Vancouver (electoral district)

Vancouver (electoral district)

Vancouver was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904. This riding was created for the 1872 federal election, following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871, and lasted until 1903.

The name of this riding is not derived from the contemporary City of Vancouver, B.C., but from its first incarnation in 1871 as the riding represeenting Vancouver Island (excepting the Victoria-area ridings). The Vancouver area was part of the New Westminster (electoral district) at the time of the province joining Confederation.

For other ridings with the name Vancouver or which are in the city of Vancouver or the municipalities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Election results, 1872-1902

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
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Liberal-Conservative
Francis Hincks 1
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|n/a!align="right"|n/a%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7|1 Minister of Finance in the MacDonald government, unseated in Ontario and parachuted into this riding. Arthur Bunster and other local candidates stood down so that Hincks could have the seat by acclamation. He never saw British Columbia, despite being MP for one of its parliamentary seats for two years.

-
Liberal
Arthur Bunster
align="right"|209
align="right"|63.33%
align="right"
-
Unknown
A.C. Anderson 2
align="right"|84
align="right"|25.45%
align="right"
-
Unknown
J.W. Carey
align="right"|37
align="right"|11.21%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|330!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7| 2 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, former Hudson's Bay Company explorer who charted the Lakes Route from Lillooet to Harrison Lake in 1842.

-
Liberal
Arthur Bunster
align="right"|336
align="right"|46.86%
align="right"
-
Liberal-Conservative
D.W. Gordon
align="right"|267
align="right"|37.24%
align="right"
-
Unknown
A.J. McLellan
align="right"|74
align="right"|10.32%
align="right"
-
Unknown
John Jessop
align="right"|40
align="right"|5.58%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|717!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal-Conservative
David William Gordon
align="right"|455
align="right"|60.26%
align="right"
-
Liberal
Arthur Bunster
align="right"|300
align="right"|39.74%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|755!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal-Conservative
D.W. Gordon
align="right"|713
align="right"|60.53%
align="right"
-
Conservative
J.T. Planta
align="right"|465
align="right"|39.47%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,178!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"

-
Liberal-Conservative
D.W. Gordon
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"

-
Liberal-Conservative
Andrew Haslam
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=7|3 By-Election: On Mr. Gordon's death, February 19, 1893

-
Liberal
Wm. W.B. McInnes
align="right"|1,020
align="right"|40.96%
align="right"
-
Conservative
Andrew Haslam
align="right"|823
align="right"|33.05%
align="right"
-
Conservative
James Haggart
align="right"|647
align="right"|25.98%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,490!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Ralph Smith
align="right"|1,256
align="right"|42.49%
align="right"
-
Conservative
Clive Phillips Wolley
align="right"|868
align="right"|29.36%
align="right"
-
Liberal
William Sloan
align="right"|832
align="right"|28.15%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,956!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"

The Vancouver riding was abolished in 1903. Successor ridings were Nanaimo and Comox—Atlin.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=756 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament


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