Vancouver City

This article is for the former Canadian federal electoral district named Vancouver City, 1903-1914.
For the provincial riding of the same name, see Vancouver City (electoral district).
For the city, see Vancouver.
For the former soccer club, see Vancouver City (soccer club).

Vancouver City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Burrard riding.It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver South ridings.

For other ridings with the name "Vancouver", please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

Canadian federal election, 1904: Vancouver City
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Robert George Macpherson 2,938 50.58%
     Conservative R.B. Ellis 2,080 35.81%
     Socialist J.T. Mortimer 741 12.76%
     Socialist J. McGeer 50 00.86%
Total valid votes 5,809 100.00%
Total rejected ballots %
Turnout %
Canadian federal election, 1908: Vancouver City
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative George Henry Cowan 4,621 42.11%
     Liberal Wm. Wallace Burns McInnes 3,039 27.69%
     Independent Joseph Martin 2,120 19.31%
     Independent Eugene T. Kingsley 1,194 10.88%
Total valid votes 10,974 100.00%
Total rejected ballots %
Turnout %
1 Former Premier of British Columbia (1900).
Canadian federal election, 1911: Vancouver City
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Henry Herbert Stevens 6,902 58.72%
     Liberal John Harold Senkler 3,796 32.80%
     Socialist Eugene Thornton Kingsley 1,056 9.12%
Total valid votes 11,754 100.00%
Total rejected ballots %
Turnout %

The seat of Vancouver City was abolished in 1914. Successor ridings were Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver South.

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