Vancouver—Burrard
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Not to be confused with the provincial electoral district, Vancouver-Burrard.
Vancouver—Burrard was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Burrard riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East ridings.
The district should not be confused with the provincial electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- John Arthur Clark, Conservative (1925–1930)
- Wilfred Hanbury, Liberal (1930–1935)
- Gerald Grattan McGeer, Liberal (1935–1945)
- Charles Merritt, Progressive Conservative (1945–1949)
- John Lorne Macdougall, Liberal (1949–1957)
- John Russell Taylor, Progressive Conservative (1957–1962)
- Thomas Berger, New Democrat (1962–1963)
- Ron Basford, Liberal (1963]-[1968)
The district was subsequently abolished; Basford continued to represent the riding of Vancouver Centre.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | John Arthur Clark | 9,897 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Purves McLennan | 8,840 | ||||
| Labour | John Sidaway | 2,230 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | John Arthur Clark | 11,227 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfred Hanbury | 7,692 | ||||
| Labour | William Jamison Curry | 2,012 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfred Hanbury | 16,619 | ||||
| Conservative | Robert James Hamilton | 13,885 | ||||
| Independent | Charles Milton Woodworth | 687 | ||||
| Prohibition | Edwin Clarke Appleby | 266 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry McGeer | 10,215 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Alexander Webster | 10,209 | ||||
| Conservative | Allan James McDonell | 5,259 | ||||
| Reconstruction | Herbert Lorne Wordsworth Turnbull | 1,913 | ||||
| Social Credit | William Albert Tutte | 534 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry McGeer | 12,617 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Alexander Webster | 10,745 | ||||
| National Government | Allan J. McDonell | 9,475 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Merritt | 14,677 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Alexander Webster | 12,264 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Vincent Pelton | 8,648 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Cooper | 2,249 | ||||
| Social Credit | Peer Vernon Paynter | 1,025 | ||||
| Democratic | Dave Bernard Parkin | 246 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Paul Debragh | 140 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Lorne MacDougall | 10,967 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt | 10,676 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Alexander Webster | 8,705 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Lorne MacDougall | 9,035 | ||||
| Social Credit | Peer Vernon Paynter | 7,063 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gladys Grace Mae Strum | 5,010 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Buda Brown | 4,430 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Sidney Zlotnik | 482 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Russell Taylor | 13,721 | ||||
| Social Credit | Peer Vernon Paynter | 6,772 | ||||
| Liberal | Clare Richard James Skatfeld | 4,626 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Victor W. Forster | 4,088 | ||||
| Independent | Irving S. Finkleman | 259 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Russell Taylor | 18,001 | ||||
| Liberal | Frank George Perrin Lewis | 5,154 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Victor Wadham Forster | 5,121 | ||||
| Social Credit | William Rose | 1,459 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas R. Berger | 9,173 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Basford | 9,079 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Russell Taylor | 8,651 | ||||
| Social Credit | William Lennox | 2,245 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Basford | 12,048 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Berger | 9,998 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Taylor | 7,678 | ||||
| Social Credit | George C. Mathews | 2,150 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | David Swan | 127 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Basford | 10,807 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ray Parkinson | 9,233 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marianne Linnell | 5,138 | ||||
| Social Credit | Edward M. Chisholm | 2,748 | ||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
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