New Westminster (provincial electoral district) 1865646 223374139 2008-07-03T20:14:32Z Veenoghu 105678 Linked Dennis Geoffrey Cocke to Dennis Cocke ==Electoral history 1871-present== ''Note: Winners of each election are in ''<b>bold</b>. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1871|1st British Columbia general election, 1871]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[William James Armstrong]] |align="right"|<b>128 |align="right"|<b>39.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Josiah Charles Hughes]] |align="right"|<b>148 |align="right"|<b>45.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Hugh McRoberts |align="right"|47 |align="right"|14.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|323 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: New Westminster January 11, 1873<sup>1<sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[William James Armstrong]] |align="right"|<b>Acclaimed |align="right"|<b> -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !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>The byelection was called due to Armstrong's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1875|2nd British Columbia election, 1875]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[William James Armstrong]] |align="right"|<b>153 |align="right"|<b>25.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndGov/row}} |<b>Independent-Government |<b>[[Ebenezer Brown]] |align="right"|<b>154 |align="right"|<b>26.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |William M. Campbell |align="right"|54 |align="right"|9.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}} |Reform caucus |[[Donald McGillivray (politician)|Donald McGillivray]] |align="right"|117 |align="right"|19.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}} |Reform caucus |Jeremiah Rogers <sup>2</sup> |align="right"|111 |align="right"|18.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|589 !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> Noted lumberman on False Creek/English Bay |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1878|3rd British Columbia election, 1878]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Wellington John Harris]] |align="right"|<b>171 |align="right"|<b>24.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[James Kennedy (Canadian politician)]] |align="right"|44 |align="right"|6.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Donald McGillivray (politician)|Donald McGillivray]] |align="right"|<b>202 |align="right"|<b>28.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Henry Mathers |align="right"|130 |align="right"|18.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[James Orr (Canadian politician)|James Orr]] |align="right"|153 |align="right"|21.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|700 !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, 1882|4th British Columbia election, 1882]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Henry Dawson |align="right"|60 |align="right"|8.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |William Isaac |align="right"|15 |align="right"|2.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Herbert John Kirkland |align="right"|127 |align="right"|17.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[William Henry Ladner]] |align="right"|76 |align="right"|10.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[James Orr (Canadian politician)|James Orr]] |align="right"|<b>168 |align="right"|<b>23.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John Robson]] |align="right"|<b>262 |align="right"|<b>37.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|708 !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 Byelection: New Westminster March 13, 1883 <sup>3</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John Robson]] |align="right"|<b>Acclaimed |align="right"|<b> -.-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !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>Reason for byelection was resignation of John Robson upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) January 29 1883. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title= 5th [[British Columbia general election, 1886]] <sup>4</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Lewis Arthur Agassiz]] |align="right"|142 |align="right"|6.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Henry Dawson |align="right"|11 |align="right"|0.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |William Isaac |align="right"|17 |align="right"|0.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[James Kennedy (Canadian politician)]] |align="right"|7 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Herbert John Kirkland]] |align="right"|348 |align="right"|15.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Wiliam Henry Ladner]] |align="right"|<b>365 |align="right"|<b>16.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Donald McGillivray (politician)|Donald McGillivray]] |align="right"|331 |align="right"|14.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[James Orr (Canadian politician)|James Orr]] |align="right"|<b>358 |align="right"|<b>15.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John Robson]] |align="right"|<b>331 |align="right"|<b>14.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Allen Casey Wells]] |align="right"|358 |align="right"|15.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,249 !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>Seat increased to three members from two. |} In 1890 changes in population and boundaries led to the riding's renaming as [[Westminster (electoral district)|Westminster]], with the following year that riding being subdivided into [[Westminster-Chilliwhack]], [[Westminster-Delta]], [[Westminster-Dewdney]] and [[Westminster-Richmond]], which were to become a few elections later the [[Chilliwhack (electoral district)|Chilliwhack]] (later [[Chilliwack (electoral district)|Chilliwack]]. [[Delta (provincial electoral district)|Delta]], and [[Richmond (provincial electoral district)|Richmond]] ridings. The core of the New Westminster urban area (then still separate from Vancouver's) continued to be represented by [[New Westminster City]] until 1916, when that riding was redistrubuted as a one-member seat from its maximum of three, and in the process it was given the old rural riding's name, "New Westminster". {{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]] |[[Thomas Gifford]] |align="right"|1,186 |align="right"|46.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[LiberalParty of British Columbia|Liberal]] |<b>[[David Whiteside]] |align="right"|<b>1,369 |align="right"|<b>53.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,555 !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]] |[[Thomas Gifford]] |align="right"|1,006 |align="right"|21.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolLbr/row}} |Soldier-Labour |William James Sloan <sup>5</sup> |align="right"|1,611 |align="right"|35.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[LiberalParty of British Columbia|Liberal]] |<b>[[David Whiteside]] |align="right"|<b>1,980 |align="right"|<b>43.07% |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"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5/sup> <small>Also referred to as an Independent. Nominated by delegates representing the Great War Veterans Association, the GAUV, the B.C. Fisherman's Protective Association, the Army and Navy Veterans, and organized labour. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |George Livingstone Cassady |align="right"|591 |align="right"|14.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party |Richard Carter Higgins |align="right"|693 |align="right"|16.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Edwin James Rothwell]] |align="right"|<b>1,564 |align="right"|<b>37.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Albert Morris Sanford]] |align="right"|1,310 |align="right"|31.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,158 !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/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Arthur Wellesley Gray]] <sup>6</sup> |align="right"|<b>3.262 |align="right"|<b>56.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Albert Morris Sanford]] |align="right"|2,546 |align="right"|43.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,808 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|205 !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>"Wells Gray", namesake and instigator of the provincial park of that name in the [[Cariboo Mountains]]. |} {{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 |Douglas Thomas |align="right"|125 |align="right"|2.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Arthur Wellesley Gray]] <sup>7</sup> |align="right"|<b>2,694 |align="right"|<b>46.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Daniel McGrath |align="right"|1,476 |align="right"|25.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |David Whiteside <sup>5</sup> |align="right"|1,439 |align="right"|25.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 5,734 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|67 !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> Endorsed by the Independent CCF. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Edwin Henry Baker |align="right"|567 |align="right"|7.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Stanley Blake]] |align="right"|1,321 |align="right"|16.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Arthur Wellesley Gray]] |align="right"|<b>4,055 |align="right"|<b>52.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour (Party) |Edward Charles Mills |align="right"|86 |align="right"|1.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Thomas Robert Selkirk |align="right"|1,766 |align="right"|22.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,795 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|116 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Stanley Blake |align="right"|2,387 |align="right"|26.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Arthur Wellesley Gray]] |align="right"|<b>3,694 |align="right"|<b>41.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Mary Dorothea McBride |align="right"|1,923 |align="right"|21.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour (Party) |Edward Charles Mills |align="right"|845 |align="right"|9.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,849 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|178 !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|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Clifford Augustine Greer |align="right"|2,967 |align="right"|35.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Byron Ingemar Johnson]] <sup>8</sup> |align="right"|>b?4,900 |align="right"|<b>57.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive]] |Charles Stewart |align="right"|3,432 |align="right"|45.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,462 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|94 !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> 23rd [[Premier of British Columbia]] |} {{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>[[Byron Ingemar Johnson]] |align="right"|>b>7,969 |align="right"|<b>61.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit Party]] |Clifford Augustine Greer |align="right"|2,967 |align="right"|35.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/FarLbr/row}} |People's Party of British Columbia |Edward Charles Mills |align="right"|137 |align="right"|1.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |George Henry Mitchell |align="right"|4,509 |align="right"|34.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,943 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|125 !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>9</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>4,262 |align="right"|<b>29.68% |align="right"|<b>6,475 |align="right"|<b>52.89 % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Byron Ingemar Johnson]] |align="right"|4,317 |align="right"|30.07% |align="right"|5,768 |align="right"|47.11 |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |Wilbur Watson Lyle |align="right"|3,616 |align="right"|25.18% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Elizabeth C. Wood |align="right"|2,163 |align="right"|15.06% |align="right"|-- |align="right"|--.--% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,358 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|12,243 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|437 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>9</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>10</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Alfred Dewhurst |align="right"|157 |align="right"|1.19% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-.-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>4,903 |align="right"|<b>37.02% |align="right"|<b>5,970 |align="right"|<b>51.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Fred H. Jackson |align="right"|4,309 |align="right"|32.53% |align="right"|5,658 |align="right"|48.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]] |Mervin Casper |align="right"|89 |align="right"|0.67% |align="right"|-- |align="right"|--.--% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |Malvin A. Olsen |align="right"|3,787 |align="right"|28.59 % |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,245 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|11,628 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|486 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>10</sup>Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four 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]] |Stewart Alsbury |align="right"|2,220 |align="right"|19.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>4,469 |align="right"|<b>38.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Stanley Desmond Kermeen |align="right"|4,176 |align="right"|36.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |Independent-[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|SC]] |J. Lewis Sangster |align="right"|645 |align="right"|5.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,510 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|82 !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/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Samuel Thomas Dare |align="right"|2,519 |align="right"|16.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>6,496 |align="right"|<b>41.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Stanley Desmond Kermeen]] |align="right"|5,041 |align="right"|32.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Frederick Craig Munroe |align="right"|1,691 |align="right"|10.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,747 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|127 !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/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |George Herbert Barrett |align="right"|2,335 |align="right"|17.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Edith Maud Corrigan |align="right"|4,717 |align="right"|35.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>5,035 |align="right"|<b>37.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |G. Basil Raikes |align="right"|1,316 |align="right"|9.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,403 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|98 !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]] |Robert James Cooper |align="right"|1,577 |align="right"|12.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Edith Maud Corrigan |align="right"|5,552 |align="right"|43.11% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[John McRae (Rae) Eddie]] |align="right"|<b>5,751 |align="right"|<b>44.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,880 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|160 !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}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Dennis Cocke|Dennis Geoffrey Cocke]] |align="right"|<b>7,280 |align="right"|<b>40.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Harry Harris |align="right"|57 |align="right"|0.32% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |John Earl Edmondson |align="right"|7,161 |align="right"|40.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Dennis Douglas George Milne |align="right"|3,368 |align="right"|18.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|17,866 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|221 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Dennis Cocke|Dennis Geoffrey Cocke]] |align="right"|<b>10,357 |align="right"|<b>55.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |John Earl Edmondson |align="right"|5,306 |align="right"|28.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Carl L. Miller |align="right"|2,953 |align="right"|15.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,616 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|287 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Dennis Cocke|Dennis Geoffrey Cocke]] |align="right"|<b>10,357 |align="right"|<b>55.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Roderick Doran |align="right"|60 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Karl Franke |align="right"|923 |align="right"|4.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Alexander John Seigo |align="right"|8,473 |align="right"|44.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,106 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|166 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Dennis Cocke|Dennis Geoffrey Cocke]] |align="right"|<b>11,343 |align="right"|<b>59.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Malvern James Hughes |align="right"|7,786 |align="right"|40.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,129 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|292 !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/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Barry David Butler |align="right"|8,224 |align="right"|40.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Dennis Cocke|Dennis Geoffrey Cocke]] |align="right"|<b>11,455 |align="right"|<b>56.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Ian Paterson |align="right"|590 |align="right"|2.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|20,269 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|233 !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]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Timothy E. Courtney |align="right"|1,200 |align="right"|5.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit|Social Credit]] |Dwight Maxwell Ross |align="right"|8,949 |align="right"|43.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Anita Mae Joan Hagen]] |align="right"|<b>13,562 |align="right"|<b>43.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Roderick Doran |align="right"|73 |align="right"|0.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|20,342 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|245 !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, 1991|35th British Columbia election, 1991]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]] |Anita Hagen |align="right"|10,384 |align="right"|49.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|$24,062 |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}} | style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]] |Lori MacDonald |align="right"|7,117 |align="right"|34.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|$2,534 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Tom Baker |align="right"|3,311 |align="right"|15.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|$26,509 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|20,812 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|395 !align="right"|1.86% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|21,207 !align="right"|72.32% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1996|36th British Columbia election, 1996]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]] |Graeme Bowbrick |align="right"|10,418 |align="right"|46.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|$29,591 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}} | style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]] |Helen Sparkes |align="right"|8,591 |align="right"|38.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|$34,673 |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Reform/row}} |[[Reform Party of British Columbia|BC Reform]] |Brian Stromgren |align="right"|1,446 |align="right"|6.48% |align="right"| |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/PDA/row}} |[[Progressive Democratic Alliance|PDA]] |Craig Sahlin |align="right"|1,121 |align="right"|5.02% |align="right"| |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]] |Michael G. Horn |align="right"|488 |align="right"|2.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|$145 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Arthur Crossman |align="right"|142 |align="right"|0.64% |align="right"| |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Natural Law/row}} |[[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]] |George Bauch |align="right"|107 |align="right"|0.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|$224 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,313 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|133 !align="right"|0.59% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|22,446 !align="right"|70.41% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 2001|37th British Columbia election, 2001]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}} | style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]] |Joyce Murray |align="right"|11,059 |align="right"|49.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|$47,701 |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]] |Graeme Bowbrick |align="right"|6,971 |align="right"|31.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|$26,704 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]] |[[Robert Broughton]] |align="right"|2,982 |align="right"|13.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|$3,401 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Marijuana/row}} |[[British Columbia Marijuana Party|Marijuana]] |Marlene P. Campbell |align="right"|859 |align="right"|3.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|$394 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Unity/row}} |[[Unity Party of British Columbia|Unity]] |Howard Vernon Irving |align="right"|604 |align="right"|2.69% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,475 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|113 !align="right"|0.50% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|22,588 !align="right"|71.07% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 2005|38th British Columbia election, 2005]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]] |[[Chuck Puchmayr]] |align="right"|13,226 |align="right"|51.32% |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}} | style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]] |Joyce Murray |align="right"|9,645 |align="right"|37.42% |align="right"| |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]] |[[Robert Broughton]] |align="right"|2,416 |align="right"|9.37% |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Marijuana/row}} |[[British Columbia Marijuana Party|Marijuana]] |Christina Racki |align="right"|293 |align="right"|1.14% |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/DRBC/row}} |[[Democratic Reform British Columbia|DRBC]] |John Robinson Warren |align="right"|152 |align="right"|0.59% |align="right"| {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Platinum/row}} |[[Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness|Platinum]] |Greg Calcutta |align="right"|42 |align="right"|0.16% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|25,774 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |} {{BC-ED}} [[Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]