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:''This article is for the former Canadian federal electoral district named Vancouver City, 1903-1914.
:''For the provincial riding of the same name, see [[Vancouver City (electoral district)]]. ''
:''For the city, see [[Vancouver, British Columbia]].''
:''For the former soccer club, see [[Vancouver City (soccer club)]].''
'''Vancouver City''' was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], that was represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] from 1904 to 1917.
This [[Riding (division)|riding]] was created in 1903 from parts of [[Burrard (electoral district)|Burrard]] riding.It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Burrard, [[Vancouver Centre]] and [[Vancouver South]] ridings.
For other ridings with the name "Vancouver", please see [[Vancouver (electoral districts)]].
== Election results ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' '''bold'''.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[Canadian federal election, 1904]]: Vancouver City}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Robert George Macpherson]]
|align="right"|<b>2,938
|align="right"|<b>50.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
|[[R.B. Ellis]]
|align="right"|2,080
|align="right"|35.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|J.T. Mortimer
|align="right"|741
|align="right"|12.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|J. McGeer
|align="right"|50
|align="right"|00.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,809
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[Canadian federal election, 1908]]: Vancouver City}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|<b>[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
|<b>[[George Henry Cowan]]
|align="right"|<b>4,621
|align="right"|<b>42.11%
|
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[William Wallace Burns McInnes|Wm. Wallace Burns McInnes]]
|align="right"|3,039
|align="right"|27.69%
|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|[[Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)|Joseph Martin]]
|align="right"|<b>2,120
|align="right"|<b>19.31%
|
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|[[Eugene Thornton Kingsley|Eugene T. Kingsley]]
|align="right"|1,194
|align="right"|10.88%
|
|align="right"|
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,974
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Former [[Premier of British Columbia]] (1900).</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[Canadian federal election, 1911]]: Vancouver City}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|<b>[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Herbert Henry Stevens]]
|align="right"|<b>6,902
|align="right"|<b>58.72%
|
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[William Templeman|Hon. William Templeman]]
|align="right"|3,796
|align="right"|32.80%
|
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|[[Eugene Thornton Kingsley]]
|align="right"|1,056
|align="right"|9.12%
|
|align="right"|
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,754
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!
!
|}
The seat of Vancouver City was abolished in 1914. Successor ridings were [[Burrard (electoral district)|Burrard]], [[Vancouver Centre]] and [[Vancouver South]].
== See also ==
* [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts]]
* [[Past Canadian electoral districts]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=758 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia federal electoral districts]]