June 12 1952 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1952-06-12
Writ Date 1952-04-10
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 12,343
Invalid Votes 34,547
Total Electors 793,073
Turnout Rate 46
Valid Ballots 362,717
Valid Votes 768,521

Notes

  • References: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
  • Note: The BC general election of 1952 was the first election to use a preferential ballot system. Reporting of valid/invalid votes and ballots is hampered by the available data. Due to the slate system used for multi-member ridings, within these ridings there is no data on rejected ballots, only for rejected votes. Both the number of valid votes and ballots cast correspond to the highest number of votes for any ballot, not the cumulative votes/ballots used. See pg 538 of the Electoral History of British Columbia.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Liberal Party 48 6 12.50% 23.46%
British Columbia Social Credit League 47 19 39.58% 27.20%
Christian Democratic Party 8 0 0.00% 0.93%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 48 18 37.50% 30.78%
Independent 6 0 0.00% 0.17%
Labour Progressive Party 5 0 0.00% 0.33%
Labour Representation Committee 1 0 0.00% 0.09%
Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.17%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 47 4 8.33% 16.84%
Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) 1 0 0.00% 0.04%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Harold Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 23,051
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 21,006
Tilly Jean Rolston British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 19,236
George Clark Miller Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 14,886
Albert Reginald MacDougall Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 14,042
Thomas Audley Bate British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 13,771
Theodore Roosvelt Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 13,406
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 12,933
Claude Delbert Powell British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 12,882
Alexander Whidden Fisher British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,828
George Stanley Miller British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,087
Thomas James Irwin British Columbia Social Credit League Delta 11,759
Ira Nathan Monson British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 11,536
Clifford Augustine Greer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,366
Victor Wadham Forster Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,267
John Duncan Roberts British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 11,202
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 10,853
George Alfred Isherwood Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 10,451
Charles Grant MacNeil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,397
Hattie Pearl Steen Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 10,356
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,037
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,166
Bert Price British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,002
Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 8,805
William Kenneth Kiernan British Columbia Social Credit League Chilliwack 8,509
William Thomas Straith British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 8,457
Daniel John Proudfoot British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,842
Lyle Wicks British Columbia Social Credit League Dewdney 7,600
Laura Emma Mashall Jamieson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,350
James Campbell Bury Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,912
Clement Frederick Stelter British Columbia Social Credit League Burnaby (BC) 6,750
Martin Elliot Sowden British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 6,695
Everett Crowley British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 6,574
John Groves Gould British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,358
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 6,329
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 6,268
John Howard Forester British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,166
William Andrew Cecil Bennett British Columbia Social Credit League South Okanagan 6,082
Harry Dean Ainlay Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 6,024
William Baxter Caird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 6,008
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,975
Frank Snowsell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 5,863
Donald Cameron Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,765
John Dickinson Cornett Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,615
Gordon Sylvester Wismer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,394
William Campbell Moore Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 5,369
Frank George Perrin Lewis British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,286
Anna Ethel Sprott British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,234
Arthur James Richard Ash British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 4,964
George Henry Tomlinson British Columbia Social Credit League North Vancouver (BC) 4,947
George Churchill Moxham British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,694
Alexander Campbell Hope Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 4,688
John Donald Smith British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,637
Robert Martin Strachan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 4,636
Albert DeBurdo McPhillips Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,608
Walter Sabiston Miles Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,601
Lydia Augusta Arsens British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,518
Emil Peter Schafer British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,497
Elmer Duncan McEwan British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,365
Lillian Margaret Harvey Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,362
Lorne Hugh Shantz British Columbia Social Credit League North Okanagan 4,347
Byron Ingemar Johnson British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 4,317
Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 4,293
John McRae Eddie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 4,262
Anthony John Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,230
Allan James McDonell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,120
Arthur Archibald McArthur Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 4,061
Robert Edward Sommers British Columbia Social Credit League Rossland-Trail 3,979
Frederick Wellington Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,951
Ronald William Fairclough British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,816
Battleman Milton MacIntyre British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 3,752
David Daniel Stupich Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 3,715
Reginald Clarence Cox British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 3,631
Philip Archibald Gibbs British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 3,631
Wilbur Watson Lyle British Columbia Social Credit League New Westminster (BC) 3,616
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 3,607
Herbert John Welch British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 3,532
Harold Sidney Kenyon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 3,433
Cecil James Hamilton Holms Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 3,407
Lorenzo Giovando Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo and the Islands 3,346
Harry Denyer Francis British Columbia Social Credit League Similkameen 3,344
Alexander Douglas Turnbull British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 3,331
Philip Arthur Gaglardi British Columbia Social Credit League Kamloops (BC) 3,108
Stanley John Squire Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 3,067
Irving Simpson Finkleman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 3,045
Cyril Hugh Poole British Columbia Social Credit League Comox 2,987
Wesley Drewett Black British Columbia Social Credit League Nelson-Creston 2,975
Archie Frederick Beyerstein British Columbia Social Credit League Saanich 2,947
Emma Loring Tinsman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,850
Herbert Anscomb Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 2,843
Oscar Rudolph Olson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 2,807
Andrew Mowatt Whisker British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 2,711
Sydney John Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 2,708
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 2,688
William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd British Columbia Social Credit League Cariboo (BC) 2,684
Thomas Wilkinson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 2,654
Walter Hendricks British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 2,572
Maurice Patrick Finnerty British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 2,545
Alexander Ingvald Hougen British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,543
Erling Olaf Johnson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 2,541
Robert Graeme Simms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,473
Howard Cressman King British Columbia Social Credit League Cranbrook 2,328
Geoffrey Innes Edgelow British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 2,294
George Edwin Hills Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 2,292
Elmer Pearce Bradshaw British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 2,263
James John Sutherland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 2,242
Roderick Charles MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 2,233
Charles William Parker British Columbia Social Credit League Peace River (BC) 2,178
James Mowat British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 2,176
Elizabeth C Wood Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia New Westminster (BC) 2,163
Charles William Morrow British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,104
Leslie Harvey Eyres Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 2,097
Henry Robson Bowman British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 2,022
Llewellyn Leslie King British Columbia Social Credit League Fort George 2,009
John Duncan McRae British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 2,001
William Hindle Bryant British Columbia Social Credit League Cowichan-Newcastle 1,886
Bruce W Gordon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 1,868
Florence Violette Gresty British Columbia Social Credit League Mackenzie (BC) 1,795
William Alfred Monk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 1,786
Cecil Robert Bull British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,763
Charles Alfred Holstead Wright Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 1,690
William Neelands Chant British Columbia Social Credit League Esquimalt 1,606
John McInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 1,593
Arthur Roald Dahlen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 1,571
Robert Hamilton Fort Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 1,550
Edward Tourtellote Kenney British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,500
James Chesterfield Wragg Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Newcastle 1,463
James Allan Reid British Columbia Social Credit League Salmon Arm 1,462
Glen Everton Braden British Columbia Liberal Party Peace River (BC) 1,425
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,411
Edward Arthur Titchmarsh Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 1,401
Albert Peter Busch Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,387
William Bower Hughes-Games Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 1,371
Jack Shulz British Columbia Social Credit League Alberni 1,366
Lomer Arthur Louis Dion Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,318
Ralph Wilbur Emery Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,311
Ernest Crawford Carson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Lillooet 1,301
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour/Independent Party Fernie 1,290
Lawrence Smith Eckhardt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Mackenzie (BC) 1,285
David Fremont Buell Kinlock Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 1,240
William John Thompson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,236
Pitt Clayton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 1,204
Cyril Morley Shelford British Columbia Social Credit League Omineca 1,137
Kenny Nash Stewart British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,117
Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 1,111
Arthur Murray British Columbia Social Credit League Prince Rupert 1,104
Robert Cecil Steele British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 1,099
Gordon Hudson Dowding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 1,074
Cecil George Alexander British Columbia Social Credit League Oak Bay (BC) 1,071
John Joseph Alban Gillis British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 1,067
George Frampton Pedlar Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,064
Frank Howard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 1,048
John Michael Stephens Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,046
Angus Alexander McLean British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,029
Irvine Finlay Corbett British Columbia Social Credit League Yale (BC) 1,024
George Henry Greer Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 959
Edward Joseph Brewster British Columbia Social Credit League Nanaimo and the Islands 951
Vincent Segur Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 942
Maurice Rush Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 931
Stephen Endicott Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 917
Arthur Brown Ritchie Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 896
Richard Orr Newton British Columbia Social Credit League Columbia 841
Warden Randle Taylor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 838
Rupert Williams Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 826
Kenneth Winston Thibaudeau Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cariboo (BC) 775
Norman Clarence Stibbs Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 774
William Henry Okell British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 725
John Mackenzie Patterson British Columbia Social Credit League Fernie 713
Frederick James Bevis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 707
Cecil Gordon McMynn Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Grand Forks-Greenwood 706
James Bryne Reardon Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 691
Roland Riley Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 689
Thomas Melbourne Christie Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Prince Rupert 687
George England Kerr MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cranbrook 675
John James Carmichael British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 669
Ferdinand Theodor Peters Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 667
Angus Hugh MacIsaac Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 659
Orville Garfield Braaten Labour Representation Committee Vancouver Centre (BC) 654
Vaughn Stanley Kimpton British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 649
Andrew Craig Rutherford British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 636
Bernard William Worsley Christian Democratic Party Burnaby (BC) 622
Thomas Melville Leask British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 617
Magnus Eliason Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fernie 612
Peer Vernon Paynter British Columbia Social Credit League Revelstoke 598
Edward Wilbert Bourque British Columbia Social Credit League Kaslo-Slocan 597
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 595
Herbert Wallace Leach Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 586
Emil Grover Bjarnason Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 577
George Ogston Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 574
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Revelstoke 555
Howard Milward Parker Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kaslo-Slocan 522
Kenneth Orville McAmmond British Columbia Social Credit League Skeena (BC) 501
Donald Frederick Robinson British Columbia Social Credit League Lillooet 450
Cyril Westaway Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 371
Chris Madson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 365
Edward Jefferson Zinkan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia 360
Mary Freda Ennis Christian Democratic Party North Vancouver (BC) 341
Bernard Cherry Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 338
William Duncan Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 292
Henry Edgar Parkyn British Columbia Social Credit League Grand Forks-Greenwood 292
Walter Clarence Henderson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Peace River (BC) 278
William Harold Holtby Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) Vancouver Centre (BC) 276
Thomas Alexander McEwen Labour Progressive Party North Vancouver (BC) 263
Edwin Stanley Orris British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 252
William Alfred Scott Independent Victoria City (BC) 226
John Howard Fletcher Independent North Vancouver (BC) 216
Nigel Morgan Labour Progressive Party Nanaimo and the Islands 207
Alfred Dewhurst Labour Progressive Party Alberni 196
Thomas Sutherland MacKay Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Atlin 164
Philip Bernard Freedman Independent Victoria City (BC) 137
James Coleman Finch Independent Lillooet 96
George Murray (BC) Independent Yale (BC) 60

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