South Vancouver (electoral district)

South Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916

British Columbia general election, 1916

The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 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 Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were...

, Vancouver Centre

Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created before the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver East, were created from the...

and Vancouver East.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the City of Vancouver, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)

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...

Demographics

Population, 1916
Population change, 1916–1931
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
|Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

John Walter Weart

John Walter Weart was a lawyer, businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented South Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 to 1920 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|1,579
|align="right"|45.75%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent-Labour
|Job Elija Wilton
|align="right"|498
|align="right"|14.43%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,451
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}

|Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Frederick O. Hodgson
|align="right"|2,444
|align="right"|28.34%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|John William McIntosh
|align="right"|955
|align="right"|11.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Federated Labour Party
|Robert Henry Neelands
|align="right"|3,255
|align="right"|37.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Franklin John Russell
|align="right"|1,969
|align="right"|22.83%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,623
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Walter John Buckingham
|align="right"|1,141
|align="right"|22.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Jonathan Webster Cornett
Jonathan Webster Cornett
Jonathan Webster Cornett was the 25th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1941 to 1946. He was born in Lansdowne, Ontario, moving to Vancouver in 1907....

|align="right"|1,284
|align="right"|25.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Canadian Labour Party
|Robert Henry Neelands
|align="right"|1,971
|align="right"|38.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Provincial
Provincial Party of British Columbia
The Provincial Party of British Columbia was a political party in British Columbia, Canada.It was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United...

|James Nixon
|align="right"|692
|align="right"|13.60%
|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"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Jonathan Webster Cornett
Jonathan Webster Cornett
Jonathan Webster Cornett was the 25th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1941 to 1946. He was born in Lansdowne, Ontario, moving to Vancouver in 1907....

|align="right"|2,452
|align="right"|47.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|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
|Robert Henry Neelands
|align="right"|1,981
|align="right"|38.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Provincial
Provincial Party of British Columbia
The Provincial Party of British Columbia was a political party in British Columbia, Canada.It was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United...

|James Nixon
|align="right"|692
|align="right"|13.60%
|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
|}

Source
Elections BC Historical Returns
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