Vancouver (electoral district)
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Vancouver was a federal electoral district
in British Columbia
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
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 represeenting 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.
For other ridings with the name Vancouver or which are in the city of Vancouver or the municipalities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)
.
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|Liberal-Conservative
|Francis Hincks
1
|align="right"|Acclaimed
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
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!align="left" colspan=7|1 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.
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Arthur Bunster
|align="right"|209
|align="right"|63.33%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|A.C. Anderson
2
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|25.45%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|J.W. Carey
|align="right"|37
|align="right"|11.21%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|330
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=7| 2 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, former Hudson's Bay Company
explorer who charted the Lakes Route from Lillooet to Harrison Lake in 1842.
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Arthur Bunster
|align="right"|336
|align="right"|46.86%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|D.W. Gordon
|align="right"|267
|align="right"|37.24%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|A.J. McLellan
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|10.32%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|John Jessop
|align="right"|40
|align="right"|5.58%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|717
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|David William Gordon
|align="right"|455
|align="right"|60.26%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
|Arthur Bunster
|align="right"|300
|align="right"|39.74%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|755
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|D.W. Gordon
|align="right"|713
|align="right"|60.53%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|J.T. Planta
|align="right"|465
|align="right"|39.47%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,178
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|D.W. Gordon
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"| -.- %
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|Andrew Haslam
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"| -.- %
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|3 By-Election: On Mr. Gordon's death, February 19, 1893
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Wm. W.B. McInnes
|align="right"|1,020
|align="right"|40.96%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|Andrew Haslam
|align="right"|823
|align="right"|33.05%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|James Haggart
|align="right"|647
|align="right"|25.98%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,490
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Ralph Smith
|align="right"|1,256
|align="right"|42.49%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|Clive Phillips Wolley
|align="right"|868
|align="right"|29.36%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
|William Sloan
|align="right"|832
|align="right"|28.15%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,956
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
The Vancouver riding was abolished in 1903. Successor ridings were Nanaimo
and Comox—Atlin
.
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1872 to 1904. This riding was created for the 1872 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1872
The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A...
, following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...
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 represeenting Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island (electoral district)
Vancouver Island was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1874. It was created when the province of British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871....
(excepting the Victoria-area ridings). The Vancouver area was part of the New Westminster (electoral district)
New Westminster (electoral district)
New Westminster was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1979....
at the time of the province joining Confederation.
For other ridings with the name Vancouver or which are in the city of Vancouver or the municipalities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)
Vancouver (electoral districts)
This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts located in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, and for ridings which include the name Vancouver in their title, including those on Vancouver Island among which was the original first-use of the riding-name Vancouver...
.
Election results, 1872-1902
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Francis Hincks
Francis Hincks
Sir Francis Hincks, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Cork, Ireland, he was the son of Thomas Dix Hincks an orientalist, naturalist and Presbyterian minister and the brother of Edward Hincks orientalist, naturalist and clergyman.He moved to York in 1832 and set up an importing business...
1
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|n/a%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=7|1 Minister of Finance in the MacDonald government
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...
, unseated in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and parachuted into this riding. Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...
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.
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...
|align="right"|209
|align="right"|63.33%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|A.C. Anderson
Alexander Caulfield Anderson
Alexander Caulfield Anderson was a Hudson's Bay Company fur-trader, explorer of British Columbia and civil servant....
2
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|25.45%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|J.W. Carey
|align="right"|37
|align="right"|11.21%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|330
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=7| 2 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, former Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
explorer who charted the Lakes Route from Lillooet to Harrison Lake in 1842.
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...
|align="right"|336
|align="right"|46.86%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|D.W. Gordon
David William Gordon
David William Gordon was a Canadian politician from British Columbia.Gordon was born in Camden Township, Upper Canada, the son of Michael Gordon. He went to California in 1856 and then moved to British Columbia in 1858, where he established himself as a professional architect and builder in...
|align="right"|267
|align="right"|37.24%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|A.J. McLellan
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|10.32%
|align="right"|
|-
|Unknown
|John Jessop
|align="right"|40
|align="right"|5.58%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|717
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|David William Gordon
David William Gordon
David William Gordon was a Canadian politician from British Columbia.Gordon was born in Camden Township, Upper Canada, the son of Michael Gordon. He went to California in 1856 and then moved to British Columbia in 1858, where he established himself as a professional architect and builder in...
|align="right"|455
|align="right"|60.26%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...
|align="right"|300
|align="right"|39.74%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|755
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|D.W. Gordon
David William Gordon
David William Gordon was a Canadian politician from British Columbia.Gordon was born in Camden Township, Upper Canada, the son of Michael Gordon. He went to California in 1856 and then moved to British Columbia in 1858, where he established himself as a professional architect and builder in...
|align="right"|713
|align="right"|60.53%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|J.T. Planta
|align="right"|465
|align="right"|39.47%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,178
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|D.W. Gordon
David William Gordon
David William Gordon was a Canadian politician from British Columbia.Gordon was born in Camden Township, Upper Canada, the son of Michael Gordon. He went to California in 1856 and then moved to British Columbia in 1858, where he established himself as a professional architect and builder in...
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"| -.- %
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Andrew Haslam
Andrew Haslam
Andrew Haslam was an Irish-Canadian sawmill-owner and Conservative politician. He served as the MLA for Nanaimo from 1889 to 1890. From 1892 to 1893, he was mayor of Nanaimo. He was chosen in a 1893 by-election to represent Vancouver in the Canadian House of Commons after the serving MP, David...
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"| -.- %
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|3 By-Election: On Mr. Gordon's death, February 19, 1893
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Wm. W.B. McInnes
William Wallace Burns McInnes
William Wallace Burns McInnes was a Canadian politician, lawyer and served as the Yukon's fifth Commissioner....
|align="right"|1,020
|align="right"|40.96%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Andrew Haslam
Andrew Haslam
Andrew Haslam was an Irish-Canadian sawmill-owner and Conservative politician. He served as the MLA for Nanaimo from 1889 to 1890. From 1892 to 1893, he was mayor of Nanaimo. He was chosen in a 1893 by-election to represent Vancouver in the Canadian House of Commons after the serving MP, David...
|align="right"|823
|align="right"|33.05%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Haggart
|align="right"|647
|align="right"|25.98%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,490
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Ralph Smith
|align="right"|1,256
|align="right"|42.49%
|align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Clive Phillips Wolley
|align="right"|868
|align="right"|29.36%
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|William Sloan
William Sloan
William Sloan was a Canadian businessman and Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament for Comox-Atlin from 1904 until 1909, when he resigned to provide a seat for William Templeman....
|align="right"|832
|align="right"|28.15%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,956
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
The Vancouver riding was abolished in 1903. Successor ridings were Nanaimo
Nanaimo (electoral district)
Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings....
and Comox—Atlin
Comox—Atlin
Comox—Atlin was a federal electoral district in the province of 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 and Vancouver ridings...
.
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...