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'''Delta''' was the name of a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]] based on the municipality of [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]] at the mouth of the [[Fraser River]] between the city of Vancouver and the US border. It made its first appearance on the [[hustings]] in the [[British Columbia general election, 1903|election of 1903]] and its last in the election of 1986, after which it was succeeded by [[Delta North]] and [[Delta South]], which are the current ridings in the area.
== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 1901
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|Population change, 1901-1961
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|Area (km²)
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|Population density (people per km²)
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== Political geography ==
==Notable elections==
== Notable MLAs ==
* [[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
== Electoral history ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' '''bold'''.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1903|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[William Henry Ladner]]
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|40.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
|align="right"|<b>447
|align="right"|<b>59.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|756
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Francis James Anderson MacKenzie]]
|align="right"|261
|align="right"|37.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
|align="right"|<b>430
|align="right"|<b>62.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|691
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1909|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Francis James Anderson MacKenzie]]
|align="right"|<b>765
|align="right"|<b>58.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
|align="right"|551
|align="right"|41.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,316
!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"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Results of recount as reported in New Westminster Columbian 29 November 1909, p.1
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Francis James Anderson MacKenzie]]
|align="right"|<b>748
|align="right"|<b>70.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
|align="right"|308
|align="right"|29.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,056
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Francis James Anderson MacKenzie]]
|align="right"|<b>964
|align="right"|<b>51.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Alexander McDonald Paterson]]
|align="right"|906
|align="right"|48.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,870
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Francis James Anderson MacKenzie]]
|align="right"|<b>964
|align="right"|<b>51.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]
|align="right"|<b>1,334
|align="right"|<b>37.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolFar/row}}
|[[Soldier Party|Soldier-Farmer Party]]
|Richmond Archie Payne
|align="right"|1,107
|align="right"|31.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,557
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|[[British Columbia Provincial Party|Provincial]]
|Saul A. Bonnell
|align="right"|633
|align="right"|17.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLib/row}}
|Independent Liberal
|Hugh Williams
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|1.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Alexander Ingram Fisher]]
|align="right"|1,253
|align="right"|34.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Alexander McDonald Paterson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,677
|align="right"|<b>46.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,635
!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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[John Walter Berry]]
|align="right"|<b>2,562
|align="right"|<b>55.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Alexander McDonald Paterson]]
|align="right"|2,035
|align="right"|44.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,597
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|51
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}}
|United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party
|Robert Kitchener Almas
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative
|[[John Walter Berry]]<sup>2</sup>
|align="right"|447
|align="right"|6.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Rudolph Martin Grauer
|align="right"|1,735
|align="right"|24.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative
|Christopher Thomas Lawrence <sup>2</sup>
|align="right"|165
|align="right"|2.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Alexander McDonald Paterson]]
|align="right"|2,093
|align="right"|29.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Robert Blatchford Swailes]]
|align="right"|<b>2,631
|align="right"|<b>36.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,120
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|64
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>2</sup> <small>Includes Conservatives who chose to run as straight Independents. They are shown in the Results by Electoral District, when so indicated by newspaper reports, as Ind.(Cons.). Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially; each local association was to act on its own.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Rudolph Martin Grauer
|align="right"|2,815
|align="right"|29.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Arthur Laing]]
|align="right"|3,102
|align="right"|32.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Leonard Alec Shepherd]]
|align="right"|<b>3,192
|align="right"|<b>32.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BCCP/row}}
|[[British Columbia Constructive Party|Constructivist]]
|Robert Blatchford Swailes
|align="right"|583
|align="right"|6.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,692
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|150
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Alexander Campbell Hope]]
|align="right"|3,478
|align="right"|28.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Arthur Laing]]
|align="right"|3,554
|align="right"|29.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Leonard Alec Shepherd]]
|align="right"|<b>5,153
|align="right"|<b>42.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,185
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|225
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Alexander Campbell Hope]]
|align="right"|<b>5,859
|align="right"|<b>53.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Leonard Alec Shepherd]]
|align="right"|5,063
|align="right"|46.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,922
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|138
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Alexander Campbell Hope]]
|align="right"|<b>12,203
|align="right"|<b>49.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Leonard Alec Shepherd]]
|align="right"|11,110
|align="right"|45.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[Lyle Wicks]]
|align="right"|1,293
|align="right"|5.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,606
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|903
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]] <sup>3</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Alexander Campbell Hope]]
|align="right"|4,688
|align="right"|14.84%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|B.C. Social Credit League]]
|<b>[[Thomas James Irwin]]
|align="right"|<b>11,759
|align="right"|<b>37.22%
|align="right"|<b>14,805
|align="right"|<b>52.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail
|align="right"|4,293
|align="right"|13.59%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Leonard Alec Shepherd
|align="right"|10,853
|align="right"|34.35%
|align="right"|13,295
|align="right"|47.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|31,593
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|28,100
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|2,172
!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=7|<sup>3</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>4</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}}
|[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]]
|Cyril Anthony Brocking
|align="right"|315
|align="right"|1.02%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive]]
|David Arnold Danielson
|align="right"|390
|align="right"|1.26%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Leslie Gilmore
|align="right"|5,500
|align="right"|17.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Thomas James Irwin]]
|align="right"|<b>13,079
|align="right"|<b>42.20%
|align="right"|<b>15,417
|align="right"|<b>54.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}}
|People's Party of British Columbia<sup>5</sup>
|Edward Charles Mills
|align="right"|20
|align="right"|0.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Robert William Pybus
|align="right"|591
|align="right"|1.91%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Leonard Alec Shepherd]]
|align="right"|11,095
|align="right"|35.80%
|align="right"|13,108
|align="right"|45.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|30,990
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|28,525
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,786
!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=7|<sup>4</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and second of six counts only shown.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> <small>Not the leftist People's Party of earlier times, but a populist one also identified as the Common Herd.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]<sup>6</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive]]
|Myrtle Evelyn Burnell
|align="right"|355
|align="right"|0.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive]]
|Frank Gaspar
|align="right"|272
|align="right"|0.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Thomas James Irwin]]
|align="right"|18,848
|align="right"|27.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Walter H. Johnson
|align="right"|11,202
|align="right"|16.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Nehemiah George Massey]]
|align="right"|<b>17,762
|align="right"|<b>25.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Victor A. McPherson
|align="right"|5,149
|align="right"|7.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[James Henry Rhodes]]
|align="right"|10,798
|align="right"|15.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|William Pearce Wilson
|align="right"|4,680
|align="right"|6.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|69,066
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|352
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>6</sup> <small>Seat increased to two members from one.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Norman Baker
|align="right"|220
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|George Francis Crowe
|align="right"|2,280
|align="right"|2.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Gordon Lionel Gibson
|align="right"|2,010
|align="right"|1.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Arthur R. Helps
|align="right"|8,529
|align="right"|8.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Dalton O. Jones
|align="right"|2,159
|align="right"|2.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|George Lakusta
|align="right"|408
|align="right"|0.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[Nehemiah George Massey]]
|align="right"|21,011
|align="right"|19.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Camille Mildred Mather]]
|align="right"|<b>21,839
|align="right"|<b>20.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|C. Douglas Morris
|align="right"|8,517
|align="right"|8.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[James Henry Rhodes]]
|align="right"|<b>21,559
|align="right"|<b>20.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Donald H. Riggan
|align="right"|17,291
|align="right"|16.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|Homer John Stevens
|align="right"|505
|align="right"|0.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|106,328
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|834
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Thomas Horan
|align="right"|4,049
|align="right"|4.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Harry Lewis Huff
|align="right"|5,342
|align="right"|5.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Theodore Kuhn
|align="right"|4,461
|align="right"|4.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Ernest A. LeCours]]
|align="right"|<b>22,067
|align="right"|<b>22.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Camille Mildred Mather]]
|align="right"|18,690
|align="right"|18.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[James Henry Rhodes]]
|align="right"|17,661
|align="right"|17.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|J.T. "Jock" Smith
|align="right"|5,553
|align="right"|5.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Hunter Bertram Vogel]]
|align="right"|<b>22,504
|align="right"|<b>22.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|Homer John Stevens
|align="right"|505
|align="right"|0.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|100,327
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|473
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th British Columbia election, 1966]] <sup>7</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|George Garrett
|align="right"|1,954
|align="right"|11.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Philip Govan
|align="right"|921
|align="right"|5.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|Thomas Jack Howard
|align="right"|6,078
|align="right"|36.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Robert Lloyd Wenman]]
|align="right"|<b>7,768
|align="right"|<b>46.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|16,721
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|153
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>2</sup> <small>Seat decreased to one member from two.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Doral Hemm
|align="right"|3,545
|align="right"|12.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Carl Oswald Liden]]
|align="right"|9,855
|align="right"|35.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Robert Lloyd Wenman]]
|align="right"|<b>14,145
|align="right"|<b>51.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|27,545
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|295
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Marcia Ann Boyd
|align="right"|6,660
|align="right"|17.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Lorne L. Donnelly
|align="right"|3,730
|align="right"|9.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Carl Oswald Liden]]
|align="right"|<b>15,040
|align="right"|<b>39.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[Robert Lloyd Wenman]]
|align="right"|12,260
|align="right"|32.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|37,690
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|378
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Arthur Edward Bates
|align="right"|2,236
|align="right"|4.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|Michael Anthony Darnell
|align="right"|105
|align="right"|0.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Kenneth Walter Davidson]]
|align="right"|<b>25,892
|align="right"|<b>53.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Carl Oswald Liden]]
|align="right"|17,469
|align="right"|35.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|John O'Brien Bell
|align="right"|2,857
|align="right"|5.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|48,559
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|592
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Elsie Gwendolyn Burnett
|align="right"|1,877
|align="right"|6.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Kenneth Walter Davidson]]
|align="right"|<b>16,421
|align="right"|<b>55.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Carl Oswald Liden]]
|align="right"|11,429
|align="right"|38.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|John Michael Stevens
|align="right"|73
|align="right"|0.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|29,800
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|228
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1983|33rd British Columbia election, 1983]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Ken Buhay
|align="right"|464
|align="right"|1.26
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Western Canada Concept/row}}
|[[Western Canada Concept]]
|Michael Terence Coggan
|align="right"|450
|align="right"|1.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Kenneth Walter Davidson]]
|align="right"|<b>21,496
|align="right"|<b>58.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|David Peter Hoyt
|align="right"|1,117
|align="right"|3.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Karl H. Moser]]
|align="right"|13,300
|align="right"|36.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|36,827
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|247
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|34th British Columbia election, 1986]]<sup>8</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|Sylvia K. Bishop
|align="right"|11,984
|align="right"|16.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Kenneth Walter Davidson]]
|align="right"|<b>20,523
|align="right"|<b>28.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Karl H. Moser]]
|align="right"|13,581
|align="right"|18.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[John Lawrence Savage]]
|align="right"|<b>20,950
|align="right"|<b>29.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Kenneth Douglas Smith
|align="right"|1,804
|align="right"|2.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Samuel D. Stevens
|align="right"|2,855
|align="right"|3.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|71,697
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|722
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>8</sup> <small>Seat increased to two members from one.
|}
The Delta riding was partitioned after the [[British Columbia general election, 1986|1986 election]] into [[Delta North]] and [[Delta South]], which are current ridings.
== Source ==
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]
[[Category:Politics of Delta, British Columbia]]