Summary: Vancouver’s downtown riding, Liberal MP Hedy Fry is hoping to be elected to an eighth term in Vancouver Centre.
Boundaries: All of Downtown Vancouver (with the exception of the Downtown Eastside), along with the False Creek neighbourhoods between Arbutus and Main Street
Last Election: Liberal MP Hedy Fry won her seventh term in Vancouver Centre, defeating NDP candidate Karen Shillington by five per cent.
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History: With the exception 1980 to 1993, when the seat was held by Progressive Conservative MPs, the Liberals have held Vancouver Centre since 1962.
Demographics: The median income of $35,305 is the highest in British Columbia—but the average number of children per household, at just 0.5, is the lowest.
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Conservative: Elaine Allan, former executive director of Shelter Net B.C
NDP: Constance Barnes, former Vancouver Park Board commissioner
Liberal: Hedy Fry, MP since 1993
Green: Lisa Barrett, former mayor of Bowen Island
Marxist-Leninist: Michael Hill
Libertarian: John Clarke
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