Vancouver Kingsway

Vancouver Kingsway is a diverse, working-class urban riding in the eastern half of Vancouver, running along the Kingsway commercial corridor from roughly Clark Drive in the west to Boundary Road in the east. The riding encompasses the neighbourhoods of Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, portions of Riley Park, and Victoria Drive. With over 54 percent of its population born outside Canada and large East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian communities, it is one of the most multicultural ridings in the country.

Candidates

Don Davies (NDP) is the incumbent, first elected in 2008. Born in Edmonton, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a law degree from the University of Alberta. Before entering Parliament, he worked as a lawyer, labour representative, and policy advisor, advising private-sector businesses on human resources and serving on public bodies addressing employment standards and transportation policy. He is the longest-serving MP in Vancouver Kingsway's history. Following the 2025 election, he was selected as interim leader of the federal NDP.

Amy K. Gill (Liberal) is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Chief Financial Officer with over 14 years of experience in the private and social-impact sectors. She currently serves as CFO of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation and sits on the boards of RainCity Housing and DIVERSEcity. A second-generation Canadian, she was raised on a family blueberry farm.

Ravinder Bhatia (Conservative) immigrated from India to Canada in 2008. He and his wife have operated a Montessori school in Vancouver for 15 years. He serves as a director at the Killarney Community Centre and has volunteered in Conservative campaigns since arriving in Canada.

Imtiaz Popat (Green Party) and Fiona Wang (People's Party) also stood as candidates in the riding.

About the Riding

Vancouver Kingsway is bisected by the Kingsway commercial strip, one of Vancouver's oldest and most diverse commercial corridors, lined with Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, and Latin American restaurants and shops. Kensington-Cedar Cottage, north of Kingsway, is a mixed residential area of older character homes, duplexes, and newer infill development. Renfrew-Collingwood, running along the Burnaby border, is primarily residential with commercial pockets along the Collingwood stretch of Kingsway.

The riding contains a number of significant green spaces, including John Hendry Park (Trout Lake) and portions of the Mountain View Cemetery, and sits between the larger Queen Elizabeth Park and Central Park. The Cantonese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese languages are widely spoken, reflecting the riding's deep roots as a settlement community for successive generations of immigrants from Asia and beyond.

In 2025, affordability and housing were the defining campaign issues. The riding's high proportion of renters faced escalating rents in a tight market, while homeowners in older neighbourhoods confronted pressure from developers seeking to densify residential lots. Healthcare access—particularly the shortage of family physicians accepting new patients—was a persistent concern. The riding's multicultural character made immigration policy, settlement services, and credential recognition important local issues. The cost of groceries and transit also featured prominently in a riding where average individual incomes fall below the city-wide average.