 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Quadra in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver area | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1947 | ||
| First contested | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 105,608 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 75,538 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 42 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,514.5 | ||
| Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Greater Vancouver A, Musqueam 2, Vancouver | ||
Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The constituency bears the name of the Spanish explorer who surveyed the area in 1775, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.[2] Since 2007, the riding has been represented by Liberal MP Joyce Murray, who has served in the 29th ministry under Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
Within the boundaries of this riding are the University of British Columbia and the western portions of the affluent West Side of Vancouver. Voters within Vancouver Quadra have tended to elect centrist candidates, which is an exception to the province as a whole where politics has tended to be more polarized. Though the Liberals have held the seat since 1984, MPs tend to be on the right wing of the party. For example, the current MP, Joyce Murray, was previously a cabinet minister in the centre-right British Columbia Liberal Party, which is unaffiliated with the federal Liberal party and attracts the vast majority of voters who vote for the Conservative Party of Canada in federal elections.