: Created in 1991 from the old Vancouver East riding, Vancouver-Hastings is bordered by Commercial Drive, Boundary Road, Grandview Highway, and the Burrard Inlet. The riding has elected NDP and CCF candidates in every election since 1960, including former NDP premiers Dave Barrett and Glen Clark.

Basic Stats:

• Population: 55985 (32nd)

• Size: 12.3 km (78th)

• Density: 4551.6 people/km (7th)

Candidates

Liberals-Fatima Siddiqui: A director of marketing at a bioscience firm, Siddiqui is a board member of LOVE BC, an award-winning youth violence organization. She has an MBA from Simon Fraser University.

NDP-Shane Simpson: The critic for Labour and the NDP Caucus Chair, Simpson was first elected in 2005. Prior to entering politics, Simpson was Director of Policy and Communications for Smart Growth BC and chair of the Vancouver Planning Commission. He also worked for former Vancouver East NDP MP Margaret Mitchell.

Greens-Brennan Wauters: A self-described “energy and environmental activist”, Waters has worked for the Federation of BC Youth in Care Network, Rainforest Action Network, and the Vancouver Communal Housing Network. The Green Party candidate in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky last federal election, Wauters has a Masters degree in Communications from McGill.

Social Credit-Carrol Woolsey: Woolsey is the leader and only candidate for the Social Credit party, which ran British Columbia from 1952 to 1972, and 1975 to 1991.