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Vancouver Centre — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Vancouver Centre was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 5,004 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in Vancouver Centre from 1917 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1917–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1917 Unionist Unionist 13,722 67.7% Opposition (5,543) 8,179 (40.4 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 10,493 58.5% Liberal (5,538) 4,955 (27.6 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 9,458 48.5% Liberal (8,277) 1,181 (6.1 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 10,326 53.4% Liberal (8,471) 1,855 (9.6 pts)
1930 Liberal Liberal 12,064 54.6% Conservative (10,023) 2,041 (9.2 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 7,658 34.1% CCF (7,522) 136 (0.6 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 12,100 39.2% National Government (9,338) 2,762 (8.9 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 9,959 29.8% CCF (9,145) 814 (2.4 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 10,299 42.6% CCF (6,382) 3,917 (16.2 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 8,259 40.8% Social Credit (4,946) 3,313 (16.4 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 9,087 41.5% Liberal (5,357) 3,730 (17.0 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 14,044 61.4% Liberal (3,927) 10,117 (44.3 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 7,697 35.6% Progressive Conservative (6,803) 894 (4.1 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 9,472 39.3% Progressive Conservative (7,353) 2,119 (8.8 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 9,008 40.1% Progressive Conservative (6,248) 2,760 (12.3 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 25,426 56.1% NDP (11,151) 14,275 (31.5 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 19,341 41.4% Progressive Conservative (14,156) 5,185 (11.1 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 19,064 41.7% Progressive Conservative (17,143) 1,921 (4.2 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 15,430 34.6% Progressive Conservative (15,335) 95 (0.2 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,462 35.3% NDP (14,830) 1,632 (3.5 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 21,704 43.2% NDP (16,283) 5,421 (10.8 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 23,620 37.2% NDP (23,351) 269 (0.4 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 20,095 31.2% Progressive Conservative (16,274) 3,821 (5.9 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 20,878 40.9% Reform (11,567) 9,311 (18.3 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 24,553 42.3% Canadian Alliance (15,176) 9,377 (16.2 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 21,280 40.3% NDP (17,050) 4,230 (8.0 pts)
2006 Liberal Liberal 25,013 43.8% NDP (16,374) 8,639 (15.1 pts)
2008 Liberal Liberal 19,506 34.5% Conservative (14,188) 5,318 (9.4 pts)
2011 Liberal Liberal 18,260 31.0% NDP (15,325) 2,935 (5.0 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 32,554 56.1% NDP (11,618) 20,936 (36.1 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 23,599 42.2% NDP (13,280) 10,319 (18.5 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 20,873 40.4% NDP (15,869) 5,004 (9.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist13,72267.7%
Opposition5,54327.4%
Labour9924.9%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative10,49358.5%
Liberal5,53830.9%
Independent1,86610.4%
Progressive390.2%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,45848.5%
Liberal8,27742.4%
Labour1,7779.1%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative10,32653.4%
Liberal8,47143.8%
Labour5272.7%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,06454.6%
Conservative10,02345.4%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,65834.1%
CCF7,52233.4%
Conservative5,18723.1%
Reconstruction1,8728.3%
Socialist2511.1%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,10039.2%
National Government9,33830.2%
CCF8,42727.3%
Independent6302.0%
Independent4081.3%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,95929.8%
CCF9,14527.3%
Progressive Conservative8,85926.5%
Labor-Progressive3,75011.2%
Social Credit1,0423.1%
Democrat3931.2%
Socialist Labour3191.0%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,29942.6%
CCF6,38226.4%
Progressive Conservative5,97024.7%
Labor-Progressive9523.9%
Independent5952.5%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,25940.8%
Social Credit4,94624.5%
CCF4,51622.3%
Progressive Conservative1,7498.6%
Labor-Progressive7563.7%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative9,08741.5%
Liberal5,35724.5%
Social Credit4,70721.5%
CCF2,21610.1%
Labor-Progressive5282.4%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative14,04461.4%
Liberal3,92717.2%
CCF3,18313.9%
Social Credit1,0594.6%
Labor-Progressive6502.8%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,69735.6%
Progressive Conservative6,80331.5%
NDP5,11323.7%
Social Credit1,7798.2%
Independent2241.0%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,47239.3%
Progressive Conservative7,35330.5%
NDP5,82624.2%
Social Credit1,4305.9%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,00840.1%
Progressive Conservative6,24827.8%
NDP5,18423.1%
Social Credit1,8068.0%
Independent Social Credit2281.0%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,42656.1%
NDP11,15124.6%
Progressive Conservative8,32618.4%
Reform4200.9%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,34141.4%
Progressive Conservative14,15630.3%
NDP12,47026.7%
Social Credit6321.4%
Independent770.2%
Independent550.1%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,06441.7%
Progressive Conservative17,14337.5%
NDP8,85919.4%
Social Credit2570.6%
Communist2130.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party1410.3%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,43034.6%
Progressive Conservative15,33534.4%
NDP13,35030.0%
Independent2670.6%
Communist1110.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party480.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,46235.3%
NDP14,83031.8%
Liberal14,66731.5%
Rhinoceros3370.7%
Communist2000.4%
Independent1010.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party240.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative21,70443.2%
NDP16,28332.4%
Liberal10,65421.2%
Green5331.1%
Rhinoceros4871.0%
Libertarian Party of Canada3160.6%
Communist1350.3%
Confederation of Regions980.2%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative23,62037.2%
NDP23,35136.8%
Liberal14,46722.8%
Reform8761.4%
Green5140.8%
Rhinoceros2620.4%
Libertarian Party of Canada1560.2%
Independent1250.2%
Independent580.1%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,09531.2%
Progressive Conservative16,27425.2%
Reform11,23517.4%
NDP9,83015.2%
National Party of Canada5,1448.0%
Natural Law Party of Canada6701.0%
Green6161.0%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2540.4%
Libertarian Party of Canada2520.4%
Independent1090.2%
Party for the Commonwealth of Canada270.0%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,87840.9%
Reform11,56722.7%
NDP10,69021.0%
Progressive Conservative4,7369.3%
Green1,5413.0%
Independent7281.4%
Canadian Action Party5281.0%
Natural Law Party of Canada2170.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party1160.2%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal24,55342.3%
Canadian Alliance15,17626.1%
NDP6,99312.0%
Progressive Conservative6,82811.8%
Green2,2853.9%
Marijuana Party1,1161.9%
Canadian Action Party7421.3%
Natural Law Party of Canada1770.3%
Communist990.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party750.1%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,28040.3%
NDP17,05032.3%
Conservative10,13919.2%
Green3,5806.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada3040.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2430.5%
Canadian Action Party1010.2%
Communist960.2%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,01343.8%
NDP16,37428.7%
Conservative11,68420.5%
Green3,3405.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada3040.5%
Marijuana Party2590.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1300.2%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,50634.5%
Conservative14,18825.1%
NDP12,04721.3%
Green10,35418.3%
Libertarian Party of Canada3400.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party940.2%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,26031.0%
NDP15,32526.0%
Conservative15,32326.0%
Green9,08915.4%
Libertarian Party of Canada3130.5%
Progressive Canadian Party2850.5%
Pirate Party of Canada1920.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party620.1%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal32,55456.1%
NDP11,61820.0%
Conservative9,81816.9%
Green3,3705.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada6141.1%
Marxist-Leninist Party740.1%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,59942.2%
NDP13,28023.8%
Conservative10,78219.3%
Green7,00212.5%
People's Party7241.3%
Libertarian Party of Canada3790.7%
Independent1420.3%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,87340.4%
NDP15,86930.7%
Conservative11,16221.6%
Green2,0303.9%
People's Party1,6833.3%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1917: Unionist margin 40.4 pts 1921: Conservative margin 27.6 pts 1925: Conservative margin 6.1 pts 1926: Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1930: Liberal margin 9.2 pts 1935: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1940: Liberal margin 8.9 pts 1945: Liberal margin 2.4 pts 1949: Liberal margin 16.2 pts 1953: Liberal margin 16.4 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 17.0 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 44.3 pts 1962: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1963: Liberal margin 8.8 pts 1965: Liberal margin 12.3 pts 1968: Liberal margin 31.5 pts 1972: Liberal margin 11.1 pts 1974: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1979: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1993: Liberal margin 5.9 pts 1997: Liberal margin 18.3 pts 2000: Liberal margin 16.2 pts 2004: Liberal margin 8.0 pts 2006: Liberal margin 15.1 pts 2008: Liberal margin 9.4 pts 2011: Liberal margin 5.0 pts 2015: Liberal margin 36.1 pts 2019: Liberal margin 18.5 pts 2021: Liberal margin 9.7 pts 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Vancouver Centre has been contested at 32 general elections on record since 1917. Winning parties over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Liberal, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Vancouver Centre in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Vancouver Centre in 2021 with 20,873 votes (40.4%), a margin of 5,004 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won Vancouver Centre since 1917?

Since 1917, Vancouver Centre has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Vancouver Centre?

The closest contested result on record for Vancouver Centre was 1979, when Liberal beat Progressive Conservative by 95 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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