September 30 1963 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1963-09-30
Writ Date 1963-08-22
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 6,132
Invalid Votes 2,475
Total Electors 873,140
Turnout Rate 69
Valid Ballots 602,530
Valid Votes 967,675

Notes

  • Title: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
  • Citation: Return of writ 16 December, 1963.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Liberal Party 51 5 9.62% 19.98%
Communist Party of Canada 4 0 0.00% 0.09%
Independent 1 0 0.00% 0.02%
New Democratic Party 52 14 26.92% 27.80%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 44 0 0.00% 11.27%
Social Credit 52 33 63.46% 40.83%
Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) 1 0 0.00% 0.01%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Patrick Lucey McGeer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 25,592
Robert William Bonner Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 23,172
Hunter Bertram Vogel Social Credit Delta 22,504
Ernest A LeCours Social Credit Delta 22,067
Ralph Raymond Loffmark Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 20,962
Alexander Barrett Macdonald New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 20,424
Arthur James Turner New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 20,292
Thomas Audley Bate Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 20,267
Camille Mildred Mather New Democratic Party Delta 18,690
James Henry Rhodes New Democratic Party Delta 17,661
William George Rathie British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 17,641
James Morris Kennedy Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 17,031
Earl Vance Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 16,867
Arthur Phillips British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 16,510
Raymond Joseph Perrault British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 16,153
Harry Purdy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 15,719
Gordon Hudson Dowding New Democratic Party Burnaby (BC) 14,750
Charles Willoughby MacSorley Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 14,650
Cedric Cox New Democratic Party Burnaby (BC) 14,409
Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 14,070
James Gordon Gibson British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 14,068
Harold Peter Capozzi Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 13,215
Frederick Morton Sharp Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 11,883
David Barrett New Democratic Party Dewdney 11,625
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 11,181
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Social Credit Saanich 10,657
Bert Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,612
Richard Egerton Lester Social Credit Dewdney 10,506
Thomas Rodney Berger New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,345
William Kenneth Kiernan Social Credit Chilliwack 10,031
William Neelands Chant Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,736
Waldo McTavish Skillings Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,347
John Donald Smith Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,118
Charles Patrick Neal New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 8,998
John Kendrick Macey New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,663
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 8,485
Amy Dalgleish New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,072
Leslie Raymond Peterson Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 8,060
William James Whitney New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,018
Ernest James Broome Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 7,643
Alexander Small Matthew Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,594
H Richardson Malkin Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 7,213
Daniel Robert John Campbell Social Credit Comox 6,598
Frederick Sidney Williams New Democratic Party Comox 6,238
John M Norris New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,806
Fred Phillips British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,798
Peter Samuel Faminow New Democratic Party North Vancouver (BC) 5,764
Philip Arthur Gaglardi Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 5,669
Ronald William Fairclough British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 5,641
J T Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 5,553
Frederick Justin Vulliamy New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,538
Donald Leslie Brothers Social Credit Rossland-Trail 5,474
Edward Marshall Bauder British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 5,472
Robert Martin Strachan New Democratic Party Cowichan-Newcastle 5,422
Hugh Clifford New Democratic Party North Vancouver (BC) 5,409
Harry Lewis Huff British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 5,342
Ray Gillis Williston Social Credit Fort George 5,308
Nick Mussallem British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,291
Francis Xavier Richter Social Credit Similkameen 5,093
John McRae Eddie New Democratic Party New Westminster (BC) 5,035
Herbert Joseph Bruch Social Credit Esquimalt 4,951
John Windsor New Democratic Party Saanich 4,778
Edith Maud Corrigan Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 4,717
Edmund Davie Fulton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 4,473
Theodore Kuhn Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 4,461
Alan Brock Macfarlane British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 4,457
Michael Griffin (BC) British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 4,440
Elizabeth Forbes British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 4,355
Anthony John Gargrave New Democratic Party Mackenzie (BC) 4,323
Bruce Humber British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 4,302
David Daniel Stupich New Democratic Party Nanaimo and the Islands 4,278
Earle Cathers Westwood Social Credit Nanaimo and the Islands 4,259
Stanley John Squire New Democratic Party Alberni 4,249
George William McLeod Social Credit North Okanagan 4,157
Wilfred Robert Jack British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 4,051
Thomas Horan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 4,049
Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit Nelson-Creston 4,047
John Joseph Fedyk British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 3,996
Isabel Pearl Dawson Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 3,920
Lloyd Bruce Little British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 3,901
Charles McGregor Ennals Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 3,770
Donald Christopher Morton Social Credit Cowichan-Newcastle 3,576
John Patrick Nowlan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 3,567
Alfred W Toone New Democratic Party Victoria City (BC) 3,557
Eric Frederick Duncan Social Credit Alberni 3,506
Thomas Warnett Kennedy British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,477
Alexander Forst British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,467
Gerald Coultas Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 3,457
Stanley Carnell Social Credit South Peace River 3,365
Henry A L Fanthorpe New Democratic Party Victoria City (BC) 3,324
David Phillip Reimer New Democratic Party Victoria City (BC) 3,275
Gordon Lee Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 3,180
Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock New Democratic Party Chilliwack 3,125
Ronald Clifton Bray Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 3,088
Ian Hugh Stewart British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 3,049
William Collins Speare Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 3,015
Colin Ashdown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 2,975
Dudley George Little Social Credit Skeena (BC) 2,963
Geoffrey Harris Mitchell New Democratic Party Esquimalt 2,806
Harold G Haggart Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 2,741
Robert Charles Maddocks New Democratic Party Rossland-Trail 2,646
Francis Douglas Stuart New Democratic Party Similkameen 2,636
Arthur L Johnson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 2,588
Leo Thomas Nimsick New Democratic Party Cranbrook 2,563
William Charles Gelling Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 2,528
James Marshall Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 2,488
William Harvey Murray Social Credit Prince Rupert 2,357
Christopher John McKin Thomson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 2,343
George Herbert Barrett British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 2,335
Jacob Francis Huhn Social Credit North Peace River 2,310
Gladys Guy Chong Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,308
Theodore H Cressy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 2,282
Esmond Sibley Gladwin Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 2,263
William Dronsfield Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,260
John Wilberforce Loader Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 2,253
John Fife Spencer British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,252
Francis William McCloskey British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 2,147
Frank F Becker British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,076
Willis Franklin Jefcoat Social Credit Salmon Arm 2,058
Isabella B Pothecary New Democratic Party North Okanagan 2,008
Richard Toynbee New Democratic Party Skeena (BC) 1,975
Sigurd Askevold New Democratic Party Nelson-Creston 1,943
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Omineca 1,936
William Toderas New Democratic Party Prince Rupert 1,918
Harry W Byatt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 1,765
Oscar Murray Dayton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 1,757
Hugh Larratt Henderson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 1,726
William Kenneth Rutherford New Democratic Party Fort George 1,725
Barbara Sydney Bedell New Democratic Party South Okanagan 1,707
William Leonard Hartley New Democratic Party Yale (BC) 1,697
Irvine Finlay Corbett Social Credit Yale (BC) 1,691
Leonard Terrence O'Neill New Democratic Party Salmon Arm 1,645
Robert Owen Jones Social Credit Cranbrook 1,633
Richard Hunter Vogel British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 1,600
John Alfred Vernon Cade Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cariboo (BC) 1,551
Lyn Morrow Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 1,532
William Otis Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cranbrook 1,526
Stanley Doubleday Crowe New Democratic Party Cariboo (BC) 1,482
Duncan McIntyre Fraser Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 1,475
Thomas Stanley Shorthouse Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 1,474
Alan J G McCulloch Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 1,470
Donald Frederick Robinson Social Credit Lillooet 1,425
Alwyn Day Coleman Washington British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 1,423
Maurice Charles Simard British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 1,398
Neil Fergus MacDonald British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,328
G Basil Raikes Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia New Westminster (BC) 1,316
James Roland Chabot Social Credit Columbia 1,305
Evelyn Annie McElroy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 1,303
Lance Randle New Democratic Party Kamloops (BC) 1,297
David Alexander Elrix British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 1,259
Randolph Harding New Democratic Party Kaslo-Slocan 1,242
Henry Cartmell McKay British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,226
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Social Credit Revelstoke 1,176
John Basil Varcoe British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 1,139
Felix Rudolf Kohnke British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,134
Clare Skatfeld New Democratic Party Lillooet 1,116
Robin James Dunsmuir Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 1,099
Burton Peter Campbell Social Credit Kaslo-Slocan 1,093
Alvin Walter John Trott Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia 1,092
Edward John Luckhurst Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 1,071
Margaret Frances Hobbs New Democratic Party Revelstoke 1,071
Ezner De Anna New Democratic Party Fernie 1,037
James Churchill Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 1,005
Henry Greer Castillou British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 977
Thomas Raymond Cullinane British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 961
William Ivor Donald British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 961
Robert Clayton Weir British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 960
Lois Mabel Haggen New Democratic Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 919
George Wilfred Whittaker British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 904
Cyril Craig Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Newcastle 840
Lloyd James Hoole British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 835
John Close New Democratic Party South Peace River 825
Robert Fred Langford New Democratic Party Omineca 779
Milo Joseph McGarry British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 766
Dudley Erwin Sawley Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 739
Daniel Dominic Geronazzo Social Credit Grand Forks-Greenwood 705
Thomas William Meagher Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Lillooet 702
William Arthur McClellan British Columbia Liberal Party South Peace River 700
Maurice J O'Rourke Social Credit Fernie 679
Arthur Parsons Dawe British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 642
Daniel Gilchrist Murray British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 603
John Allan Collett British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 599
John Willison Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 584
Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo and the Islands 582
Henry Maxwell Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 580
Frank Arthur Calder New Democratic Party Atlin 549
Richard M McCallum British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 528
Robert Wayne Harrigan New Democratic Party Oak Bay (BC) 469
Robert Beverly Harris New Democratic Party Columbia 467
Douglas George Pomeroy New Democratic Party North Peace River 414
Robert Keenleyside British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 392
William James Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 385
William James Asselstine Social Credit Atlin 308
Onni Matt Maja British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 301
Philip Pickering Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 271
Ronald J Forkin Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 266
Byron O S Johnson British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 245
William Evans Stewart Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 240
Albert Dunn Independent Vancouver East (BC) 215
Owen Orlando Williams Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Revelstoke 211
Maurice Rush Communist Party of Canada North Vancouver (BC) 190
Ernest Leon Knott Communist Party of Canada Victoria City (BC) 153
Cyril Felix Dopson British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 151
Donald Walter Williams Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kaslo-Slocan 120
John George Jenkins Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) Saanich 75

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