Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district)
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:''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]]