Burrard (electoral district)

Burrard was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904 and from 1917 to 1925. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of New Westminster riding.

Election results

"Note: Winners or each election are in" bold
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Liberal
G.R. Maxwell
align="right"|1,512
align="right"|48.21%
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Conservative
G.H. Cowan
align="right"|1,214
align="right"|38.71%
align="right"
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Conservative
W.J. Bowser ¹
align="right"|410
align="right"|13.07%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,136!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7|¹ 17th Premier of British Columbia (1915-1916).

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Liberal
G.R. Maxwell
align="right"|2,716
align="right"|56.52%
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Conservative
James F. Garden
align="right"|2,089
align="right"|43.48%
align="right"|
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,805!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
Robert George Macpherson
align="right"|2,108
align="right"|48.40%
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Independent Liberal
C. Foley ³
align="right"|1,885
align="right"|43.28%
align="right"
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Independent
Thomas Robert McInnes
align="right"|362
align="right"|8.31%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,355!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7|² On Mr. Maxwell's death, November 17, 1902.
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7|³ Partner in Foley, Welch and Stuart, builders of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

The Burrard riding was redistributed in 1903 in advance of the 1904 election. Successor ridings were Vancouver City, Comox—Atlin and Yale—Cariboo. Burrard riding was re-created in 1914 from parts of Vancouver City and Comox—Atlin ridings, and was used until 1924.

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National Government
Sanford Johnston Crowe
align="right"|12,566
align="right"|66.08%
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Opposition
Patrick Donnelly
align="right"|4,707
align="right"|24.75%
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Labour
Victor Rainsford Midgley
align="right"|1,744
align="right"|9.17%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|19,017!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
John Arthur Clarke
align="right"|12,240
align="right"|55.89%
align="right"
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Liberal
Malcolm Archibald MacDonald
align="right"|6,960
align="right"|31.78%
align="right"
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Independent
John David Harrington
align="right"|2,699
align="right"|12.32%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|21,899!align="right"
!align="right"

The riding was abolished in 1924. Successor ridings were Vancouver North and Vancouver—Burrard.

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=93 Riding history 1892 - 1903 from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=94 Riding history 1914 - 1924 from the] Library of Parliament