Vancouver—Burrard (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district).
Vancouver—Burrard
British Columbia electoral district
Boundaries at abolition
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested1925
Last contested1965

Vancouver—Burrard was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Burrard riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East ridings.

Historical boundaries

  • 1933 representation order
    1933 representation order
  • 1947 representation order
    1947 representation order
  • 1952 representation order
    1952 representation order


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Burrard
15th  1925–1926     John Arthur Clark Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935     Wilfred Hanbury Liberal
18th  1935–1940     Gerry McGeer Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Charles Merritt Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953     Lorne MacDougall Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     John Russell Taylor Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Thomas R. Berger New Democratic
26th  1963–1965     Ron Basford Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East

Election results

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Basford 10,807 38.70 +1.05
New Democratic Ray Parkinson 9,233 33.06 +1.82
Progressive Conservative Marianne Linnell 5,138 18.40 -5.59
Social Credit Edward M. Chisholm 2,748 9.84 +3.12
Total valid votes 27,926 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.38
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Basford 12,048 37.65 +6.50
New Democratic Tom Berger 9,998 31.24 -0.23
Progressive Conservative John Taylor 7,678 23.99 -5.69
Social Credit George C. Mathews 2,150 6.72 -0.98
Independent Liberal David Swan 127 0.40 –
Total valid votes 32,001 100.0  
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +3.36
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Thomas R. Berger 9,173 31.47 +14.25
Liberal Ron Basford 9,079 31.15 +13.82
Progressive Conservative John Russell Taylor 8,651 29.68 -30.86
Social Credit William Lennox 2,245 7.70 +2.79
Total valid votes 29,148 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +0.22
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth vote in the 1958 election.
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Russell Taylor 18,001 60.54 +13.97
Liberal Frank George Perrin Lewis 5,154 17.33 +1.63
Co-operative Commonwealth Victor Wadham Forster 5,121 17.22 +3.35
Social Credit William Rose 1,459 4.91 -18.07
Total valid votes 29,735 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.17
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Russell Taylor 13,721 46.57 +29.54
Social Credit Peer Vernon Paynter 6,772 22.98 -4.16
Liberal Clare Richard James Skatfeld 4,626 15.70 -19.02
Co-operative Commonwealth Victor W. Forster 4,088 13.87 -5.38
Independent Irving S. Finkleman 259 0.88 –
Total valid votes 29,466 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.85
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lorne MacDougall 9,035 34.72 -1.42
Social Credit Peer Vernon Paynter 7,063 27.14 –
Co-operative Commonwealth Gladys Grace Mae Strum 5,010 19.25 -9.43
Progressive Conservative Buda Brown 4,430 17.03 -18.15
Labor–Progressive Sidney Zlotnik 482 1.85 –
Total valid votes 26,020 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -14.28
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lorne MacDougall 10,967 36.14 +14.11
Progressive Conservative Charles Merritt 10,676 35.18 -2.21
Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Alexander Webster 8,705 28.68 -2.57
Total valid votes 30,348 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.16
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Merritt 14,677 37.39 +8.54
Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Alexander Webster 12,264 31.25 -1.47
Liberal Gerald Vincent Pelton 8,648 22.03 -16.39
Labor–Progressive Minerva Cooper 2,249 5.73 –
Social Credit Peer Vernon Paynter 1,025 2.61 –
Democratic Dave Bernard Parkin 246 0.63 –
Socialist Labour Paul Debragh 140 0.36 –
Total valid votes 39,249 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.00
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerry McGeer 12,617 38.42 +2.11
Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Alexander Webster 10,745 32.72 -3.57
National Government Allan James McDonell 9,475 28.85 +10.15
Total valid votes 32,837 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.84
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerry McGeer 10,215 36.31 -16.52
Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Alexander Webster 10,209 36.29 –
Conservative Allan James McDonell 5,259 18.70 -25.44
Reconstruction Herbert Lorne Wordsworth Turnbull 1,913 6.80 –
Social Credit William Albert Tutte 534 1.90 –
Total valid votes 28,130 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -26.40
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilfred Hanbury 16,619 52.83 +16.08
Conservative Robert James Hamilton 13,885 44.14 -9.50
Independent Charles Milton Woodworth 687 2.18 –
Prohibition Edwin Clarke Appleby 266 0.85 –
Total valid votes 31,457 100.0  
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.79
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Arthur Clark 11,227 53.64 +6.44
Liberal Wilfred Hanbury 7,692 36.75 -5.41
Labour William Jamison Curry 2,012 9.61 -1.03
Total valid votes 20,931 100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +5.92
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Arthur Clark 9,897 47.20
Liberal Robert Purves McLennan 8,840 42.16
Labour John Sidaway 2,230 10.64
Total valid votes 20,967 100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Burrard, where Conservative John Arthur Clark was the incumbent.

See also

Further reading

  • Laponce, J.A. (1969). People vs. Politics: A study of opinions, attitudes, and perceptions in Vancouver-Burrard 1963-1965. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-1517-4.