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Vancouver East — Canadian Federal Election Results

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

Vancouver East was won by NDP at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 18,172 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Vancouver East from 1935 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1935–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1935 CCF CCF 13,629 50.9% Liberal (7,090) 6,539 (24.4 pts)
1940 CCF CCF 12,490 43.0% Liberal (9,196) 3,294 (11.3 pts)
1945 CCF CCF 16,003 44.7% Liberal (7,786) 8,217 (22.9 pts)
1949 CCF CCF 14,056 47.1% Liberal (10,154) 3,902 (13.1 pts)
1953 CCF CCF 10,192 50.6% Social Credit (4,885) 5,307 (26.3 pts)
1957 CCF CCF 10,782 47.6% Social Credit (5,312) 5,470 (24.1 pts)
1958 CCF CCF 11,486 48.6% Progressive Conservative (8,654) 2,832 (12.0 pts)
1962 NDP NDP 12,329 54.3% Liberal (4,447) 7,882 (34.7 pts)
1963 NDP NDP 12,688 54.3% Liberal (5,538) 7,150 (30.6 pts)
1965 NDP NDP 11,854 56.9% Liberal (3,969) 7,885 (37.8 pts)
1968 NDP NDP 13,339 50.0% Liberal (9,750) 3,589 (13.5 pts)
1972 NDP NDP 13,525 49.0% Liberal (8,687) 4,838 (17.5 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 9,671 36.5% NDP (9,614) 57 (0.2 pts)
1979 NDP NDP 13,697 42.7% Liberal (12,522) 1,175 (3.7 pts)
1980 NDP NDP 14,245 43.9% Liberal (12,979) 1,266 (3.9 pts)
1984 NDP NDP 18,464 51.8% Liberal (9,044) 9,420 (26.4 pts)
1988 NDP NDP 20,108 51.2% Liberal (11,692) 8,416 (21.4 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 14,237 36.2% NDP (12,339) 1,898 (4.8 pts)
1997 NDP NDP 14,961 42.4% Liberal (13,123) 1,838 (5.2 pts)
2000 NDP NDP 16,818 42.4% Liberal (13,421) 3,397 (8.6 pts)
2004 NDP NDP 23,452 56.5% Liberal (10,768) 12,684 (30.5 pts)
2006 NDP NDP 23,927 56.6% Liberal (9,907) 14,020 (33.1 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 22,506 54.4% Liberal (7,127) 15,379 (37.2 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 27,794 62.8% Conservative (8,361) 19,433 (43.9 pts)
2015 NDP NDP 29,316 49.9% Liberal (16,532) 12,784 (21.8 pts)
2019 NDP NDP 29,236 52.6% Liberal (10,085) 19,151 (34.4 pts)
2021 NDP NDP 27,969 56.4% Liberal (9,797) 18,172 (36.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1935

PartyVotesShare
CCF13,62950.9%
Liberal7,09026.5%
Conservative3,36412.6%
Communist1,5555.8%
Reconstruction1,1344.2%

1940

PartyVotesShare
CCF12,49043.0%
Liberal9,19631.6%
New Democracy5,97520.6%
Communist1,3984.8%

1945

PartyVotesShare
CCF16,00344.7%
Liberal7,78621.7%
Progressive Conservative7,00819.6%
Labor-Progressive4,28312.0%
Democrat7292.0%

1949

PartyVotesShare
CCF14,05647.1%
Liberal10,15434.0%
Progressive Conservative4,26114.3%
Labor-Progressive1,3774.6%

1953

PartyVotesShare
CCF10,19250.6%
Social Credit4,88524.2%
Liberal3,27216.2%
Progressive Conservative1,0385.2%
Labor-Progressive7643.8%

1957

PartyVotesShare
CCF10,78247.6%
Social Credit5,31223.4%
Progressive Conservative4,11018.1%
Liberal2,45410.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
CCF11,48648.6%
Progressive Conservative8,65436.6%
Liberal2,1759.2%
Social Credit1,3385.7%

1962

PartyVotesShare
NDP12,32954.3%
Liberal4,44719.6%
Progressive Conservative3,39515.0%
Social Credit1,8678.2%
Communist6482.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
NDP12,68854.3%
Liberal5,53823.7%
Progressive Conservative3,33514.3%
Social Credit1,8047.7%

1965

PartyVotesShare
NDP11,85456.9%
Liberal3,96919.0%
Social Credit2,84013.6%
Progressive Conservative1,9009.1%
Progressive Workers Movement2741.3%

1968

PartyVotesShare
NDP13,33950.0%
Liberal9,75036.6%
Progressive Conservative2,3778.9%
Social Credit7262.7%
Communist4771.8%

1972

PartyVotesShare
NDP13,52549.0%
Liberal8,68731.5%
Progressive Conservative4,58416.6%
Social Credit6132.2%
Independent2060.7%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,67136.5%
NDP9,61436.3%
Progressive Conservative6,74725.4%
Communist2981.1%
Marxist-Leninist Party1810.7%

1979

PartyVotesShare
NDP13,69742.7%
Liberal12,52239.0%
Progressive Conservative5,30416.5%
Social Credit3341.0%
Communist1700.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party440.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
NDP14,24543.9%
Liberal12,97940.0%
Progressive Conservative4,74214.6%
Rhinoceros1980.6%
Communist1790.6%
Independent610.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party340.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
NDP18,46451.8%
Liberal9,04425.4%
Progressive Conservative7,21020.2%
Rhinoceros3421.0%
Libertarian Party of Canada3300.9%
Communist2590.7%

1988

PartyVotesShare
NDP20,10851.2%
Liberal11,69229.8%
Progressive Conservative6,24815.9%
Green4011.0%
Libertarian Party of Canada2780.7%
Rhinoceros2770.7%
Communist1800.5%
Independent880.2%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,23736.2%
NDP12,33931.4%
Reform4,67111.9%
Progressive Conservative3,4848.9%
National Party of Canada2,4196.2%
Libertarian Party of Canada8022.0%
Green5711.5%
Natural Law Party of Canada3831.0%
Independent3430.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party840.2%

1997

PartyVotesShare
NDP14,96142.4%
Liberal13,12337.2%
Reform4,28712.1%
Green1,2213.5%
Progressive Conservative9642.7%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2260.6%
Natural Law Party of Canada1850.5%
Independent1610.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party1580.4%

2000

PartyVotesShare
NDP16,81842.4%
Liberal13,42133.9%
Canadian Alliance5,53614.0%
Progressive Conservative1,4393.6%
Green9752.5%
Marijuana Party7241.8%
Canadian Action Party4321.1%
Independent1960.5%
Natural Law Party of Canada970.2%

2004

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,45256.5%
Liberal10,76825.9%
Conservative4,15310.0%
Green2,3655.7%
Marijuana Party3991.0%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2500.6%
Independent1470.4%

2006

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,92756.6%
Liberal9,90723.4%
Conservative5,63113.3%
Green2,5366.0%
Canadian Action Party2930.7%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP22,50654.4%
Liberal7,12717.2%
Conservative6,43215.5%
Green4,70811.4%
Work Less Party4251.0%
Marxist-Leninist Party1710.4%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP27,79462.8%
Conservative8,36118.9%
Liberal4,3829.9%
Green3,3837.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party3180.7%

2015

PartyVotesShare
NDP29,31649.9%
Liberal16,53228.2%
Conservative6,32210.8%
Green5,3959.2%
Communist5250.9%
Independent2160.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party2140.4%
Pirate Party of Canada1880.3%

2019

PartyVotesShare
NDP29,23652.6%
Liberal10,08518.1%
Green8,06214.5%
Conservative6,72412.1%
People's Party6791.2%
Libertarian Party of Canada5621.0%
Communist1770.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada860.2%

2021

PartyVotesShare
NDP27,96956.4%
Liberal9,79719.8%
Conservative5,39910.9%
Green3,8267.7%
People's Party1,3822.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada8311.7%
Communist3870.8%

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.

1935: CCF margin 24.4 pts 1940: CCF margin 11.3 pts 1945: CCF margin 22.9 pts 1949: CCF margin 13.1 pts 1953: CCF margin 26.3 pts 1957: CCF margin 24.1 pts 1958: CCF margin 12.0 pts 1962: NDP margin 34.7 pts 1963: NDP margin 30.6 pts 1965: NDP margin 37.8 pts 1968: NDP margin 13.5 pts 1972: NDP margin 17.5 pts 1974: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1979: NDP margin 3.7 pts 1980: NDP margin 3.9 pts 1984: NDP margin 26.4 pts 1988: NDP margin 21.4 pts 1993: Liberal margin 4.8 pts 1997: NDP margin 5.2 pts 2000: NDP margin 8.6 pts 2004: NDP margin 30.5 pts 2006: NDP margin 33.1 pts 2008: NDP margin 37.2 pts 2011: NDP margin 43.9 pts 2015: NDP margin 21.8 pts 2019: NDP margin 34.4 pts 2021: NDP margin 36.6 pts 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 East has been contested at 27 general elections on record since 1935. Winning parties over that span: CCF, NDP, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Vancouver East in the 2021 general election?

NDP won Vancouver East in 2021 with 27,969 votes (56.4%), a margin of 18,172 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Vancouver East since 1935?

Since 1935, Vancouver East has been won by: CCF, Liberal, NDP.

What was the closest result in Vancouver East?

The closest contested result on record for Vancouver East was 1974, when Liberal beat NDP by 57 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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