# Vancouver (electoral district)

Vancouver was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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, BC, but from its first incarnation in 1871 as the riding representing 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.

## Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | Francis Hincks | Liberal–Conservative |
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | Arthur Bunster | Liberal |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Arthur Bunster | Liberal |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | David William Gordon | Liberal–Conservative |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | David William Gordon | Liberal–Conservative |
| 7th | 1891–1893 | David William Gordon | Liberal–Conservative |
| 7th | 1893–1896 | Andrew Haslam | Liberal–Conservative |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | William Wallace Burns McInnes | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Ralph Smith | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Nanaimo and Comox—Atlin |||||

## Election results

1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ralph Smith | 1,256 | 42.49 | +1.33 |
| | Conservative | Clive Phillips Wolley | 868 | 29.36 | -3.69 |
| | Liberal | William Sloan | 832 | 28.15 | -12.81 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,956 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.51 |
1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Wm. W.B. McInnes | 1,020 | 40.96 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Haslam | 823 | 33.05 |
| | Conservative | James Haggart | 647 | 25.98 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,490 | 100.0 |
Canadian federal by-election, 1893 On David William Gordon's death, 19 February 1893 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Andrew Haslam | acclaimed |
1891 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | D.W. Gordon | acclaimed |
1887 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | D.W. Gordon | 713 | 60.53 | +0.27 |
| | Conservative | J.T. Planta | 465 | 39.47 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,178 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal–Conservative hold | Liberal–Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -19.60 |
1882 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | David William Gordon | 455 | 60.26 | +23.02 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Bunster | 300 | 39.74 | -7.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 755 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal–Conservative gain from Liberal | Liberal–Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +15.07 |
1878 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Bunster | 336 | 46.86 | -16.47 |
| | Liberal–Conservative | D.W. Gordon | 267 | 37.24 | – |
| | Unknown | A.J. McLellan | 74 | 10.32 | – |
| | Unknown | John Jessop | 40 | 5.58 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 717 | 100.0 |
1874 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Arthur Bunster | 209 | 63.33 |
| Unknown | A.C. Anderson | 84 | 25.45 |
| Unknown | J.W. Carey | 37 | 11.21 |
1872 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Francis Hincks | acclaimed |
| 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. |||||||