Vancouver (electoral district)

For other ridings named Vancouver, see Vancouver (electoral districts).
Vancouver
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1872
District abolished 1903
First contested 1872
Last contested 1900

Vancouver was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904. This riding was created for the 1872 federal election, following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871, and lasted until 1903.

The name of this riding is not derived from the contemporary City of Vancouver, B.C., but from its first incarnation in 1871 as the riding representing Vancouver Island (excepting the Victoria-area ridings). The Vancouver area was part of the New Westminster electoral district at the time of the province joining Confederation.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
2nd  1872  1874     Francis Hincks Liberal–Conservative
3rd  1874  1878     Arthur Bunster Liberal
4th  1878  1882
5th  1882  1887     David William Gordon Liberal–Conservative
6th  1887  1891
7th  1891  1893
 1893  1896     Andrew Haslam Liberal–Conservative
8th  1896  1900     William Wallace Burns McInnes Liberal
9th  1900  1904     Ralph Smith Liberal
Riding dissolved into Nanaimo and Comox—Atlin

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRalph Smith 1,256 42.49 +1.33
ConservativeClive Phillips Wolley 868 29.36 -3.69
LiberalWilliam Sloan 832 28.15 -12.81
Total valid votes 2,956100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.51
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalWm. W.B. McInnes 1,020 40.96
ConservativeAndrew Haslam 823 33.05
ConservativeJames Haggart 647 25.98
Total valid votes 2,490100.0  
Canadian federal by-election, 1893
On David William Gordon's death, 19 February 1893
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAndrew Haslam acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordon acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordon 713 60.53 +0.27
ConservativeJ.T. Planta 465 39.47
Total valid votes 1,178100.0  
Liberal–Conservative hold Swing -19.60
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Liberal–ConservativeDavid William Gordon 455 60.26 +23.02
LiberalArthur Bunster 300 39.74 -7.12
Total valid votes 755100.0  
Liberal–Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.07
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalArthur Bunster 336 46.86 -16.47
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordon 267 37.24
UnknownA.J. McLellan 74 10.32
UnknownJohn Jessop 40 5.58
Total valid votes 717100.0  
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalArthur Bunster 209 63.33
UnknownA.C. Anderson 84 25.45
UnknownJ.W. Carey 37 11.21
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeFrancis Hincks acclaimed
Minister of Finance in the MacDonald government, unseated in Ontario and parachuted into this riding. Arthur Bunster and other local candidates stood down so that Hincks could have the seat by acclamation. He never saw British Columbia, despite being MP for one of its parliamentary seats for two years.

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