Arthur James Turner

Arthur James Turner enjoyed a long and stable parliamentary career as a left-wing member representing Vancouver East, winning eight consecutive federal elections between 1941 and 1963 with consistently growing electoral support that peaked at over 25,000 votes in 1960. His initial defeat in Vancouver South in 1940 proved merely a temporary setback; once elected in the adjacent Vancouver East riding four years later, he built a formidable personal following that transcended party reorganization, successfully transitioning from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to the New Democratic Party without loss of seat or electoral strength. Turner's sustained dominance in a single urban constituency reflects both personal political skill and the enduring appeal of democratic socialism in postwar Vancouver's working-class communities.

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
CAN (Mar 1940)	Vancouver South/Vancouver-Sud	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,062	No
BC (Oct 1945)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	12,300	Yes
BC (Jun 1949)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,284	Yes
BC (Jun 1952)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	21,006	Yes
BC (Jun 1953)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,475	Yes
BC (Sep 1956)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,774	Yes
BC (Sep 1960)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	25,580	Yes
BC (Sep 1963)	Vancouver East (BC)	New Democratic Party	20,292	Yes
BC (Oct 1941)	Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	9,757	Yes

Timeline

CAN (Mar 1940)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver South/Vancouver-Sud	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,062	No

BC (Oct 1945)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	12,300	Yes

BC (Jun 1949)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,284	Yes

BC (Jun 1952)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	21,006	Yes

BC (Jun 1953)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,475	Yes

BC (Sep 1956)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	19,774	Yes

BC (Sep 1960)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	25,580	Yes

BC (Sep 1963)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	New Democratic Party	20,292	Yes

BC (Oct 1941)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Vancouver East (BC)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	9,757	Yes

Political Party	Candidacies
co-operative commonwealth federation	8
new democratic party	1