Burrard (electoral district)

Burrard
British Columbia electoral district
	Boundaries at abolition
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1917
District abolished	1925
First contested	1917
Last contested	1921

Burrard was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 and from 1917 to 1925. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of New Westminster riding. In 1903, this riding was redistributed into Vancouver City, Comox—Atlin and Yale—Cariboo, and was re-created from Vancouver City and Comox—Atlin in 1914. It was abolished in 1924 into Vancouver North and Vancouver—Burrard.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from New Westminster
8th	1896–1900	George Ritchie Maxwell	Liberal
9th	1900–1902†	George Ritchie Maxwell
9th	1903–1904	Robert George Macpherson
Riding dissolved into Vancouver City, Comox—Atlin and Yale—Cariboo
Riding re-created from Vancouver City and Comox—Atlin
13th	1917–1921	Sanford Johnston Crowe	Government (Liberal–Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	John Arthur Clark	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Vancouver North and Vancouver—Burrard

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Arthur Clark	12,240	55.89	–
	Liberal	Malcolm Archibald Macdonald	6,960	31.78	+7.03
	Independent	John David Harrington	2,699	12.33	–
Total valid votes			21,899	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			21,899	61.75	–35.10
Eligible voters			35,463
	Conservative gain from Government (Liberal–Unionist)		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament^[1]^[2]

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Liberal–Unionist)	Sanford Johnston Crowe	12,566	66.08	–
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Patrick Donnelly	4,707	24.75	–
	Labour	Victor Rainsford Midgley	1,744	9.17	–
Total valid votes			19,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			19,017	96.85	–
Eligible voters			19,636
	Government (Liberal–Unionist) notional gain from Liberal		Swing		–
This riding was created from Vancouver City and Comox—Atlin, both of which elected a Conservative in the previous election.
Source: Library of Parliament^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal by-election, February 4, 1903 On the death of George Ritchie Maxwell, November 17, 1902
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert George Macpherson	2,108	48.40	–8.12
	Independent Liberal	Chris. Foley	1,885	43.28	–
	Independent	Thomas Robert McInnes	362	8.31	–
Total valid votes			4,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			4,355	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament^[5]

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Ritchie Maxwell	2,716	56.52	+8.31
	Conservative	James Garden	2,089	43.48	+4.77
Total valid votes			4,805	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			4,805	40.93	+10.45
Eligible voters			11,740
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.77
Source: Library of Parliament^[6]^[7]

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Ritchie Maxwell	1,512	48.21	–
	Conservative	George Henry Cowan	1,214	38.71	–
	Conservative	William John Bowser	410	13.07	–
Total valid votes			3,136	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			3,136	30.48	–
Eligible voters			10,290
	Liberal notional gain		Swing		–
This riding was created from New Westminster, which elected a Conservative in the previous election. Maxwell also nominated or endorsed by the Nationlist Party (a short lived labour party) and the McCarthyites
Source: Library of Parliament^[8]^[9]

List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria