Vancouver South

Lying in the southeastern corner of the City of Vancouver between Cambie Street and the city's eastern boundary with Burnaby, Vancouver South extends from roughly 41st Avenue south to the Fraser River. The riding encompasses the neighbourhoods of Sunset, Victoria–Fraserview, and Killarney, along with portions of South Cambie and Champlain Heights.

Candidates

Harjit S. Sajjan (Liberal) — A retired lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, Sajjan served with The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) and deployed overseas four times, including once to Bosnia and three times to Afghanistan. He also served eleven years with the Vancouver Police Department, where he was a detective in the gang crime unit, before seeking the Liberal nomination in Vancouver South.

Wai Young (Conservative) — The incumbent MP, Young was first elected in 2011 after a narrow 20-vote loss in 2008. A UBC graduate in sociology with post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University and BCIT, she had spent over thirty years working with community organizations in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and was the only Conservative MP representing a Vancouver riding during the 41st Parliament.

Amandeep Nijjar (NDP) — A finance officer who managed the finances of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 378, Nijjar entered politics in part due to difficulties finding affordable child care while working full time. She was nominated as the NDP's candidate in the summer of 2015.

Elain Ng (Green Party) — Ng represented the Green Party in a riding where the party typically drew single-digit support.

Charles Boylan (Marxist-Leninist) and Raj Gupta (PC Party) also stood as candidates.

About the Riding

Vancouver South is among the most diverse federal ridings in Canada. Cantonese, Punjabi, and Tagalog are the most common non-official mother tongues. The Punjabi Market on Main Street near 49th Avenue, a concentration of South Asian shops and restaurants in the Sunset neighbourhood, has long served as a cultural hub, though its commercial vitality has been challenged by suburban migration to Surrey and Delta. Marine Drive is a major commercial corridor with big-box retail and the River District, a large residential development at the riding's southeastern tip along the Fraser River. Federal issues included immigration policy and family reunification processing times, affordable housing amid Vancouver's escalating real estate market, and infrastructure investment in the George Massey Tunnel replacement and Fraser River flood mitigation.