Dewdney (electoral district) 3357145 148941293 2007-08-03T15:08:29Z Sarcasticidealist 3647652 /* Electoral history */ inserted link to Harry Dean Ainlay '''Dewdney''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. Its predecessor was the riding of [[Westminster-Dewdney]], which was created for the [[British Columbia general election, 1894|1894 election]] from a partition of the [[Westminster (electoral district)|Westminster riding]], which was a rural-area successor to the original [[New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|New Westminster riding]], which was one of the province's first twelve. == Demographics == {| class="wikitable" |Population, 1901 | |- |Population change, 1901-1986 | |- |Area (km²) | |- |Population density (people per km²) | |} == Political geography == This riding was composed of the municipalities of [[Pitt Meadows, British Columbia|Pitt Meadows]], [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]] and [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]], plus all the rural areas to the east of Mission as far as the [[Harrison River]]. ==Notable elections== ==First Nations== == Notable MLAs == *[[Richard McBride]], 16th [[Premier of British Columbia]] *[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]], 19th [[Premier of British Columbia]] *[[David Barrett]], 26th Premier of British Columbia *[[George Mussallem]] *[[Lyle Wicks]] *[[Peter Carson Rolston]] == Electoral history == ''Note: Winners in each election are in <b>bold<b>.'' {{Election FPTP begin | title=10th [[British Columbia general election, 1903]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Richard McBride]] <sup>1</sup> |align="right"|<b>427 |align="right"|<b>66.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Waugh Forrester |align="right"|219 |align="right"|33.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|646 !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>16th [[Premier of British Columbia]].</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert Jardine |align="right"|241 |align="right"|38.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Richard McBride]] <sup>2</sup> |align="right"|<b>384 |align="right"|<b>61.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|625 !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>2</sup> <small>Simultaneously MLA for [[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]</small> |} {{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>[[William J. Manson]] |align="right"|625 |align="right"|67.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Alister Thompson |align="right"|302 |align="right"|32.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|927 !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, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |John Higginson McNeice |align="right"|194 |align="right"|19.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[William J. Manson]] |align="right"|<b>803 |align="right"|<b>80.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|997 !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}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[William J. Manson]] |align="right"|787 |align="right"|45.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]] <sup>3</sup> |align="right"|<b>927 |align="right"|<b>54.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,714 !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>3</sup> <small>19th [[Premier of British Columbia]] as of [[1918]].</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[John Alexander Catherwood]] |align="right"|<b>1,535 |align="right"|<b>45.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Federated Labour Party |William Jamieson Curry |align="right"|473 |align="right"|14.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Donald Bruce Martyn |align="right"|1,369 |align="right"|40.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,377 !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/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[John Alexander Catherwood]] <sup>4</sup> |align="right"|<b>1,259 |align="right"|<b>36.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[British Columbia Provincial Party|Provincial]] |Harold Reginald Smith |align="right"|935 |align="right"|27.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Maxwell Smith |align="right"|1,246 |align="right"|36.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,440 !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>4</sup> <small> A judicial recount on [[29 July]] [[1924]] gave Maxwell Smith four extra votes, reducing Catherwood's majority to nine (34 British Columbia Reports 246). A further recount appears to have taken place as a Supreme Court decision of [[9 February]] [[1925]] which voided the election refers to Catherwood's majority as five. Catherwood was unseated but reinstated [[8 June]] [[1925]]. </small> |} {{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>[[Nelson Seymour Lougheed]] |align="right"|<b>2,751 |align="right"|<b>58.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |David Whiteside |align="right"|1,946 |align="right"|41.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,697 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|159 !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/Independents/row}} |Independent |Charles George Evans |align="right"|85 |align="right"|2.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}} |United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party |Charles James McKendrick |align="right"|127 |align="right"|3.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |George Albert Miller |align="right"|967 |align="right"|23.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NPIG/row}} |[[Non-Partisan Independent Group]] |David Garnet Morse |align="right"|1,069 |align="right"|26.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[George Mussallem|Solomon Mussallem]] |align="right"|588 |align="right"|14.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[David William Strachan]] |align="right"|<b>1,235 |align="right"|<b>30.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,071 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|43 !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, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |James Miller Cameron |align="right"|1,274 |align="right"|26.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Frank Porter Patterson]] |align="right"|<b>1,870 |align="right"|<b>39.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[David William Strachan]] |align="right"|1,618 |align="right"|33.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,762 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|84 !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}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Roderick Charles MacDonald]] |align="right"|<b>2,995 |align="right"|<b>37.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Greer MacKenzie |align="right"|2,539 |align="right"|31.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[David William Strachan]] |align="right"|2,532 |align="right"|31.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,066 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|117 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[William Leonard Hartley]] |align="right"|3,953 |align="right"|46.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Roderick Charles MacDonald]] |align="right"|<b>4,586 |align="right"|<b>53.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,539 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|96 !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/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |(Mrs.) Lyle Campbell |align="right"|829 |align="right"|5.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[William Leonard Hartley]] |align="right"|7,604 |align="right"|45.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Roderick Charles MacDonald]] |align="right"|<b>8,127 |align="right"|<b>49.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|16,560 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|343 !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>5</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Harry Dean Ainlay]] |align="right"|6,024 |align="right"|30.91% |align="right"|7,248 |align="right"|42.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Reginald Clarence Cox |align="right"|3,631 |align="right"|18.63% |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Roderick Charles MacDonald]] |align="right"|2,233 |align="right"|11.46% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |<b>[[Lyle Wicks]] |align="right"|<b>7,600 |align="right"|<b>39.00% |align="right"|<b>9,813 |align="right"|<b>57.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,488 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|17,061 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|800 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>5</sup>(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>6</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Arthur Albyn Emery |align="right"|3,715 |align="right"|19.65% |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Amy Frances Gilstead |align="right"|250 |align="right"|1.32% |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Kenneth William Pattern |align="right"|7,003 |align="right"|37.04% |align="right"|8,310 |align="right"|47.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party of British Columbia|Christian Democrat]] |George Frampton Pedlar |align="right"|72 |align="right"|0.38% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Murray Lorne Watkins |align="right"|559 |align="right"|2.96% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |<b>[[Lyle Wicks]] |align="right"|<b>7,307 |align="right"|<b>38.65% |align="right"|<b>9,066 |align="right"|<b>52.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,906 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|17,376 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|953 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>6</sup>(Preferential ballot: 1st and 5th counts of five shown only) |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Michale Joseph Butler |align="right"|4,141 |align="right"|19.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Naranjan Singh Grewall |align="right"|7,211 |align="right"|33.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Lyle Wicks]] |align="right"|10,267 |align="right"|47.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|21,619 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|293 !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, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[David Barrett]] <sup>7</sup> |align="right"|<b>12,637 |align="right"|<b>43.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |James Ross Gulloch |align="right"|803 |align="right"|2.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Carl Christian Hilland |align="right"|233 |align="right"|0.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Walter Raymond Thompson |align="right"|4,512 |align="right"|15.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Lyle Wicks]] |align="right"|10,713 |align="right"|37.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|28,898 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|406 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> <small>26th [[Premier of British Columbia]] [[1972]]-[[1975]].</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[David Barrett]] |align="right"|<b>11,625 |align="right"|<b>41.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Wilfred Robert Jack |align="right"|4,051 |align="right"|14.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Richard Egerton Lester |align="right"|10,506 |align="right"|37.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Lyn Morrow |align="right"|1,532 |align="right"|5.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|27,714 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|251 !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]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Thomas H. Davison |align="right"|1,146 |align="right"|9.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |William R. Franklin |align="right"|4,528 |align="right"|37.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[George Mussallem]] |align="right"|<b>6,507 |align="right"|<b>53.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,181 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|88 !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, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Stuart Malcolm Leggatt |align="right"|5,980 |align="right"|36.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Peter Macaulay McDonald |align="right"|1,987 |align="right"|12.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[George Mussallem]] |align="right"|<b>8,243 |align="right"|<b>50.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|16,210 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|158 !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/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[George Mussallem]] |align="right"|7,548 |align="right"|38.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Peter Carson Rolston]] |align="right"|<b>9,228 |align="right"|<b>46.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Edward Arthur Watson |align="right"|1,717 |align="right"|8.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Theodore John Worthington |align="right"|1,214 |align="right"|6.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,707 !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"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |John Willison Green |align="right"|1,249 |align="right"|5.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independents |Douglas Wilbur Maddin |align="right"|188 |align="right"|0.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[George Mussallem]] |align="right"|<b>13,024 |align="right"|<b>54.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[Peter Carson Rolston]] |align="right"|9,613 |align="right"|39.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|24,074 !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, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[George Mussallem]] |align="right"|<b>12,643 |align="right"|<b>51.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Joan Mary Norris |align="right"|11,998 |align="right"|48.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|24,641 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|467 !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/Western Canada Concept/row}} |[[Western Canada Concept]] |Wally Altwasser |align="right"|566 |align="right"|1.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert L. Moore |align="right"|410 |align="right"|1.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Forbes Charles Austin Pelton]] |align="right"|<b>15,820 |align="right"|<b>49.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[Sophie Weremchuk]] |align="right"|15,269 |align="right"|47.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|32,065 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|366 !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|44th British Columbia election, 1986]] <sup>7</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Bruce Bingham |align="right"|2,203 |align="right"|3.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[William James (Bill) Hartley]] |align="right"|14,923 |align="right"|23.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Johann Alvin Norman Jacobsen]] |align="right"|<b>15,328 |align="right"|<b>24.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Forbes Charles Austin Pelton]] |align="right"|<b>15,614 |align="right"|<b>24.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[Sophie Weremchuk]] |align="right"|15,279 |align="right"|24.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|63,347 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|766 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> Seat increased to two members from one. |} == Source == [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]] [[Category:Pitt Meadows, British Columbia]] [[Category:Maple Ridge, British Columbia]]