Vancouver City































Vancouver City

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1904
District abolished 1917
First contested 1904
Last contested 1911

Vancouver City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917.


This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Burrard riding.It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver South ridings.




Contents






  • 1 Members of Parliament


  • 2 Election results


  • 3 See also


  • 4 External links





Members of Parliament
























Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Burrard
10th  1904–1908     Robert George Macpherson Liberal
11th  1908–1911     George Henry Cowan Conservative
12th  1911–1917     Henry Herbert Stevens Conservative
Riding dissolved into Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver South


Election results
















































Canadian federal election, 1911
Party
Candidate
Votes % ±%

Conservative Henry Herbert Stevens 6,902 58.72 +16.61

Liberal John Harold Senkler 3,796 32.80 +5.11

Socialist Eugene Thornton Kingsley 1,056 9.12
Total valid votes
11,754
100.0  


Conservative hold

Swing
+5.75

Socialist candidate Eugene Kingsley lost 1.76 percentage points from his 1908 performance as an Independent.






















































Canadian federal election, 1908
Party
Candidate
Votes % ±%

Conservative George Henry Cowan 4,621 42.11 +6.30

Liberal Wm. Wallace Burns McInnes 3,039 27.69 -22.89

Independent Joseph Martin 2,120 19.31

Independent Eugene T. Kingsley 1,194 10.88
Total valid votes
10,974
100.0  


Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+14.60












































Canadian federal election, 1904
Party
Candidate
Votes %

Liberal Robert George Macpherson 2,938 50.58

Conservative R.B. Ellis 2,080 35.81

Socialist J.T. Mortimer 741 12.76

Socialist J. McGeer 50 0.86
Total valid votes
5,809
100.0  

This riding was created from parts of Burrard, where Liberal Robert George Macpherson was the incumbent.


See also



  • List of Canadian federal electoral districts

  • Past Canadian electoral districts



External links




  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament

  • Website of the Parliament of Canada




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