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.

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%±%
ConservativeHenry Herbert Stevens6,90258.72+16.61
LiberalJohn Harold Senkler3,79632.80+5.11
SocialistEugene Thornton Kingsley1,0569.12–
Total valid votes 11,754100.0  
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%±%
ConservativeGeorge Henry Cowan4,62142.11+6.30
LiberalWm. Wallace Burns McInnes3,03927.69-22.89
IndependentJoseph Martin2,12019.31–
IndependentEugene T. Kingsley1,19410.88–
Total valid votes 10,974100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.60
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRobert George Macpherson2,93850.58
ConservativeR.B. Ellis2,08035.81
SocialistJ.T. Mortimer74112.76
SocialistJ. McGeer500.86
Total valid votes 5,809100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Burrard, where Liberal Robert George Macpherson was the incumbent.

See also

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