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2008 Canadian Election Results

British Columbia - 2008 Federal Elections
Seats Won and ( % of Seats - % of Votes )

Conservatives Green
Liberals
 NDP Other Total
22
44.4
-
9..4
5
19.3
9
26.1
-
0.8
36

Official Provincial Turnout: 60.6%   Source: Elections Canada

Final Results

District Candidate Party

Votes

 % Votes
Winning Margin
Votes
Winning Margin
%
Abbotsford Ed Fast **  CON 30,853 63.3 22,920 47.0
Lionel Traverse LIB 7,933 16.3
Bonnie Rai  NDP 6,444 13.2
Karen Durant  GRN 3,141 6.4
Tim Felger  MP 358 0.7
 
BC Southern Interior Alex Atamanenko **  NDP 22,693 47.5 5,571 11.6
Rob Zandee  CON 17,122 35.9
Andy Morel  GRN 4,573 9.6
Brenda Jagpal LIB 3,292 6.9
Brian Sproule  MLPC 80 0.2
 
Burnaby--Douglas Bill Siksay **  NDP 17,937 37.9 798 1.6
Ronald Leung  CON 17,139 36.3
Bill Cunningham LIB 9,177 19.4
Doug Perry  GRN 2,822 6
George Gidora  COMM 203 0.4
 
Burnaby--New Westminster Peter Julian **  NDP 20,145 46.5 6,995 16.1
Sam Rakhra  CON 13,150 30.4
Gerry Lenoski LIB 6,681 15.4
Carrie McLaren  GRN 3,067 7.1
Ismet Yetisen  LBTN 186 0.4
Joseph Theriault  MLPC 96 0.2
 
Cariboo--Prince George Dick Harris **  CON 22,637 55.4 12,056 29.5
Bev Collins  NDP 10,581 25.9
Drew Adamick LIB 4,309 10.5
Amber Van Drielen  GRN 2,614 6.4
Douglas Gook  IND 729 1.8
 
Chilliwack--Fraser Canyon Chuck Strahl **  CON 29,198 62.3 20,407 43.5
Helen Kormendy  NDP 8,791 18.8
Barbara Lebeau  GRN 4,107 8.8
Myra Sweeney LIB 3,990 8.5
Harold J. Ludwig  CHP 653 1.4
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell  MLPC 113 0.2
 
Delta--Richmond East John Cummins **  CON 26,252 55.7 15,881 33.7
Dana L. Miller LIB 10,371 22
Szilvia Barna  NDP 6,803 14.4
Matthew Laine  GRN 3,663 7.8
 
Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca Keith Martin ** LIB 20,042 34.2 68 0.1
Troy DeSouza  CON 19,974 34.1
Jennifer Burgis  NDP 13,322 22.7
Brian G. Gordon  GRN 4,854 8.3
Philip G. Ney  IND 309 0.5
Brad Rhodes  CAP 130 0.2
 
Fleetwood--Port Kells Nina Grewal **  CON 21,389 44.7 8,887 18.6
Brenda Locke LIB 12,502 26.1
Nao Fernando  NDP 10,916 22.8
Brian Newbold  GRN 3,045 6.4
 
Kamloops--Thompson-- Cathy McLeod  CON 25,209 46.2 5,608 10.3
   Cariboo Michael Crawford  NDP 19,601 35.9
Ken Sommerfeld LIB 5,375 9.8
Donovan Grube Cavers  GRN 4,430 8.1
 
Kelowna--Lake Country Ron Cannan **  CON 31,907 55.9 23,283 40.8
Tish Lakes  NDP 8,624 15.1
Diana Cabott LIB 8,469 14.8
Angela Reid  GRN 7,821 13.7
Mark Haley  COMM 218 0.4
 
Kootenay--Columbia Jim Abbott **  CON 23,402 59.6 14,510 37.0
Leon R. Pendleton  NDP 8,892 22.6
Ralph Moore  GRN 3,933 10
Betty Aitchison LIB 3,044 7.8
 
Langley Mark Warawa **  CON 32,594 61.5 23,696 44.7
Andrew Claxton  NDP 8,898 16.8
Jake Gray CHP 5,888 11.1
Patrick Meyer  GRN 5,059 9.5
Ron Gray  LIB 594 1.1
 
Nanaimo--Alberni James Lunney **  CON 28,930 46.7 9,250 14.9
Zeni Maartman  NDP 19,680 31.8
John Fryer  GRN 7,457 12
Richard Pesik LIB 5,578 9
Frank Wagner  CHP 176 0.3
Barbara Biley  MLPC 155 0.3
 
Nanaimo--Cowichan Jean Crowder **  NDP 27,454 45.2 4,610 7.6
Reed Elley  CON 22,844 37.6
Christina Knighton  GRN 5,816 9.6
Brian Scott LIB 4,483 7.4
Jack East  MLPC 182 0.3
 
Newton--North Delta Sukh Dhaliwal ** LIB 16,481 36.4 2,493 5.5
Sandeep Pandher  CON 13,988 30.9
Teresa Townsley  NDP 11,824 26.1
Liz Walker  GRN 2,533 5.6
James Miller-Cousineau  IND 179 0.4
John Shavluk  IND 126 0.3
Harjit Daudharia  COMM 121 0.3
 
New Westminster--Coquitlam Dawn Black **  NDP 20,787 41.8 1,488 3.0
Yonah Martin  CON 19,299 38.8
Michelle Hassen LIB 5,615 11.3
Marshall Smith  GRN 3,574 7.2
Lewis C. Dahlby  LBTN 314 0.6
Roland Verrier  MLPC 103 0.2
 
North Vancouver Andrew Saxton  CON 24,371 42.3 2,820 4.9
Don Bell ** LIB 21,551 37.4
Jim Stephenson  GRN 6,168 10.7
Michael Charrois  NDP 5,417 9.4
Tunya Audain  LBTN 166 0.3
Okanagan--Coquihalla Stockwell Day **  CON 28,765 58.1 20,529 41.5
Ralph Poynting  NDP 8,236 16.6
Dan Bouchard  GRN 6,603 13.3
Valerie Hallford LIB 5,883 11.9
Okanagan--Shuswap Colin Mayes **  CON 28,002 51.7 17,338 32.0
Alice Brown  NDP 10,664 19.7
Huguette Allen  GRN 9,368 17.3
Janna Francis LIB 5,414 10
Gordie Campbell  NA 416 0.8
Darren Seymour  CAP 278 0.5
  
Pitt Meadows--Maple Ridge-- Randy Kamp **  CON 26,512 51.8 9,618 18.8
   Mission Mike Bocking  NDP 16,894 33
Mike Gildersleeve  GRN 3,833 7.5
Dan Olson LIB 3,394 6.6
Jeff Monds  LBTN 300 0.6
Evans Nicholson  IND 137 0.3
Chum Richardson  IND 101 0.2
Port Moody--Westwood-- James Moore **  CON 25,535 54.6 15,117 32.3
   Port Coquitlam Zoë Royer  NDP 10,418 22.3
Ron McKinnon LIB 6,918 14.8
Rod Brindamour  GRN 3,568 7.6
Rob Gillespie  LBTN 321 0.7
 
Prince George--Peace River Jay Hill **  CON 22,325 63.6 16,155 46.0
Betty Bekkering  NDP 6,170 17.6
Hilary Crowley  GRN 3,656 10.4
Lindsay Gidney LIB 2,954 8.4
 
Richmond Alice Wong  CON 21,359 49.8 8,138 19.0
Raymond Chan ** LIB 13,221 30.8
Dale Jackaman  NDP 5,059 11.8
Michael Anthony Wolfe  GRN 2,753 6.4
Wei Ping Chen  IND 395 0.9
Dobie Yiu-Chung To  IND 91 0.2
 
Saanich--Gulf Islands Gary Lunn **  CON 27,991 43.4 2,625 4.0
Briony Penn LIB 25,366 39.4
Andrew Lewis  GRN 6,742 10.5
Julian West  NDP 3,667 5.7
Dale P. Leier  LBTN 246 0.4
Patricia O'Brien  WB 195 0.3
Jeremy Arney  CAP 139 0.2
Dan Moreau  CHP 114 0.2
 
Skeena--Bulkley Valley Nathan Cullen **  NDP 17,219 49.8 4,658 13.4
Sharon Smith  CON 12,561 36.4
Corinna Morhart LIB 1,916 5.5
Hondo Arendt  GRN 1,613 4.7
Rod Taylor  CHP 1,125 3.3
Mary-Etta Goodacre  CAP 112 0.3
 
South Surrey--White Rock-- Russ Hiebert **  CON 31,216 56.7 19,701 35.8
   Cloverdale Judy Higginbotham LIB 11,515 20.9
Peter Prontzos  NDP 7,146 13
David Blair  GRN 4,951 9
Brian Marlatt  PCP 273 0.5
 
Surrey North Dona Cadman  CON 13,714 39.4 1,106 3.2
Rachid Arab  NDP 12,608 36.2
Marc Muhammad LIB 5,227 15
Dan Kashagama  GRN 1,925 5.5
Kevin Pielak  CHP 484 1.4
Alex Joehl  LBTN 347 1
Bernadette Keenan  IND 271 0.8
Nikolas Langlands  PCP 152 0.4
Psam Frank  CAP 105 0.3
 
Vancouver Centre Hedy Fry ** LIB 19,506 34.5 5,318 9.4
Lorne Mayencourt  CON 14,188 25.1
Michael Byers  NDP 12,047 21.3
Adriane Carr  GRN 10,354 18.3
John Clarke  LBTN 340 0.6
Michael Hill  MLPC 94 0.2
 
Vancouver East Libby Davies **  NDP 22,506 54.4 15,379 37.2
Ken Low LIB 7,127 17.2
Ryan Warawa  CON 6,432 15.5
Mike Carr  GRN 4,708 11.4
Betty Krawczyk  WLP 425 1
Anne Jamieson  MLPC 171 0.4
 
Vancouver Island North John Duncan  CON 25,963 45.8 2,497 4.4
Catherine Bell **  NDP 23,466 41.4
Philip Stone  GRN 4,544 8
Geoff Fleischer LIB 2,380 4.2
Jason Draper  IND 362 0.6
 
Vancouver Kingsway Don Davies  NDP 15,933 35.2 2,769 6.1
Wendy Yuan LIB 13,164 29.1
Salomon Rayek  CON 12,419 27.4
Doug Warkentin  GRN 3,031 6.7
Matt Kadioglu  LBTN 309 0.7
Kimball Cariou  COMM 291 0.6
Donna Petersen  MLPC 149 0.3
 
Vancouver Quadra Joyce Murray ** LIB 25,393 45.6 4,832 8.7
Deborah Meredith  CON 20,561 36.9
Dan Grice  GRN 4,916 8.8
David Caplan  NDP 4,493 8.1
Norris Barens  LBTN 333 0.6
 
Vancouver South Ujjal Dosanjh ** LIB 16,110 38.5 20 0.1
Wai Young  CON 16,090 38.4
Ann Chambers  NDP 7,376 17.6
Csaba Gulyas  GRN 2,065 4.9
Charles Boylan  MLPC 211 0.5
 
Victoria Denise Savoie **  NDP 26,443 44.6 10,106 17.0
Jack McClintock  CON 16,337 27.6
Anne Park Shannon LIB 10,006 16.9
Adam Saab  GRN 6,252 10.5
John Cooper  CHP 237 0.4
 
West Vancouver--Sunshine  John Weston  CON 26,949 44.6 10,880 18.0
  Coast--Sea to Sky Country Ian Sutherland LIB 16,069 26.6
Bill Forst  NDP 8,728 14.4
Blair Wilson **  GRN 8,723 14.4

Note: ** = Incumbent

 

Election Results Source: Elections Canada

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