Vancouver (electoral district)

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 House of Commons of Canada 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 Smith1,25642.49+1.33
ConservativeClive Phillips Wolley86829.36-3.69
LiberalWilliam Sloan83228.15-12.81
Total valid votes 2,956100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.51
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalWm. W.B. McInnes1,02040.96
ConservativeAndrew Haslam82333.05
ConservativeJames Haggart64725.98
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 Haslamacclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordonacclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordon71360.53+0.27
ConservativeJ.T. Planta46539.47–
Total valid votes 1,178100.0  
Liberal–Conservative hold Swing -19.60
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Liberal–ConservativeDavid William Gordon45560.26+23.02
LiberalArthur Bunster30039.74-7.12
Total valid votes 755100.0  
Liberal–Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.07
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalArthur Bunster33646.86-16.47
Liberal–ConservativeD.W. Gordon26737.24–
UnknownA.J. McLellan7410.32–
UnknownJohn Jessop405.58–
Total valid votes 717100.0  
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalArthur Bunster20963.33
UnknownA.C. Anderson8425.45
UnknownJ.W. Carey3711.21
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeFrancis Hincksacclaimed
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.

See also

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