Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district) 3572171 158439701 2007-09-17T06:16:40Z Reginald Perrin 3857044 dab :''This page is for the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district of the same name please see [[Vancouver Centre]]. '''Vancouver Centre''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. It first appeared on the [[hustings]] in the [[British Columbia general election, 1933|general election of 1933]]. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, [[Vancouver-Burrard]], [[Vancouver-Point Grey]] and [[Vancouver East (electoral district)|Vancouver East]], were all created from the old [[Vancouver City (electoral district)|Vancouver City]] riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver Centre was a two member seat throughout its existence. For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see [[Vancouver (electoral districts)]]. == Demographics == {| class="wikitable" |Population, 2001 |55,510 |- |Population Change, 1931-2001 |8.2% |- |Area (km²) |23.77 |- |Pop. Density |2,335 |} == Geography == == History == == Member of Legislative Assembly == == Notable MLAs in Riding History == == Notable MLAs == *[[Alexander Matthew Small]] *[[Leslie Raymond Peterson]] *[[Herb Capozzi]] *[[Evan Maurice Wolfe]] *[[Mike Harcourt]] *[[Gary Lauk]] *[[Emery Barnes]] ===Notable candidates=== == Electoral history 1933-1986 == ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' <b>bold<b>. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |Sydney Earp |align="right"|71 |align="right"|0.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}} |United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party |Fred Grange |align="right"|325 |align="right"|1.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |Daryl Herbert Kent |align="right"|1,437 |align="right"|5.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Wallis Walter LeFeaux]] |align="right"|5,352 |align="right"|18.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCCF/row}} |Independent CCF |Henry Edward Lyon |align="right"|293 |align="right"|1.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}} |United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party |Charles James McKendrick |align="right"|321 |align="right"|1.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |[[Albert DeBurgo McPhillips]] |align="right"|1,304 |align="right"|4.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCCF/row}} |Independent CCF |Gerald Vincent Pelton |align="right"|407 |align="right"|1.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Gordon McGregor Sloan]] |align="right"|<b>6,925 |align="right"|<b>24.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |James Samuel Taylor |align="right"|5,102 |align="right"|18.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|<b>6,723 |align="right"|<b>23.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |[[Rodney J. Young]] |align="right"|63 |align="right"|0.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|28,323 !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, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BCCP/row}} |[[British Columbia Constructive Party|Constructivist]] |John Towers Burnett |align="right"|476 |align="right"|1.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Montague Gregory Caple |align="right"|4,214 |align="right"|12.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Fred Crone]] |align="right"|<b>6,377 |align="right"|<b>18.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Matthew Glenday |align="right"|5,771 |align="right"|16.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Adam Smith Johnston |align="right"|4,047 |align="right"|11.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League of B.C.]] |Paul McDowell Kerr |align="right"|922 |align="right"|2.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |James King |align="right"|234 |align="right"|0.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BCCP/row}} |[[British Columbia Constructive Party|Constructivist]] |Alfred Molineux Lester |align="right"|415 |align="right"|1.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Frank Roberts |align="right"|5,690 |align="right"|16.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|<b>6,444 |align="right"|<b>18.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|34,590 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|400 !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/Other/row}} |Victory Without Debt Party |Mary Louise Bollert |align="right"|209 |align="right"|0.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Montague Gregory Caple |align="right"|6,325 |align="right"|15.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Edward Allan Jamieson |align="right"|6,858 |align="right"|16.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson]] |align="right"|<b>7,434 |align="right"|<b>17.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Wallis Walter LeFeaux]] |align="right"|<b>7,371 |align="right"|<b>17.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Albert DeBurgo McPhillips]] |align="right"|6,198 |align="right"|14.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |Eric Thomas Reaville |align="right"|393 |align="right"|0.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|6,865 |align="right"|16.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|41,653 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|445 !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.]] |[[Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson]] |align="right"|7,549 |align="right"|17.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|social Credit Alliance]] |Carl J. Julson |align="right"|448 |align="right"|1.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Wallis Walter LeFeaux]] |align="right"|7,451 |align="right"|17.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Allan James McDonell]] |align="right"|<b>10,976 |align="right"|<b>26.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLib/row}} |Independent Liberal |William Raymond McKay |align="right"|<b>10,976 |align="right"|<b>26.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |Raymond Harold MacLeod |align="right"|105 |align="right"|0.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit Alliance]] |[[Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin]] |align="right"|511 |align="right"|1.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Nigel Morgan |align="right"|2,101 |align="right"|4.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |[[Maurice Rush]] |align="right"|1,866 |align="right"|4.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist Labour/row}} |[[Socialist Labour Party|Socialist Labour]] |Horace Warner |align="right"|122 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|<b>10,878 |align="right"|<b>25.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|42,206 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|154 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |[[James Campbell Bury]] |align="right"|9,430 |align="right"|19.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |John Chmelyk |align="right"|465 |align="right"|0.96% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist Labour/row}} |[[Socialist Labour Party|Socialist Labour]] |John Alexander Fedoruk |align="right"|286 |align="right"|0.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |[[Wallis Walter LeFeaux]] |align="right"|8,539 |align="right"|17.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Allan James McDonell]] |align="right"|<b>14,576 |align="right"|<b>30.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |Ernest Ruble |align="right"|349 |align="right"|0.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|<b>14,595 |align="right"|<b>30.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|48,240 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|996 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with two ballots, one for each seat, with two separate candidate-races: {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]] - Vancouver Centre Ballot A <sup>1</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Representation Committee |Orville Garfield Braaten |align="right"|654 |align="right"|2.94% |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>[[James Campbell Bury]] |align="right"|<b>6,912 |align="right"|<b>31.02% |align="right"|<b>9,363 |align="right"|<b>54.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Allan James McDonell]] |align="right"|4,120 |align="right"|18.49% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |[[George Churchill Moxham]] |align="right"|4,694 |align="right"|21.07% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]] |Ferdinand Theodor Peters |align="right"|667 |align="right"|2.99% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Anna Ethel Sprott |align="right"|5,234 |align="right"|23.49% |align="right"|7,956 |align="right"|45.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,281 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|17,319 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,119 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>1</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]] - Vancouver Centre Ballot B <sup>2</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |William Harold Holtby |align="right"|276 |align="right"|1.25% |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>[[Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson]] |align="right"|<b>7,350 |align="right"|<b>33.17% |align="right"|<b>9,893 |align="right"|<b>53.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]] |James Byrne Reardon |align="right"|691 |align="right"|3.12% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |Emil Peter Schafer |align="right"|4,497 |align="right"|20.29% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Frederick Wellington Taylor |align="right"|3,951 |align="right"|17.83% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Gordon Sylvester Wismer]] |align="right"|5,394 |align="right"|24.34% |align="right"|8,496 |align="right"|46.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,159 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| 18,389 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,901 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>2</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] Vancouver Centre Ballot A <sup>3</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[James Campbell Bury]] |align="right"|6,238 |align="right"|32.10% |align="right"|7,757 |align="right"|46.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Mary Chomyn |align="right"|572 |align="right"|2.94% |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>[[Alexander Small Matthew]] |align="right"|<b>7,066 |align="right"|<b>36.37% |align="right"|<b>9,016 |align="right"|<b>53.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Glenholme Ferguson McMaster |align="right"|971 |align="right"|5.00% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]] |Ferdinand Theodor Peters |align="right"|505 |align="right"|2.60% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Anna Ethel Sprott |align="right"|4,079 |align="right"|20.99% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,431 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|16,773 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,638 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !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=9|<sup>3</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] Vancouver Centre Ballot B <sup>4</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson]] |align="right"|6,283 |align="right"|32.87% |align="right"|7,707 |align="right"|47.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[George Churchill Moxham]] |align="right"|<b>6,782 |align="right"|<b>35.48% |align="right"|<b>8,679 |align="right"|<b>52.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CDP/row}} |[[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]] |James Byrne Reardon |align="right"|480 |align="right"|2.50% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |William Angus Stewart |align="right"|580 |align="right"|3.03% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Michael Leo Sweeney |align="right"|3,985 |align="right"|20.85% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Frederick Wellington Taylor |align="right"|1,007 |align="right"|5.27% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,117 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|16,386 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,727 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !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=9|<sup>4</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final of five (5) counts only shown. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Reginald Atherton |align="right"|969 |align="right"|2.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |William Giesbrecht |align="right"|4,393 |align="right"|12.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Jack Gillett |align="right"|445 |align="right"|1.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Ralph Goodman |align="right"|3,727 |align="right"|10.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |James Allen Macdonald |align="right"|3,996 |align="right"|11.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Alexander Small Matthew]] |align="right"|<b>8,614 |align="right"|<b>23.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Nigel Morgan |align="right"|485 |align="right"|1.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Charles Patrick (Paddy) Neale]] |align="right"|4,561 |align="right"|12.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |<b>[[Leslie Raymond Peterson]] |align="right"|<b>9,112 |align="right"|<b>25.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|36,302 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|168 !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}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Thomas Henry Berger]] |align="right"|6,530 |align="right"|16.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Henry Greer Castillou |align="right"|3,724 |align="right"|9.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |William James Dennison |align="right"|6,378 |align="right"|15.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Lawrence Smith Eckhardt |align="right"|1,411 |align="right"|3.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Charles Jordan-Knox |align="right"|3,726 |align="right"|9.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Alexander Small Matthew]] |align="right"|<b>8,227 |align="right"|<b>20.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |<b>[[Leslie Raymond Peterson]] |align="right"|<b>8,516 |align="right"|<b>20.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Patrick Lockhart Reid |align="right"|1,421 |align="right"|3.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |[[Maurice Rush]] |align="right"|420 |align="right"|1.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Sonia Rutka |align="right"|380 |align="right"|0.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|40,733 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|504 !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/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Ronald J. Forkin |align="right"|266 |align="right"|0.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Alexander Forst |align="right"|3,467 |align="right"|8.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Harold G. Haggart |align="right"|2,741 |align="right"|6.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Arthur L. Johnson |align="right"|2,588 |align="right"|6.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Thomas Warnett Kennedy |align="right"|3,477 |align="right"|8.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Alexander Small Matthew]] |align="right"|<b>7,594 |align="right"|<b>19.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |John M. Norris |align="right"|5,806 |align="right"|14.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Leslie Raymond Peterson]] |align="right"|<b>8,060 |align="right"|<b>20.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |William E. Stewart |align="right"|240 |align="right"|0.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[Frederick Justin Vulliamy]] |align="right"|5,538 |align="right"|13.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|39,777 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|419 !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/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |James William (Jim) Beynon |align="right"|253 |align="right"|.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Griffiths Black |align="right"|4,147 |align="right"|10.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Herb Capozzi|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi]] |align="right"|<b>8,157 |align="right"|<b>21.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independents |Gerard A. Goeujon |align="right"|144 |align="right"|0.37% |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |F.C. Christopher Huddlestan |align="right"|6,871 |align="right"|17.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Phillip James Lipp |align="right"|3,803 |align="right"|9.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Paul A. Phillips |align="right"|7,257 |align="right"|18.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Evan Maurice Wolfe]] |align="right"|<b>7,938 |align="right"|<b>20.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|38,570 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|432 !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]] |[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|9,446 |align="right"|19.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Herb Capozzi|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi]] |align="right"|<b>10,751 |align="right"|<b>21.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[William Herbert Deverell]] |align="right"|9,441 |align="right"|19.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Daniel Terence Devlin |align="right"|4,551 |align="right"|9.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert Gary Miller |align="right"|4,454 |align="right"|9.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Evan Maurice Wolfe]] |align="right"|<b>10,711 |align="right"|<b>21.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|49,354 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|528 !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 of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|<b>12,120 |align="right"|<b>22.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Herb Capozzi|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi]] |align="right"|10,037 |align="right"|18.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Henry Greer Castillou |align="right"|4,751 |align="right"|8.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Thomas Alexander Kennedy |align="right"|4,869 |align="right"|9.11% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gary Lauk|Gary Vernon Lauk]] |align="right"|<b>11,749 |align="right"|<b>21.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Evan Maurice Wolfe]] |align="right"|9,908 |align="right"|18.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|53,434 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|539 !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/Independents/row}} |Independent |David John Bader |align="right"|191 |align="right"|0.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|<b>12,252 |align="right"|<b>23.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Herb Capozzi|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi]] |align="right"|11,253 |align="right"|21.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Michael Christopher Gidora |align="right"|164 |align="right"|0.32% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Thomas Smith Hammond |align="right"|1,949 |align="right"|3.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndSC/row}} |Independent (Social Credit) |Thomas Warnett Kennedy<sup>5</sup> |align="right"|2,545 |align="right"|4.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Tin Chao Alan Lau |align="right"|7,214 |align="right"|13.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gary Lauk|Gary Vernon Lauk]] |align="right"|<b>12,846 |align="right"|<b>24.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Nicholas Podovinnikoff |align="right"|140 |align="right"|0.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Malcolm Caldwell Wright |align="right"|1,513 |align="right"|2.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Jack Say Yee |align="right"|1,870 |align="right"|3.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|51,937 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|669 !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> Campaigned as Ind.SC but listed as Independent in Statement of Votes since the Election Act prohibits the use of a recognized party name by Independent candidates. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|<b>17,361 |align="right"|<b>27.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Keith Donald Eady |align="right"|1,475 |align="right"|2.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Miguel Figueroa |align="right"|237 |align="right"|0.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Douglas David Henderson |align="right"|1,511 |align="right"|2.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Thomas Warnett Kennedy |align="right"|12,233 |align="right"|19.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Richmond Desmond Fitzgerald Kimmitt |align="right"|11,649 |align="right"|18.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gary Lauk|Gary Vernon Lauk]] |align="right"|<b>17,464 |align="right"|<b>28.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |[[Maurice Rush]] |align="right"|277 |align="right"|0.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|62,207 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,310 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|<b>18,960 |align="right"|<b>28.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Kevin Baden Bruce |align="right"|880 |align="right"|1.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Avril Kim Campbell]] |align="right"|12,740 |align="right"|19.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gary Lauk|Gary Vernon Lauk]] |align="right"|<b>18,743 |align="right"|<b>28.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]] |[[Shirley McLoughlin]] |align="right"|2,084 |align="right"|3.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Philip W. Owen |align="right"|12,415 |align="right"|18.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |[[Maurice Rush]] |align="right"|244 |align="right"|0.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|66,066 !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, 1986|34th British Columbia election, 1986]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Emery Barnes|Emery Oakland Barnes]] |align="right"|<b>20,885 |align="right"|<b>29.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Steven R. Bourne |align="right"|2,564 |align="right"|3.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Robert Gardner |align="right"|10,965 |align="right"|<15.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]] |Murray Gudmundson |align="right"|317 |align="right"|0.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Michael Franklin Harcourt]] |align="right"|<b>22,301 |align="right"|<b>31.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |John Archibald Murchie |align="right"|10,679 |align="right"|15.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Vito Palmieri |align="right"|2,036 |align="right"|2.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]] |Gavin L. Ross |align="right"|446 |align="right"|0.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |People's Front |Brian Keith Sproule |align="right"|144 |align="right"|0.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|70,337 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,548 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old tradition of multiple member districts. Vancouver Centre was abolished. Its principal successor ridings were [[Vancouver-Fairview]], [[Vancouver-Mount Pleasant]] and [[Vancouver-Langara]]. Some portions may have gone to [[Vancouver-Burrard]] or [[Vancouver-Little Mountain]]. == External links == *[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]