September 12 1960 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1960-09-12
Writ Date 1960-08-03
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 9,862
Invalid Votes 4,924
Total Electors 874,267
Turnout Rate 71
Valid Ballots 618,271
Valid Votes 996,404

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 50 4 7.69% 20.90%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 52 16 30.77% 32.73%
Communist Party of Canada 19 0 0.00% 0.57%
Independent 5 0 0.00% 0.26%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 52 0 0.00% 6.72%
Social Credit 52 32 61.54% 38.83%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 25,610
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 25,580
Robert William Bonner Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 24,273
Thomas Audley Bate Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 23,950
Buda Hosmer Brown Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 23,583
Camille Mildred Mather Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 21,839
James Henry Rhodes Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 21,559
Nehemiah George Massey Social Credit Delta 21,011
Cedric Cox Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 17,659
Gordon Hudson Dowding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 17,522
Francis Cecil Boyes British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 17,438
Donald H Riggan Social Credit Delta 17,291
Frederick Morton Sharp Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 16,622
Raymond McCarthy Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 16,379
Samuel Joseph Dumaresq British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 15,107
Leslie Charles Way British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 14,827
Raymond Joseph Perrault British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 14,408
Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 13,469
Thomas James Irwin Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 13,394
James Gordon Gibson British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 13,287
Newton Phillips Steacy Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 12,804
Clifford Augustine Greer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 12,702
David Barrett Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 12,637
Bruce Benjamin Knowlton Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 12,276
George Nelson Gibson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 12,158
Thomas Walter Thomasen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,538
Lyle Wicks Social Credit Dewdney 10,713
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,642
Bert Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,231
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Social Credit Saanich 10,165
William Kenneth Kiernan Social Credit Chilliwack 10,051
William Neelands Chant Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,864
Charles Patrick Neal Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,505
Frederick Justin Vulliamy Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,333
John Donald Smith Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 8,855
Waldo McTavish Skillings Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 8,671
Arthur R Helps British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 8,529
C Douglas Morris British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 8,517
Leslie Raymond Peterson Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 8,516
Alexander Small Matthew Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 8,227
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 8,058
Graham B Ladner British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 7,601
George Frederick Thompson Gregory British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,278
William Lindsay British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 7,111
Reginald Atherton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 6,774
Orville Garfield Braaten Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 6,746
Hugh Clifford Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 6,720
Thomas Rodney Berger Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,530
Patrick Holman Thomas Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 6,512
John McRae Eddie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 6,496
Desmond Fife Kidd Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 6,453
William James Dennison Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,378
Robert Martin Strachan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 6,261
Daniel Robert John Campbell Social Credit Comox 6,100
Geoffrey Innes Edgelow British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,083
Frederick Charles Wood Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 6,072
Harold Appleton British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,906
Joseph Charles Bryant British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,828
Kenneth Redmond Vaughan Lyon British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,744
Francis Joseph Kearney British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,715
Donald Leslie Brothers Social Credit Rossland-Trail 5,562
Forrest Linden Shaw British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 5,464
Ray Gillis Williston Social Credit Fort George 5,066
Stanley Desmond Kermeen Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 5,041
Anthony John Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,952
Francis Xavier Richter Social Credit Similkameen 4,797
Philip Arthur Gaglardi Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 4,777
Earle Cathers Westwood Social Credit Nanaimo and the Islands 4,599
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 4,598
Alan Brock Macfarlane British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 4,558
Lorne Hugh Shantz Social Credit North Okanagan 4,553
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 4,548
Neil John McGregor Hindle Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 4,516
Walter Raymond Thompson British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 4,512
Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit Nelson-Creston 4,501
Frank W Greive British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 4,451
Herbert Joseph Bruch Social Credit Esquimalt 4,429
Rhoda Erickson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 4,262
Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 4,123
Stanley John Squire Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 4,093
Mary Helen Poaps Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 4,029
George Murdoch Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 3,780
Charles Jordan-Knox British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,726
Henry Greer Castillou British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,724
Geoffrey Harris Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 3,383
Douglas Deane Finlayson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 3,260
Vincent Hartley Bracewell Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 3,167
Frank Wilson British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 3,163
Francis Douglas Stuart Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 3,151
Stanley Carnell Social Credit South Peace River 3,133
William Collins Speare Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 3,091
Hazal Viola Fee Social Credit Cowichan-Newcastle 3,033
Isabella B Pothecary Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 3,028
Eric Frederick Duncan Social Credit Alberni 2,966
Walter Ratzlaff Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 2,902
Ronald Edmund Green Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 2,828
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 2,786
William Wallace Baikie British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 2,759
John Alexander McNevin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,664
David A Sturdy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 2,611
Kenneth William Gaylor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 2,536
Samuel Thomas Dare British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 2,519
Robert Reid Maitland Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 2,397
Dudley George Little Social Credit Skeena (BC) 2,379
William Harvey Murray Social Credit Prince Rupert 2,367
William Kenneth Rutherford Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 2,336
George Francis Crowe Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 2,280
Charles A P Murison Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 2,236
George Wilfred Whittaker British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 2,165
Dalton O Jones Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 2,159
Angus Macphee Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 2,139
Monty Alton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 2,137
Felix Rudolf Kohnke British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 2,073
Francis William McCloskey British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 2,058
Michael Eugene Krause British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 2,034
Gordon Lionel Gibson Independent Delta 2,010
Willis Franklin Jefcoat Social Credit Salmon Arm 1,979
Clive D Campbell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,959
Harry F Thomas Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,904
Stanley Doubleday Crowe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 1,842
John A Davis British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 1,817
Victor Ernest Virgin Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 1,782
Douglas Sadler Social Credit Cranbrook 1,700
Donald Frederick Robinson Social Credit Lillooet 1,695
Frederick Craig Munroe Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia New Westminster (BC) 1,691
Kenneth Carr Haines Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,667
Jacob Francis Huhn Social Credit North Peace River 1,651
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Omineca 1,633
Theodore H Cressy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,543
Jack Glennie British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 1,475
Johannes Joseph Winkelaar British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 1,454
Thomas Palmer Wilson British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 1,437
Patrick Lockhart Reid Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,421
George Hobbs Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 1,417
Holger Enemark British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,416
Lawrence Smith Eckardt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,411
Peter John Millward Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 1,374
John Close Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Peace River 1,339
John Kendrick Macey Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 1,331
John Alexander McKenzie British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 1,305
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,298
Herbert Stuart Harrison Smith Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 1,256
Josepth M Barre British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,238
Robert Bain Oliver British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 1,222
James Arthur George Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 1,212
John Joseph Kerrone Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Newcastle 1,206
Douglas Grant Burton Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 1,173
Henry Cartmell McKay British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,126
Ivan Everett Holmes Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 1,119
Lois Mabel Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 1,115
Richard Orr Newton Social Credit Columbia 1,115
Irvine Finlay Corbett Social Credit Yale (BC) 1,103
John M Kosty Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 1,098
Arthur Bruce Brown British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,087
Norman Gareth Dent Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 1,080
Florence B Zucco Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 1,075
Evan Donald MacDougall Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 1,074
Malcolm Fitzgerald Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 1,069
Hugh Basil Heath British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 1,036
Madeline Barbara Dent Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 999
James F Bryant Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 991
John Allan Collett British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 964
John William Belesaigne Baker British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 958
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Social Credit Revelstoke 945
Frank Joseph Butala Social Credit Fernie 927
Cyril Clyde Keyes British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 923
Lloyd Phillips Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fernie 864
William Donald Stickney British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 848
Winnifred Odetta Mathias Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 840
James Ross Gulloch Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 803
Robert Beverly Harris Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 775
John Gordon Curtis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Peace River 769
Joseph Clinton Armstrong Social Credit Grand Forks-Greenwood 752
Henry Edgar Parkyn Social Credit Kaslo-Slocan 733
Ernest Gordon Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 730
Nigel Morgan Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 718
Francis Harris Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 701
Alan Gray Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 653
Torquil MacLeod Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 613
John Wilberforce Loader Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 608
Edward Drewry Strongitharm Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo and the Islands 607
John Phillips Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 598
Herbert Alexander Blakley British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 593
Walter Hardman British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 585
Frank Martin British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 564
Celian Orvin Tingley Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cariboo (BC) 552
Marguerite Clarice Deeder British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 529
Ronald George Lyon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 514
Homer John Stevens Communist Party of Canada Delta 505
Peter Runkle Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Peace River 500
David Angus Moon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Mackenzie (BC) 487
Donald Edmund Nunn British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 481
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 444
Maurice Rush Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 420
Guy Ronald Williams Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 411
Harold James Pritchett Communist Party of Canada Burnaby (BC) 409
George Lakusta Communist Party of Canada Delta 408
Joseph William Lauder Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 390
Sonia Rutka Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 380
John Anthony Coates Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 346
Willie Harvey Webber Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cranbrook 345
Lionel Frank Edwards Communist Party of Canada Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 339
George M Behrner Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Lillooet 336
Thomas Melville Leask British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 303
Joseph H Lowes British Columbia Liberal Party South Peace River 303
Karl Peter Frederiksen Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 278
Roy Alexander Samuelson Communist Party of Canada Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 271
William James Asselstine Social Credit Atlin 267
Hamilton Sanders McFadden Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Revelstoke 265
John Verdner Humphries Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kaslo-Slocan 244
William Angus Stewart Communist Party of Canada North Vancouver (BC) 242
Carl Christian Hilland Communist Party of Canada Dewdney 233
Norman Baker Independent Delta 220
Mark Fulmore Mosher Communist Party of Canada Alberni 207
John Higgin Communist Party of Canada Comox 207
Yasushi Sugimoto Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Grand Forks-Greenwood 202
Horace L G Kelly Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Prince Rupert 199
Francis J Ramage Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fernie 191
Gregory Bruce Yorke Communist Party of Canada North Vancouver (BC) 191
Hjalmar Peter Bergren Communist Party of Canada Cowichan-Newcastle 170
Albert Dunn Independent Vancouver East (BC) 159
Gordon Truls Rad Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia 150
Albert James Warrington Communist Party of Canada Rossland-Trail 141
Charles Jewell Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Atlin 122
Wilbert Daniel Bowes Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Peace River 114
Nicholas Klim Communist Party of Canada North Okanagan 91
Irving Simpson Finkleman Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 87
Robert Lyle Angus Independent North Peace River 81
Ernest Leon Knott Communist Party of Canada Saanich 73
Irving Floyd Mortenson Communist Party of Canada Nanaimo and the Islands 72

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