# Vancouver-Burrard (provincial 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. 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 (km$^2$) | 8.89 |
| Pop. Density (people per km$^2$) | 7,204 |

## MLAs
### Dual-member district

| Assembly | Years | Seat 1 | Seat 1 | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 2 | Seat 2 |
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | Party | Member | Party | Party |
| 18th | 1933–1935 | Gerald Gratton McGeer | | Liberal | Helen Douglas Smith | | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1937 | John Howard Forester | | Liberal | Helen Douglas Smith | | Liberal |
| 19th | 1937–1941 | John Howard Forester | | Liberal | Helen Douglas Smith | | Liberal |
| 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 | Donald Cameron Brown | | Coalition (PC) | John Groves Gould | | Coalition (Liberal) |
| 23rd | 1952–1953 | Eric Martin | | Social Credit | Bert Price | | Social Credit |
| 24th | 1953–1956 | Eric Martin | | Social Credit | Bert Price | | Social Credit |
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Eric Martin | | Social Credit | Bert Price | | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1960–1963 | Eric Martin | | Social Credit | Bert Price | | Social Credit |
| 27th | 1963–1966 | Eric Martin | | Social Credit | Bert Price | | Social Credit |
| 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 | Norman Levi | | NDP | Rosemary Brown | | NDP |
| 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 | NDP |
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Lorne Mayencourt | Liberal |
| 38th | 2005–2008 | Lorne Mayencourt | Liberal |
| 38th | 2008–2009 | Spencer Herbert | NDP |
| Riding re-dissolved into Vancouver-False Creek and Vancouver-West End |||||

## Election results

vte1933 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Liberal | Gerald Gratton McGeer | 10,022 | 24.9 | Y |
| | Liberal | Helen Douglas Smith | 9,117 | 22.7 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,222 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 168 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,946 | 68.2 |
vteBritish Columbia provincial by-election, September 2, 1936 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Liberal | John Howard Forester | 7,459 | 36.87 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,233 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 189 | - |
Reason for by-election: Resignation of Gerald Gratton McGeer to contest federal election.
vte1937 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Liberal | John Howard Forester | 8,606 | 18.6 | Y |
| | Liberal | Helen Douglas Smith | 8,297 | 17.9 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 46,229 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 377 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,434 | 70.7 |
vte1941 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Charles Grant MacNeil | 9,596 | 19.0 | Y |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Winona Grace MacInnis | 9,402 | 18.6 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,610 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 268 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,511 | 70.4 |
vte1945 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Coalition | George Moir Weir | 14,938 | 57.65 | Y |
| | Coalition | Donald Cameron Brown | 14,711 | 56.78 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,910 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 205 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52.6 |
vte1949 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Coalition | Donald Cameron Brown | 20,230 | 61.00 | Y |
| | Coalition | John Groves Gould | 19,926 | 60.08 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,164 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 312 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66.9 |
vte1952 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,775 | 100.00 | 25,800 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,598 |
| Total registered voters | Total registered voters | Total registered voters | 60,006 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57.28 |
| Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |||||||
vte1952 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,418 | 100.00 | 26,086 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,900 |
| Total registered voters | Total registered voters | Total registered voters | 60,006 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57.19 |
| Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |||||||
vte1953 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,956 | 100.00 | 26,284 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,885 |
| Total registered voters | Total registered voters | Total registered voters | 53,412 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57.7 |
| Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |||||||
vte1953 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,740 | 100.00 | 26,120 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,131 |
| Total registered voters | Total registered voters | Total registered voters | 53,412 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57.8 |
| Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |||||||
vte1956 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Eric Martin | 12,824 | 24.9 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Bert Price | 12,180 | 23.3 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 52,369 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 608 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,798 | 53.3 |
vte1960 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Eric Martin | 10,642 | 18.9 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Bert Price | 10,231 | 18.1 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 56,382 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 621 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,534 | 50.6 |
vte1963 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Eric Martin | 11,181 | 19.1 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Bert Price | 10,612 | 18.1 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 58,657 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 468 | 1.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,022 | 52.9 |
vte1966 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | New Democratic | Thomas Rodney Berger | 9,849 | 24.4 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Parkinson | 9,498 | 23.5 | Y |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,386 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 322 | 0.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,988 | 58.3 |
vte1991 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,094 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 552 | 2.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,646 | 65.59 |
vte1996 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,420 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 257 | 1.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,677 | 62.68 |
vte2001 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,688 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 123 | 0.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,811 | 63.67 |
vte2005 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,483 | 100 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 196 | 0.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,679 | 51.95 |
vteBritish 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,811 | 100 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,837 | 23.21 |