Vancouver Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of

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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

Notable MLAs

* Alexander Small Matthew * Leslie Raymond Peterson *

Herb Capozzi Harold Peter "Herb" Capozzi (April 24, 1925 – November 21, 2011) was an athlete, businessman, professional sports team manager and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Britis ...

Evan Maurice Wolfe Evan Maurice Wolfe (November 5, 1922 – May 1, 2009) was a car dealer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre from 1966 to 1972 and Vancouver-Little Mountain from 1975 to 1983 in the Legislative Assembly of Br ...

Mike Harcourt Michael Franklin Harcourt, OC (born January 6, 1943) served as the 30th premier of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of Vancouver, BC's largest city, from 1980 to 1986. Early life and education Harcourt was ...

Gary Lauk Gary Vernon Lauk, (born September 7, 1940 – November 21, 2022) was a lawyer and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1986 as a New Democr ...

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 ...

Notable candidates

Electoral history 1933-1986

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Gordon Sylvester Wismer Gordon Sylvester Wismer (1888 – December 28, 1968) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1952 as a Liberal ...

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Wallis Walter LeFeaux Wallis Walter Lefeaux (September 19, 1881 – November 24, 1972) was an English-born merchant, lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 19 ...

, align="right", 5,352 , align="right", 18.90% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James Samuel Taylor , align="right", 5,102 , align="right", 18.01% , Independent Conservative , Daryl Herbert Kent , align="right", 1,437 , align="right", 5.07% , Independent Conservative ,

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, align="right", 1,304 , align="right", 4.60% , Independent CCF , Gerald Vincent Pelton , align="right", 407 , align="right", 1.44% , Independent CCF , Henry Edward Lyon , align="right", 293 , align="right", 1.03% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 28,323 !align="right", 100.00% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 138 ,

, align="right", 6,444 , align="right", 18.63% ,

Fred Crone Fred Crone (October 28, 1879 – April 3, 1939) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1939 as a Liberal. Biography ...

, align="right", 6,377 , align="right", 18.44% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Matthew Glenday , align="right", 5,771 , align="right", 16.68% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frank Roberts , align="right", 5,690 , align="right", 16.45% ,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

, Montague Gregory Caple , align="right", 4,214 , align="right", 12.18% ,

, Adam Smith Johnston , align="right", 4,047 , align="right", 11.70% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 34,590 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 400 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: , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

James Campbell Bury James Campbell Bury (1916 – October 2005) was a packing house worker and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1953 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federati ...

, align="right", 6,912 , align="right", 31.02% , align="right", 9,363 , align="right", 54.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Anna Ethel Sprott , align="right", 5,234 , align="right", 23.49% , align="right", 7,956 , align="right", 45.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative ,

Allan James McDonell Allan James McDonell (January 26, 1882 – March 31, 1957) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliam ...

, align="right", 4,120 , align="right", 18.49% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour Representation Committee , Orville Garfield Braaten , align="right", 654 , align="right", 2.94% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,281 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 17,319 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,119 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ¹ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson , align="right", 7,350 , align="right", 33.17% , align="right", 9,893 , align="right", 53.80% ,

, align="right", 5,394 , align="right", 24.34% , align="right", 8,496 , align="right", 46.20% , Progressive Conservative , Frederick Wellington Taylor , align="right", 3,951 , align="right", 17.83% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,159 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 18,389 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,901 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ² Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 6,238 , align="right", 32.10% , align="right", 7,757 , align="right", 46.25% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Anna Ethel Sprott , align="right", 4,079 , align="right", 20.99% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Glenholme Ferguson McMaster , align="right", 971 , align="right", 5.00% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 19,431 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 16,773 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,638 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ³ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson , align="right", 6,283 , align="right", 32.87% , align="right", 7,707 , align="right", 47.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Michael Leo Sweeney , align="right", 3,985 , align="right", 20.85% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Frederick Wellington Taylor , align="right", 1,007 , align="right", 5.27% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 19,117 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 16,386 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,727 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ⁴ Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Charles Patrick (Paddy) Neale , align="right", 4,561 , align="right", 12.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Giesbrecht , align="right", 4,393 , align="right", 12.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, James Allen Macdonald , align="right", 3,996 , align="right", 11.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Ralph Goodman , align="right", 3,727 , align="right", 10.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Reginald Atherton , align="right", 969 , align="right", 2.67% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 36,302 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 168 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Thomas Henry Berger , align="right", 6,530 , align="right", 16.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William James Dennison , align="right", 6,378 , align="right", 15.66% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Charles Jordan-Knox , align="right", 3,726 , align="right", 9.15% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Henry Greer Castillou , align="right", 3,724 , align="right", 9.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Patrick Lockhart Reid , align="right", 1,421 , align="right", 3.49% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Lawrence Smith Eckhardt , align="right", 1,411 , align="right", 3.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 40,733 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 504 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Thomas Warnett Kennedy , align="right", 3,477 , align="right", 8.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Alexander Forst , align="right", 3,467 , align="right", 8.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Harold G. Haggart , align="right", 2,741 , align="right", 6.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Arthur L. Johnson , align="right", 2,588 , align="right", 6.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 39,777 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 419 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, William Griffiths Black , align="right", 4,147 , align="right", 10.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Phillip James Lipp , align="right", 3,803 , align="right", 9.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Gerard A. Goeujon , align="right", 144 , align="right", 0.37% , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 38,570 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 432 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Daniel Terence Devlin , align="right", 4,551 , align="right", 9.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Robert Gary Miller , align="right", 4,454 , align="right", 9.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 49,354 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 528 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Thomas Alexander Kennedy , align="right", 4,869 , align="right", 9.11% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Henry Greer Castillou , align="right", 4,751 , align="right", 8.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 53,434 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 539 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent (Social Credit) , Thomas Warnett Kennedy⁵ , align="right", 2,545 , align="right", 4.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Thomas Smith Hammond , align="right", 1,949 , align="right", 3.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Jack Say Yee , align="right", 1,870 , align="right", 3.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Malcolm Caldwell Wright , align="right", 1,513 , align="right", 2.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , David John Bader , align="right", 191 , align="right", 0.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 51,937 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 669 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, 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. , - , Progressive Conservative , Douglas David Henderson , align="right", 1,511 , align="right", 2.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Keith Donald Eady , align="right", 1,475 , align="right", 2.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 62,207 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,310 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Steven R. Bourne , align="right", 2,564 , align="right", 3.65% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Vito Palmieri , align="right", 2,036 , align="right", 2.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 70,337 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,548 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", 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

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or Vancouver-Little Mountain.

External links

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