September 19 1956 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1956-09-19
Writ Date 1956-08-13
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 6,651
Invalid Votes 3,333
Total Electors 778,587
Turnout Rate 66
Valid Ballots 510,968
Valid Votes 817,397

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 Liberal Party 51 1 1.92% 20.74%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 52 11 21.15% 29.35%
Independent 3 0 0.00% 0.15%
Labour Progressive Party 14 0 0.00% 0.41%
Labour/Independent Party 1 1 1.92% 0.16%
People's Party 1 0 0.00% 0.02%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 22 0 0.00% 3.10%
Social Credit 55 39 75.00% 46.06%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Robert William Bonner Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 25,615
Thomas Audley Bate Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 23,696
Buda Hosmer Brown Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 23,238
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 19,774
Thomas James Irwin Social Credit Delta 18,848
Frederick Morton Sharp Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 18,640
Harold Edward Thayer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 18,541
Evelyn Margaret Fingarson Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 17,821
Arthur Laing British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 17,801
Nehemiah George Massey Social Credit Delta 17,762
Alexander Whidden Fisher British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 15,599
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 15,304
Theodore Roosvelt Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,924
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,824
Gordon Hudson Dowding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 12,692
Bert Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,180
William Parker Philps Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 12,103
John Melvin Bryan Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 11,974
Kenneth Martin Hoffman Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 11,583
Winona Grace MacInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,365
Newton Phillips Steacy Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 11,298
Walter H Johnson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 11,202
James Henry Rhodes Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 10,798
Lyle Wicks Social Credit Dewdney 10,267
William Neelands Chant Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,199
Leslie Raymond Peterson Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 9,112
William Kenneth Kiernan Social Credit Chilliwack 9,008
John Donald Smith Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 8,620
Alexander Small Matthew Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 8,614
Frederick Norman Hill Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 8,435
Francis W Millerd British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 8,425
George Frederick Thompson Gregory Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 8,408
William James Pierce Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 7,979
Lydia Augusta Arsens Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 7,827
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,826
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 7,694
Patrick Burns Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,322
Geoffrey Innes Edgelow British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,241
Naranjan Singh Grewall Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 7,211
Forrest Linden Shaw British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,205
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Social Credit Saanich 6,542
Alexander Bates MacQuarrie British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 6,386
Frank Snowsell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 5,439
Francis Xavier Richter Social Credit Similkameen 5,189
Victor A McPherson British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 5,149
Douglas Deane Finlayson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 5,121
Robert Edward Sommers Social Credit Rossland-Trail 5,097
Robert Martin Strachan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 5,015
Perry Simington Millar British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 4,972
Philip Arthur Gaglardi Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 4,948
Daniel Robert John Campbell Social Credit Comox 4,916
John Edward Beltz Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 4,718
William Pearce Wilson British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 4,680
Lorne Hugh Shantz Social Credit North Okanagan 4,583
Charles Patrick Neal Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,561
Cyril Newman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 4,555
Anthony John Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,502
John McRae Eddie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 4,469
Nellie McCay British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 4,424
William Giesbrecht Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,393
George Collis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 4,266
Patrick Joseph O Donohue British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 4,229
Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit Nelson-Creston 4,190
Stanley Desmond Kermeen Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 4,176
John Leslie McCabe British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 4,156
Michael Joseph Butler British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 4,141
James Allen Macdonald British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,996
James Henry Edwards British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,972
Philip Archibald Gibbs British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 3,940
Emmet Cafferky British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,895
Earle Cathers Westwood Social Credit Nanaimo and the Islands 3,827
Ray Gillis Williston Social Credit Fort George 3,774
Ralph Goodman British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,727
Herbert Joseph Bruch Social Credit Esquimalt 3,530
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 3,432
William Baxter Caird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 3,417
Stanley John Squire Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 3,362
Hugh Dyer Ramsay British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 3,344
Reginald Atherton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 3,324
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 3,321
Neil John McGregor Hindle Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 3,265
Robert John Muir Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 3,246
Charles William Parker Social Credit Cowichan-Newcastle 3,173
Henry Goosen British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 3,118
William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 3,014
Michael Kournossoff Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 2,992
Arthur Roderick Glen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 2,963
Ebbie William Bowering Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 2,878
Samuel Clayton Muirhead Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 2,839
Kenneth Oliver Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 2,691
Robert George McPhee British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 2,339
Boyd Campbell Affleck Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,331
John A Davis British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,272
Stewart Alsbury British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 2,220
Stephen Archibald Mepham Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 2,200
William Harvey Murray Social Credit Prince Rupert 2,151
Peter Maffeo British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 2,142
James Allan Reid Social Credit Salmon Arm 2,131
Donald Frederick Robinson Social Credit Lillooet 2,055
Thomas Palmer Wilson British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 2,017
Elvan Walters Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 2,013
Robert Earl Sang Social Credit Cranbrook 2,012
William Thompson Waldie British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 1,960
William James Carr Social Credit Alberni 1,894
Hugh Addison Shirreff Social Credit Skeena (BC) 1,886
Frank Howard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 1,823
Emma Loring Tinsman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 1,822
Stanley Carnell Social Credit South Peace River 1,787
Frank William Laird British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 1,744
George Wilfred Whittaker British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 1,714
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Omineca 1,685
Arthur Bruce Brown British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,664
Walter Ratzlaff Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 1,663
Elmer William White British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 1,622
Robert James Harvey British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 1,611
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,512
Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,476
William John Thompson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,454
William Alfred Monk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 1,429
Norman Leslie McKinnon British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 1,388
Paul Wilbur Hallman British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,387
Frank Samuel Perry British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,376
Jules Arthur Mainil British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 1,362
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Social Credit Revelstoke 1,339
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour/Independent Party Fernie 1,321
Irvine Finlay Corbett Social Credit Yale (BC) 1,315
Carl Waldemar Kienzie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 1,304
Arthur Roald Dahlen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Peace River 1,275
George Edwin Hills Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 1,259
Hugh Larratt Henderson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 1,257
Cecil Robert Bull British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,230
Frank Joseph Butala Social Credit Fernie 1,181
Victor Mauro Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,144
Felix Rudolf Kohnke British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,141
James Archibald Macaulay Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,095
Harold Earl Roche Social Credit North Peace River 1,087
Richard Orr Newton Social Credit Columbia 1,074
Wilfred Caine Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,006
George Hobbs Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 985
Michael Ernest Moran Social Credit Kaslo-Slocan 975
Delbert Errol Black Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 969
James Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 959
Ernest Forbes Allistone Independent Vancouver-Point Grey 959
Justin Victor Harbord Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 919
Austin Kenneth Greenway Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 907
Francis Vincent Downey British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 902
George Henry Tomlinson Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 902
Lois Mabel Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 877
Hilbert Crae Dawson Social Credit Grand Forks-Greenwood 866
Joseph Norman Leslie British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 847
George Brock Chrisholm Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 821
James Lehman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 797
Lorne C Aggett Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 720
Olga McLean British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 703
Douglas Grant Burton Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 658
Samuel Forrest Thompson British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 652
J Lewis Sangster Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 645
Kenny Nash Stewart British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 611
Joe Madden Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 599
George Johnson McInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 585
Sidney Lewis Beyer Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 541
John Andrew W Drysdale Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 513
James Douglas Southworth Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 487
Nigel Morgan Labour Progressive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 485
Malcolm Fitzgerald Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 478
Harol John Burton British Columbia Liberal Party South Peace River 456
William James Asselstine Social Credit Atlin 454
Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 451
Jack Gillett Labour Progressive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 445
Patrick Holman Thomas Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 429
John William Belesaigne Baker British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 423
Frederick Francis Delacherois British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 364
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 360
Vera Agnes Loucks Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Peace River 359
Myrtle Evelyn Burnell Labour Progressive Party Delta 355
Greta Dagma Abbing de Vries British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 339
Harold John Michael Griffin Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Point Grey 318
John Morris Jones British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 317
Frank Harold Abey British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 297
Frank Gaspar Labour Progressive Party Delta 272
James Albert Whyte Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 260
Harry C Weinstein Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 257
Thomas Alexander McRae Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 252
Chris Madson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 248
Dennis Allen Williams Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 235
Stanley Earl Wilcox Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 227
Charles Wilfred Caron Labour Progressive Party North Vancouver (BC) 211
Wilmer Glenwood Todd Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 203
Glyn Thomas Labour Progressive Party North Vancouver (BC) 191
David Angus Moon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Mackenzie (BC) 189
Margaret Teresa Lally Murray People's Party North Peace River 173
Ernest Leon Knott Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 162
Kenneth Moyes Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 161
Doris Winifred Blakey Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 143
George Douglas Frizzell British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 131
Myrtle Woodward Bergren Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 124
Nicholas Klim Labour Progressive Party North Okanagan 88
Thomas Edward Mountford Labour Progressive Party Nelson-Creston 70
Edward Joseph Brewster Independent Nanaimo and the Islands 69

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