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 |
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Population change, 1871–1961 |
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Area (km²) |
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Population density (people per km²) |
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Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: winners in each election in bold.
British Columbia general election, 1900 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | Elected |
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Conservative | James Ford Garden | 1,787 | 11.67% | Y |
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Government | Joseph Martin7 | 1,737 | 11.34% | Y |
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Opposition | Robert Garnett Tatlow | 1,645 | 10.74% | Y |
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Conservative | Hugh Bowie Gilmour | 1,465 | 9.57% | Y |
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Conservative | Charles Wilson | 1,457 | 9.51% |
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Independent Government | Robert Macpherson | 1,435 | 9.37% |
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Government | James McQueen | 1,391 | 9.08% |
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Conservative | William Henry Wood | 1,344 | 8.78% |
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Independent Labour | Joseph Dixon | 853 | 5.57% |
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Progressive | Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton | 802 | 5.24% |
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Labour | Francis Williams | 716 | 4.67% |
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Independent Labour | William 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 |
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Conservative | Robert Garnett Tatlow | 2,660 | 10.64% | Y |
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Conservative | James Ford Garden | 2,464 | 9.86% | Y |
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Conservative | Charles Wilson | 2,416 | 9.66% | Y |
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Conservative | William John Bowser | 2,304 | 9.2% | Y |
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Conservative | Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan | 2,300 | 9.20% | Y |
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Liberal | Joseph Martin | 1,546 | 6.18% |
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Liberal | William Disbrow Brydone-Jack | 1,461 | 5.84% |
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Liberal | Truman Smith Baxter | 1,411 | 5.64% |
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Vancouver (Independent) Labour | Francis Williams | 1,357 | 5.43% |
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Socialist | John Thomas Mortimer | 1,328 | 5.31% |
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Vancouver (Independent) Labour | Albert George Perry | 1,248 | 4.99% |
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Liberal | James Douglas Turnbull | 1,193 | 4.77% |
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Vancouver (Independent) Labour | John McLaren | 1,164 | 4.66% |
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Socialist | Albion Rovert Stebbings | 956 | 3.82% |
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Liberal | Clarence Monck | 910 | 3.64% |
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Socialist Labour1 | William 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 |
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Conservative |
William John Bowser |
3,152 |
10.45% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | John Edward Dubberley | 599 | 1.99% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
John Wallace deBeque Farris |
2,096 |
6.95% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
James Ford Garden |
3,080 |
10.21% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Alexander Henderson |
2,248 |
7.45% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Eugene Thornton Kingsley | 617 | 2.04% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan |
3,141 |
10.41% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
George Albert McGuire |
2,994 |
9.92% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
William Wallace Burns McInnes |
2,233 |
7.40% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Robert Purvis McLennan |
2,316 |
7.68% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | James Hackett McVety | 616 | 2.04% | – | unknown |
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Liberal] |
Thomas Fletcher Neelands |
2,063 |
6.84% |
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unknown |
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Canadian Labour Party of BC |
Albert George Perry |
281 |
0.93% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Richard Parmater Pettipiece | 602 | 1.99% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | Albion Robert Stebbings | 598 | 1.98% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Robert Garnet Tatlow 6 |
3,136 |
10.39% |
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unknown |
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Canadian Labour Party of BC |
Francis Williams |
401 |
1.33% |
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unknown |
Total valid votes |
30,173 |
100.00% |
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Total rejected ballots |
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Turnout |
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6 spelled Garnet on this ballot, Garnett in other years |
1909 election
12th British Columbia general election, 1909 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Conservative |
William John Bowser |
5,441 |
10.60% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
John Bell Campbell |
3,227 |
6.29% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Peter Garvie | 1,227 | 2.39% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | Eugene Thornton Kingsley | 1,883 | 3.67% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
George Ernest MacDonald |
3,984 |
7.76% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan |
3,141 |
10.41% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Moses McGregor | 1,218 | 2.37% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
George Albert McGuire |
4,826 |
9.41% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | William Murray MacKenzie | 1,231 | 2.40% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | Richard Parmater Pettipiece | 1,428 | 2.78% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
John Harold Senkler |
4,110 |
8.01% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
James Stables |
3,356 |
6.54% |
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unknown |
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Conservative] |
Charles Edward Tisdall |
2,063 |
6.84% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Frederick Coate Wade |
3,942 |
7.68% |
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unknown |
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Conservative] |
Henry Holgate Watson |
5,202 |
10.14% |
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unknown |
Total valid votes |
51,316 |
100.00% |
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Total rejected ballots |
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Turnout |
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13th British Columbia general election, 1912 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Socialist | William Bennett | 1,134 | 2.45% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
William John Bowser |
5,101 |
11.02% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Cameron William Smith |
2,716 |
5.87% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Joseph Nealon Ellis |
2,619 |
5.66% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Charles William Enright |
2,947 |
6.37% |
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unknown |
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Independent |
Samuel Greer |
897 |
1.94% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Joseph Patrick Lord | 1,133 | 2.45% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | John Amos MacDonald | 1,263 | 2.73% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan |
5,061 |
10.93% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
George Albert McGuire |
5,114 |
11.05% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | WilliamArthur Pritchard | 1,081 | 2.34% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | John Reid | 1,156 | 2.50% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
Ralph Smith |
3,257 |
7.04% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
William Maxwell Smith |
2,744 |
5.93% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
Charles Edward Tisdall |
5,085 |
10.97% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
Henry Holgate Watson |
4,977 |
10.75% |
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unknown |
Total valid votes |
46,285 |
100.00% |
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Total rejected ballots |
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Turnout |
% |
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British Columbia general election, 1916 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | Elected |
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Liberal | Malcolm Archibald Macdonald | 9,119 | 9.53% | Y |
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Liberal | Ralph Smith | 8,106 | 8.47% | Y |
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Liberal | John William MacIntosh | 8,096 | 8.46% | Y |
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Liberal | John Wallace deBeque Farris | 7,881 | 8.23% | Y |
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Conservative | William John Bowser | 7,421 | 7.75% | Y |
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Liberal | John Sedgwick Cowper | 7,056 | 7.37% | Y |
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Liberal | Patrick Donnelly | 7,005 | 7.32% |
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Conservative | Charles Edward Tisdall | 6,922 | 7.23% |
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Conservative | Thomas Duke | 6,395 | 6.68% |
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Conservative | George Albert McGuire | 6,270 | 6.55% |
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Conservative | Walter Leek | 6,136 | 6.41% |
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Conservative | Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan | 5,906 | 6.17% |
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Independent Labour | Charles Edward Tisdall | 2,487 | 2.60% |
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Independent Conservative | Robert Cassidy | 2,451 | 2.56% |
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Independent | Harold George White | 1,416 | 1.48% |
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Socialist | John David Harrington | 1,380 | 1.44% |
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Independent | Edwin Clarke Appleby | 743 | 0.78% |
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Independent | Arthur Freeman Fawcett | 665 | 0.69% |
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Independent Conservative | Thomas Owen Townley | 250 | 0.26% |
Total valid votes |
95,705 | 100.00% |
British Columbia general election, 1920 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | Elected |
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Liberal | Mary Ellen Smith | 17,510 | 8.66% | Y |
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Liberal | Ian Alistair MacKenzie | 13,840 | 6.84% | Y |
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Liberal | John Wallace deBeque Farris | 12,550 | 6.21% | Y |
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Liberal | James Ramsay | 12,279 | 6.07% | Y |
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Liberal | Malcolm Archibald Macdonald | 12,222 | 6.04% | Y |
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Conservative | William John Bowser | 11,617 | 5.75% | Y |
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Conservative | George Black | 10,379 | 5.13% |
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Liberal | John Patrick Dougherty | 10,388 | 5.14% |
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Conservative | John Weightman Warden | 10,278 | 5.08% |
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Conservative | Samuel Lyness Howe | 9,913 | 4.90% |
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Conservative | Edith Louise Paterson | 9,573 | 4.73% |
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Independent | Joseph Martin | 9,123 | 4.51% |
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Conservative | John Wesley Mahan | 8,810 | 4.36% |
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Federated Labour | William Robert Trotter | 7,481 | 3.70% |
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Federated Labour | James Shaver Woodsworth | 7,444 | 3.68% |
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Federated Labour | Thomas Richardson | 7,192 | 3.56% |
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Independent | Moses Brewins Cotworth | 5,511 | 2.73% |
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Women's Freedom | Esther Margaret Crosfield | 4,166 | 2.06% |
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Vancouver Rentpayers | George Johnson Ashworth | 3,291 | 1.63% |
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Socialist | John David Harrington | 2,956 | 1.46% |
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United Veterans | John Livingstone Millar | 2,808 | 1.39% |
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United Veterans | Percival Horace North | 2,633 | 1.30% |
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Socialist | James Ferguson Smith | 2,267 | 1.12% |
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Socialist | Christopher Stephenson | 1,818 | 0.90% |
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Socialist | Sidney Earp | 1,694 | 0.84% |
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Socialist | William McQuoid | 1,524 | 0.75% |
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Independent | Thomas Turberville | 1,487 | 0.74% |
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Socialist | John Dennis | 1,451 | 0.72% |
Total valid votes |
202,205 | 100.00% |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Conservative |
William John Bowser |
7,818 |
4.12% |
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Independent Conservative | Robert Cassidy | 276 | 0.15% |
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Canadian Labour Party |
Wilfred Harry Cottrell |
6,314 |
3.33% |
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Provincial | Andrew McCreight Creery | 9,071 | 4.78% |
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Canadian Labour Party |
William Dunn |
5,752 |
3.03% |
|
unknown |
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Liberal |
John Wallace deBeque Farris |
8,427 |
4.44% |
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unknown |
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Provincial | Jessie Columbia Hall | 8,749 | 4.61% | – | unknown |
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Socialist | John David Harrington | 3,281 | 1.73% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Samuel Lyness Howe |
7,250 |
3.82% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
Thomas Henry Kirk |
7,686 |
4.05% |
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unknown |
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Socialist | Henry McEvoy | 750 | 0.40% | – | unknown |
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Canadian Labour Party |
Angus McInnis |
5,897 |
3.11% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Ian Alistair MacKenzie |
9,476 |
4.99% |
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unknown |
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Provincial | Alexander Duncan McRae | 9,008 | 4.75% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
Christopher McRae |
9,778 |
5.15% |
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unknown |
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Provincial | Donald Edgar McTaggart | 8,924 | 4.70 | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Royal Lethington Maitland |
8,417 |
4.44% |
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unknown |
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Canadian Labour Party |
Edmund Henry Morrison |
5,613 |
2.96% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Victor Wentworth Odlum |
10,011 |
5.28% |
|
unknown |
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Independent Liberal | Guy Cathcart Pelton | 225 | 0.12% |
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Conservative |
Perry Douglas Roe |
7,222 |
3.81% |
|
unknown |
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Provincial | Francis William Rounsefell | 8,407 | 4.43% | – | unknown |
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Conservative |
Emma Wood Scott |
7,292 |
3.84% |
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unknown |
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Provincial | George Gower Birt Showler | 7,437 | 3.92% | – | unknown |
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Liberal |
Mary Ellen Smith |
9,251 |
4.88% |
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unknown |
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Canadian Labour Party |
Priscilla Janet Smith |
6,078 |
3.20% |
|
unknown |
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Liberal |
Charles Woodward |
11,318 |
5.97% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
189,728 |
100.00% |
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Total rejected ballots |
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Turnout |
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17th British Columbia election, 1928 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Liberal |
Henry Elston Almond |
11,818 |
6.56% |
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unknown |
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Conservative |
William Dick |
15,968 |
8.86% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Dugald Donaghy |
13,176 |
7.31% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
John Pitcairn Hogg |
10,948 |
6.08% |
|
unknown |
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Conservative |
Thomas Henry Kirk |
15,943 |
8.85% |
|
unknown |
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Independent Labour Party |
Angus McInnis |
6,026 |
3.34% |
|
unknown |
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Conservative |
Royal Lethington Maitland |
16,499 |
9.16% |
|
unknown |
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Independent Liberal | Guy Cathcart Pelton | 976 | 0.54% |
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Conservative |
William Curtis Shelly |
17,486 |
9.70% |
|
unknown |
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Independent Labour Party |
Robert Skinner |
4,223 |
2.34% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Helen Douglas Smith |
12,514 |
6.94% |
|
unknown |
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Conservative |
Nelson Spencer |
16,717 |
9.28% |
|
unknown |
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Liberal |
Frederick William Sterling |
11,045 |
6.13% |
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unknown |
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Liberal |
Nicholas Thompson |
11,101 |
6.16% |
|
unknown |
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Conservative |
George Alexander Walkem |
15,769 |
8.75% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
180,209 |
100.00% |
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Total rejected ballots |
425 |
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Turnout |
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Vancouver City last appeared in the 1928 election. For the 1933 general election Vancouver City was redistributed into: