June 15 1949 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1949-06-15
Writ Date 1949-04-16
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province British Columbia
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 9,891
Invalid Votes 6,248
Total Electors 649,019
Turnout Rate 72
Valid Ballots 468,108
Valid Votes 698,823

Notes

  • References: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Social Credit League 9 0 0.00% 1.02%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 48 7 14.58% 35.87%
Coalition 48 39 81.25% 60.59%
Independent 7 1 2.08% 0.74%
Independent Progressive Conservative 1 0 0.00% 0.18%
Labour Progressive Party 2 0 0.00% 0.24%
Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.21%
People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 1 0 0.00% 0.07%
People's Party 1 0 0.00% 0.02%
Social Credit 7 0 0.00% 0.63%
Socialist Labour Party 1 0 0.00% 0.04%
Union of Electors 12 0 0.00% 0.40%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Albert Reginald MacDougall Coalition Vancouver-Point Grey 36,921 ✅
Leigh Forbes Stevenson Coalition Vancouver-Point Grey 36,451 ✅
Tilly Jean Rolston Coalition Vancouver-Point Grey 36,410 ✅
Harold Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 20,531 ✅
Donald Cameron Brown Coalition Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 20,230 ✅
John Groves Gould Coalition Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 19,926 ✅
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 19,284 ✅
John Dickinson Cornett Coalition Vancouver East (BC) 17,168 ❌
Douglas Brown Coalition Vancouver East (BC) 16,909 ❌
Daniel John Proudfoot Coalition Victoria City (BC) 16,021 ✅
Nancy Hodges Coalition Victoria City (BC) 15,982 ✅
William Thomas Straith Coalition Victoria City (BC) 15,278 ✅
Gordon Sylvester Wismer Coalition Vancouver Centre (BC) 14,595 ✅
Allan James McDonell Coalition Vancouver Centre (BC) 14,576 ✅
John Henry Cates Coalition North Vancouver (BC) 12,586 ✅
Alexander Campbell Hope Coalition Delta 12,203 ✅
John Watkins Dunfield Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,980 ❌
George Alfred Isherwood Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,820 ❌
Margaret Ellen Eckland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,334 ❌
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 11,110 ❌
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 11,037 ❌
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 11,025 ✅
Charles Grant MacNeil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,737 ❌
Martin Anton Neilson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 9,998 ❌
George Andrew Morrison Coalition Burnaby (BC) 9,981 ❌
James Campbell Bury Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 9,430 ❌
Wallis Walter Lefeaux Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 8,539 ❌
Roderick Charles MacDonald Coalition Dewdney 8,127 ✅
Byron Ingemar Johnson Coalition New Westminster (BC) 7,969 ✅
William Leonard Hartley Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 7,604 ❌
Herbert John Welch Coalition Comox 7,596 ✅
Leslie Harvey Eyres Coalition Chilliwack 6,847 ✅
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Coalition South Okanagan 6,555 ✅
Herbert Anscomb Coalition Oak Bay (BC) 5,918 ✅
Alexander Douglas Turnbull Coalition Rossland-Trail 5,910 ✅
Phyllis Jean Webb Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,900 ❌
George Sharratt Pearson Coalition Nanaimo and the Islands 5,860 ✅
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,809 ❌
Battleman Milton MacIntyre Coalition Mackenzie (BC) 5,787 ✅
Maurice Patrick Finnerty Coalition Similkameen 5,744 ✅
Andrew Mowatt Whisker Coalition Cowichan-Newcastle 5,505 ✅
Clifford Augustine Greer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 5,504 ❌
Violet J Rayment Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,310 ❌
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 5,238 ❌
Sydney John Smith Coalition Kamloops (BC) 4,992 ✅
Charles William Morrow Coalition North Okanagan 4,966 ✅
Walter Hendricks Coalition Nelson-Creston 4,783 ✅
Thomas Wilkinson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 4,669 ❌
Arthur James Richard Ash Coalition Saanich 4,646 ✅
Herbert Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,626 ❌
James O'Donnell Quinn Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 4,588 ❌
George Henry Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 4,509 ❌
Charles Taschereau Beard Coalition Esquimalt 4,219 ✅
Samuel Guthrie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 4,194 ❌
Bernard George Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 4,028 ❌
David Daniel Stupich Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 3,564 ❌
James Mowat Independent Alberni 3,290 ✅
Henry Robson Bowman Coalition Fort George 3,232 ✅
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 3,026 ✅
John Duncan McRae Coalition Prince Rupert 2,971 ✅
Clifford Swan Coalition Cranbrook 2,963 ❌
Charles Archibald Thomas Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 2,751 ❌
George Henry Barefoot Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 2,712 ❌
Francis William Maxwell Drew Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,675 ❌
William Alfred Monk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 2,657 ❌
Angus MacLean Coalition Cariboo (BC) 2,653 ✅
Arthur Brown Ritchie Coalition Salmon Arm 2,529 ✅
Henry George Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 2,488 ❌
Peer Vernon Paynter British Columbia Social Credit League Chilliwack 2,417 ❌
Glen Everton Braden Coalition Peace River (BC) 2,342 ✅
Ernest Crawford Carson Coalition Lillooet 2,339 ✅
William Henry Brett Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 2,296 ❌
John McInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 2,167 ❌
Jack Whittal Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 2,129 ❌
Edward Tourtellote Kenney Coalition Skeena (BC) 2,048 ✅
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 1,901 ❌
Robert Cecil Steele Coalition Omineca 1,885 ✅
Russell Carleton Freeze Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,681 ❌
Thomas Wellington Christie Coalition Alberni 1,638 ❌
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,633 ✅
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour/Independent Party Fernie 1,483 ✅
Kenny Nash Stewart Coalition Fernie 1,474 ❌
Thomas Melville Leask Coalition Kaslo-Slocan 1,437 ❌
John Joseph Alban Gillis Coalition Yale (BC) 1,407 ✅
Nicholas George Bird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 1,314 ❌
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Coalition Revelstoke 1,311 ✅
Lyle Wicks Social Credit Delta 1,293 ❌
Thomas King Coalition Columbia 1,288 ✅
Vincent Segur Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 1,262 ❌
Elmer Victor Finland Independent Progressive Conservative Esquimalt 1,241 ❌
George Willis Lyons Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 1,180 ❌
Edward Fraser Rowland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 1,175 ❌
Viola May Blanco Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,038 ❌
Rupert Williams Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 922 ✅
Patricia Mary Luchinsky Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 890 ❌
Thomas Alfred Love Coalition Grand Forks-Greenwood 873 ❌
Angus Hugh MacIsaac Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 865 ❌
Stephen Alexander Fleming Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fernie 837 ❌
Lyle Campbell British Columbia Social Credit League Dewdney 829 ❌
James Alexander Morrison British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 766 ❌
Joseph Daney Denicola Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 750 ❌
William John Trout Independent Yale (BC) 728 ❌
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 727 ❌
William John Clark Union of Electors Victoria City (BC) 696 ❌
Henry George Rhodes British Columbia Social Credit League Burnaby (BC) 655 ❌
Thomas McGibbon Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 625 ❌
Nigel Morgan Labour Progressive Party Alberni 622 ❌
Claude Delbert Powell British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 591 ❌
Thomas James Alton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 581 ❌
Helena Ruth Powell British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 532 ❌
James William Wardrop Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 531 ❌
Lorne Hugh Shantz Social Credit North Okanagan 525 ❌
Joseph Arthur Horne British Columbia Social Credit League Nelson-Creston 508 ❌
Andrew Henry Jukes Union of Electors Saanich 473 ❌
Philip Franklin Tompkins People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 470 ❌
John Chmelyk British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 465 ❌
Irving Simpson Finkleman Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 396 ❌
Audrey Anne Neale Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 395 ❌
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 376 ✅
William Duncan Smith Coalition Atlin 370 ❌
Edith May Bell Union of Electors Victoria City (BC) 364 ❌
Ernest Rubie British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 349 ❌
Wilbur Watson Lyle Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 328 ❌
Doris Anne Lougheed Union of Electors Victoria City (BC) 319 ❌
Edwin Stanley Orris Independent Grand Forks-Greenwood 294 ❌
John Alexander Fedoruk Socialist Labour Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 286 ❌
Claudius Edward Wright Union of Electors Oak Bay (BC) 220 ❌
William Wallace O'Keefe Independent Lillooet 204 ❌
George Edward Bonner Independent Esquimalt 191 ❌
Cornelius Knight Union of Electors Vancouver-Point Grey 148 ❌
Edward Charles Mills People's Party New Westminster (BC) 137 ❌
Richard Harley Watkins Union of Electors Vancouver-Point Grey 132 ❌
Sidney Lamont Gray Union of Electors Vancouver East (BC) 109 ❌
Herbert William Summers Union of Electors Nanaimo and the Islands 104 ❌
John Shirreffs Adam Union of Electors Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 95 ❌
Ellen Hart Union of Electors Esquimalt 92 ❌
Thomas James Boyles Independent Cowichan-Newcastle 60 ❌
Norman Webster Joyce Union of Electors Cowichan-Newcastle 38 ❌

Districts

Alberni
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 28 elections (1890–1996)

James Mowat · Independent

3,290 votes
Atlin
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Frank Arthur Calder · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

376 votes
Burnaby (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1924–1963)

Ernest Edward Winch · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

11,025 votes
Cariboo (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–1986)

Angus MacLean · Coalition

2,653 votes
Chilliwack
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 31 elections (1903–2020)

Leslie Harvey Eyres · Coalition

6,847 votes
Comox
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–1986)

Herbert John Welch · Coalition

7,596 votes
Cranbrook
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1903–1963)

Leo Thomas Nimsick · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

3,026 votes
Delta
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Alexander Campbell Hope · Coalition

12,203 votes
Dewdney
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Roderick Charles MacDonald · Coalition

8,127 votes
Esquimalt
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 31 elections (1871–1975)

Charles Taschereau Beard · Coalition

4,219 votes
Fernie
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1903–1963)

Thomas Aubert Uphill · Labour/Independent Party

1,483 votes
Fort George
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1916–1975)

Henry Robson Bowman · Coalition

3,232 votes
Grand Forks-Greenwood
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1924–1963)

Rupert Williams Haggen · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

922 votes
Kamloops (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 29 elections (1903–2005)

Sydney John Smith · Coalition

4,992 votes
Kaslo-Slocan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1924–1963)

Randolph Harding · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,633 votes
Lillooet
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 24 elections (1871–1963)

Ernest Crawford Carson · Coalition

2,339 votes
Mackenzie (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 19 elections (1924–1986)

Battleman Milton MacIntyre · Coalition

5,787 votes
Nelson-Creston
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1933–2020)

Walter Hendricks · Coalition

4,783 votes
New Westminster (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–2020)

Byron Ingemar Johnson · Coalition

7,969 votes
North Okanagan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 19 elections (1916–1986)

Charles William Morrow · Coalition

4,966 votes
North Vancouver (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 14 elections (1916–1963)

John Henry Cates · Coalition

12,586 votes
Oak Bay (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1941–1975)

Herbert Anscomb · Coalition

5,918 votes
Omineca
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1916–1986)

Robert Cecil Steele · Coalition

1,885 votes
Peace River (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1933–1953)

Glen Everton Braden · Coalition

2,342 votes
Prince Rupert
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1916–1986)

John Duncan McRae · Coalition

2,971 votes
Rossland-Trail
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1924–1996)

Alexander Douglas Turnbull · Coalition

5,910 votes
Salmon Arm
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1924–1963)

Arthur Brown Ritchie · Coalition

2,529 votes
Similkameen
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1903–1963)

Maurice Patrick Finnerty · Coalition

5,744 votes
Skeena (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 32 elections (1903–2024)

Edward Tourtellote Kenney · Coalition

2,048 votes
South Okanagan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 20 elections (1916–1986)

William Andrew Cecil Bennett · Coalition

6,555 votes
Vancouver Centre (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1933–1986)

Gordon Sylvester Wismer · Coalition

14,595 votes
Vancouver East (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1933–1986)

Harold Edward Winch · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

20,531 votes
Vancouver-Burrard (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1933–2005)

John Groves Gould · Coalition

19,926 votes
Vancouver-Point Grey
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 26 elections (1933–2024)

Leigh Forbes Stevenson · Coalition

36,451 votes
Columbia
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1903–1963)

Thomas King · Coalition

1,288 votes
Yale (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 24 elections (1871–1963)

John Joseph Alban Gillis · Coalition

1,407 votes
Cowichan-Newcastle
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1924–1963)

Andrew Mowatt Whisker · Coalition

5,505 votes
Revelstoke
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1903–1963)

Arvid Waldemar Lundell · Coalition

1,311 votes
Saanich
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1903–1963)

Arthur James Richard Ash · Coalition

4,646 votes
Nanaimo and the Islands
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 8 elections (1941–1963)

George Sharratt Pearson · Coalition

5,860 votes
Victoria City (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 27 elections (1871–1963)

William Thomas Straith · Coalition

15,278 votes

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