Vancouver (electoral districts)

This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts located in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, and for ridings which include the name Vancouver in their title, including those on Vancouver Island among which was the original first-use of the riding-name Vancouver. For ridings in any of the suburbs other than North Vancouver and West Vancouver, please see New Westminster (electoral districts) (all other Lower Mainland ridings are descendants of the original New Westminster riding. Vancouver Island ridings not including the name "Vancouver" can be found on Vancouver Island (electoral districts).

Current federal electoral districts[]

In Vancouver:

• Vancouver Centre (1914–present)
• Vancouver East (1933–present)
• Vancouver Granville (2012–present)
• Vancouver Kingsway (1952–1987), (1996–present)
• Vancouver Quadra (1947–present)
• Vancouver South (1914–1996), (2003–present)

Not in the City of Vancouver:

• West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (2004–present)
• North Vancouver (1987–present)

Defunct federal electoral districts[]

In Vancouver:

• Burrard (1892–1903), included coastal and Valley areas assigned to Comox—Atlin and Yale—Cariboo in 1903, at which the urban area riding was named Vancouver city. Burrard was restored 1914-1924 as a riding covering the Burrard Inlet-side wards of the city of Vancouver (including downtown) and the North Shore communities, Squamish and Coquitlam. It was succeeded by:
• Vancouver—Burrard (1924–1966)
• Vancouver North

In addition to Vancouver—Burrard, other urban ridings were:

• Vancouver City (1903–1914)
• Vancouver South—Burnaby (1996–2003)

Not in the City of Vancouver:

• Vancouver Island (1871–1872)
• Vancouver (1872–1903) Note: This riding was the successor to the Vancouver Island riding, and did not include the site of the city of Vancouver (which was not named until 1885-86). From 1892 the city of Vancouver riding was Burrard, which had been 1872-1892 part of New Westminster
• Vancouver North, British Columbia (1924–1947) (included Vancouver but also much of the rural area north to Pemberton and the Sunshine Coast.
• North Vancouver—Burnaby, British Columbia (1976–1987)
• West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast (1996–2004)
• Vancouver Island North (1996–2013)

Current provincial electoral districts[]

Vancouver City[]

• Vancouver-Fairview
• Vancouver-False Creek
• Vancouver-Fraserview
• Vancouver-Hastings
• Vancouver-Kensington^[1]
• Vancouver-Kingsway
• Vancouver-Langara
• Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
• Vancouver-Point Grey
• Vancouver-Quilchena
• Vancouver-West End

North Shore[]

• North Vancouver-Lonsdale, since 1991
• North Vancouver-Seymour, since 1966
• West Vancouver-Capilano, since 1991
• West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, since 1991

Defunct provincial electoral districts[]

Vancouver City[]

• Vancouver-Burrard, 1933-2009

All of the following were multiple member ridings until 1991

• Vancouver City, 1890–1933
• South Vancouver, 1916–1933
• Vancouver East, 1933–1991
• Vancouver Centre, 1933–1991
• Vancouver-Little Mountain, 1966–2001

North Shore[]

• North Vancouver, 1916–1963
• North Vancouver-Capilano, 1966–1986
• West Vancouver-Howe Sound, 1966–1986

Vancouver Island[]

References[]

• Electoral History of BC, BC Elections