Election Results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
14th British Columbia election, 1916 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
George Samuel Hanes |
980 |
52.80% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent Conservative |
William McNeish |
278 |
14.98% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
George H. Morden |
598 |
32.22% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
1,856 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
15th British Columbia election, 1920 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
Benjamin Chubb 1 |
913 |
18.62% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent 2 |
George Samuel Hanes |
2,681 |
54.68% |
|
unknown |
|
Independents |
James Orchard |
129 |
2.63% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
Valient Vivian Vinson |
1,180 |
24.07% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
4,903 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
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2 |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
John Melvin Bryan, Sr. |
1,283 |
31.34% |
|
unknown |
|
Provincial |
Richard Francis Raleigh Cruise |
1,151 |
28.11% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
William Stearne Deacon |
442 |
10.80% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent Liberal |
George Samuel Hanes |
1,163 |
28.41% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
James Orchard |
55 |
1.34% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
4,094 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
2 Endorsed by Provincial Party. |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Jack Loutet |
2,466 |
46.00% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Ian Alistair MacKenzie |
2,498 |
46.60% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
Archie Carland MacMillan |
397 |
7.40% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
5,361 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
118 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
18th British Columbia election, 1933 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Harley Christian Erskine Anderson |
2,427 |
35.19% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent Liberal |
John Melvin Bryan, Sr. |
846 |
12.27% |
|
unknown |
|
Non-Partisan Independent Group |
Jack Loutet |
1,784 |
25.87% |
|
unknown |
|
United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party |
William Henry Morson |
132 |
1.91% |
|
unknown |
|
Labour (Party) 3 |
Howard Edward Ryan |
65 |
0.94% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
James Whitham |
7 |
0.10% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
Herbert Spencer Wood |
1,636 |
23.72% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
6,897 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
77 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
3 |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Independent |
Joseph Bentley Leyland |
2,386 |
27.98% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
Jack Loutet |
1,522 |
17.84% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves |
2,749 |
32.23% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Edith Myrtle Turner |
1,847 |
21.66% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
James Whitham |
25 |
0.29% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
Herbert Spencer Wood |
1,636 |
23.72% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
8,529 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
94 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
|
20th British Columbia election, 1941 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Official Conservative 4 |
Alfred Hugh Bayne |
2,161 |
20.73% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
Joshua Hinchcliffe 4 |
1,056 |
10.13% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves |
4,209 |
40.37% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Francis Austin Walker |
2,945 |
28.24% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent Socialist |
James Whitham |
56 |
0.54% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,427 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
162 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
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21st British Columbia election, 1945 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Coalition |
John Henry Cates 5 |
5,912 |
54.20% |
|
unknown |
|
Communist |
Austin "E" Delaney |
646 |
5.92% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves |
4,070 |
37.31% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit Alliance |
Stanley Earl Wilcox |
280 |
2.57% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent Socialist |
James Whitham |
56 |
0.54% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,908 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
205 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
5 John Hendry Cates in List of Candidates. |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Coalition |
John Henry Cates |
12,586 |
69.57% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Clifford Augustine Greer |
5,504 |
30.43% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
18,090 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
220 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
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23rnd British Columbia election, 1952 6 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Christian Democrat |
Mary Freda Ennis |
341 |
1.50% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Independents |
John Howard Fletcher |
216 |
0.95% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Arthur Archibald McArthur |
4,061 |
17.82% |
- |
-.- |
|
unknown |
|
Labour Progressive Party |
Thomas McEwen |
263 |
1.15% |
- |
-.- |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Martin Elliott Sowden |
6,695 |
29.38% |
10,292 |
53.40% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves |
6,268 |
27.50% |
8,980 |
46.60 |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
George Henry Tomlinson (Jr.) |
4,947 |
21.71% |
|
|
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
22,791 |
100.00% |
19,272 |
-.- % |
|
Total rejected ballots |
571 |
|
|
|
unknown |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
7 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 6) shown only. |
24th British Columbia election, 1953 8 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Rodney Beavan |
1,338 |
6.18% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Christian Democrat |
Mary Freda Ennis |
<182 |
0.84% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall |
6,377 |
29.44% |
9,134 |
49.57 % |
|
unknown |
|
Labour Progressive Party |
Robert Gerald Sarginson |
217 |
1.00% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves |
5,820 |
26.87% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
George Henry Tomlinson Jr. |
7,728 |
35.67% |
9,291 |
50.43% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
21,662 |
100.00% |
18,425 |
-.- % |
|
Total rejected ballots |
1,108 |
|
|
|
unknown |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
8 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 5) shown only. |
25th British Columbia election, 1956 9 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
John Edward Beltz |
4,718 |
7.78% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
John Melvyn Brian Jr. |
11,974 |
22.29% |
|
unknown |
|
Labour Progressive Party |
Charles Caron |
211 |
0.39% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
George Collis |
4,266 |
7.94% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Douglas Deane Finlayson |
5,121 |
9.53% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Alexander Bates McQuarrie |
6,386 |
11.89% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Francis W. (Frank) Millerd |
8,425 |
15.68% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
Newton Phillips Steacy |
11,298 |
21.03% |
|
unknown |
|
Labour Progressive Party |
Thomas Glyn |
191 |
0.35% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent (SC) 10 |
George Henry Tomlinson Jr. |
902 |
1.68% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent (SC) 10 |
Stanley Earl Wilcox |
227 |
0.42% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
53,719 |
100.00% |
|
unknown |
Total rejected ballots |
346 |
|
unknown |
Turnout |
|
|
|
9 Seat indcreased to two members from one. |
10 |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Orville Garfield Braaten |
6,746 |
9.33% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Hugh Clifford |
6,720 |
9.29% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Douglas Deane Finlayson |
3,260 |
4.51% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
James Gordon Gibson |
13,287 |
18.37% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
Bruce Benjamin Knowlton |
12,276 |
16.97% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Robert Read Maitland |
2,397 |
3.31% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Raymond Joseph Perrault |
14,408 |
19.92% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
William Phillips Steacy |
12,804 |
17.00% |
|
unknown |
|
Communist |
William Angus Stewart |
242 |
0.33% |
|
unknown |
|
Communist |
Gregory Bruce Yorke |
191 |
0.26% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
72,331 |
100.00% |
|
unknown |
Total rejected ballots |
438 |
|
unknown |
Turnout |
|
|
|
27th British Columbia election, 1963 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Ronald Clifton Bray |
3,088 |
4.21% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi |
13,215 |
18.02% |
|
unknown |
|
New Democrat |
Hugh Clifford |
5,409 |
7.38% |
|
unknown |
|
New Democrat |
Peter Samuel Farinow |
5,764 |
7.86% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
James Gordon Gibson |
14,068 |
19.18% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
John Patrick Nowlan |
3,567 |
4.86% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Raymond Joseph Perrault |
16,153 |
22.03% |
|
unknown |
|
Communist |
Maurice Rush |
190 |
0.26% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
Frederick Morton Sharp |
11,883 |
16.20% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
73,337 |
100.00% |
|
unknown |
Total rejected ballots |
332 |
|
unknown |
Turnout |
|
|
|
Following the 1963 election North Vancouver was redistributed into three one-member seats:
- North Vancouver-Capilano
- North Vancouver-Seymour (current riding)
- West Vancouver-Howe Sound