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 federalelectoral district inBritish Columbia, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 and from 1917 to 1925. Thisriding was created in 1892 from parts ofNew Westminster riding. In 1903, this riding was redistributed intoVancouver City,Comox—Atlin andYale—Cariboo, and was re-created from Vancouver City and Comox—Atlin in 1914. It was abolished in 1924 intoVancouver North andVancouver—Burrard.
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created fromNew Westminster | ||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | George Ritchie Maxwell | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1900–1902† | |||
| 1903–1904 | Robert George Macpherson | Liberal | ||
| Riding dissolved intoVancouver City,Comox—AtlinandYale—Cariboo | ||||
| Riding re-created fromVancouver CityandComox—Atlin | ||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Sanford Johnston Crowe | Government (Liberal–Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | John Arthur Clark | Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved intoVancouver NorthandVancouver—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 | 12.32 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,899 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservativegain fromGovernment (Liberal–Unionist) | Swing | +24.43 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| This riding was created fromVancouver City andComox—Atlin, both of which elected a Conservative in the previous election. | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 4 February 1903 On the death of George Ritchie Maxwell, 17 November 1902 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert George Macpherson | 2,108 | 48.40 | -8.12 | ||||
| Independent Labour | Chris Foley | 1,885 | 43.28 | – | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Robert McInnes | 362 | 8.31 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,355 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -25.70 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | G.R. Maxwell | 2,716 | 56.52 | +8.31 | ||||
| Conservative | James Ford Garden | 2,089 | 43.48 | +4.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,805 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +1.77 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | G.R. Maxwell | 1,512 | 48.21 | |||||
| Conservative | G.H. Cowan | 1,214 | 38.71 | |||||
| Conservative | W.J. Bowser | 410 | 13.07 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,136 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created fromNew Westminster, which elected a Conservative in the previous election. Maxwell also nominated or endorsed by the Nationlist Party (a short lived labour party) and theMcCarthyites | ||||||||