Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created before the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver East, were created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver Centre was a two-member seat throughout its existence.

For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 2001 55,510
Population Change, 1931–2001 8.2%
Area (km²) 23.77
Pop. Density 2,335

Notable MLAs

Electoral history 1933-1986

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Gordon McGregor Sloan 6,925 24.45%
  Liberal Gordon Sylvester Wismer 6,723 23.74%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Wallis Walter LeFeaux 5,352 18.90%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Samuel Taylor 5,102 18.01%
  Independent Conservative Daryl Herbert Kent 1,437 5.07%
  Independent Conservative Albert DeBurgo McPhillips 1,304 4.60%
  Independent CCF Gerald Vincent Pelton 407 1.44%
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Fred Grange3251.15%
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Charles James McKendrick3211.13%
  Independent CCF Henry Edward Lyon 293 1.03%
SocialistSydney Earp710.25%
SocialistRodney J. Young630.22%
Total valid votes 28,323 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 138
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Gordon Sylvester Wismer 6,444 18.63%
  Liberal Fred Crone 6,377 18.44%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Matthew Glenday 5,771 16.68%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frank Roberts 5,690 16.45%
     Conservative Montague Gregory Caple 4,214 12.18%
     Conservative Adam Smith Johnston 4,047 11.70%
Social Credit LeaguePaul McDowell Kerr9222.67%
Social ConstructiveJohn Towers Burnett4761.38%
Social ConstructiveAlfred Molineux Lester4151.20%
SocialistJames King2340.68%
Total valid votes 34,590 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 400
1941 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Co-operative CommonwealthLaura Emma Marshall Jamieson7,43417.85Y
Co-operative CommonwealthWallis Walter LeFeaux7,37117.70Y
LiberalGordon Sylvester Wismer6,86516.48
LiberalEdward Allan Jamieson6,85816.46
ConservativeMontague Gregory Caple6,32515.18
ConservativeAlbert DeBurgo McPhillips6,19814.88
Socialist LabourEric Thomas Reaville3930.94
Victory Without DebtMary Louise Bollert2090.50
Total valid votes 41,653 100.00
Total rejected ballots 445
1945 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
CoalitionAllan James McDonell10,97626.01Y
CoalitionGordon Sylvester Wismer10,87825.77Y
Co-operative CommonwealthLaura Emma Marshall Jamieson7,54917.89
Co-operative CommonwealthWallis Walter LeFeaux7,45117.65
Labor–ProgressiveNigel Morgan2,1014.98
Labor–ProgressiveMaurice Rush1,8664.42
Social Credit AllianceEric Charles Fitzgerald Martin5111.21
Social Credit AllianceCarl J. Julson4481.06
Independent LiberalWilliam Raymond McKay1990.47
Socialist LabourHorace Warner1220.29
SocialistRaymond Harold MacLeod1050.25
Total valid votes 42,206 100.00
Total rejected ballots 154
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf
1949 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
CoalitionGordon Sylvester Wismer14,59530.25Y
CoalitionAllan James McDonell14,57630.22Y
Co-operative CommonwealthJames Campbell Bury9,43019.55
Co-operative CommonwealthWallis Walter LeFeaux8,53917.70
Social Credit LeagueJohn Chmelyk4650.96
Social Credit LeagueErnest Ruble3490.72
Socialist LabourJohn Alexander Fedoruk2860.59
Total valid votes 48,240 100.00
Total rejected ballots 996

For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with two ballots, one for each seat, with two separate candidate-races:

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver Centre Ballot A 1
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Campbell Bury 6,912 31.02% 9,363 54.06% unknown
  Liberal Anna Ethel Sprott 5,234 23.49% 7,956 45.94% unknown
BC Social Credit LeagueGeorge Churchill Moxham4,69421.07%--.- %
  Progressive Conservative Allan James McDonell 4,120 18.49% - -.- % unknown
Christian DemocraticFerdinand Theodor Peters6672.99%
  Labour Representation Committee Orville Garfield Braaten 654 2.94% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 22,281 100.00% 17,319 %
Total rejected ballots 2,119
Turnout %
1 Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver Centre Ballot B 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson 7,350 33.17% 9,893 53.80%
  Liberal Gordon Sylvester Wismer 5,394 24.34% 8,496 46.20%
Social Credit LeagueEmil Peter Schafer4,49720.29%
  Progressive Conservative Frederick Wellington Taylor 3,951 17.83%
Christian DemocraticJames Byrne Reardon6913.12%
SocialistWilliam Harold Holtby2761.25%
Total valid votes 22,159 100.00% 18,389
Total rejected ballots 1,901
2 Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver Centre Ballot A 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
Social CreditAlexander Small Matthew7,06636.37%9,01653.75%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Campbell Bury 6,238 32.10% 7,757 46.25% unknown
  Liberal Anna Ethel Sprott 4,079 20.99% - -.- % unknown
  Progressive Conservative Glenholme Ferguson McMaster 971 5.00% - -.- % unknown
Labour ProgressiveMary Chomyn5722.94%--.- %
Christian DemocraticFerdinand Theodor Peters5052.60%
Total valid votes 19,431 100.00% 16,773 %
Total rejected ballots 1,638
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
3 Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver Centre Ballot B 4
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
Social CreditGeorge Churchill Moxham6,78235.48%8,67952.97%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson 6,283 32.87% 7,707 47.03% unknown
  Liberal Michael Leo Sweeney 3,985 20.85% - -.- % unknown
  Progressive Conservative Frederick Wellington Taylor 1,007 5.27% - -.- % unknown
Labour ProgressiveWilliam Angus Stewart5803.03%--.- %
Christian DemocraticJames Byrne Reardon4802.50%
Total valid votes 19,117 100.00% 16,386 %
Total rejected ballots 1,727
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
4 Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditLeslie Raymond Peterson9,11225.10%unknown
Social CreditAlexander Small Matthew8,61423.73%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Patrick (Paddy) Neale 4,561 12.56% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Giesbrecht 4,393 12.10% unknown
  Liberal James Allen Macdonald 3,996 11.01% unknown
  Liberal Ralph Goodman 3,727 10.27% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Reginald Atherton 969 2.67% unknown
Labour ProgressiveNigel Morgan4851.34%unknown
Labour ProgressiveJack Gillett4451.23%unknown
Total valid votes 36,302 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 168
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditLeslie Raymond Peterson8,51620.91%unknown
Social CreditAlexander Small Matthew8,22720.20%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Henry Berger 6,530 16.03% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William James Dennison 6,378 15.66% unknown
  Liberal Charles Jordan-Knox 3,726 9.15% unknown
  Liberal Henry Greer Castillou 3,724 9.14% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Patrick Lockhart Reid 1,421 3.49% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Lawrence Smith Eckhardt 1,411 3.46% unknown
Labour ProgressiveMaurice Rush4201.03%unknown
CommunistSonia Rutka3800.93%unknown
Total valid votes 40,733 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 504
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditLeslie Raymond Peterson8,06020.26%unknown
Social CreditAlexander Small Matthew7,59419.09%unknown
New DemocraticJohn M. Norris5,80614.60%unknown
New DemocraticFred Vulliamy5,53813.92%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Warnett Kennedy 3,477 8.74% unknown
  Liberal Alexander Forst 3,467 8.72% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Harold G. Haggart 2,741 6.89% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Arthur L. Johnson 2,588 6.51% unknown
CommunistRonald J. Forkin2660.67%unknown
CommunistWilliam E. Stewart2400.60%unknown
Total valid votes 39,777 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 419
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditHarold Peter (Herb) Capozzi8,15721.15%unknown
Social CreditEvan Maurice Wolfe7,93820.58%unknown
New DemocraticPaul A. Phillips7,25718.82%unknown
New DemocraticF.C. Christopher Huddlestan6,87117.81%unknown
  Liberal William Griffiths Black 4,147 10.75% unknown
  Liberal Phillip James Lipp 3,803 9.86% unknown
CommunistJames William (Jim) Beynon253.66%unknown
  Independent Gerard A. Goeujon 144 0.37% unknown
Total valid votes 38,570 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 432
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditHarold Peter (Herb) Capozzi10,75121.78%unknown
Social CreditEvan Maurice Wolfe10,71121.70%unknown
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes9,44619.14%unknown
New DemocraticWilliam Herbert Deverell9,44119.13%unknown
  Liberal Daniel Terence Devlin 4,551 9.22% unknown
  Liberal Robert Gary Miller 4,454 9.02% unknown
Total valid votes 49,354 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 528
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes12,12022.68%unknown
New DemocraticGary Vernon Lauk11,74921.99%unknown
Social CreditHarold Peter (Herb) Capozzi10,03718.78%unknown
Social CreditEvan Maurice Wolfe9,90818.54%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Alexander Kennedy 4,869 9.11% unknown
  Liberal Henry Greer Castillou 4,751 8.89% unknown
Total valid votes 53,434 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 539
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticGary Vernon Lauk12,84624.73%unknown
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes12,25223.59%unknown
Social CreditHarold Peter (Herb) Capozzi11,25321.67%unknown
Social CreditTin Chao Alan Lau7,21413.89%unknown
  Independent (Social Credit) Thomas Warnett Kennedy5 2,545 4.90% unknown
  Liberal Thomas Smith Hammond 1,949 3.75% unknown
  Liberal Jack Say Yee 1,870 3.60% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Malcolm Caldwell Wright 1,513 2.91% unknown
  Independent David John Bader 191 0.37% unknown
CommunistMichael Christopher Gidora1640.32%unknown
CommunistNicholas Podovinnikoff1400.27%unknown
Total valid votes 51,937 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 669
Turnout %
5 Campaigned as Ind.SC but listed as Independent in Statement of Votes since the Election Act prohibits the use of a recognized party name by Independent candidates.
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticGary Vernon Lauk17,46428.07%unknown
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes17,36127.91%unknown
Social CreditThomas Warnett Kennedy12,23319.66%unknown
Social CreditRichmond Desmond Fitzgerald Kimmitt11,64918.73%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Douglas David Henderson 1,511 2.43% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Keith Donald Eady 1,475 2.37% unknown
CommunistMaurice Rush2770.45%unknown
CommunistMiguel Figueroa2370.38%unknown
Total valid votes 62,207 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,310
Turnout %
1983 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes18,96028.70Y
New DemocraticGary Vernon Lauk18,74328.37Y
Social CreditAvril Kim Campbell12,74019.28
Social CreditPhilip W. Owen12,41518.79
LiberalShirley McLoughlin2,0843.16
Progressive ConservativeKevin Baden Bruce8801.33
CommunistMaurice Rush2440.37
Total valid votes 66,066
Total rejected ballots 84
34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticMichael Franklin Harcourt22,30131.71%unknown
New DemocraticEmery Oakland Barnes20,88529.69%unknown
Social CreditRobert Gardner10,96515.59%unknown
Social CreditJohn Archibald Murchie10,67915.18%unknown
  Liberal Steven R. Bourne 2,564 3.65% unknown
  Liberal Vito Palmieri 2,036 2.89% unknown
GreenGavin L. Ross4460.63%unknown
GreenMurray Gudmundson3170.45%unknown
People's FrontBrian Keith Sproule1440.21%
Total valid votes 70,337 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,548
Turnout %

A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old tradition of multiple member districts. Vancouver Centre was abolished. Its principal successor ridings were Vancouver-Fairview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Langara. Some portions may have gone to Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Little Mountain.

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