Victoria City (provincial electoral district)

Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and premiers. It last appeared on the hustings in the 1963 election.

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	Robert Beaven	301	19.87%	unknown
	Independent	Simeon Duck	301	19.87%	unknown
	Independent	John Foster McCreight¹	373	24.62%	unknown
	Independent	James Trimble	321	21.19%	unknown
	Independent	Robert Taylor Williams	124	8.18%	unknown
Total valid votes			1,515	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ First Premier of British Columbia.

British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City January 11, 1873²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	Robert Beaven	Acclaimed	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
² 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.

v t e 1875 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government	Robert Beaven	428	19.10	Y
	Independent Government	James Trimble	405	18.07	Y
	Opposition	Andrew Charles Elliott³	383	17.09	Y
	Independent Reform	Thomas Harris	383	17.09
	Unknown	James W. Douglas	382	17.05	Y
	Government	Simeon Duck	319	14.23
	Government	Gideon C. Gerow	67	2.99
	Independent	Robert Taylor Williams	24	1.07
Total valid votes			2,241	100.00
³ Fourth Premier of British Columbia.

British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City February 22, 1876⁴
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Simeon Duck	282	38.79%	–	unknown
	Government	Andrew Charles Elliott	445	61.21%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			727	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
⁴ The byelection was called following Elliott's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on February 1, 1876.

3rd British Columbia election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Beaven	417	16.53%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Joseph Westrop Carey	22	0.87%	–	unknown
	Opposition	James Smith Drummond	380	15.06%	–	unknown
	Government	Andrew Charles Elliott	338	13.40%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Roderick Finlayson	318	12.60%	–	unknown
	Government	James Trimble	301	11.93%	–	unknown
	Opposition	John William Williams	318	12.60%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William Wilson	396	15.70%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,523	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City July 10, 1878⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	Robert Beaven	Acclaimed	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
⁵ The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon his 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.

4th British Columbia election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	Robert Beaven⁶	459	16.33%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Theodore Davie	22	0.87%	–	unknown
	Government	James Smith Drummond	105	3.74%	–	unknown
	Independent	Simeon Duck	368	13.09%		unknown
	Opposition	James Trimble	280	9.96%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake	361	12.84%	–	unknown
	Government	John William Williams	237	8.43%	–	unknown
	Government	Wilson Alexander	321	11.42%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William Wilson	281	10.00%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,811	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
⁶ Sixth Premier of British Columbia.

British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City April 15, 1885⁷
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	Simeon Duck	281	50.63%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Robert Taylor Williams	274	49.37%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			555	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
⁷ The byelection was called due to the resignation of Simeon Duck upon his appointment to the Executive Council March 21, 1885.

5th British Columbia election, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Beaven	540	13.65%	–	unknown
	Independent (?)	Joseph Westrop Carey	543	1.34%		unknown
	Government	Theodore Davie⁸	463	11.71%	–	unknown
	Government	Simeon Duck	456	11.53%	–	unknown
	Labour	John Mayfield Duval	127	3.21%		unknown
	Opposition	Robert Lipsett	362	9.15%	–	unknown
	Government	Edward Gawlor Prior⁹	540	13.65%	–	unknown
	Labour	Andrew Johnston Smith	208	5.26%		unknown
	Government	John Herbert Turner	472	11.93%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Robert Taylor Williams	413	10.44%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Joseph Wriglesworth	312	8.12%	–
Total valid votes			3,955	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
⁸ Premier of British Columbia.
⁹ Later the fifteenth Premier of British Columbia.

6th British Columbia election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Beaven	997	13.89%	–	unknown
	Government	William Dalby	528	7.35%	–	unknown
	Government	Simeon Duck	658	9.17%	–	unknown
	Opposition	John Grant	1,226	17.08%	–	unknown
	Government	John Irving	747	10.41%	–	unknown
	Opposition	George Lawson Milne	901	12.55%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Francis Gilbert Richards Jr.	702	9.76%	–	unknown
	Government	John Herbert Turner	851	11.85%	–	unknown
	Independent	Charles Wilson	570	7.94%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,179	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Beaven	793	6.47%	–	unknown
	Government	John Braden	2,160	17.62%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William George Cameron	664	5.42%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Arthur Howard Dutton	661	5.39%	–	unknown
	Government	Henry Dallas Helmcken	2,286	18.65%	–	unknown
	Opposition	George Lawson Milne	828	6.76%	–	unknown
	Government	Robert Paterson Rithet	2,504	20.43%	–	unknown
	Government	John Herbert Turner¹⁰	2,361	19.26%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			12,257	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹⁰ Eleventh Premier of British Columbia.

8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Robert Beaven	906	9.63%		unknown
	Opposition	Arthur Louis Belyea	949	10.09%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Francis Brooke Gregory	1,149	12.21%	–	unknown
	Government	Richard Hall	1,274	13.54%	–	unknown
	Government	Henry Dallas Helmcken	1,484	15.77%	–	unknown
	Government	Albert Edward McPhillips	1,229	13.06%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Alexander Stewart	1,065	11.32%	–	unknown
	Government	John Herbert Turner	1,352	14.37%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,408	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

9th British Columbia election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Leander Beckwith	1,154	10.25%	–	unknown
	Government	John Graham Brown	1,259	11.18%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Richard Hall	1,597	14.18%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Henry Dallas Helmcken	1,668	14.80%	–	unknown
	Government	Joseph Martin¹¹	1,352	12.00%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Albert Edward McPhillips	1,552	13.78%	–	unknown
	Opposition	John Herbert Turner	540	13.65%	–	unknown
	Labour	James Stuart Yates	1,233	10.95%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,264	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹¹ Thirteenth Premier of British Columbia.

In 1902, premier Edward Gawler Prior won a seat in a by-election.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	William George Cameron	1,860	14.54%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Low Drury	1,744	13.63%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Hall	1,554	12.14%		unknown
	Conservative	Charles Hayward	1,396	10.91%		unknown
	Conservative	Henry Dallas Helmcken	1,342	10.49%		unknown
	Conservative	Joseph Hunter	1,223	9.56%		unknown
	Liberal	James Dugald McNiven	1,627	12.71%		unknown
	Conservative	Albert Edward McPhillips	1,352	10.57%		unknown
	Socialist	James Cameron Watters	697	5.45%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			12,795	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	1,477	11.77%		unknown
	Liberal	William George Cameron	1,164	9.28%		unknown
	Conservative	Frederick Davey	1,497	11.93%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Low Drury	1,192	9.50%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party of BC	Ernest Amos Hall	863	6.88%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Hall	1,089	8.68%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party of BC	Arngrimur Johnson	437	3.47%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party of BC	William Herbert Marcon	366	2.92%		unknown
	Conservative	Richard McBride¹²	1,614	12.86%		unknown
	Liberal	James Dugald McNiven	1,029	8.20%		unknown
	Conservative	Henry Broughton Thomson	1,377	10.97%		unknown
	Socialist	James Cameron Watters	443	3.53%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			12,548	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹² Sixteenth Premier of British Columbia.

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	2,497	12.92%		unknown
	Conservative	Frederick Davey	2,053	12.96%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Low Drury	2,031	10.51%		unknown
	Liberal	William Kyle Houston	1,875	9.71%		unknown
	Conservative	Richard McBride	2,846	14.78%		unknown
	Independent	Alfred James Morley ¹³	2,218	11.48%		unknown
	Socialist	George Oliver	659	3.41%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John Oliver¹⁴	2,216	11.47%		unknown
	Conservative	Henry Broughton Thomson	2,465	12.76%		unknown
Total valid votes			19,320	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹³ Endorsed by Liberals.
¹⁴ Later 19th Premier of BC 1918-1927.

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	2,392	14.92%		unknown
	Liberal	Harlan Carey Brewster	2,049	12.78%		unknown
	Conservative	Frederick Davey	2,471	15.41%		unknown
	Liberal	Richard Thomas Elliott	1,979	12.34%		unknown
	Conservative	Richard McBride	3,223	20.10%		unknown
	Socialist	Victor Rainsford Midgley¹⁵	2,218	11.48%	–	unknown
	Independent	Bernard Joseph Perry	616	3.84%		unknown
	Conservative	Henry Broughton Thomson	2,641	16.47%		unknown
Total valid votes			16,034	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹⁵ Endorsed by Social Democratic Party of BC

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Bell	3,963	12.89%	unknown
	Liberal	Harlan Carey Brewster	4,988	16.22%	unknown
	Conservative	John Dilworth	2,651	8.62%	unknown
	Independent Liberal	Ernest Amos Hall	1,518	4.94%	unknown
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hall	3,161	10.28%	unknown
	Liberal	John Hart	3,660	11.90%	unknown
	Conservative	Reginald Hayward	2,793	9.08%	unknown
	Independent	Alfred James Morley	1,185	3.85%	unknown
	Social Democratic	Daniel William Poupard	454	1.48%
	Social Democratic	Philip Robert Smith	475	1.54%
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart	3,129	10.18%	unknown
	Conservative	Leonard Tait	2,774	9.02%	unknown
Total valid votes			30,751	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

v t e 1920 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John Oliver ¹⁸	6,498	12.05	Y
	Conservative	Joshua Hinchcliffe	5,305	9.84	Y
	Liberal	John Hart	5,016	9.30	Y
	Liberal	Joseph Badenoch Clearihue	4,551	8.44	Y
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart	4,170	7.73
	Conservative	William Walter Northcott	4,141	7.68
	Social Democrat	Roderick Ross Sutherland	4,072	7.55
	Independent	Ernest Amos Hall	4,010	7.43
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hall	3,868	7.17
	Independent Liberal	George Bell	2,045	3.79
	Soldier–Labour	Cecil Keir Christian ¹⁶	1,716	3.18
	Soldier–Labour	James Dakers ¹⁶	1,318	2.44
	Soldier–Labour	Robert Paton McLernan	1,202	2.33
	Federated Labour	William Edouard Peirce	834	1.55
	Soldier–Labour	Francis William Henry Giolma ¹⁷	778	1.44
	Independent	Herbert Wynn Davies	475	0.88
Total valid votes			53,936	100.00
¹⁶ Nominated by GAUV for joint Soldier-Labour ticket.
¹⁷ Nominated by Victoria Trades and Labour Council for joint Soldier-Labour ticket.
¹⁸ Premier of BC since 1918

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Badenoch Clearihue	3,498	6.77%		unknown
	Liberal	Samuel James Drake	3,527	6.83%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	Mary Gertrude Graves	1,056	2.04%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	821	1.59%		unknown
	Conservative	Reginald Hayward	6,127	11.86%		unknown
	Conservative	Joshua Hinchcliffe	6,118	11.84%		unknown
	Conservative	Robert Allan Gus Lyons	5,120	9.91%		unknown
	Independent	Christopher Roland North	1,715	3.32%		unknown
	Liberal	John Oliver	4,032	7.80%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	William Edouard Peirce	763	1.48%		unknown
	Liberal	Melbourne Raynor	4,138	8.01%		unknown
	Provincial	Alexander Gordon Smith	2,175	4.21%	–	unknown
	Provincial	Albert Edward Todd	2,379	4.60%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Harold Despard Twigg	5,710	11.05%		unknown
	Provincial	Eugene Sidney Woodward	2,477	4.79%	–	unknown
	Provincial	Andrew Wright	2,019	3.91%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			51,675	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Harry Beatty	7,505	13.06%	unknown
	Liberal	Robert Alexander C. Dewar	6,180	10.76%	unknown
	Liberal	Mark Willson Graham	6,025	10.49%	unknown
	Conservative	Reginald Hayward	7,754	13.50%	unknown
	Conservative	Joshua Hinchcliffe	7,614	13.25%	unknown
	Independent Labour	Walter Inward	316	0.55%
	Independent Conservative	Alice Emily McGregor	349	0.61%
	Liberal	John Duncan MacLean	6,672	11.61%
	Independent Conservative	Robert Pope Matheson	715	1.24%
	Independent	Christopher Rowland North	894	1.56%	unknown
	Liberal	William Thomas Straith	6,201	10.79%	unknown
	Conservative	Harold Despard Twigg	7,232	11.05%	unknown
Total valid votes			57,457	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			251
Turnout			%

18th British Columbia election, 1933 ¹⁹
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	Herbert Anscomb	5,767	8.83%	unknown
	Unionist	James Sutherland Brown	1,312	2.01%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Baxter Caird	2,528	3.87%
	Independent Conservative	Robert Cassidy	323	0.49%
	Liberal	Joseph Badenoch Clearihue	5,551	8.50%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Connell	5,607	8.58%	unknown
	Unionist	Frederick James Crowhurst	594	0.91%
	Independents	Clem Davies	5,259	8.05%	unknown
	Unionist	Herbert Tom Goodland	910	1.39%
	Liberal	John Hart	6,133	9.39%	unknown
	Conservative	Reginald Hayward	3,812	5.84%	unknown
	Liberal	Byron Ingemar Johnson	7,774	11.85%	unknown
	Liberal	William Hamilton Kinsman	4,962	7.60%	unknown
	Independent	Andrew McGavin	1,054	1.61%	unknown
	Independent	Agnes Helen Mason	107	0.16%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Victor Rainsford Midgley	2,892	4.43%	unknown
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Thomas Moir	95	0.15%
	Independent Conservative	William Charles Moresby	2,796	4.28%
	Independent	Christopher Rowland North	412	0.63%	unknown
	Labour Party	John Harry Owen	503	0.77%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas Guy Sheppard	4,111	6.29%	unknown
	Independent	Patrick John Paterson Sinnott	1,557	2.38%	unknown
	Independent	Robert Taylor Williams	1,257	1.92%	unknown
Total valid votes			65,316	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			185
Turnout			%
¹⁹ 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.).

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Herbert Anscomb	6,927	10.50%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Kathleen Anderson Bell	2,362	3.58%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Baxter Caird	2,343	3.55%		unknown
	BC Constructivist Party	Robert Connell	2,540	3.85%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Percival Edward George	401	0.61%
	Social Constructive	Margaret ("Madge") Hall	611	0.93%
	Liberal	John Hart	7,196	10.91%		unknown
	Liberal	Nancy Hodges	6,259	9.49%		unknown
	Conservative	Joseph Douglas Hunter	6,792	10.30%		unknown
	Liberal	Byron Ingemar Johnson	6,440	9.76%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Olive Herron Knudsvig	194	0.29%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Bruce Alistair McKelvie	6,585	9.98%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Charles Bayard Messiter	206	0.31%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Nigel Morgan	2,536	3.85%		unknown
	Liberal	William Thomas Straith	6,676	10.12%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Johnstone Walker	2,357	3.57%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Frank Saxton White	260	0.39%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Frederick Arthur Willis	5,270	7.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			65,955	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			233
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941 ²⁰
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Baxter Caird	3,358	7.72%	unknown
	Liberal	John Hart	6,637	15.26%	unknown
	Liberal	Nancy Hodges	5,854	13.46%	unknown
	Conservative	Joseph Douglas Hunter	5,220	12.00%	unknown
	Independent	Andrew Henry Jukes	963	2.21%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Clare Nulalinda McAllister	3,380	7.77%	unknown
	Conservative	Duncan Douglas McTavish	4,657	10.71%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Oscar Simpson	2,998	6.89%	unknown
	Conservative	Waldo McTavish Skillings	4,150	9.54%	unknown
	Liberal	William Thomas Straith	6,280	14.44%	unknown
Total valid votes			43,497	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			131
Turnout			%
²⁰ Seat reduced from four members to three.

31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frederick James Bevis	5,288	10.56%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Murray D. Bryce	6,485	12.95%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	May Campbell	5,093	10.17%	unknown
	Independent Progressive Conservative	Ellen Hart	473	0.94%
	John Hart	10,757	21.48%
	Nancy Hodges	10,518	21.01%
	Social Credit Alliance	Andrew Henry Jukes	743	1.48%
	Labour Progressive Party	Robert Joseph Kerr	436	0.87%
	William Thomas Straith	10,278	20.53%
Total valid votes			50,071	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			124

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union of Electors	Edith May Bell	364	0.55%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	May Campbell	5,809	8.84%
	Union of Electors	William John Clark	696	1.06%
	Coalition	Nancy Hodges	15,982	24.33%
	Union of Electors	Doris Anne Lougheed	319	0.49%
	Coalition	Daniel John Proudfoot	16,021	24.39%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Violet J. Rayment	5,310	8.08%
	Coalition	William Thomas Straith	15,278	23.26%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Phyllis Jean Webb	5,900	9.00%
Total valid votes			65,679
Total rejected ballots			253

23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot A ²¹
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit League	Lydia Arsens	4,518	18.96%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Baxter Caird	6,008	25.21%	8,421	41.09%		unknown
	Independent	Phillip Bernard Freedman	137	0.57%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Lillian Margaret Harvey	4,362	18.30%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Liberal	Nancy Hodges	8,805	36.95%	12,071	58.91%		unknown
Total valid votes			23,830	100.00%	20,492	%
Total rejected ballots			1,991
Turnout			77.94%
²¹ 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.

23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot B ²²
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	6,329	27.08%	8,902	44.60%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Elmer Duncan McEwan	4,365	18.68%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert DeBurgo McPhillips	4,608	19.72%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Liberal	Daniel John Proudfoot	'7,842	33.56%	11,057	55.40%		unknown
	Independent	William Alfred Scott	226	0.97%	-	-%		unknown
Total valid votes			23,370	100.00%	19,959	%
Total rejected ballots			2,424
Turnout			77.94%
²² Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only.

23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot C ²³
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	May Campbell	5,975	25.24%	8,511	41.98%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Sabiston Miles	4,601	19.44%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Social Credit League	John Donald Smith	4,637	19.59%
	Liberal	William Thomas Straith	8,457	35.73%	11,762	58.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			23,670	100.00%	20,273	%
Total rejected ballots			2,129
Turnout			77.94%
²³ Preferential ballot; first and final counts only (of 3) shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot A ²⁴
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas Victor Allen	4,881	21.42%	1 -	-.- %		unknown
	Social Credit	Lydia Arsens	8,616	37.81%	9,999	52.99%
	Labor-Progressive	Doris Winifred Blakey	126	0.55%	-	-.- %
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur St. Clair Chapman	1,227	5.38%	-	-%		unknown
	Independent	Claude Lionel Harrison	1,022	4.49%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Liberal	Nancy Hodges	6,915	30.35%	8,869	47.01%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,787	100.00%	18,868	%
Total rejected ballots			1,804
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
²⁴ See Note on 1952 Election Ballot A. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 5) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot B ²⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	5,267	23.50%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Social Credit	William Neelands Chant	9,131	40.73%	10,330	55.32%
	Labor-Progressive	Archibald McGugan	153	0.68%	-	-.- %
	Liberal	Daniel John Proudfoot	6,484	28.92%	8,344	44.68%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Montague Laurence Tyrwhitt-Drake ²⁶	1,383	6.17%	-	-%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,418	100.00%	18,674	%
Total rejected ballots			2,162
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
²⁵ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown
²⁶ Listed as "Drake, Montagne Lawrence Tyrwhitt" in Statement of Votes. In 1956 Statement of Votes he was listed as Tyrwhitt-Drake.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot C ²⁷
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	May Campbell	4,923	21.96%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Labor-Progressive	Irving Floyd Mortensen	127	0.57%	-	-.- %
	Progressive Conservative	Robert James Patch	1,139	5.08%	-	-%		unknown
	Liberal	William Thomas Straith	7,193	32.09%	8,907	46.90%		unknown
	Social Credit	Walter Percival Wright	9,032	40.30%	10,084	53.10%
Total valid votes			22,414	100.00%	18,991	%
Total rejected ballots			2,173
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
	²⁷ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Lydia Arsens	7,827	5.02%	–	unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Myrtle Woodward Bergren	124	0.08%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Doris Winifred Blakey	143	1.10%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Baxter Caird	3,417	2.19%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	May Campbell	3,432	5.67%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Neelands Chant	9,199	14.95%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Geoffrey Innes Edgelow	7,241	11.96%	unknown
	Liberal	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	8,408	13.89%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Neil Johnson MacGregor Hindle	3,265	5.39%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Ernest Leon Knott	162	0.27%		unknown
	Liberal	Forrest Linden Shaw	7,205	11.91%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Donald Smith	8,620	14.24%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake	1,476	2.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			60,519	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			212
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Clive D. Campbell	1,959	3.00%		unknown
	CCF	May Campbell	4,598	7.04%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Neelands Chant	9,864	15.10%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Theodore H. Cressy	1,543	2.36%		unknown
	Liberal	Geoffrey Innes Edgelow	6,083	9.31%	unknown
	CCF	Rhoda Erickson	4,262	6.52%		unknown
	Liberal	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	7,278	11.14%		unknown
	CCF	Neil John MacGregor Hindle	4,516	6.91%		unknown
	Liberal	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	8,408	13.89%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Charles A.P. Murison	2,236	3.42%		unknown
	Liberal	Forrest Linden Shaw	5,464	8.36%		unknown
	Social Credit	Waldo McTavish Skillings	8,671	13.27%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	John Donald Smith	8,855	13.55%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			65,329	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			388
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Neelands Chant	9,736	5.42%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Theodore H. Cressy	2,282	1.27%		unknown
	New Democratic	Henry A.L. Fanthorpe	3,324	1.85%		unknown
	Liberal	Elizabeth Forbes	4,355	2.43%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William Charles Gelling	2,528	1.41%	unknown
	Liberal	Michael Griffin	4,440	7.57%		unknown
	Liberal	Bruce Humber	4,302	7.33%		unknown
	Communist	Ernest Leon Knott	153	0.26%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Wilberforce Loader	2,253	3.84%		unknown
	New Democratic	David Philip Reimer	3,275	5.58%		unknown
	Social Credit	Waldo McTavish Skillings	9,347	15.93%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	John Donald Smith	9,118	15.54%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Alfred W. Toone	3,557	6.06%		unknown
Total valid votes			58,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			175
Turnout			%

Sources

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