Vancouver East was a

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for the Legislative Assembly of

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. It first appeared on the

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in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year,

Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election and included the neighbourhoods of Kitsilano and Fairview. This versi ...

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and

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, were all created from the old

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riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver East was a two-member seat. For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see

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Demographics

Electoral history 1933-1986

''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. ,

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

, Margaret Russell Barclay , align="right", 5,063 , align="right", 12.37% ,

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 i ...

, William Corran , align="right", 3,079 , align="right", 7.52% ,

, Charles Albert Donovan , align="right", 5,251 , align="right", 12.83% ,

, Thomas Irvine , align="right", 2,835 , align="right", 6.93% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

James Lyle Telford James Lyle Telford (21 June 1889 – 27 September 1960) was the 24th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1939 to 1940 and a founder of the British Columbia branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He was born in Valen ...

, align="right", 11,752 , align="right", 28.72% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Harold Edward Winch Harold Edward Winch (18 June 1907 – 1 February 1993) was a Canadian politician active with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP). Winch was leader of the British Columbia CCF from 193 ...

, align="right", 11,350 , align="right", 27.74% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 40,918 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 362 , - , Co-operative Commonwealth ,

Arthur James Turner Arthur James Turner, CBE, FTI (1889 – October 1971) was a British scientist who worked in the field of textile technology. He was the first director of the Technological Laboratory created by the Indian Central Cotton Committee (ICCC) in Bom ...

, align="right", 19,284 , align="right", 25.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth ,

, align="right", 20,531 , align="right", 27.00% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 76,059 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 523 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", 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: ,

, Everett Crowley , align="right", 6,574 , align="right", 14.85% , align="right", 8,263 , align="right", 19.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Emma Loring Tinsman , align="right", 2,850 , align="right", 6.44% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 21,006 , align="right", 47.45% , align="right", 21,960 , align="right", 51.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 44,270 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 42,656 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,701 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ³ Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown. , Progressive Conservative , Irving Simpson Finkleman , align="right", 3,045 , align="right", 6.79% , align="right", 3,045 , align="right", 6.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Frank George Perrin Lewis , align="right", 5,286 , align="right", 11.79% , align="right", 5,286 , align="right", 11.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 23,051 , align="right", 51.42% , align="right", 23,051 , align="right", 51.42% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 44,833 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 44,833 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,338 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ⁴ Preferential ballot; one count only required on this ballot. ,

, Everett Crowley , align="right", 5,272 , align="right", 13.08% , align="right", 5,796 , align="right", 14.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Irving Simpson Finkleman , align="right", 747 , align="right", 1.86% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 19,475 , align="right", 48.32% , align="right", 19,942 , align="right", 50.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 40,304 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 39,610 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,592 !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, ⁵ Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown. ,

, Phillip James Lipp , align="right", 4,727 , align="right", 11.76% , align="right", 4,727 , align="right", 11.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Stanley Alexander Roberts , align="right", 803 , align="right", 2.00% , align="right", 803 , align="right", 2.00% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Arnold Alexander Webster Arnold Alexander Webster (9 March 1899 – 27 July 1979) was a Canadian politician and served as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (now known as the British Columbia NDP). He returned to politics as ...

, align="right", 20,583 , align="right", 51.22% , align="right", 20,583 , align="right", 51.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 40,190 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 40,190 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,681 !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, ⁶ Preferential ballot; only one count required on this ballot. , - , Progressive Conservative , Lorne C. Aggett , align="right", 720 , align="right", 0.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Sidney Lewis Beyer , align="right", 541 , align="right", 0.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Leslie McCabe , align="right", 4,156 , align="right", 4.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Patrick Joseph O'Donohue , align="right", 4,229 , align="right", 5.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Harold Edward Thayer , align="right", 18,541 , align="right", 21.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 19,774 , align="right", 23.42% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 84,422 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 76 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Harold (Harry) Appleton , align="right", 5,906 , align="right", 5.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Joseph Charles Bryant , align="right", 5,828 , align="right", 5.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Madeline Barbara Dent , align="right", 999 , align="right", 1.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Norman Gareth Dent , align="right", 1,080 , align="right", 1.09% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Alexander Barrett MacDonald Alexander Barrett Macdonald (21 October 1918 – 5 March 2014) was a Canadian politician who served for several years in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and briefly in the House of Commons of Canada. He was a barrister and solicito ...

, align="right", 25,610 , align="right", 25.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 25,580 , align="right", 25.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 99,479 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 761 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Gladys Chong , align="right", 2,308 , align="right", 2.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , William Dronsfield , align="right", 2,260 , align="right", 2.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Albert Dunn , align="right", 215 , align="right", 0.25% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Joseph Fedyk , align="right", 3,996 , align="right", 4.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Lloyd Bruce Little , align="right", 3,901 , align="right", 4.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 87,294 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 644 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John Joseph Fedyk , align="right", 1,637 , align="right", 3.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Harry Pedrini , align="right", 1,583 , align="right", 3.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 45,521 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 404 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Mary Gertrude Gibson , align="right", 2,398 , align="right", 4.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Lionel Vincent Hodgson , align="right", 54 , align="right", 0.11% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, James Morrison , align="right", 2,320 , align="right", 4.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 50,810 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 338 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Donald McIntyre , align="right", 2,453 , align="right", 4.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Paul John Mitchell , align="right", 2,299 , align="right", 4.30% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 53,422 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 515 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Norman Sidney Chamberlist , align="right", 1,591 , align="right", 2.87% , North American Labour Party , Calvin Alphonso Segur , align="right", 42 , align="right", 0.07% ,

, Florence Anne Simatos , align="right", 1,387 , align="right", 2.50% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 55,462 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 582 , - , North American Labour Party , Andre Doucet , align="right", 152 , align="right", 0.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , William Arthur Honour , align="right", 1,068 , align="right", 1.61% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Shirley Joann Keinanen , align="right", 999 , align="right", 1.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 66,270 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,032 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 69,586 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,046 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Val J. Anderson , align="right", 3,348 , align="right", 4.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Anita M. Morris , align="right", 2,804 , align="right", 3.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 71,052 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,718 !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 East was abolished. Its principal successor ridings were

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and

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. Portions of

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and

, formerly part of

may also have been added.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vancouver East (Provincial Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia