Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

for the

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, Canada. It first appeared on the

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in the 1933 general election and included the neighbourhoods of Kitsilano and Fairview. This version of the riding was abolished in 1979, and its territory was divided between

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, and

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. In 1991, a new Vancouver-Burrard was established, containing the western half of the former

. For the 2009 election, the riding was split across two new ridings. The portion west of Burrard, Georgia, and Jervis became the new

Vancouver-West End Vancouver-West End is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was contested for the first time in the 2009 election. Prior to 2009, the riding was part of Vancouver- ...

riding.Proposed SMP Boundaries
/ref> The remainder of Vancouver-Burrard joined part of

Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Fairview is made up of two rectangles: one bounded by Granville Street to the east, 16th Avenue to the south, Arbutus Street to th ...

to become the new

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riding.

Demographics

From 2001 Canadian Census

Geography

History

MLAs

# Rosemary Brown, NDP (1972–1979) #

Emery Barnes Emery Oakland Barnes (December 15, 1929 – June 1, 1998) was a Canadians, Canadian professional Canadian football, football player and politician. Background Born in Louisiana and raised in Oregon, Barnes was a gifted athlete, and was an ...

, NDP (1991–1996) #

Tim Stevenson Tim Stevenson (born 1945) is a Canadian politician and United Church minister. He served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council, 2002 to 2018 as a member of Vision Vancouver. He was a founding member of Vision Vancouver. Background Ste ...

, NDP (1996–2001) #

Lorne Mayencourt Lorne Mayencourt (born 1957) is a Canadian politician, who formerly represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal party. Career Mayencourt was first electe ...

, Liberal (2001–2008) #

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, NDP (2008–2009)

Election results

External links

BC StatsMap of ridingResults of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts, 1933, 2009 Politics of Vancouver Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia