Vancouver City
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- This article is for the former Canadian federal electoral district named Vancouver City, 1903-1914.
- For the provincial riding of the same name, see Vancouver City (electoral district).
- For the city, see Vancouver, British Columbia.
- For the former soccer club, see Vancouver City (soccer club).
Vancouver City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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.
For other ridings with the name "Vancouver", please see Vancouver (electoral districts).
[edit] Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| Canadian federal election, 1904: Vancouver City | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | R.G. MacPherson | 2,938 | 50.58% | |||
| Conservative | R.B. Ellis | 2,080 | 35.81% | |||
| Socialist | J.T. Mortimer | 741 | 12.76% | |||
| Socialist | J. McGeer | 50 | 00.86% | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,809 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | % | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 1908: Vancouver City | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | George H. Cowan | 4,621 | 42.11% | |||
| Liberal | Wm. Wallace Burns McInnes | 3,039 | 27.69% | |||
| Independent | Joseph Martin | 2,120 | 19.31% | |||
| Independent | Eugene T. Kingsley | 1,194 | 10.88% | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,974 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | % | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Former Premier of British Columbia (1900). | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1911: Vancouver City | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Herbert Henry Stevens | 6,902 | 58.72% | |||
| Liberal | Hon. William Templeman | 3,796 | 32.80% | |||
| Socialist | Eugene Thornton Kingsley | 1,056 | 9.12% | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,754 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | % | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
The seat of Vancouver City was abolished in 1914. Successor ridings were Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver South.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
