Kimball Cariou
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Kimball Cariou | |
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| Leader of the Communist Party of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Gidora |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Communist |
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Kimball Mark Cariou is a Canadian columnist and politician who has been the leader of the Communist Party of British Columbia since December 2020. He was previously the long-time editor of People's Voice, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Canada.[1] He has also written for The Georgia Straight.[2]
Biography[edit]
Cariou was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to working class parents of European and Métis heritage.[3] He joined the Communist Party of Canada in 1972 while studying at the University of Alberta, amidst growing opposition to the Vietnam War.[4] After completing his studies, he returned to Saskatchewan and served as the Communist Party of Canada's provincial leader for some time during the 1980s. In 1993, Cariou and his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became the editor of People's Voice.[3]
Electoral record[edit]
Cariou has been a perennial candidate for the federal election in Vancouver Kingsway and provincial election in British Columbia since the 1990s.[5]
Federal[edit]
| Canadian federal election, 2019: Vancouver Kingsway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Don Davies | 21,680 | 49.1 | +3.36 | ||||
| Liberal | Tamara Taggart | 10,194 | 23.1 | -4.71 | ||||
| Conservative | Helen Quan | 8,804 | 19.9 | -1.11 | ||||
| Green | Lawrence Taylor | 2,675 | 6.1 | +2.85 | ||||
| People's | Ian Torn | 427 | 1.0 | – | ||||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 292 | 0.7 | -0.28 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Donna Peterson | 91 | 0.2 | +0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,163 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 446 | |||||||
| Turnout | 44,609 | 59.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 75,050 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.035 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Vancouver Kingsway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Don Davies | 20,763 | 45.74 | -4.38 | – | |||
| Liberal | Steven Kou | 12,625 | 27.81 | +11.16 | – | |||
| Conservative | Jojo Quimpo | 9,538 | 21.01 | -7.09 | – | |||
| Green | Catherine Moore | 1,476 | 3.25 | -0.52 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Kadioglu | 468 | 1.03 | +0.44 | – | |||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 445 | 0.98 | +0.51 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Donna Petersen | 81 | 0.18 | +0.01 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.00% | $203,203.67 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,867 | 64.41 | +6.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,206 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Vancouver Kingsway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Don Davies | 23,457 | 50.08 | +14.88% | – | |||
| Conservative | Trang Nguyen | 13,157 | 28.09 | +.66% | – | |||
| Liberal | Wendy Yuan | 7,796 | 16.64 | -12.38% | – | |||
| Green | Louise Boutin | 1,860 | 3.97 | -2.73% | – | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Kadioglu | 275 | 0.59 | -11.0% | – | |||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 220 | 0.47 | -24.3% | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Donna Peterson | 78 | 0.17 | -47.6% | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.00% | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008: Vancouver Kingsway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Don Davies | 15,933 | 35.20% | +1.7% | $81,501 | |||
| Liberal | Wendy Yuan | 13,164 | 29.02% | -14.4% | $79,758 | |||
| Conservative | Salomon Rayek | 12,419 | 27.43% | +8.64% | $70,829 | |||
| Green | Doug Warkentin | 3,031 | 6.7% | +3.87% | $3,478 | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Kadioglu | 309 | 0.68% | +0.09% | -- | |||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 291 | 0.64% | +0.29% | $391 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Donna Peterson | 149 | 0.33% | +0.19% | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,296 | 100.00% | $84,758 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 328 | |||||||
| Turnout | 45,624 | |||||||
Provincial[edit]
| British Columbia general election, 2020: Vancouver-Hastings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Niki Sharma | 13,362 | 60.56 | +0.58 | ||||
| Green | Bridget Burns | 4,312 | 19.54 | +1.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Alex Read | 3,885 | 17.61 | −3.88 | ||||
| Libertarian | Gölök Z Buday | 321 | 1.45 | – | ||||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 184 | 0.83 | −0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,064 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[10] | ||||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2017: Vancouver-Hastings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Shane Simpson | 14,382 | 59.98 | +0.41 | $38,308 | |||
| Liberal | Jane Spitz | 5,152 | 21.49 | -6.15 | $24,876 | |||
| Green | David H.T. Wong | 4,238 | 17.67 | +6.56 | $3,621 | |||
| Communist | Kimball Mark Cariou | 206 | 0.86 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,978 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | 0.78 | -0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,166 | 59.59 | +6.38 | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,555 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[11][12] | ||||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2013: North Vancouver-Lonsdale | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Naomi Yamamoto | 11,060 | 45.47 | –3.69 | $92,377 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Keating | 9,872 | 40.58 | +3.48 | $112,207 | |||
| Green | Ryan Conroy | 2,257 | 9.28 | +0.75 | $4,121 | |||
| Conservative | Allan John Molyneaux | 833 | 3.42 | –0.69 | $3,099 | |||
| Libertarian | Laurence Watt | 156 | 0.64 | – | $250 | |||
| British Columbia Party | Carra-Lynn Hodgson | 77 | 0.32 | – | $250 | |||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 71 | 0.29 | – | $344 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,326 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 145 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,471 | 60.38 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[13] | ||||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2001: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 7,163 | 44.48 | -19.57 | $60,582 | |||
| Liberal | Gail Sparrow | 5,343 | 33.18 | +8.82 | $56,796 | |||
| Green | Dale Hofmann | 2,612 | 16.22 | +11.86 | $3,276 | |||
| Marijuana | David Malmo-Levine | 489 | 3.03 | – | $721 | |||
| Unity | Ken Wright | 166 | 1.03 | – | $185 | |||
| No Affiliation | Liar Liar | 148 | 0.92 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 142 | 0.88 | -0.19 | $332 | |||
| Party of Citizens | Franklin Wayne Poley | 42 | 0.26 | – | 331 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,105 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 208 | 1.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 16,313 | 59.36 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -14.2 | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 1996: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jenny Kwan | 11,155 | 64.05 | $41,905 | ||||
| Liberal | Anne Beer | 4,243 | 24.36 | $32,735 | ||||
| Green | Paul Alexander | 759 | 4.36 | $100 | ||||
| Progressive Democrat | John Spark | 584 | 3.35 | $100 | ||||
| Reform | Wayne Marsden | 354 | 2.03% | |||||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 121 | 0.69 | $319 | ||||
| Natural Law | John S.W. Kent | 114 | 0.65 | $120 | ||||
| Social Credit | Agnes Kokko | 86 | 0.49 | $526 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,416 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 284 | 1.60 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,700 | 60.50 | ||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kimball Cariou". People's Voice. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Kimball Cariou". The Georgia Straight.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kimball Cariou". Communist Party of BC. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Unconventional candidates forge a path during 2020 election". CBC News. October 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ Kurucz, John (October 3, 2019). "Here's who's running in Vancouver in the 2019 federal election". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vancouver Kingsway, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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