Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the defunct federal electoral district, see Vancouver—Burrard (federal electoral district).

Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election and included the neighbourhoods of Kitsilano and Fairview. This version of the riding was abolished in 1979, and its territory was divided between Vancouver-Point Grey, Vancouver-Little Mountain, and Vancouver Centre.

In 1991, a new Vancouver-Burrard was established, containing the western half of the former Vancouver Centre. For the 2009 election, the riding was split across two new ridings. The portion west of Burrard, Georgia, and Jervis became the new Vancouver-West End riding.[1] The remainder of Vancouver-Burrard joined part of Vancouver-Fairview to become the new Vancouver-False Creek riding.

Demographics

From 2001 Canadian Census

Population, 2001 64,046
Population Change, 1996–2001 20.9%
Area (km2) 8.89
Pop. Density (people per km2) 7,204

Geography

History

MLAs

Dual-member district

Assembly Years Seat 1 Seat 2
Member Party Member Party
18th 1933–1935 Gerald Gratton McGeer Liberal Helen Douglas Smith Liberal
1935–1937 John Howard Forester
19th 1937–1941
20th 1941–1945 Charles Grant MacNeil CCF Winona Grace MacInnis CCF
21st 1945–1949 Donald Cameron Brown Coalition (PC) George Moir Weir Coalition (Liberal)
22nd 1949–1952 John Groves Gould
23rd 1952–1953 Eric Martin Social Credit Bert Price Social Credit
24th 1953–1956
25th 1956–1960
26th 1960–1963
27th 1963–1966
28th 1966–1969 Tom Berger NDP Ray Parkinson NDP
29th 1969–1972 Harold Merilees Social Credit Bert Price Social Credit
30th 1972–1975 Norman Levi NDP Rosemary Brown NDP
31st 1975–1979
Riding dissolved into Vancouver Centre, Vancouver-Little Mountain and Vancouver-Point Grey

Single-member district

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding re-created from Vancouver Centre
35th 1991–1996 Emery Barnes NDP
36th 1996–2001 Tim Stevenson
37th 2001–2005 Lorne Mayencourt Liberal
38th 2005–2008
2008–2009 Spencer Herbert NDP
Riding re-dissolved into Vancouver-False Creek and Vancouver-West End

Election results

1933 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Gerald Gratton McGeer 10,022 24.9 Green tickY
Liberal Helen Douglas Smith 9,117 22.7 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Mildred Minnie Osterhout 6,546 16.3
Co-operative Commonwealth John Sidaway 6,311 15.7
Non-Partisan Independent Group John Bennett 3,449 8.6
Non-Partisan Independent Group David McKenzie 2,193 5.5
Unionist William Middleton Dennies 1,231 3.1
Unionist Chris "H" Barker 502 1.2
Independent Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Bolton McKinnon 277 0.7
United Front Flora Hutton 235 0.6
Independent Liberal Lynn Browne 230 0.6
Socialist William Black 109 0.3
Total valid votes 40,222 100.00
Total rejected ballots 168 0.4
Turnout 20,946 68.2
British Columbia provincial by-election, September 2, 1936
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal John Howard Forester 7,459 36.87 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth James Lyle Telford 7,072 34.96
Conservative Frank Porter Patterson 5,654 27.95
Socialist Robert Christopher Walker 45 0.22
Total valid votes 20,233 100.00
Total rejected ballots 189 -

Reason for by-election: Resignation of Gerald Gratton McGeer to contest federal election.

1937 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal John Howard Forester 8,606 18.6 Green tickY
Liberal Helen Douglas Smith 8,297 17.9 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Donald Stewart Maxwell 7,367 15.9
Conservative Halford David Wilson 7,238 15.7
Co-operative Commonwealth Austin Stanley Trotter 7,056 15.3
Conservative Charles John White 6,265 13.6
Constructivist George Anderson Pollock 401 0.9
Constructivist Catherine Emily Bufton 364 0.8
Social Credit Edith May Brooks 300 0.6
Social Credit Peer Vernon Paynter 281 0.6
Financial Justice George Henry Broughton 54 0.1
Total valid votes 46,229 100.00
Total rejected ballots 377 0.8
Turnout 24,434 70.7
1941 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Grant MacNeil 9,596 19.0 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Winona Grace MacInnis 9,402 18.6 Green tickY
Conservative Donald Cameron Brown 8,283 16.4
Conservative George Clark Miller 8,281 16.4
Liberal John Howard Forester 7,505 14.8
Liberal Helen Douglas Smith 7,276 14.4
Socialist Labour John Alexander Fedoruk 267 0.5
Total valid votes 50,610 100.00
Total rejected ballots 268 1.2
Turnout 26,511 70.4
1945 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Coalition George Moir Weir 14,938 57.65 Green tickY
Coalition Donald Cameron Brown 14,711 56.78 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Winona Grace MacInnis 10,150 39.17
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Grant MacNeil 10,071 38.87
Labor–Progressive Joan Mason 1,042 4.02
Labor–Progressive Sidney Zlotnik 988 3.81
Social Credit Peer Paynter 668 2.58
Social Credit James W. Wardrop 551 2.13
Socialist Labour John Fedoruk 107 0.41
Total valid votes 25,910 100.00
Total rejected ballots 205
Turnout 52.6
1949 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Coalition Donald Cameron Brown 20,230 61.00 Green tickY
Coalition John Groves Gould 19,926 60.08 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Alex Macdonald 11,037 33.28
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Grant MacNeil 10,737 32.38
Social Credit Eric Martin 727 2.19
Social Credit James Wardrop 531 1.60
Independent Irving Finkleman 396 1.19
Union of Electors John S. Adam 95 0.29
Total valid votes 33,164 100.00
Total rejected ballots 312
Turnout 66.9
1952 British Columbia general election, ballot A
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 %
Social Credit Eric Martin 9,166 27.97 13,222 51.25
Co-operative Commonwealth Alex Macdonald 10,037 30.62 12,578 48.75
Liberal J. Howard Forester 6,166 18.81
Progressive Conservative Donald Cameron Brown 5,765 17.58
Christian Democratic George F. Pedlar 1,064 3.25
Independent Emil Bjarnason 577 1.76
Total valid votes 32,775 100.00 25,800 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,598
Total registered voters 60,006
Turnout 57.28
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
1952 British Columbia general election, ballot B
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 %
Social Credit Bert Price 9,002 27.77 13,166 50.47
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Grant MacNeil 10,397 32.07 12,920 49.53
Liberal John Groves Gould 6,358 19.61
Progressive Conservative John D. Cornett 5,615 17.32
Christian Democratic John M. Stephens 1,046 3.23
Total valid votes 32,418 100.00 26,086 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,900
Total registered voters 60,006
Turnout 57.19
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
1953 British Columbia general election, ballot A
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 %
Social Credit Eric Martin 11,527 39.8 14,924 56.8
Co-operative Commonwealth Macdonald 9,216 31.8 11,360 43.2
Liberal John Groves Gould 5,936 20.5
Progressive Conservative Allan 1,259 4.3
Christian Democratic Walshe 658 2.3
Labor–Progressive Rankin 360 1.2
Total valid votes 28,956 100.00 26,284 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,885
Total registered voters 53,412
Turnout 57.7
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
1953 British Columbia general election, ballot B
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 %
Social Credit Bert Price 11,273 39.2 14,674 56.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Grant MacNeil 9,313 32.4 11,446 43.8
Liberal Odlum 5,858 20.4
Progressive Conservative Carmichael 1,276 4.4
Christian Democratic Zunti 643 2.2
Labor–Progressive Whyte 367 1.3
Total valid votes 28,740 100.00 26,120 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,131
Total registered voters 53,412
Turnout 57.8
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
1956 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Social Credit Eric Martin 12,824 24.9 Green tickY
Social Credit Bert Price 12,180 23.3 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth MacDonald 7,826 14.9
Co-operative Commonwealth Burns 7,322 14.0
Liberal Millar 4,972 9.5
Liberal McCay 4,424 8.4
Progressive Conservative Macaulay 1,095 2.1
Progressive Conservative Caine 1,006 1.9
Labor–Progressive Whyte 260 0.5
Labor–Progressive Weinstein 257 0.5
Independent Todd 203 0.4
Total valid votes 52,369 100.00
Total rejected ballots 608 1.2
Turnout 27,798 53.3
1960 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Social Credit Eric Martin 10,642 18.9 Green tickY
Social Credit Bert Price 10,231 18.1 Green tickY
Co-operative Commonwealth Neale 9,505 16.9
Co-operative Commonwealth Vulliamy 9,333 16.6
Liberal Kearney 5,715 10.1
Liberal Lyon 5,744 10.2
Progressive Conservative Sturdy 2,611 4.6
Progressive Conservative Thomas 1,904 3.4
Communist Edwards 339 0.6
Communist Samuelson 271 0.5
Independent Finkleman 87 0.2
Total valid votes 56,382 100.00
Total rejected ballots 621 1.1
Turnout 29,534 50.6
1963 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Social Credit Eric Martin 11,181 19.1 Green tickY
Social Credit Bert Price 10,612 18.1 Green tickY
New Democratic Thomas Rodney Berger 10,345 17.6
New Democratic Neale 8,998 15.3
Liberal Phillips 5,798 9.9
Liberal Mussallem 5,291 9.0
Progressive Conservative Coultas 3,457 5.9
Progressive Conservative Ashdown 2,975 5.1
Total valid votes 58,657 100.00
Total rejected ballots 468 1.16
Turnout 31,022 52.9
1966 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
New Democratic Thomas Rodney Berger 9,849 24.4 Green tickY
New Democratic Raymond Parkinson 9,498 23.5 Green tickY
Social Credit Alsbury 7,584 18.8
Social Credit Bert Price 7,584 18.8
Liberal Brennan 3,190 7.9
Liberal Higgs 2,681 6.6
Total valid votes 40,386 100.00
Total rejected ballots 322 0.78
Turnout 20,988 58.3
1991 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
New Democratic Emery Barnes 9,725 50.93 $56,902
Liberal Steven R. Bourne 6,727 35.23 $7,987
Social Credit Joy Davies 2,201 11.53 $29,256
Green Andy Telfer 441 2.31 $1,349
Total valid votes 19,094 100.00
Total rejected ballots 552 2.81
Turnout 19,646 65.59
1996 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Tim Stevenson 10,646 49.70 −1.23 $43,534
Liberal Duncan Wilson 7,975 37.23 +2.00 $50,880
Progressive Democrat Laura McDiarmid 1,014 4.73 – $1,072
Green Imtiaz Popat 563 2.63 +0.32 $155
Reform Aletta Buday 671 3.13 – $100
Libertarian John Clarke 458 2.14 –
Natural Law Wayne A. Melvin 93 0.43 – $100
Total valid votes 21,420 100.00
Total rejected ballots 257 1.19
Turnout 21,677 62.68
2001 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lorne Mayencourt 11,396 48.11 +10.88 $46,939
New Democratic Tim Stevenson 7,359 31.07 −18.63 $45,493
Green Robbie Mattu 3,826 16.15 +13.52 $1,029
Marijuana Marc Emery 906 3.82 – $394
Unity Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell 290 1.15 – –
Independent Boris Bear 136 0.57 – $157
People's Front Joseph Theriault 40 0.17 – $57
Independent Rhinoceros Helvis 25 0.11 – $100
Total valid votes 23,688 100.00
Total rejected ballots 123 0.52
Turnout 23,811 63.67
2005 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lorne Mayencourt 12,009 42.16 −5.94 $161,227
New Democratic Tim Stevenson 11,998 42.12 +11.04 $67,587
Green Janek Patrick John Kuchmistrz 3,698 12.98 −3.21 $8,237
Libertarian John Clarke 388 1.36 – $100
Work Less Lisa Voldeng 170 0.60 – $1,855
Sex John Gordon Ince 111 0.39 – $100
Democratic Reform Ian McLeod 82 0.29 – $400
Platinum Antonio Francisco Ferreira 27 0.09 – $100
Total valid votes 28,483 100
Total rejected ballots 196 0.69
Turnout 28,679 51.95
British Columbia provincial by-election, October 29, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Spencer Herbert 6,998 50.67 +8.57 $62,474
Liberal Arthur Griffiths 5,089 36.85 −5.24 $91,934
Green Drina Read 741 5.37 −7.70 $2,788
Conservative Ian McLeod 599 4.34 – $2,379
Marijuana Marc Emery 384 2.78 – $1,840
Total valid votes 13,811 100
Total rejected ballots 26 0.19
Turnout 13,837 23.21

References

  1. ^ Proposed SMP Boundaries