Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a multiple member riding based in the newly created city of Vancouver.

It did not appear on the hustings until the 1890 election - the city only having been chartered and named in the year of the previous election when the locality was a small polling area of the New Westminster (provincial electoral district) riding. It is a sign of Vancouver's rapid growth that by 1890 there were over 300 electors, by 1900 there were 15,000, by 1903 over 25,000 votes cast; prior to 1885 the population of the waterside village of Granville, B.I. (Burrard Inlet, a postal address shared by Moodyville, New Brighton and Barnet) had been in the range of 300. When the riding was created it was a two-member riding but because of population increase was made a three-member riding in 1890 and in 1903 a five-member seat. By the 1920s it had become a six-member seat with over 200,000 votes cast. When it was broken up after the 1928 election it became four ridings, three with two seats (Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East and one with three members (Vancouver-Point Grey.

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: winners in each election in bold.

6th British Columbia election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
OppositionFrancis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1 1,123 36.07% unknown
GovernmentJames M. Fox 33 1.06% unknown
OppositionSamuel Greer 2 649 20.85% unknown
     Independent James Welton Horne 3 695 22.33% unknown
OppositionJames Orr 135 4.34% unknown
     Independent Robert Garnett Tatlow 478 15.35% unknown
Total valid votes 3,113 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Vancouver publisher (Vancouver Province newspaper) and mayoral contender
2 Landowner at "Greer's Beach", now Kitsilano Beach.
3 Promoter of the "Great Land Sale" in 1891 in Mission City
7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
GovernmentRobert Alexander Anderson 920 11.32% unknown
ProgressiveFrancis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1,736 21.36% unknown
     Independents Samuel Greer 208 2.56% unknown
OppositionRobert Macpherson 1,766 21.73% unknown
GovernmentEdward Odlum 607 7.47% unknown
GovernmentRobert Garnett Tatlow 979 12.05% unknown
OppositionAdolphus Williams 1,911 23.51% unknown
Total valid votes 8,127 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
GovernmentWilliam John Bowser 879 8.26% unknown
GovernmentJohn T. Carroll 954 8.97% unknown
OppositionFrancis Lovett Carter-Cotton 1,667 15.67% unknown
GovernmentJames Ford Garden 1,157 10.88% unknown
GovernmentWilliam Seaman McDonald 735 6.91% unknown
OppositionRobert Macpherson 1,795 16.88% unknown
OppositionJoseph Martin 1,651 15.52% unknown
OppositionCharles Edward Tisdall 1,798 16.91% unknown
Total valid votes 10,636 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia general election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ConservativeJames Ford Garden 1,787 11.67% Green tickY
GovernmentJoseph Martin7 1,737 11.34% Green tickY
OppositionRobert Garnett Tatlow 1,645 10.74% Green tickY
ConservativeHugh Bowie Gilmour 1,465 9.57% Green tickY
ConservativeCharles Wilson 1,457 9.51%
Independent GovernmentRobert Macpherson 1,435 9.37%
GovernmentJames McQueen 1,391 9.08%
ConservativeWilliam Henry Wood 1,344 8.78%
Independent LabourJoseph Dixon 853 5.57%
ProgressiveFrancis Lovett Carter-Cotton 802 5.24%
LabourFrancis Williams 716 4.67%
Independent LabourWilliam MacClain 683 4.46%
Total valid votes 15,315 100.00%
7 Thirteenth Premier of British Columbia.
British Columbia general election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ConservativeRobert Garnett Tatlow 2,660 10.64% Green tickY
ConservativeJames Ford Garden 2,464 9.86% Green tickY
ConservativeCharles Wilson 2,416 9.66% Green tickY
ConservativeWilliam John Bowser 2,304 9.2% Green tickY
ConservativeAlexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 2,300 9.20% Green tickY
LiberalJoseph Martin 1,546 6.18%
LiberalWilliam Disbrow Brydone-Jack 1,461 5.84%
LiberalTruman Smith Baxter 1,411 5.64%
Vancouver (Independent) LabourFrancis Williams 1,357 5.43%
SocialistJohn Thomas Mortimer 1,328 5.31%
Vancouver (Independent) LabourAlbert George Perry 1,248 4.99%
LiberalJames Douglas Turnbull 1,193 4.77%
Vancouver (Independent) LabourJohn McLaren 1,164 4.66%
SocialistAlbion Rovert Stebbings 956 3.82%
LiberalClarence Monck 910 3.64%
Socialist Labour1William Griffiths 284 1.14%
Total valid votes 25,002 100.00%
1 William Griffiths is listed as a member of the Socialist Labour party, but this is it unclear whether this is in any way related to the British Columbia Socialist Labour Party of the 1940s.
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf
11th British Columbia general election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 3,152 10.45% unknown
SocialistJohn Edward Dubberley 599 1.99% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 2,096 6.95% unknown
     Conservative James Ford Garden 3,080 10.21% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Henderson 2,248 7.45% unknown
SocialistEugene Thornton Kingsley 617 2.04% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 3,141 10.41% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 2,994 9.92% unknown
     Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes 2,233 7.40% unknown
     Liberal Robert Purvis McLennan 2,316 7.68% unknown
SocialistJames Hackett McVety 616 2.04% unknown
     Liberal] Thomas Fletcher Neelands 2,063 6.84% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party of BC Albert George Perry 281 0.93% unknown
SocialistRichard Parmater Pettipiece 602 1.99% unknown
SocialistAlbion Robert Stebbings 598 1.98% unknown
     Conservative Robert Garnet Tatlow 6 3,136 10.39% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party of BC Francis Williams 401 1.33% unknown
Total valid votes 30,173 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6 spelled Garnet on this ballot, Garnett in other years

1909 election

12th British Columbia general election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 5,441 10.60% unknown
     Liberal John Bell Campbell 3,227 6.29% unknown
SocialistPeter Garvie 1,227 2.39% unknown
SocialistEugene Thornton Kingsley 1,883 3.67% unknown
     Liberal George Ernest MacDonald 3,984 7.76% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 3,141 10.41% unknown
SocialistMoses McGregor 1,218 2.37% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 4,826 9.41% unknown
SocialistWilliam Murray MacKenzie 1,231 2.40% unknown
SocialistRichard Parmater Pettipiece 1,428 2.78% unknown
     Liberal John Harold Senkler 4,110 8.01% unknown
     Liberal James Stables 3,356 6.54% unknown
     Conservative] Charles Edward Tisdall 2,063 6.84% unknown
     Liberal Frederick Coate Wade 3,942 7.68% unknown
     Conservative] Henry Holgate Watson 5,202 10.14% unknown
Total valid votes 51,316 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia general election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
SocialistWilliam Bennett 1,134 2.45% unknown
     Conservative William John Bowser 5,101 11.02% unknown
     Liberal Cameron William Smith 2,716 5.87% unknown
     Liberal Joseph Nealon Ellis 2,619 5.66% unknown
     Liberal Charles William Enright 2,947 6.37% unknown
     Independent Samuel Greer 897 1.94% unknown
SocialistJoseph Patrick Lord 1,133 2.45% unknown
SocialistJohn Amos MacDonald 1,263 2.73% unknown
     Conservative Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 5,061 10.93% unknown
     Conservative George Albert McGuire 5,114 11.05% unknown
SocialistWilliamArthur Pritchard 1,081 2.34% unknown
SocialistJohn Reid 1,156 2.50% unknown
     Liberal Ralph Smith 3,257 7.04% unknown
     Liberal William Maxwell Smith 2,744 5.93% unknown
     Conservative Charles Edward Tisdall 5,085 10.97% unknown
     Conservative Henry Holgate Watson 4,977 10.75% unknown
Total valid votes 46,285 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia general election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalMalcolm Archibald Macdonald 9,119 9.53% Green tickY
LiberalRalph Smith 8,106 8.47% Green tickY
LiberalJohn William MacIntosh 8,096 8.46% Green tickY
LiberalJohn Wallace deBeque Farris 7,881 8.23% Green tickY
ConservativeWilliam John Bowser 7,421 7.75% Green tickY
LiberalJohn Sedgwick Cowper 7,056 7.37% Green tickY
LiberalPatrick Donnelly 7,005 7.32%
ConservativeCharles Edward Tisdall 6,922 7.23%
ConservativeThomas Duke 6,395 6.68%
ConservativeGeorge Albert McGuire 6,270 6.55%
ConservativeWalter Leek 6,136 6.41%
ConservativeAlexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 5,906 6.17%
Independent LabourCharles Edward Tisdall 2,487 2.60%
Independent ConservativeRobert Cassidy 2,451 2.56%
IndependentHarold George White 1,416 1.48%
SocialistJohn David Harrington 1,380 1.44%
IndependentEdwin Clarke Appleby 743 0.78%
IndependentArthur Freeman Fawcett 665 0.69%
Independent ConservativeThomas Owen Townley 250 0.26%
Total valid votes 95,705 100.00%
British Columbia general election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalMary Ellen Smith 17,510 8.66% Green tickY
LiberalIan Alistair MacKenzie 13,840 6.84% Green tickY
LiberalJohn Wallace deBeque Farris 12,550 6.21% Green tickY
LiberalJames Ramsay 12,279 6.07% Green tickY
LiberalMalcolm Archibald Macdonald 12,222 6.04% Green tickY
ConservativeWilliam John Bowser 11,617 5.75% Green tickY
ConservativeGeorge Black 10,379 5.13%
LiberalJohn Patrick Dougherty 10,388 5.14%
ConservativeJohn Weightman Warden 10,278 5.08%
ConservativeSamuel Lyness Howe 9,913 4.90%
ConservativeEdith Louise Paterson 9,573 4.73%
IndependentJoseph Martin 9,123 4.51%
ConservativeJohn Wesley Mahan 8,810 4.36%
Federated LabourWilliam Robert Trotter 7,481 3.70%
Federated LabourJames Shaver Woodsworth 7,444 3.68%
Federated LabourThomas Richardson 7,192 3.56%
IndependentMoses Brewins Cotworth 5,511 2.73%
Women's FreedomEsther Margaret Crosfield 4,166 2.06%
Vancouver RentpayersGeorge Johnson Ashworth 3,291 1.63%
SocialistJohn David Harrington 2,956 1.46%
United VeteransJohn Livingstone Millar 2,808 1.39%
United VeteransPercival Horace North 2,633 1.30%
SocialistJames Ferguson Smith 2,267 1.12%
SocialistChristopher Stephenson 1,818 0.90%
SocialistSidney Earp 1,694 0.84%
SocialistWilliam McQuoid 1,524 0.75%
IndependentThomas Turberville 1,487 0.74%
SocialistJohn Dennis 1,451 0.72%
Total valid votes 202,205 100.00%
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William John Bowser 7,818 4.12%
Independent ConservativeRobert Cassidy 276 0.15%
     Canadian Labour Party Wilfred Harry Cottrell 6,314 3.33%
ProvincialAndrew McCreight Creery 9,071 4.78%
     Canadian Labour Party William Dunn 5,752 3.03% unknown
     Liberal John Wallace deBeque Farris 8,427 4.44% unknown
ProvincialJessie Columbia Hall 8,749 4.61% unknown
SocialistJohn David Harrington 3,281 1.73% unknown
     Conservative Samuel Lyness Howe 7,250 3.82% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Henry Kirk 7,686 4.05% unknown
SocialistHenry McEvoy 750 0.40% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Angus McInnis 5,897 3.11% unknown
     Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 9,476 4.99% unknown
ProvincialAlexander Duncan McRae 9,008 4.75% unknown
     Liberal Christopher McRae 9,778 5.15% unknown
ProvincialDonald Edgar McTaggart 8,924 4.70 unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 8,417 4.44% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Edmund Henry Morrison 5,613 2.96% unknown
     Liberal Victor Wentworth Odlum 10,011 5.28% unknown
Independent LiberalGuy Cathcart Pelton 225 0.12%
     Conservative Perry Douglas Roe 7,222 3.81% unknown
ProvincialFrancis William Rounsefell 8,407 4.43% unknown
     Conservative Emma Wood Scott 7,292 3.84% unknown
ProvincialGeorge Gower Birt Showler 7,437 3.92% unknown
     Liberal Mary Ellen Smith 9,251 4.88% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Priscilla Janet Smith 6,078 3.20% unknown
     Liberal Charles Woodward 11,318 5.97% unknown
Total valid votes 189,728 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Henry Elston Almond 11,818 6.56% unknown
     Conservative William Dick 15,968 8.86% unknown
     Liberal Dugald Donaghy 13,176 7.31% unknown
     Liberal John Pitcairn Hogg 10,948 6.08% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Henry Kirk 15,943 8.85% unknown
     Independent Labour Party Angus McInnis 6,026 3.34% unknown
     Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 16,499 9.16% unknown
Independent LiberalGuy Cathcart Pelton 976 0.54%
     Conservative William Curtis Shelly 17,486 9.70% unknown
     Independent Labour Party Robert Skinner 4,223 2.34% unknown
     Liberal Helen Douglas Smith 12,514 6.94% unknown
     Conservative Nelson Spencer 16,717 9.28% unknown
     Liberal Frederick William Sterling 11,045 6.13% unknown
     Liberal Nicholas Thompson 11,101 6.16% unknown
     Conservative George Alexander Walkem 15,769 8.75% unknown
Total valid votes 180,209 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 425
Turnout %

Vancouver City last appeared in the 1928 election. For the 1933 general election Vancouver City was redistributed into:

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