Vancouver City (electoral district)

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Vancouver City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a four member riding based in the newly-created city of Vancouver.

It did not appear on the hustings until the 1890 election - the city only having been chartered and named in the year of the previous election when the locality was a small polling area of the New Westminster (provincial electoral district) riding. It is a sign of Vancouver's rapid growth that by 1890 there were over 300 electors, by 1900 there were 15,000, by 1903 over 25,000 votes cast; prior to 1885 the population of the waterside village of Granville, B.I. (Burrard Inlet, a postal address shared by Moodyville, New Brighton and Barnet) had been in the range of 300. When the riding was created it was a two-member riding but because of population increase was made a three-member riding in 1890 and in 1903 a five-member seat. By the 1920s it had become a six-member seat with over 200,000 votes cast. When it was broken up after the 1928 election it became four ridings, three with two seats (Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East and one with three members (Vancouver-Point Grey.

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871-1961
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

[edit] Political Geography and History

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: winners in each election in bold.

6th British Columbia election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Opposition Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1 1,123 36.07% unknown
     Government James M. Fox 33 1.06% unknown
     Opposition Samuel Greer 2 649 20.85% unknown
     Independent James Welton Horne 3 695 22.33% unknown
     Opposition James Orr 135 4.34% unknown
     Independent Robert Garnett Tatlow 478 15.35% unknown
Total valid votes 3,113 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Vancouver publisher (Vancouver Province newspaper) and mayoral contender
2 Landowner at "Greer's Beach", now Kitsilano Beach.
3 Promoter of the "Great Land Sale" in 1891 in Mission City


7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government Robert Alexander Anderson 920 11.32% unknown
     Progressive Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1,736 21.36% unknown
     Independents Samuel Greer 208 2.56% unknown
     Opposition Robert MacPherson 1,766 21.73% unknown
     Government Edward Odlum 607 7.47% unknown
     Government Robert Garnett Tatlow 979 12.05% unknown
     Opposition Adolpus Williams 1,911 23.51% unknown
Total valid votes 8,127 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government William John Bowser 879 8.26% unknown
     Government John T. Carroll 954 8.97% unknown
     Opposition Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1,667 15.67% unknown
     Government James Ford Garden 1,157 10.88% unknown
     Government William Seaman McDonald 735 6.91% unknown
     Opposition Robert MacPherson 1,795 16.88% unknown
     Opposition Joseph Martin 1,651 15.52% unknown
     Opposition Charles Edward Tisdall 1,798 16.91% unknown
Total valid votes 10,636 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


9th British Columbia election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton 802 5.24% unknown
     Independent Labour Party Joseph Dixon 853 5.57% unknown
     Conservative James Ford Garden 1,787 11.67% unknown
     Conservative Hugh Bowie Gilmour 1,465 9.57% unknown
     Independent Labour Party William MacClain 683 4.46% unknown
     Independent-Government Robert MacPherson 1,435 9.37% unknown
     Government Joseph Martin7 1,737 11.34% unknown
     Government James McQueen 1,391 9.08% unknown
     Opposition Robert Garnett Tatlow 1,645 10.74% unknown
     Labour Francis Williams 716 4.67% unknown
     Conservative Charles Wilson 1,457 9.51% unknown
     Conservative William Henry Wood 1,344 8.78% unknown
Total valid votes 15,315 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
7 Thirteenth Premier of British Columbia.


10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Truman Smith Baxter 1,411 5.64% unknown
     Conservative John William Bowser 2,304 9.2% unknown
     Liberal William Disbrow Brydone-Jack 1,461 5.84% unknown
     Conservative James Ford Garden 2,464 9.86% unknown
     Socialist Labour Party William Griffiths 284 1.14% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 2,300 9.20% unknown
     Vancouver (Independent) Labour Party John McLaren 1,164 4.66% unknown
     Liberal Joseph Martin 1,546 6.18% unknown
     Liberal Clarence Monck 910 3.64% unknown
     Socialist John Thomas Mortimer 1,328 5.31% unknown
     Vancouver (Independent) Labour Party Albert George Perry 1,248 4.99% unknown
     Socialist Albion Rovert Stebbings 956 3.82% unknown
     Conservative Robert Garnett Tatlow 2,660 10.64% unknown
     Liberal James Douglas Turnbull 1,193 4.77% unknown
     Vancouver (Independent) Labour Party Francis Williams 1,357 5.43% unknown
     Conservative Charles Wilson 2,416 9.66% unknown
Total valid votes 25,002 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


11th British Columbia general election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 3,152 10.45% unknown
     Socialist John Edward Dubberley 599 1.99% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 2,096 6.95% unknown
     Conservative James Ford Garden 3,080 10.21% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Henderson 2,248 7.45% unknown
     Socialist Eugene Thornton Kingsley 617 2.04% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 3,141 10.41% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 2,994 9.92% unknown
     Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes 2,233 7.40% unknown
     Liberal Robert Purvis McLennan 2,316 7.68% unknown
     Socialist James Hackett McVety 616 2.04% unknown
     Liberal] Thomas Fletcher Neelands 2,063 6.84% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party of BC Albert George Perry 281 0.93% unknown
     Socialist Richard Parminter Pettipiece 602 1.99% unknown
     Socialist Albion Robert Stebbings 598 1.98% unknown
     Conservative Robert Garnet Tatlow 6 3,136 10.39% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party of BC Francis Williams 401 1.33% unknown
Total valid votes 30,173 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6 spelled Garnet on this ballot, Garnett in other years


12th British Columbia general election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 5,441 10.60% unknown
     Liberal John Bell Campbell 3,227 6.29 % unknown
     Socialist Peter Garvie 1,227 2.39% unknown
     Socialist Eugene Thornton Kingsley 1,883 3.67% unknown
     Liberal George Ernest MacDonald 3,984 7.76% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 3,141 10.41% unknown
     Socialist Moses McGregor 1,218 2.37% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 4,826 9.41% unknown
     Socialist William Murray MacKenzie 1,231 2.40% unknown
     Socialist Richard Parminter Pettipiece 1,428 2.78% unknown
     Liberal John Harold Senkler 4,110 8.01% unknown
     Liberal James Stables 3,356 6.54% unknown
     Conservative] Charles Edward Tisdall 2,063 6.84% unknown
     Liberal Frederick Coate Wade 3,942 7.68% unknown
     Conservative] Henry Holgate Watson 5,202 10.14% unknown
Total valid votes 51,316 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


13th British Columbia general election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Socialist William Bennett 1,134 2.45% unknown
     Conservative William John Bowser 5,101 11.02% unknown
     Liberal Cameron William Smith 2,716 5.87% unknown
     Liberal Joseph Nealon Ellis 2,619 5.66% unknown
     Liberal Charles William Enright 2,947 6.37% unknown
     Independent Samuel Greer 897 1.94% unknown
     Socialist Joseph Patrick Lord 1,133 2.45% unknown
     Socialist John Amos MacDonald 1,263 2.73% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 5,061 10.93% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 5,114 11.05% unknown
     Socialist WilliamArthur Pritchard 1,081 2.34% unknown
     Socialist John Reid 1,156 2.50% unknown
     Liberal Ralph Smith 3,257 7.04% unknown
     Liberal William Maxwell Smith 2,744 5.93% unknown
     Conservative Charles Edward Tisdall 5,085 10.97% unknown
     Conservative Henry Holgate Watson 4,977 10.75% unknown
Total valid votes 46,285 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Edwin Clarke Appleby 743 0.78% unknown
     Conservative William John Bowser 7,421 7.75% unknown
     Independent Conservative Robert Cassidy 2,451 2.56% unknown
     Liberal John Sedgwick Cowper 7,056 7.37% unknown
     Liberal Patrick Donnelly 7,005 7.32% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Duke 6,395 6.68% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 7,881 8.23% unknown
     Independent Arthur Freeman Fawcett 665 0.69% unknown
     Socialist John David Harrington 1,380 1.44% unknown
     Conservative Walter Leek 6,136 6.41% unknown
     Liberal Malcolm Archibald MacDonald 9,119 9.53% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 5,906 6.17% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 6,270 6.55% unknown
     Liberal John William MacIntosh 8,096 8.46% unknown
     Liberal Ralph Smith 8,106 8.47% unknown
     Conservative Charles Edward Tisdall 6,922 7.23% unknown
     Independent Conservative Thomas Owen Townley 250 0.26% unknown
     Independent Labour (non-party) Charles Edward Tisdall 2,487 2.60% unknown
     Independent Harold George White 1,416 1.48% unknown
Total valid votes 95,705 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Vancouver Rentpayers Assn. George Johnson Ashworth 3,291 1.63% unknown
     Conservative George Black 10,379 5.13% unknown
     Conservative William John Bowser 11,617 5.75% unknown
     Independent Moses Brewins Cotworth 5,511 2.73% unknown
     Women's Freedom League Esther Margaret Crosfield 4,166 2.06% unknown
     Socialist John Dennis 1,451 0.72% unknown
     Liberal John Patrick Dougherty 10,388 5.14% unknown
     Socialist Sidney Earp 1,694 0.84% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 12,550 6.21% unknown
     Socialist John David Harrington 2,956 1.46% unknown
     Conservative Samuel Lyness Howe 9,913 4.90% unknown
     Liberal Malcolm Archibald MacDonald 12,222 6.04% unknown
     Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 13,840 6.84% unknown
     Socialist William McQuoid 1,524 0.75% unknown
     Conservative John Wesley Mahan 8,810 4.36% unknown
     Independent Joseph Martin 9,123 4.51% unknown
     Grand Army of the United Veterans John Livingstone Millar 2,808 1.39% unknown
     Grand Army of the United Veterans Percival Horace North 2,633 1.30% unknown
     Conservative Edith Louise Paterson 9,573 4.73% unknown
     Liberal James Ramsay 12,279 6.07% unknown
     Federated Labour Party Thomas Richardson 7,192 3.56% unknown
     Socialist James Ferguson Smith 2,267 1.12% unknown
     Liberal Mary Ellen Smith 17,510 8.66% unknown
     Socialist Christopher Stephenson 1,818 0.90% unknown
     Independent Thomas Turberville 1,487 0.74% unknown
     Federated Labour Party William Robert Trotter 7,481 3.70% unknown
     Conservative John Weightman Warden 10,278 5.08% unknown
     Federated Labour Party James Shaver Woodsworth 7,444 3.68% unknown
Total valid votes 202,205 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 7,818 4.12% unknown
     Independent Conservative Robert Cassidy 276 0.15% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Wilfred Harry Cottrell 6,314 3.33% unknown
     Provincial Andrew McCreight Creery 9,071 4.78% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party William Dunn 5,752 3.03% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 8,427 4.44% unknown
     Provincial Jessie Columbia Hall 8,749 4.61% unknown
     Socialist John David Harrington 3,281 1.73% unknown
     Conservative Samuel Lyness Howe 7,250 3.82% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Henry Kirk 7,686 4.05% unknown
     Socialist Henry McEvoy 750 0.40% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Angus McInnis 5,897 3.11% unknown
     Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 9,476 4.99% unknown
     Provincial Alexander Duncan McRae 9,008 4.75% unknown
     Liberal Christopher McRae 9,778 5.15% unknown
     Provincial Donald Edgar McTaggart 8,924 4.70 unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 8,417 4.44% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Edmund Henry Morrison 5,613 2.96% unknown
     Liberal Victor Wentworth Odlum 10,011 5.28% unknown
     Independent Liberal Guy Cathcart Pelton 225 0.12% unknown
     Conservative Perry Douglas Roe 7,222 3.81% unknown
     Provincial Francis William Rounsefell 8,407 4.43% unknown
     Conservative Emma Wood Scott 7,292 3.84% unknown
     Provincial George Gower Birt Showler 7,437 3.92% unknown
     Liberal Mary Ellen Smith 9,251 4.88% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Priscilla Janet Smith 6,078 3.20% unknown
     Liberal Charles Woodward 11,318 5.97% unknown
Total valid votes 189,728 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Henry Elston Almond 11,818 6.56% unknown
     Conservative William Dick 15,968 8.86% unknown
     Liberal Dugald Donaghy 13,176 7.31% unknown
     Liberal John Pitcairn Hogg 10,948 6.08% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Henry Kirk 15,943 8.85% unknown
     Independent Labour Party Angus McInnis 6,026 3.34% unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 16,499 9.16% unknown
     Independent Liberal Guy Cathcart Pelton 976 0.54% unknown
     Conservative William Curtis Shelly 17,486 9.70% unknown
     Independent Labour Party Robert Skinner 4,223 2.34% unknown
     Liberal Helen Douglas Smith 12,514 6.94% unknown
     Conservative Nelson Spencer 16,717 9.28% unknown
     Liberal Frederick William Sterling 11,045 6.13% unknown
     Liberal Nicholas Thompson 11,101 6.16% unknown
     Conservative George Alexander Walkem 15,769 8.75% unknown
Total valid votes 180,209 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 425
Turnout %

Vancouver City last appeared in the 1928 election. For the 1933 general election Vancouver City was redistributed into:

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