The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver Kingsway.

These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 2015 election.

Emerson was re-elected as a Liberal in the 2006 election, but crossed the floor two weeks later on February 6, 2006, to become the new Minister of International Trade in Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Then Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper dispatched campaign co-chair John Douglas Reynolds, on the day after the election, to offer Emerson a cabinet post in a Conservative government.

Emerson's acceptance of that offer made Canadian history, marking the first time a member of parliament, let alone a cabinet minister, had crossed the floor before a new government was even sworn in.

Some groups also seek legislation that would prevent floor crossing altogether or restrict a member of parliament if they abandon their party's caucus.