Victoria City (provincial electoral district) 3271291 170041024 2007-11-08T05:15:46Z Eliz81 2457735 Fixing [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|links to disambiguation pages]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Victoria City''' was one of the first twelve provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral districts]] in the [[provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], upon its entry into [[Confederation of Canada|Confederation]] that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislature]] several prominent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Members of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLAs) and [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]]s. It last appeared on the [[hustings]] in the [[British Columbia general election, 1963|1963 election]]. == Demographics == {| class="wikitable" |Population, 1961 | |- |Population change, 1871-1961 | |- |Area (km²) | |- |Population density (people per km²) | |} == Political geography == ==Notable elections== == Notable MLAs == == Electoral history == ''Note: Winners in each election are in'' '''bold'''. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1871|1st British Columbia election, 1871]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>301 |align="right"|<b>19.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|<b>301 |align="right"|<b>19.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[John Foster McCreight]]<sup>1</sup> |align="right"|<b>373 |align="right"|<b>24.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[James Trimble (Canadian politician)|James Trimble]] |align="right"|<b>321 |align="right"|<b>21.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Robert Taylor Williams |align="right"|124 |align="right"|8.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,515 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup><small> First [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City January 11, 1873<sup>2<sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>Acclaimed |align="right"|<b> -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|² <small>The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1875|2nd British Columbia election, 1875]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>428 |align="right"|<b>19.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent (?) |<b>[[James W. Douglas]] |align="right"|<b>382 |align="right"|<b>17.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Simeon Duck |align="right"|319 |align="right"|14.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Andrew Charles Elliott]]³ |align="right"|<b>383 |align="right"|<b>17.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Gideon C. Gerow |align="right"|67 |align="right"|2.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}} |Independent Reform |Thomas Harris |align="right"|383 |align="right"|17.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |<b>Independent Government |<b>[[James Trimble]] |align="right"|<b>405 |align="right"|<b>18.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independents |Robert Taylor Williams |align="right"|24 |align="right"|1.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,241 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|³<small> Fourth [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1878|3rd British Columbia election, 1878]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>417 |align="right"|<b>16.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Joseph Westrop Carey]] |align="right"|22 |align="right"|0.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[James Smith Drummond]] |align="right"|<b>380 |align="right"|<b>15.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Andrew Charles Elliott]] |align="right"|338 |align="right"|13.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Roderick Finlayson]] |align="right"|318 |align="right"|12.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[James Trimble]] |align="right"|301 |align="right"|11.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John William Williams]] |align="right"|<b>318 |align="right"|<b>12.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Wiliam Wilson]] |align="right"|<b>396 |align="right"|<b>15.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,523 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City July 10, 1878<sup>4<sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>Acclaimed |align="right"|<b> -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>4</sup> <small>The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon upon appointment to Executive Council June 26, 1878 This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1882|4th British Columbia election, 1882]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Robert Beaven]]<sup>4</sup> |align="right"|<b>459 |align="right"|<b>16.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Theodore Davie]] |align="right"|22 |align="right"|0.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[James Smith Drummond]] |align="right"|<b>105 |align="right"|<b>3.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|368 |align="right"|13.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[James Trimble]] |align="right"|280 |align="right"|9.96% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake]] |align="right"|<b>361 |align="right"|<b>12.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John William Williams]] |align="right"|<b>237 |align="right"|<b>8.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Wilson Alexander]] |align="right"|321 |align="right"|11.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |William Wilson |align="right"|281 |align="right"|10.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,811 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>4</sup><small> Sixth [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City April 15, 1885<sup>5<sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|<b>281 |align="right"|<b>50.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Robert Taylor Williams |align="right"|274 |align="right"|49.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|555 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> <small>The byelection was called due to the resignation of [[Simeon Duck]] upon his appointment to the Executive Council March 21 1885. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1886|5th British Columbia election, 1886]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>540 |align="right"|<b>13.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent (?) |[[Joseph Westrop Carey]] |align="right"|543 |align="right"|1.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Theodore Davie]]<sup>5</sup> |align="right"|<b>463 |align="right"|<b>11.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|456 |align="right"|11.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour |John Mayfield Duval |align="right"|127 |align="right"|3.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Robert Lipsett]] |align="right"|362 |align="right"|9.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Edward Gawlor Prior]]<sup>6</sup> |align="right"|<b>540 |align="right"|<b>13.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour |Andrew Johnston Smith |align="right"|208 |align="right"|5.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John Herbert Turner]] |align="right"|<b>472 |align="right"|<b>11.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Robert Taylor Williams |align="right"|413 |align="right"|10.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Joseph Wriglesworth |align="right"|312 |align="right"|8.12% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,955 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>6</sup> Later the fifteenth Premier of British Columbia. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1890|6th British Columbia election, 1890]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>997 |align="right"|<b>13.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |William Dalby |align="right"|528 |align="right"|7.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|658 |align="right"|9.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John Grant (mayor)|John Grant]] |align="right"|<b>1,226 |align="right"|<b>17.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John Irving |align="right"|747 |align="right"|10.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[George Lawson Milne]] |align="right"|<b>901 |align="right"|<b>12.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Francis Gilbert Richards Jr. |align="right"|702 |align="right"|9.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John Herbert Turner]] |align="right"|<b>851 |align="right"|<b>11.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Charles Wilson |align="right"|570 |align="right"|7.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,179 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1894|7th British Columbia election, 1894]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|<b>997 |align="right"|<b>13.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |William Dalby |align="right"|528 |align="right"|7.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Simeon Duck]] |align="right"|658 |align="right"|9.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John Grant (mayor)|John Grant]] |align="right"|<b>1,226 |align="right"|<b>17.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John Irving |align="right"|747 |align="right"|10.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[George Lawson Milne]] |align="right"|<b>901 |align="right"|<b>12.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Francis Gilbert Richards Jr. |align="right"|702 |align="right"|9.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John Herbert Turner]]<sup>7</sup> |align="right"|<b>851 |align="right"|<b>11.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Charles Wilson |align="right"|570 |align="right"|7.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,179 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> Eleventh [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1898|8th British Columbia election, 1898]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Robert Beaven]] |align="right"|906 |align="right"|9.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Arthur Louis Belyea |align="right"|949 |align="right"|10.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Francis Brooke Gregory |align="right"|1,149 |align="right"|12.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Richard Hall (BC Politician)|Richard Hall]] |align="right"|<b>1,274 |align="right"|<b>13.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Henry Dallas Helmcken]] |align="right"|<b>1,484 |align="right"|<b>15.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Albert Edward McPhillips]] |align="right"|<b>1,229 |align="right"|<b>13.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Alexander Stewart |align="right"|1,065 |align="right"|11.32% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[John Herbert Turner]] |align="right"|<b>1,352 |align="right"|<b>14.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,408 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1900|9th British Columbia election, 1900]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John Leander Beckwith |align="right"|1,154 |align="right"|10.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John Graham Brown |align="right"|1,259 |align="right"|11.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Richard Hall (BC Politician)|Richard Hall]] |align="right"|<b>1,597 |align="right"|<b>14.l8% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Henry Dallas Helmcken]] |align="right"|<b>1,668 |align="right"|<b>14.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)|Joseph Martin]]<sup>8</sup> |align="right"|1,352 |align="right"|12.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Albert Edward McPhillips]] |align="right"|<b>1,552 |align="right"|<b>13.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[John Herbert Turner]] |align="right"|<b>540 |align="right"|<b>13.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour |[[James Stuart Yates]] |align="right"|1,233 |align="right"|10.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,264 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>8</sup> Thirteenth [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1903|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William George Cameron]] |align="right"|<b>1,860 |align="right"|<b>14.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Robert Low Drury]] |align="right"|<b>1,744 |align="right"|<b>13.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Richard Hall (BC Politician)|Richard Hall]] |align="right"|<b>1,554 |align="right"|<b>12.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Charles Hayward |align="right"|1,396 |align="right"|10.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Henry Dallas Helmcken]] |align="right"|1,342 |align="right"|10.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Joseph Hunter |align="right"|1,223 |align="right"|9.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[James Dugald McNiven]] |align="right"|<b>1,627 |align="right"|<b>12.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Albert Edward McPhillips]] |align="right"|1,352 |align="right"|10.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of British Columbia|Socialist]] |James Cameron Watters |align="right"|697 |align="right"|5.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,795 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Frederick William Behnsen]] |align="right"|<b>1,477 |align="right"|<b>11.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William George Cameron |align="right"|1,164 |align="right"|9.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Frederick Davey]] |align="right"|<b>1,497 |align="right"|<b>11.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Robert Low Drury]] |align="right"|1,192 |align="right"|9.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party of BC |Ernest Amos Hall |align="right"|863 |align="right"|6.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Richard Hall (BC Politician)|Richard Hall]] |align="right"|1,089 |align="right"|8.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party of BC |Arngrimur Johnson |align="right"|437 |align="right"|3.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party of BC |William Herbert Marcon |align="right"|366 |align="right"|2.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Richard McBride]]<sup>9</sup> |align="right"|<b>1,614 |align="right"|<b>12.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[James Dugald McNiven]] |align="right"|1,029 |align="right"|8.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Broughton Thomson]] |align="right"|<b>1,377 |align="right"|<b>10.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |James Cameron Watters |align="right"|443 |align="right"|3.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,548 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>9</sup> Sixteenth [[Premier of British Columbia]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1909|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Frederick William Behnsen]] |align="right"|<b>2,497 |align="right"|<b>12.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Frederick Davey]] |align="right"|<b>2,053 |align="right"|<b>12.96% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Robert Low Drury]] |align="right"|2,031 |align="right"|10.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Kyle Houston |align="right"|1,875 |align="right"|9.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Richard McBride]] |align="right"|<b>2,846 |align="right"|<b>14.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Alfred James Morley <sup>10</sup> |align="right"|2,218 |align="right"|11.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |George Oliver |align="right"|659 |align="right"|3.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[John Oliver (politician)|John Oliver]]<sup>11</sup> |align="right"|2,216 |align="right"|11.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Broughton Thomson]] |align="right"|<b>2,465 |align="right"|<b>12.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,320 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>10</sup> <small>Endorsed by Liberals. |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>11</sup> <small>Later 19th [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier of BC]] [[1918]]-[[1927]]. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Frederick William Behnsen]] |align="right"|<b>2,392 |align="right"|<b>14.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Harlan Carey Brewster |align="right"|2,049 |align="right"|12.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Frederick Davey]] |align="right"|<b>2,471 |align="right"|<b>15.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Richard Thomas Elliott |align="right"|1,979 |align="right"|12.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Richard McBride]] |align="right"|<b>3,223 |align="right"|<b>20.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |Victor Rainsford Midgley<sup>12</sup> |align="right"|2,218 |align="right"|11.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Bernard Joseph Perry |align="right"|616 |align="right"|3.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Broughton Thomson]] |align="right"|<b>2,641 |align="right"|<b>16.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|16,034 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>12</sup> <small>Endorsed by Social Democratic Party of BC |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[George Bell (Canadian politician)|George Bell]] |align="right"|<b>3,963 |align="right"|<b>12.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Harlan Carey Brewster]] |align="right"|<b>4,988 |align="right"|<b>16.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |John Dilworth |align="right"|2,651 |align="right"|8.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent Liberal |Ernest Amos Hall |align="right"|1,518 |align="right"|4.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Henry Charles Hall]] |align="right"|<b>3,161 |align="right"|<b>10.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>3,660 |align="right"|<b>11.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Reginald Hayward |align="right"|2,793 |align="right"|9.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Alfred James Morley |align="right"|1,185 |align="right"|3.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SDP/row}} |[[Social Democratic Party of British Columbia|Social Democrat]] |Daniel William Poupard |align="right"|454 |align="right"|1.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SDP/row}} |[[Social Democratic Party of British Columbia|Social Democrat]] |Philip Robert Smith |align="right"|475 |align="right"|1.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Alexander Stewart |align="right"|3,129 |align="right"|10.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Leonard Tait |align="right"|2,774 |align="right"|9.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|30,751 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |Independent Liberal |[[George Bell (Canadian politician)|George Bell]] |align="right"|2,045 |align="right"|3.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolLbr/row}} |Soldier-Labour Party |Cecil Keir Christian <sup>13</sup> |align="right"|1,716 |align="right"|3.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Joseph Badenoch Clearihue]] |align="right"|<b>4,551 |align="right"|<b>8.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolLbr/row}} |Soldier-Labour Party |James Dakers <sup>13</sup> |align="right"|1,318 |align="right"|2.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Herbert Wynn Davies |align="right"|475 |align="right"|0.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolLbr/row}} |Soldier-Labour Party |Francis William Henry Giolma <sup>14</sup> |align="right"|778 |align="right"|1.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Ernest Amos Hall |align="right"|4,010 |align="right"|7.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Henry Charles Hall |align="right"|3,868 |align="right"|7.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Hart (premier)|John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>5,016 |align="right"|<b>9.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Joshua Hinchcliffe]] |align="right"|<b>5,305 |align="right"|<b>9.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolLbr/row}} |Soldier-Labour Party |Robert Paton McLernan |align="right"|1,202 |align="right"|2.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |William Walter Northcott |align="right"|4,141 |align="right"|7.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Oliver]] <sup>15</sup> |align="right"|<b>6,498 |align="right"|<b>12.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Federated Labour Party |William Edouard Peirce |align="right"|834 |align="right"|1.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Alexander Stewart |align="right"|4,170 |align="right"|7.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SDP/row}} |[[Social Democratic Party of British Columbia|Social Democrat]] |Roderick Ross Sutherland |align="right"|4,072 |align="right"|7.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|53,936 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>13</sup> Nominated by GAUV for joint Soldier-Labour ticket. |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>14</sup> Nominated by Victoria Trades and Labour Council for joint Soldier-Labour ticket. |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>15</sup> Premier of BC since 1918 |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Joseph Badenoch Clearihue]] |align="right"|3,498 |align="right"|6.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Samuel James Drake |align="right"|3,527 |align="right"|6.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party |Mary Gertrude Graves |align="right"|1,056 |align="right"|2.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party |James Hurst Hawthornthwaite |align="right"|821 |align="right"|1.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Reginald Hayward]] |align="right"|<b>6,127 |align="right"|<b>11.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Joshua Hinchcliffe]] |align="right"|<b>6,118 |align="right"|<b>11.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Robert Allan Gus Lyons]] |align="right"|<b>5,120 |align="right"|<b>9.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Christopher Roland North |align="right"|1,715 |align="right"|3.32% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[John Oliver]] |align="right"|4,032 |align="right"|7.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Canadian Labour Party |William Edouard Peirce |align="right"|763 |align="right"|1.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Melbourne Raynor |align="right"|4,138 |align="right"|8.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |Alexander Gordon Smith |align="right"|2,175 |align="right"|4.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |Albert Edward Todd |align="right"|2,379 |align="right"|4.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Harold Despard Twigg]] |align="right"|<b>5,710 |align="right"|<b>11.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |Eugene Sidney Woodward |align="right"|2,477 |align="right"|4.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |Andrew Wright |align="right"|2,019 |align="right"|3.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|51,675 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[James Harry Beatty]] |align="right"|<b>7,505 |align="right"|<b>13.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert Alexander C. Dewar |align="right"|6,180 |align="right"|10.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Mark Willson Graham |align="right"|6,025 |align="right"|10.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Reginald Hayward]] |align="right"|<b>7,754 |align="right"|<b>13.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Joshua Hinchcliffe]] |align="right"|<b>7,614 |align="right"|<b>13.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLab/row}} |Independent Labour |Walter Inward |align="right"|316 |align="right"|0.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |Alice Emily McGregor |align="right"|349 |align="right"|0.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Duncan MacLean |align="right"|6,672 |align="right"|11.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |Robert Pope Matheson |align="right"|715 |align="right"|1.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Christopher Rowland North |align="right"|894 |align="right"|1.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Thomas Straith |align="right"|6,201 |align="right"|10.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Harold Despard Twigg]] |align="right"|<b>5,710 |align="right"|<b>11.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|57,457 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|251 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]] <sup>16</sup>}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Herbert Anscomb]] |align="right"|<b>5,767 |align="right"|<b>8.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Unionist/row}} |Unionist Party of BC |James Sutherland Brown |align="right"|1,312 |align="right"|2.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |William Baxter Caird |align="right"|2,528 |align="right"|3.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |Robert Cassidy |align="right"|323 |align="right"|0.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Joseph Badenoch Clearihue]] |align="right"|5,551 |align="right"|8.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Robert Connell]] |align="right"|<b>5,607 |align="right"|<b>8.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Unionist/row}} |Unionist Party of BC |Frederick James Crowhurst |align="right"|594 |align="right"|0.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independents |Clem Davies |align="right"|5,259 |align="right"|8.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Unionist/row}} |Unionist Party of BC |Herbert Tom Goodland |align="right"|910 |align="right"|1.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Hart (premier)|John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>6,133 |align="right"|<b>9.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Reginald Hayward]] |align="right"|3,812 |align="right"|5.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Byron Ingemar Johnson]] |align="right"|<b>7,774 |align="right"|<b>11.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Hamilton Kinsman |align="right"|4,962 |align="right"|7.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Andrew McGavin |align="right"|1,054 |align="right"|1.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Agnes Helen Mason |align="right"|107 |align="right"|0.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Victor Rainsford Midgley |align="right"|2,892 |align="right"|4.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}} |United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party |Thomas Moir |align="right"|95 |align="right"|0.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |William Charles Moresby |align="right"|2,796 |align="right"|4.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Christopher Rowland North |align="right"|412 |align="right"|0.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Party |John Harry Owen |align="right"|503 |align="right"|0.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Guy Sheppard |align="right"|4,111 |align="right"|6.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Patrick John Paterson Sinnott |align="right"|1,557 |align="right"|2.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Robert Taylor Williams |align="right"|1,257 |align="right"|1.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,316 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|185 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>16</sup> <small>In addition to William John Bowser (NPIG), the List of Candidates contains five other candidates who did not run on the amended polling day (see note 2): Charles Randall Bishop (NPIG), Joshua Hinchliffe (UPBC), Walter Luney (NPIG), George McGregor (NPIG) and Lorne Ross (IND.).</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Herbert Anscomb]] |align="right"|<b>6,927 |align="right"|<b>10.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Kathleen Anderson Bell |align="right"|2,362 |align="right"|3.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |William Baxter Caird |align="right"|2,343 |align="right"|3.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Natural Law/row}} |BC Constructivist Party |[[Robert Connell]] |align="right"|2,540 |align="right"|3.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League of BC]] |Percival Edward George |align="right"|401 |align="right"|.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BCCP/row}} |[[British Columbia Constructivist Party|Constructivist]] |Margaret ("Madge") Hall |align="right"|611 |align="right"|.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Hart (premier)|John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>7,196 |align="right"|<b>10.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Nancy Hodges |align="right"|6,259 |align="right"|9.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Joseph Douglas Hunter]] |align="right"|6,792 |align="right"|10.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Byron Ingemar Johnson]] |align="right"|6,440 |align="right"|9.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League of BC]] |Olive Herron Knudsvig |align="right"|194 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Bruce Alistair McKelvie |align="right"|6,585 |align="right"|9.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League of BC]] |Charles Bayard Messiter |align="right"|206 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Nigel Morgan |align="right"|2,536 |align="right"|3.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|<b>6,676 |align="right"|<b>10.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |James Johnstone Walker |align="right"|2,357 |align="right"|3.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League of BC]] |Frank Saxton White |align="right"|260 |align="right"|0.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Frederick Arthur Willis |align="right"|5,270 |align="right"|7.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,955 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|233 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]] <sup>17</sup>}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |William Baxter Caird |align="right"|3,358 |align="right"|7.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[John Hart (premier)|John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>6,637 |align="right"|<b>15.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Nancy Hodges]] |align="right"|<b>5,854 |align="right"|<b>13.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Joseph Douglas Hunter]] |align="right"|5,220 |align="right"|12.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Andrew Henry Jukes |align="right"|963 |align="right"|2.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Clare Nulalinda McAllister |align="right"|3,380 |align="right"|7.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Duncan Douglas McTavish |align="right"|4,657 |align="right"|10.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Harold Oscar Simpson |align="right"|2,998 |align="right"|6.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Waldo McTavish Skillings]] |align="right"|4,150 |align="right"|9.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|<b>6,280 |align="right"|<b>14.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|43,497 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|131 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>17</sup> Seat reduced from four members to three. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|31st British Columbia election, 1945]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Frederick James Bevis |align="right"|5,288 |align="right"|10.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Murray D. Bryce |align="right"|6,485 |align="right"|12.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |May Campbell |align="right"|5,093 |align="right"|10.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |Independent Progressive Conservative |Ellen Hart |align="right"|473 |align="right"|0.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]] |<b>[[John Hart (premier)|John Hart]] |align="right"|<b>10,757 |align="right"|<b>21.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]] |<b>[[Nancy Hodges]] |align="right"|<b>10,518 |align="right"|<b>21.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit Alliance]] |Andrew Henry Jukes |align="right"|743 |align="right"|1.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Progressive Party |Robert Joseph Kerr |align="right"|436 |align="right"|0.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]] |<b>[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|<b>10,278 |align="right"|<b>20.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|50,071 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|124 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Union of Electors]] |Edith May Bell |align="right"|364 |align="right"|0.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |May Campbell |align="right"|5,809 |align="right"|8.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Union of Electors]] |William John Clark |align="right"|696 |align="right"|1.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Nancy Hodges]] |align="right"|<b>15,982 |align="right"|<b>24.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |Union of Electors |Doris Anne Lougheed |align="right"|319 |align="right"|0.49% |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[Daniel John Proudfoot]] |align="right"|<b>16,021 |align="right"|<b>24.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Violet J. Rayment |align="right"|5,310 |align="right"|8.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|<b>15,278 |align="right"|<b>23.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Phyllis Jean Webb |align="right"|5,900 |align="right"|9.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,679 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|253 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup> |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]], Ballot A <sup>18</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |Lydia Augusta Arsens |align="right"|4,518 |align="right"|18.96% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[William Baxter Caird]] |align="right"|<b>6,008 |align="right"|<b>25.21% |align="right"|<b>8,421 |align="right"|<b>41.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Phillip Bernard Freedman |align="right"|137 |align="right"|0.57% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Lillian Margaret Harvey |align="right"|4,362 |align="right"|18.30% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Nancy Hodges]] |align="right"|<b>8,805 |align="right"|<b>36.95% |align="right"|<b>12,071 |align="right"|<b>58.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,830 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|20,492 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,991 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>18</sup> <small>Candidate choices in multi-member ridings such as Victoria City were split into separate ballot competitions for the elimination ballot. Victoria City ran three fields of candidates, arranged in Ballots A, B, and C. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]], Ballot B <sup>19</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]] |align="right"|6,329 |align="right"|27.08% |align="right"|8,902 |align="right"|44.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |Elmer Duncan McEwan |align="right"|4,365 |align="right"|18.68% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Albert DeBurgo McPhillips |align="right"|4,608 |align="right"|19.72% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Daniel John Proudfoot]] |align="right"|<b>7,842 |align="right"|<b>33.56% |align="right"|<b>11,057 |align="right"|<b>55.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |William Alfred Scott |align="right"|226 |align="right"|0.97% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,370 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|19,959 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,424 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>19</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]], Ballot C <sup>20</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |May Campbell |align="right"|5,975 |align="right"|25.24% |align="right"|8,511 |align="right"|41.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Walter Sabiston Miles |align="right"|4,601 |align="right"|19.44% |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]] |John Donald Smith |align="right"|4,637 |align="right"|19.59% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|8,457 |align="right"|35.73% |align="right"|11,762 |align="right"|58.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,670 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|20,273 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,129 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>20</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final counts only (of 3) shown. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] Ballot A <sup>21</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Victor Allen |align="right"|4,881 |align="right"|21.42% |align="right"|1 - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Lydia Augusta Arsens]] |align="right"|<b>8,616 |align="right"|<b>37.81% |align="right"|<b>9,999 |align="right"|<b>52.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Doris Winifred Blakey |align="right"|126 |align="right"|0.55% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Arthur St. Clair Chapman |align="right"|1,227 |align="right"|5.38% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Claude Lionel Harrison |align="right"|1,022 |align="right"|4.49% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Nancy Hodges]] |align="right"|6,915 |align="right"|30.35% |align="right"|8,869 |align="right"|47.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,787 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,868 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,804 !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=7|<sup>21</sup. <small>See Note on 1952 Election Ballot A. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 5) shown only. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] Ballot B <sup>22</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]] |align="right"|5,267 |align="right"|23.50% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Neelands Chant]] |align="right"|9,131 |align="right"|40.73% |align="right"|10,330 |align="right"|55.32% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Archibald McGugan |align="right"|153 |align="right"|0.68% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[JDaniel John Proudfoot]] |align="right"|6,484 |align="right"|28.92% |align="right"|8,344 |align="right"|44.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Montague Laurence Tyrwhitt-Drake <sup>23</sup> |align="right"|1,383 |align="right"|6.17% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,418 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,674 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,162 !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=7|<sup>22</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>23</sup> <small>Listed as "Drake, Montagne Lawrence Tyrwhitt" in Statement of Votes. In 1956 Statement of Votes he was listed as Tyrwhitt-Drake. |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] Ballot C <sup>24</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |May Campbell |align="right"|4,923 |align="right"|21.96% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Irving Floyd Mortensen |align="right"|127 |align="right"|0.57% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Robert James Patch |align="right"|1,139 |align="right"|5.08% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[William Thomas Straith]] |align="right"|7,193 |align="right"|32.09% |align="right"|8,907 |align="right"|46.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Walter Percival Wright]] |align="right"|<b>9,032 |align="right"|<b>40.30% |align="right"|<b>10,084 |align="right"|<b>53.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,414 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,991 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,173 !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"| !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>24</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Lydia Augusta Arsens]] |align="right"|7,827 |align="right"|5.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Progressive Party |Myrtle Woodward Bergren |align="right"|124 |align="right"|0.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Progressive Party |Doris Winifred Blakey |align="right"|143 |align="right"|1.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |William Baxter Caird |align="right"|3,417 |align="right"|2.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |May Campbell |align="right"|3,432 |align="right"|5.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Neelands Chant]] |align="right"|<b>9,199 |align="right"|<b>14.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Geoffrey Innes Edgelow |align="right"|7,241 |align="right"|11.96% |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[George Frederick Thompson Gregory]] |align="right"|<b>8,408 |align="right"|<b>13.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |Neil Johnson MacGregor Hindle |align="right"|3,265 |align="right"|5.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour Progressive Party |Ernest Leon Knott |align="right"|162 |align="right"|0.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Forrest Linden Shaw |align="right"|7,205 |align="right"|11.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[John Donald Smith]] |align="right"|<b>8,620 |align="right"|<b>14.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake |align="right"|1,476 |align="right"|2.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|60,519 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|212 !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/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Clive D. Campbell |align="right"|1,959 |align="right"|3.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|CCF]] |May Campbell |align="right"|4,598 |align="right"|7.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Neelands Chant]] |align="right"|<b>9,864 |align="right"|<b>15.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Theodore H. Cressy |align="right"|1,543 |align="right"|2.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Geoffrey Innes Edgelow |align="right"|6,083 |align="right"|9.31% |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|CCF]] |Rhoda Erickson |align="right"|4,262 |align="right"|6.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |George Frederick Thompson Gregory |align="right"|7,278 |align="right"|11.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|CCF]] |Neil John MacGregor Hindle |align="right"|4,516 |align="right"|6.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[George Frederick Thompson Gregory]] |align="right"|8,408 |align="right"|13.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Charles A.P. Murison |align="right"|2,236 |align="right"|3.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Forrest Linden Shaw |align="right"|5,464 |align="right"|8.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Waldo McTavish Skillings]] |align="right"|<b>8,671 |align="right"|<b>13.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[John Donald Smith]] |align="right"|<b>8,855 |align="right"|<b>13.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,329 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|388 !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/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Neelands Chant]] |align="right"|<b>9,736 |align="right"|<b>5.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Theodore H. Cressy |align="right"|2,282 |align="right"|1.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Henry A.L. Fanthorpe |align="right"|3,324 |align="right"|1.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Elizabeth Forbes |align="right"|4,355 |align="right"|2.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |William Charles Gelling |align="right"|2,528 |align="right"|1.41% |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Michael Griffin |align="right"|4,440 |align="right"|7.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Bruce Humber |align="right"|4,302 |align="right"|7.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Ernest Leon Knott |align="right"|153 |align="right"|0.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |John Wilberforce Loader |align="right"|2,253 |align="right"|3.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |David Philip Reimer |align="right"|3,275 |align="right"|5.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Waldo McTavish Skillings]] |align="right"|<b>9,347 |align="right"|<b>15.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[John Donald Smith]] |align="right"|<b>9,118 |align="right"|<b>15.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |Alfred W. Toone |align="right"|3,557 |align="right"|6.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|58,670 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|175 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} == Source == [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]