- Current MLA: Kevin Falcon, BC United (first elected in 2022)
- Candidates:
- BC NDP: Callista Ryan
- BC Conservatives: Dallas Brodie
- BC Greens: Michael Barkusky
- Description:
- With Wilkinson’s comfortable 28-point victory in 2020 and Falcon’s by-election triumph with just under 60% of the vote, this riding was usually one of the safest for the BC Liberals.
- Home to outgoing BC United leader Kevin Falcon, Vancouver-Quilchena is now bereft of its traditional political party champion. Instead, Falcon’s Conservative opponent in the 2022 by-election, Dallas Brodie, has returned for a second kick at the can, all the while NDP candidate Callista Ryan aims to pull off an upset by swaying federal Liberals.
- Dunbar, Arbutus Ridge, Shaughnessy, and Kerrisdale constitute the crème de la crème of the riding, while the NDP finds pockets of support along East 16th and 41st.
- Brodie’s background as a lawyer fits the riding’s aesthetic quite well, while Ryan seeks to represent the UBC students residing in basement suites dotted across the riding. Of interest will be how Quilchena’s Chinese-Canadian population breaks—numbering 23,000 in the 2021 census and comprising 40% of the riding’s population, they could play an outsized role in determining the outcome.
- Election 2020 results (with 2024 boundaries):
- BC Liberals – 57%
- BC NDP – 28%
- BC Greens – 15%
Hugh Chan is a second year student at UBC studying International Relations and Data Science. You can find more coverage of the 2024 BC election as well as politics across East Asia and the Anglosphere at https://x.com/shxnhugh.
