South Vancouver (electoral district)

South Vancouver (electoral district)

South Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916 (at the time of its creation the Municipality of South Vancouver was incorporated separately from the City of Vancouver).

For other current and historical electoral districts in the City of Vancouver, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold.
Conservative
William Boulton
align="right"|1,374
align="right"|39.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Liberal
John Walter Weart
align="right"|1,579
align="right"|45.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent-Labour
Job Elija Wilton
align="right"|498
align="right"|14.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,451 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Conservative
Frederick O. Hodgson
align="right"|2,444
align="right"|28.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
John William McIntosh
align="right"|955
align="right"|11.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Federated Labour Party
Robert Henry Neelands
align="right"|3,255
align="right"|37.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Franklin John Russell
align="right"|1,969
align="right"|22.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,623 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Walter John Buckingham
align="right"|1,141
align="right"|22.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Jonathan Webster Cornett
align="right"|1,284
align="right"|25.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Canadian Labour Party
Robert Henry Neelands
align="right"|1,971
align="right"|38.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
James Nixon
align="right"|692
align="right"|13.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,088 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Conservative
Jonathan Webster Cornett
align="right"|2,452
align="right"|47.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles William Feast
align="right"|696
align="right"|13.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Edward Wood Guy
align="right"|39
align="right"|0.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Labour Party 1
Robert Henry Neelands
align="right"|1,981
align="right"|38.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
James Nixon
align="right"|692
align="right"|13.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,168 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|164!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Labour in "Summary of Votes"

Following the 1928 election the South Vancouver riding was redistributed. Parts of it were put in different ridings, principally Vancouver-Point Grey, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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