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	Liberal
9th	1903–1904	Robert George Macpherson	Liberal
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

v t e 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
	Conservative gain from Government (Liberal–Unionist)		Swing		+24.43

v t e 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 from Vancouver City and Comox—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
	Liberal hold		Swing		-25.70

v t e 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
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.77

v t e 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 from New Westminster, which elected a Conservative in the previous election.