Vancouver-Point Grey - Electoral History 1933-1986

Electoral History 1933-1986

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent CCF Edwin Clarke Appleby 111 0.15% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frank Ebenezer Buck 7,423 10.36% unknown
Unionist Frederick DeWolfe Turner 2,078 2.90% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Dugald Donaghy 5,130 7.16% unknown
United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party George Drayton 174 0.24% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Laura Dickey MacKay 1,731 2.41% unknown
Liberal Stanley Stewart McKeen 9,880 13.79% unknown
Independent William McNeill 902 1.26% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Arthur Pritchard 7,693 10.74% unknown
Unionist William Savage 2,640 3.68% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 7,214 10.07% unknown
Unionist Alice Townley 1,434 2.00% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group George Alexander Walkem 3,694 5.15% unknown
Liberal George Moir Weir 12,163 16.97% unknown
Liberal Robert Wilkinson 9,393 13.11% unknown
Total valid votes 71,660 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 608
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Cyril Gainsborough Beeston 8,809 11.60% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John (Jack) Evans 6,382 8.40% unknown
Liberal Stanley Stewart McKeen 9,125 12.01% unknown
Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland1 10,580 13.93% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Ralph Offer 6,196 8.16% unknown
Conservative James Alexander Paton 9,745 12.83% unknown
Social Credit League of B.C. William Savage 1,001 1.32% unknown
Liberal George Moir Weir 9,235 12.16% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edgar Westmoreland 6,011 7.91% unknown
Liberal Robert Wilkinson 8,883 11.69% unknown
Total valid votes 75,967 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 472
Turnout %
1
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Mary Louise Bollert 9,470 9.95% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Albert Dawson Gordon 7,603 7.99% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Helena Rose Gutteridge 8,183 8.60% unknown
Emancipation Party Catherine Emily Ling 265 0.28 unknown
Conservative Royal Lethington Maitland 14,668 15.41% unknown
Liberal Harold Elsdale Molson 8,503 8.94% unknown
Conservative James Alexander Paton 14,148 14.87% unknown
Conservative Tilly Rolston 13,584 14.27% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Ewart Turner 7,662 8.05% unknown
Liberal George Moir Weir 11,073 11.64% unknown
Total valid votes 95,159 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 597
Turnout %


British Columbia general election, 1945: Vancouver-Point Grey
Party Candidate Votes %
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Albert Thomas Alsbury 9,837 10.07%
Labour Progressive Party Alexander Lorenzo Gordon 878 0.90%
Labour Progressive Party John Goss 830 0.85%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Alfred Isherwood 8,466 8.67%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Francis James McKenzie 8,556 8.76%
Coalition Royal Lethington Maitland 22,843 23.39%
Labour Progressive Party William John Gordon Martin 764 0.78%
Coalition James Alexander Paton 22,281 22.82%
social Credit Alliance Charles Delbert Powell 625 0.64%
Coalition Tilly Rolston 22,152 22.68%
Democratic William Richard Smith 423 0.43%
Total valid votes 97,655 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 597
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth John Watkins Dunfield 11,980 8.14% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Margaret Ellen Eckland 11,334 7.71% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth George Alfred Isherwood 11,820 8.04% unknown
Union of Electors Cornelius Knight 148 0.10% unknown
Coalition Albert Reginald MacDougall 36,921 25.10% unknown
BC Social Credit League James Alexander Morrison 766 0.52% unknown
BC Social Credit League Claude Delbert Powell 591 0.40% unknown
BC Social Credit League Helena Ruth Powell 532 0.36% unknown
Coalition Tilly Rolston 36,410 24.75% unknown
Coalition Leigh Forbes Stevenson 36,451 24.78% unknown
Union of Electors Richard Harley Watkins 132 0.09% unknown
Total valid votes 147,085 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,559
Turnout %

For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with three ballots, one for each seat, with three separate candidate-races:

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot A 1
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 13,771 26.24% 20,645 47.80% unknown
Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 13,406 25.54% - -.- % unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Wadham Forster 11,267 21.47% - -.- % unknown
Progressive Conservative Albert Reginald MacDougall 14,042 26.75% 22,549 52.20% unknown
Total valid votes 52,495 100.00% 43,194 %
Total rejected ballots 4,502
Turnout %
1
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot B 2
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 12,828 24.69% 4,919 18.84% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 11,366 21.87% - -.- % unknown
Progressive Conservative George Clark Miller 14,886 28.65% 24,089 56.43% unknown
Social Credit League Claude Delbert Powell 12,882 24.79% 18,603 43.57% unknown
Total valid votes 51,962 100.00% 42,692 %
Total rejected ballots 4,933
Turnout %
2
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Ballot C 3
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Alfred Isherwood 10,451 20.05% - -.- % unknown
Liberal George Stanley Miller 12,087 23.19% 18,078 41.25% unknown
Social Credit League Tilly Rolston 19,236 36.90% 25,749 58.75% unknown
Progressive Conservative Hattie Pearl Steen 10,356 19.87% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 52,130 100.00% 43,827 %
Total rejected ballots 4,787
Turnout %
3


24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver Point-Grey Ballot A 4
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 19,768 39.77% 22,503 52.25% unknown
Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 14,612 29.40% 20,567 47.75% unknown
Progressive Conservative Stewart Leslie Chambers 4,533 9.12% - -.- % unknown
Christian Democrat Wilfrid Joseph Charbonneau 194 0.39% - -.- % unknown
Labour Progressive Party Beatrice Christine Ferneyhough 348 0.70% - -.- % unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Wadham Forster 10,058 20.23% - -.- % unknown
Independent William Norman Kemp 193 0.39% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 49,706 100.00% 43,070 %
Total rejected ballots 3,205
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
4
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot B 5
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 20,205 40.60% 24,144 56.05% unknown
Christian Democrat Alma Jane Diebolt 212 0.43% - -.- % unknown
Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 12,022 24.16% 18,928 43.95% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George James Greenaway 9,556 19.19% - -.- % unknown
Labour Progressive Party William John Turner 367 0.74% - -.- % unknown
Labour Progressive Party Harold John Michael Griffin 337 0.68% - -.- % unknown
Progressive Conservative George Clark Miller 7,373 14.81% - -.- % unknown
Independent Abie Louis Seligman 64 0.13% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 49,769 100.00% 43,072 %
Total rejected ballots 3,150
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
5
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver-Point Grey Ballot C 6
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Norman Hill 9,441 18.86% 12,947 50.73% unknown
Liberal Arthur Laing 17,412 34.79% 22,730 51.56% unknown
Labour Progressive Party Constance Marguerite Marks 338 0.67% - -.- % unknown
Christian Democrat Mae Angelique Messner 196 0.39% - -.- % unknown
Progressive Conservative Thomas Frederick Orr 3,607 7.21% - -.- % unknown
Social Credit League Tilly Rolston 19,061 38.08% 21,354 48.44% unknown
Total valid votes 50,055 100.00% 44,084 %
Total rejected ballots 2,866
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
6
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent Ernest Forbes Allistone 959 0.61% unknown
Progressive Conservative Reginald Atherton 3,324 2.13% unknown
Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 23,696 15.19% unknown
Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 25,615 16.42% unknown
Progressive Conservative Ebbie William Bowering 2,878 1.85% unknown
Social Credit League Buda Hosmer Brown 23,238 14.90% unknown
Liberal Theodore Roosvelt Burnett 12,924 8.29% unknown
Liberal Alexander Whidden Fisher 15,599 10.00% unknown
Labour Progressive Party Harold John Michael Griffin 318 0.20% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Norman Hill 8,435 5.41% unknown
Liberal Arthur Laing 17,801 11.44% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Winona Grace MacInnis 11,365 7.29% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William James Gibbs Pierce 7,979 5.17% unknown
Progressive Conservative Emma Loring Tinsman 1,822 1.69% unknown
Total valid votes 155,953 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 561
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Reginald Atherton 6,774 3.92% unknown
Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 23,950 13.86% unknown
Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 24,273 14.04% unknown
Liberal Francis Cecil Boyes 17,438 10.09% unknown
Social Credit League Buda Hosmer Brown 23,583 13.65% unknown
Liberal Samuel Joseph Dumaresq 15,107 8.74% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Nelson Gibson 12,158 7.03% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 12,702 7.35% unknown
Progressive Conservative Desmond Fife Kidd 6,453 3.73% unknown
Progressive Conservative Mary Helen Poaps 4,029 2.33% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Walter Thomason 11,538 6.68% unknown
Liberal Leslie Charles Way 14,827 8.58% unknown
Total valid votes 172,832 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 803
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social Credit League Thomas Audley Bate 20,267 11.29% unknown
Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 23,172 12.91% unknown
Progressive Conservative Ernest James (Ernie) Broome 7,643 4.26% unknown
New Democrat Amy Dalgleish 8,072 4.50% unknown
Social Credit League Ralph Raymond Loffmark 20,962 11.68% unknown
New Democrat John Kendrick Macey 8,663 4.83% unknown
Progressive Conservative H. Richardson (Dick) Malkin 7,213 4.02% unknown
Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 25,592 14.26% unknown
Liberal Arthur Phillips 16,510 9.20% unknown
Progressive Conservative Harry Purdy 15,719 8.76% unknown
Liberal William George Rathie 17,641 9.83% unknown
New Democrat William James Whitney 8,018 4.67% unknown
Total valid votes 179,472 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 726
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social Credit League Robert William Bonner 11,494 22.97% unknown
New Democrat Donald Garth Brown 2,853 5.70% unknown
Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,507 26.99% unknown
New Democrat Eduard Marcus Lavallee 2,934 5.11% unknown
Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 17,400 30.28 % unknown
Social Credit League Lawrence Edward Ranta 9,284 16.15% unknown
Total valid votes 57,472 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 392
Turnout %
7
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democrat Alan Frederick Bush 4,268 7.61% unknown
Progressive Conservative John Anthony St. Etienne DeWolfe 1,087 1.94% unknown
Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,621 24.27% unknown
New Democrat John Kendrick Macey 3,939 6.23% unknown
Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 15,650 24.76% unknown
Social Credit League William George Rathie 12,811 20.27% unknown
Social Credit League Charles Randolph Widman 11,820 18.70% unknown
Total valid votes 63,196 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 258
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Garde Basil Gardom 13,673 20.72% unknown
Progressive Conservative Ian Bruce Kelsey 5,103 7.73% unknown
Progressive Conservative Marianne Linnell 5,696 8.63% unknown
Liberal Patrick Lucey McGeer 14,599 22.13% unknown
Social Credit League John George Puil 8,326 12.62% unknown
New Democrat Paul Sabatino 5,260 7.97% unknown
Social Credit League Edward Charles Sweeney 8,006 12.13% unknown
New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 5,312 8.05% unknown
Total valid votes 65,975 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 387
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Richard Neill MacLeod Brown 1,340 1.86% unknown
Progressive Conservative Theodore Bolton Burgoyne 1,032 1.44% unknown
Independent George Henry Does 98 0.14% unknown
Liberal Richard John Joseph Durante 5,004 6.96% unknown
Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 20,761 28.88% unknown
Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 21,192 29.48% unknown
New Democrat Venkatachala Setty Pendakur 8,932 12.42% unknown
Liberal Moyra Anne Roberts 4,383 6.10% unknown
New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 9,143 12.72% unknown
Total valid votes 71,885 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 554
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative William Fairley 2,511 3.17% unknown
Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 20,620 26.05% unknown
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth L. Green 2,437 3.08% unknown
Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 19,789 25.00% unknown
Liberal Timothy Charles O'Brien 1,399 1.77% unknown
New Democrat Thomas Francis Shandel 15,686 19.82% unknown
Liberal Christopher Keith Sumner 1,131 1.43% unknown
New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 15,578 19.68% unknown
Total valid votes 79,151 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,274
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Leopold Auer 1,675 1.98% unknown
Green Adriane Janice Carr 1,549 1.83% – unknown
Social Credit League Garde Basil Gardom 22,550 26.58% unknown
Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 22,970 27.08% unknown
Progressive Conservative Lorne Neil MacLean 1,573 1.86% unknown
New Democrat Maureen Patricia Marchak 16,612 19.58% unknown
New Democrat Hilda Louise Thomas 15,849 18.68% unknown
Progressive Conservative William Fairley 2,511 3.17% unknown
Liberal Allan Edward Warnke 2,048 2.41% unknown
Total valid votes 84,826 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 480
Turnout %
34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Doreen Braverman 6,680 7.88% unknown
Liberal Thomas Airlie Brown 5,505 6.49% unknown
Social Credit League Kim Campbell 19,716 23.24% unknown
Green Douglas Dunn 498 0.59% – unknown
New Democrat Richard J. {Dick) Gathercole 15,729 18.55% unknown
Social Credit League Patrick Lucey McGeer 18,256 21.52% unknown
New Democrat Darlene R. Marzari 18,311 21.59% unknown
People's Front Allen Harvey Soroka 120 0.14% unknown
Total valid votes 84,815 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 682
Turnout %

A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old multiple member districts. Vancouver-Point Grey was trimmed with parts of going to the creation of Vancouver-Quilchena, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Burrard (mostly to Quilchena).

35th British Columbia election, 19913
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Barry J. Burke 9,022 36.80% unknown
Independent Betty E.L. Green 138 0.56% unknown
Green Nicole C. Kohnert 388 1.58% – unknown
New Democrat Darlene R. Marzari 12,076 49.26% unknown
Libertarian Joan M. Saxton 75 0.31% unknown
Social Credit League Richard J. Wright 2,817 11.49% unknown
Total valid votes 24,516 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 367
Turnout %
3
36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Gordon Campbell 12,637 48.86% unknown
Natural Law Party Ron Decter 76 0.29% unknown
New Democrat Jim Green 11,074 42.81% unknown
BC Reform Jan Sager 406 1.57% unknown
Green Ralph Maud 683 2.64% – unknown
Communist Michael J.P. Moen 70 0.27% unknown
Progressive Democratic Alliance Allison Mountstevens 857 3.31% unknown
Family Coalition Party E'an P. Rankin 62 0.25% unknown
Total valid votes 25,865 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 138
Turnout %

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