Vancouver City (federal electoral district)

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Vancouver City
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1904
District abolished1917
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.

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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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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

1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Herbert Stevens 6,90258.72+16.61
Liberal John Harold Senkler3,79632.80+5.11
Socialist Eugene Thornton Kingsley 1,0569.12
Total valid votes11,754100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +5.75
Socialist candidate Eugene Kingsley lost 1.76 percentage points from his 1908 performance as an Independent.
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Henry Cowan 4,62142.11+6.30
Liberal Wm. Wallace Burns McInnes 3,03927.69-22.89
Independent Joseph Martin 2,12019.31
Independent Eugene T. Kingsley 1,19410.88
Total valid votes10,974100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.60
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Robert George Macpherson 2,93850.58
Conservative R.B. Ellis2,08035.81
Socialist J.T. Mortimer74112.76
Socialist J. McGeer500.86
Total valid votes5,809100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Burrard, where Liberal Robert George Macpherson was the incumbent.

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