South Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the

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. It first appeared on the

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in the general election of 1916 (South Vancouver then was incorporated separately from the City of Vancouver). Following the 1928 election the South Vancouver riding was redistributed. Parts of it were put in different ridings, principally

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and

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. For other current and historical electoral districts in the City of

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Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

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Robert Henry Neelands Robert Henry Neelands (July 8, 1881 – July 24, 1974) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1920 to 1928 from the electoral district of South Vancouver, as a member of the Canadian Labour Par ...

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, Walter John Buckingham , align="right", 1,141 , align="right", 22.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party ,

, align="right", 1,971 , align="right", 38.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,088 !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", ,

, Charles William Feast , align="right", 696 , align="right", 13.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , William Edward Wood Guy , align="right", 39 , align="right", 0.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent Labour Party ¹ ,

, align="right", 1,981 , align="right", 38.33% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,168 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 164 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Labour in ''Summary of Votes''

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:South Vancouver (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia