Vancouver-Burrard

Not to be confused with the federal electoral district, Vancouver—Burrard.

Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election.

For the 2009 election, the riding was split across two new ridings. The portion west of Burrard, Georgia, and Jervis became the new Vancouver-West End riding.^[1] The remainder of Vancouver-Burrard joined part of Vancouver-Fairview to become the new Vancouver-False Creek riding.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 MLAs
5 Election results
6 External links
7 References

Demographics

From 2001 Canadian Census

Population, 2001	64,046
Population Change, 1996–2001	20.9%
Area (km²)	8.89
Pop. Density (people per km²)	7,204

Geography

History

MLAs

Emery Barnes, NDP (1991–1996)
Tim Stevenson, NDP (1996–2001)
Lorne Mayencourt, Liberal (2001–2008)
Spencer Herbert, NDP (2008–2009)

Election results

By-election, October 29, 2008: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Spencer Herbert	6,998	50.67	+8.57	$62,474
	BC Liberal	Arthur Griffiths	5,089	36.85	-5.24	$91,934
	Green	Drina Read	741	5.37	-7.70	$2,788
	Conservative	Ian McLeod	599	4.34		$2,379
	Marijuana	Marc Emery	384	2.78		$1,840
Total Valid Votes			13,811	100
Total Rejected Ballots			26	0.19
Turnout			13,837	23.21

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Lorne Mayencourt	12,009	42.16%	-5.94	$161,227
	NDP	Tim Stevenson	11,998	42.12%	+11.04	$67,587
	Green	Janek Patrick John Kuchmistrz	3,698	12.98%	-3.21	$8,237
	Libertarian	John Clarke	388	1.36%		$100
	Work Less	Lisa Voldeng	170	0.60%		$1,855
	Sex Party	John Gordon Ince	111	0.39%		$100
	DRBC	Ian McLeod	82	0.29%		$400
	Platinum	Antonio Francisco Ferreira	27	0.09%		$100
Total Valid Votes			28,483	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			196	0.69%
Turnout			28,679	51.95%

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Lorne Mayencourt	11,396	48.11%	+10.88	$46,939
	NDP	Tim Stevenson	7,359	31.07%	-18.63	$45,493
	Green	Robbie Mattu	3,826	16.15%	+13.52	$1,029
	Marijuana	Marc Emery	906	3.82%		$394
	Unity	Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell	290	1.15%
	Independent	Boris Bear	136	0.57%		$157
	People's Front	Joseph Theriault	40	0.17%		$57
	Independent Rhino	Helvis	25	0.11%		$100
Total Valid Votes			23,688	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			123	0.52%
Turnout			23,811	63.67%

B.C. General Election 1996: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Tim Stevenson	10,646	49.70%	-1.23	$43,534
	BC Liberal	Duncan Wilson	7,975	37.23%	+2.00	$50,880
	PDA	Laura McDiarmid	1,014	4.73%		$1,072
	Green	Imtiaz Popat	563	2.63%	+0.32	$155
	BC Reform	Aletta Buday	671	3.13%		$100
	Libertarian	John Clarke	458	2.14%
	Natural Law	Wayne A. Melvin	93	0.43%		$100
Total Valid Votes			21,420	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			257	1.19%
Turnout			21,677	62.68%

B.C. General Election 1991: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Emery Barnes	9,725	50.93%		$56,902
	BC Liberal	Steven R. Bourne	6,727	35.23%		$7,987
	Social Credit	Joy Davies	2,201	11.53%		$29,256
	Green	Andy Telfer	441	2.31%		$1,349
Total Valid Votes			19,094	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			552	2.81%
Turnout			19,646	65.59%

B.C. General Election 1966: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Thomas Rodney Berger	9849	24.4%
	NDP	Raymond Parkinson	9498	23.5%
	Social Credit	Alsbury	7584	18.8%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	7584	18.8%
	Liberal	Brennan	3190	7.9%
	Liberal	Higgs	2681	6.6%
Total Valid Votes			40386	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			322	0.78%
Turnout			20988	58.3%

B.C. General Election 1963: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	11,181	19.1%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	10,612	18.1%
	NDP	Thomas Rodney Berger	10,345	17.6%
	NDP	Neale	8998	15.3%
	Liberal	Phillips	5798	9.9%
	Liberal	Mussallem	5291	9.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Coultas	3457	5.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Ashdown	2975	5.1%
Total Valid Votes			58,657	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			468	1.16%
Turnout			31022	52.9%

B.C. General Election 1960: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	10,642	18.9%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	10,231	18.1%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Neale	9505	16.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vulliamy	9333	16.6%
	Liberal	Kearney	5715	10.1%
	Liberal	Lyon	5744	10.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Sturdy	2611	4.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas	1904	3.4%
	Communist	Edwards	339	0.6%
	Communist	Samuelson	271	0.5%
	Independent	Finkleman	87	0.2%
Total Valid Votes			56,382	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			621	1.1%
Turnout			29534	50.6%

B.C. General Election 1956: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	12,824	24.9%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	12,180	23.3%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	MacDonald	7826	14.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Burns	7322	14.0%
	Liberal	Millar	4972	9.5%
	Liberal	McCay	4424	8.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Macaulay	1095	2.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Caine	1006	1.9%
	Labour Progressive Party	Whyte	260	0.5%
	Labour Progressive Party	Weinstein	257	0.5%
	Independent	Todd	203	0.4%
Total Valid Votes			52,369	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			608	1.2%
Turnout			27798	53.3%

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver-Burrard Ballot A ⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	11,527	39.8%	14924	56.8%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Macdonald	9,216	31.8%	11,360	43.2%		unknown
	Liberal	John Groves Gould	5,936	20.5%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Allan	1259	4.3%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Christian Democrat	Walshe	658	2.3%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Rankin	360	1.2%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			28,956	100.00%	26,284	%
Total rejected ballots			1885
Total Registered Voters			53,412
Turnout			57.7%
⁵ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver Burrard Ballot B ⁶
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	11,273	39.2%	14,674	56.2%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Grant MacNeil	9313	32.4%	11,446	43.8%		unknown
	Liberal	Odlum	5858	20.4%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Carmichael	1276	4.4%	-	-.-%		unknown
	Christian Democrat	Zunti	643	2.2%	-	-.-%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Whyte	367	1.3%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			28,740	100.00%	26,120	%
Total rejected ballots			2131
Total Registered Voters			53,412
Turnout			57.8%
⁵ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 Vancouver-Burrard Ballot A ⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	9166	28.0%	13,222	51.2%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Macdonald	10,037	30.6%	12,578	48.8%		unknown
	Liberal	Forester	6166	18.8%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Cameron Brown	5765	17.6%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Christian Democrat	Pedlar	1064	3.2%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Independent	Rankin	577	1.8%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			32,775	100.00%	25,800	%
Total rejected ballots			1598
Total Registered Voters			60,006
Turnout			57.3%
⁵ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1952 Vancouver Burrard Ballot B ⁶
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	9002	27.8%	13166	50.5%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Grant MacNeil	10,397	32.1%	12,920	49.5%		unknown
	Liberal	John Groves Gould	6358	19.6%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Cornett	5615	17.3%	-	-.-%		unknown
	Christian Democrat	Stephens	1046	3.2%	-	-.-%		unknown
Total valid votes			32,418	100.00%	26,086	%
Total rejected ballots			1900
Total Registered Voters			60,006
Turnout			57.2%
⁵ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Coalition	Donald Cameron Brown	20,230	31.8%		unknown
	Coalition	John Groves Gould	19,926	31.3%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Macdonald	11,037	17.3%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Grant MacNeil	10,737	16.7%		unknown
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	727	1.1%		unknown
	Social Credit	Wardrop	531	0.8%		unknown
	Independent	Finkleman	396	0.6%		unknown
	Union of Electors	Adam	95	0.1%		unknown
Total valid votes			63,679	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			312
Turnout			66.9%

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Coalition	George Moir Weir	14,938	28.1%		unknown
	Coalition	Donald Cameron Brown	14,711	27.6%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Winona Grace MacInnis	10,150	19.1%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Grant MacNeil	10,071	18.9%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Mason	1042	2.0%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Zlotnik	988	1.9%		unknown
	Social Credit	Paynter	668	1.3%		unknown
	Social Credit	Wardrop	551	1.0%		unknown
	Socialist Labour	Fedoruk	107	0.2%		unknown
Total valid votes			53,226	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			205
Turnout			52.6%

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Grant MacNeil	9596	19.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Winona Grace MacInnis	9402	18.6%
	Conservative	Donald Cameron Brown	8283	16.4%
	Conservative	Miller	8281	16.4%
	Liberal	Forester	7505	14.8%
	Liberal	Smith	7276	14.4%
	Socialist Labour	John Alexander Fedoruk	267	0.5%
Total Valid Votes			50,610	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			268	1.2%
Turnout			26511	70.4%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Howard Forester	8606	18.6%
	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	8297	17.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Maxwell	7367	15.9%
	Conservative	Wilson	7238	15.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Trotter	7056	15.3%
	Conservative	White	6265	13.6%
	Constructivist	Pollock	401	0.9%
	Constructivist	Bufton	364	0.8%
	Social Credit	Brooks	300	0.6%
	Social Credit	Paynter	281	0.6%
	Financial Justice	Broughton	54	0.1%
Total Valid Votes			50,610	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			377	0.8%
Turnout			24,434	70.7%

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerald Gratton McGeer	10022	24.9%
	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	9117	22.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Osterhout	6546	16.3%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Sidaway	6311	15.7%
	Non Partisan Independent Group	Bennett	3449	8.6%
	Non Partisan Independent Group	McKenzie	2193	5.5%
	Unionist	Dennies	1231	3.1%
	Unionist	Barker	502	1.2%
	Independent CCF	McKinnon	277	0.7%
	United Front Party	Hutton	235	0.6%
	Independent Liberal	Browne	230	0.6%
	Socialist	Black	109	0.3%
Total Valid Votes			40,222	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			168	0.4%
Turnout			20,946	68.2%

External links

References

^ Proposed SMP Boundaries

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution • 2001 general election • 2005 general election • 2008 electoral redistribution • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Boundary • Okanagan East • Okanagan-Penticton • Okanagan-Vernon • Okanagan West • Shuswap • Rossland-Trail • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford • Chilliwack • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Matsqui • Mission-Kent • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Little Mountain • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1991 general election • 1996 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ • Columbia River • Kamloops ‡ • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan North • Okanagan South ‡ • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap-Revelstoke • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ • Chilliwack • Delta ‡ • Dewdney ‡ • Langley ‡ • Richmond ‡ • Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt-Port Renfrew • Mackenzie • Nanaimo ‡ • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands ‡ • Victoria (2)

Notes	‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen • Columbia River • Kamloops • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke-Slocan • Rossland-Trail • South Okanagan • Shuswap • Yale-Lillooet

Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Chilliwack • Coquitlam • Delta • Dewdney • Langley • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Richmond • Surrey • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt • Mackenzie • Nanaimo • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands • Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1966 general election • 1969 general election • 1972 general election • 1975 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • Yale

Lower Mainland	Burnaby (2) • Chilliwack • Delta (2) • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver (2) • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Newcastle • Esquimalt • Mackenzie • Nanaimo and the Islands • Oak Bay • Saanich • Victoria City (3)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1956 general election • 1960 general election • 1963 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1941–1956)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • Omineca • Peace River • Prince Rupert • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • Yale

Lower Mainland	Burnaby • Chilliwack • Delta • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Newcastle • Esquimalt • Mackenzie • Nanaimo and the Islands • Oak Bay • Saanich • Victoria City (3)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1941 general election • 1945 general election • 1949 general election • 1952 general election • 1953 general election • Defunct districts