# Vancouver—Burrard (federal electoral district)

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
* 1947 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 | John Arthur Clark | Conservative |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Wilfred Hanbury | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Gerry McGeer | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Gerry McGeer | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Charles Merritt | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Lorne MacDougall | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Lorne MacDougall | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | John Russell Taylor | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | John Russell Taylor | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Thomas R. Berger | New Democratic |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Ron Basford | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Ron Basford | Liberal |
| 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,926 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,001 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal gain from New Democratic | Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,148 | 100.0 |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,735 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,466 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,020 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,348 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,249 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,837 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,130 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,457 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,931 | 100.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,967 | 100.0 |
| This riding was created from parts of Burrard, where Conservative John Arthur Clark was the incumbent. |||||||