Vancouver East was 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-Point Grey and Vancouver Centre, were all created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver East was a two-member seat.
Demographics Population, 200155,510Population Change, 1931–20018.2%Area (km2)23.77Pop. Density2,335
Members of the Legislative Assembly
AssemblyYearsSeat 1Seat 2Member PartyMember Party18th1933–1935John PriceCCFHarold Edward WinchCCF19th1937–1941 James Lyle Telford20th1941–1945 Arthur James Turner21st1945–194922nd1949–195223rd1952–195324th1953–1956 Arnold Alexander Webster25th1956–1960 Frederick Morton Sharp Social Credit26th1960–1961 Alexander Barrett MacDonald CCF1961–1963NDPNDP27th1963–196628th1966–1969Robert Arthur Williams29th1969–197230th1972–197531st1975–19761976–1979Dave Barrett32nd1979–198333rd1983–19841984–1986Robert Arthur Williams34th1986–1991Glen ClarkRiding dissolved into Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Hastings, Vancouver-Kingsway and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Electoral history Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
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:
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 Vancouver-Kensington, Vancouver-Hastings, and Vancouver-Kingsway. Portions of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Burrard, formerly part of Vancouver Centre may also have been added.
See also List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts Vancouver (electoral districts)
References
External links Elections BC Historical Returns