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.

Demographics

From 2001 Canadian Census

Geography

History

MLAs

1. Emery Barnes, NDP (1991–1996)
2. Tim Stevenson, NDP (1996–2001)
3. Lorne Mayencourt, Liberal (2001–2008)
4. Spencer Herbert, NDP (2008–2009)

Election results

v t e British Columbia general election, 1933: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Gerald Gratton McGeer	10,022	24.9%	Y
	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	9117	22.7%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Osterhout	6546	16.3%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	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 Co-operative Commonwealth	McKinnon	277	0.7%
	United Front	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%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1937: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John Howard Forester	8606	18.6%	Y
	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	8297	17.9%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maxwell	7367	15.9%
	Conservative	Wilson	7,238	15.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	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%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1941: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Grant MacNeil	9,596	19.0%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Winona Grace MacInnis	9,402	18.6%	Y
	Conservative	Donald Cameron Brown	8,283	16.4%
	Conservative	Miller	8,281	16.4%
	Liberal	Forester	7,505	14.8%
	Liberal	Smith	7,276	14.4%
	Socialist Labour	John Alexander Fedoruk	267	0.5%
Total valid votes			50,610	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			268	1.2%
Turnout			26,511	70.4%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1945: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Coalition	George Moir Weir	14,938	28.1%	Y
	Coalition	Donald Cameron Brown	14,711	27.6%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Winona Grace MacInnis	10,150	19.1%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Grant MacNeil	10,071	18.9%
	Labor–Progressive	Mason	1042	2.0%
	Labor–Progressive	Zlotnik	988	1.9%
	Social Credit	Paynter	668	1.3%
	Social Credit	Wardrop	551	1.0%
	Socialist Labour	Fedoruk	107	0.2%
Total valid votes			53,226	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			205
Turnout			52.6%

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

v t e British Columbia general election, 1956: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	12,824	24.9%	Y
	Social Credit	Bert Price	12,180	23.3%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MacDonald	7,826	14.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Burns	7,322	14.0%
	Liberal	Millar	4,972	9.5%
	Liberal	McCay	4,424	8.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Macaulay	1,095	2.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Caine	1,006	1.9%
	Labor–Progressive	Whyte	260	0.5%
	Labor–Progressive	Weinstein	257	0.5%
	Independent	Todd	203	0.4%
Total valid votes			52,369	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			608	1.2%
Turnout			27,798	53.3%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1960: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	10,642	18.9%	Y
	Social Credit	Bert Price	10,231	18.1%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Neale	9,505	16.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Vulliamy	9,333	16.6%
	Liberal	Kearney	5,715	10.1%
	Liberal	Lyon	5,744	10.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Sturdy	2,611	4.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas	1,904	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			29,534	50.6%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1963: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Social Credit	Eric Martin	11,181	19.1%	Y
	Social Credit	Bert Price	10,612	18.1%	Y
	New Democratic	Thomas Rodney Berger	10,345	17.6%
	New Democratic	Neale	8,998	15.3%
	Liberal	Phillips	5,798	9.9%
	Liberal	Mussallem	5,291	9.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Coultas	3,457	5.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Ashdown	2,975	5.1%
Total valid votes			58,657	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			468	1.16%
Turnout			31,022	52.9%

v t e British Columbia general election, 1966: Vancouver-Burrard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	New Democratic	Thomas Rodney Berger	9,849	24.4%	Y
	New Democratic	Raymond Parkinson	9,498	23.5%	Y
	Social Credit	Alsbury	7,584	18.8%
	Social Credit	Bert Price	7,584	18.8%
	Liberal	Brennan	3,190	7.9%
	Liberal	Higgs	2,681	6.6%
Total valid votes			40,386	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			322	0.78%
Turnout			20,988	58.3%

External links

• BC Stats
• Map of riding
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Website of the Vancouver-Burrard New Democrats

References