August 30 1972 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1972-08-30
Writ Date 1972-07-24
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Province British Columbia
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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 11,509
Invalid Votes 8,135
Total Electors 1,343,357
Turnout Rate 68
Valid Ballots 917,918
Valid Votes 1,132,172

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 53 5 9.09% 16.40%
Communist Party of Canada 5 0 0.00% 0.08%
Independent 9 0 0.00% 0.10%
New Democratic Party 55 38 69.09% 39.59%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 49 2 3.64% 12.67%
Social Credit 55 10 18.18% 31.16%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
David Barrett New Democratic Party Coquitlam 19,374 ✅
Alexander Barrett Macdonald New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 16,946 ✅
Robert Arthur Williams New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 16,647 ✅
Carl Oswald Liden New Democratic Party Delta 15,040 ✅
Patrick Lucey McGeer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 14,599 ✅
Jack A Radford New Democratic Party Vancouver South 14,010 ✅
Daisy Webster New Democratic Party Vancouver South 13,821 ✅
Garde Basil Gardom British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 13,673 ✅
Harold Leslie Steves New Democratic Party Richmond (BC) 12,845 ✅
Ernest Hall New Democratic Party Surrey 12,574 ✅
Karen Elizabeth Sanford New Democratic Party Comox 12,540 ✅
Norman Levi New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,295 ✅
Robert Lloyd Wenman Social Credit Delta 12,260 ❌
Rosemary Brown New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,162 ✅
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 12,122 ✅
Emery Oakland Barnes New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 12,120 ✅
Phyllis Florence Young New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 11,822 ✅
Roy Thomas Cummings New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 11,761 ✅
Gary Vernon Lauk New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 11,749 ✅
Agnes Kripps Social Credit Vancouver South 11,263 ❌
Eileen Elizabeth Dailly New Democratic Party Burnaby North 11,224 ✅
Leslie Raymond Peterson Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 11,219 ❌
Ralph Raymond Loffmark Social Credit Vancouver South 11,215 ❌
Grace Mary McCarthy Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 11,109 ❌
Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison Social Credit Victoria (BC) 10,840 ✅
David Alexander Anderson British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 10,750 ✅
Robert Martin Strachan New Democratic Party Cowichan-Malahat 10,672 ✅
David Daniel Stupich New Democratic Party Nanaimo (BC) 10,478 ✅
Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Democratic Party New Westminster (BC) 10,357 ✅
George Scott Wallace Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 10,319 ✅
Robert Howard McClelland Social Credit Langley 10,243 ✅
Waldo McTavish Skillings Social Credit Victoria (BC) 10,227 ❌
Harold Peter Capozzi Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 10,037 ❌
Evan Maurice Wolfe Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 9,908 ❌
James Gibson Lorimer New Democratic Party Burnaby-Willingdon 9,643 ✅
Robert Evans Skelly New Democratic Party Alberni 9,439 ✅
Peter Carson Rolston New Democratic Party Dewdney 9,228 ✅
Charles Gordon Powell New Democratic Party Langley 9,033 ❌
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder Social Credit Chilliwack 8,712 ✅
Allan Alfred Nunweiler New Democratic Party Fort George 8,435 ✅
Hugh Austin Curtis Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich and the Islands (BC) 8,427 ✅
George John Puil Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 8,326 ❌
Donald Frederick Lockstead New Democratic Party Mackenzie (BC) 8,293 ✅
Ray Gillis Williston Social Credit Fort George 8,194 ❌
Gordon Hudson Dowding New Democratic Party Burnaby-Edmonds 8,146 ✅
Francis Xavier Richter Social Credit Boundary-Similkameen 8,092 ✅
Edward Charles Sweeney Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 8,006 ❌
Edith Rose Sophia Gunning Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria (BC) 7,843 ❌
Colin Stuart Gabelmann New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Seymour 7,609 ✅
Louis Allan Williams British Columbia Liberal Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 7,597 ✅
George Mussallem Social Credit Dewdney 7,548 ❌
Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy New Democratic Party Rossland-Trail 7,542 ✅
Gerald Hamilton Anderson New Democratic Party Kamloops (BC) 7,497 ✅
A G David Brown Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 7,473 ❌
Carron Baker Jameson British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 7,436 ❌
John Edward Mayon Robinson Social Credit Coquitlam 7,360 ❌
Ernest A LeCours Social Credit Richmond (BC) 7,221 ❌
George Wainborn Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,183 ❌
Biren K Jha Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 7,117 ❌
Peter Stewart Hyndman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia West Vancouver-Howe Sound 7,076 ❌
Bert Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,994 ❌
Kathleen Ruff New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 6,981 ❌
John David Hobson New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 6,887 ❌
David Maurice Brousson British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Capilano 6,851 ✅
Neville Langrell Barlee New Democratic Party Boundary-Similkameen 6,850 ❌
Philip Arthur Gaglardi Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 6,812 ❌
Alexander Vaughn Fraser Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 6,780 ✅
Marcia Ann Boyd Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 6,660 ❌
James Henry Gorst New Democratic Party Esquimalt 6,568 ✅
Helen Demetra Boyce British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver South 6,501 ❌
Frank James Ney Social Credit Nanaimo (BC) 6,409 ❌
Daniel Robert John Campbell Social Credit Comox 6,376 ❌
Lorne James Nicolson New Democratic Party Nelson-Creston 6,282 ✅
Frederick Newton A. Rowell British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver South 6,247 ❌
Albert Clyde Savage Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria (BC) 6,218 ❌
William Leonard Hartley New Democratic Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 6,157 ✅
Derril Thomas Warren Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver-Seymour 6,124 ❌
Leo Thomas Nimsick New Democratic Party Kootenay 6,065 ✅
Frank Snowsell New Democratic Party South Okanagan 6,060 ❌
T Foster Isherwood Social Credit Saanich and the Islands (BC) 5,894 ❌
James B Wallace Social Credit Surrey 5,877 ❌
Marianne Linnell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 5,696 ❌
William George Mercer British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 5,691 ❌
Eric Sherwood New Democratic Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 5,536 ❌
Donald Emerson Lewis New Democratic Party Shuswap 5,459 ✅
Hartley Douglas Dent New Democratic Party Skeena (BC) 5,442 ✅
Ronald Hjalmar Anderson New Democratic Party Cariboo (BC) 5,435 ❌
Patricia Jane Jordan Social Credit North Okanagan 5,323 ✅
Herbert Joseph Bruch Social Credit Esquimalt 5,320 ❌
Hilda Louise Thomas New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 5,312 ❌
John Earl Edmondson Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 5,306 ❌
David Maurice Mercier Social Credit Burnaby-Willingdon 5,292 ❌
Paul Sabatino New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 5,260 ❌
Ian Bruce Kelsey Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 5,103 ❌
Barrie Aird Clarke British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Seymour 5,100 ❌
Leonard Joseph Corcoran Social Credit West Vancouver-Howe Sound 5,098 ❌
Howard Arthur John Paish British Columbia Liberal Party Coquitlam 5,053 ❌
Thomas Johnstone Social Credit Alberni 4,985 ❌
Charles McKinnon Campbell British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 4,945 ❌
Kelly Margaret Weger New Democratic Party Chilliwack 4,942 ❌
Donald Leslie Brothers Social Credit Rossland-Trail 4,936 ❌
Robert Berger British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 4,872 ❌
Thomas Alexander Kennedy British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,869 ❌
Isabel Pearl Dawson Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 4,802 ❌
James Peter Randall Mason Social Credit Burnaby North 4,764 ❌
Howard Richmond McDiarmid Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 4,752 ❌
Henry Greer Castillou British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,751 ❌
Kathleen Grouhel Social Credit Cowichan-Malahat 4,555 ❌
Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit Nelson-Creston 4,399 ❌
James Matthew Poyner Social Credit North Vancouver-Seymour 4,300 ❌
Willis Franklin Jefcoat Social Credit Shuswap 4,251 ❌
David John Reeves Social Credit Kootenay 4,169 ❌
Allan Bryan Holder Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 4,134 ❌
William Nick Vander Zalm British Columbia Liberal Party Surrey 3,995 ❌
Roger MacPhail Tait British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 3,917 ❌
John Robert Chalk Social Credit Burnaby-Edmonds 3,891 ❌
Henry Donovan Joy British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 3,884 ❌
Richard John Joseph Durante British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 3,874 ❌
Jerry Winters New Democratic Party North Okanagan 3,859 ❌
David Baird Penfield Gibson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 3,854 ❌
Johann Joe Erickson British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 3,782 ❌
John Galt Wilson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 3,754 ❌
William Stewart King New Democratic Party Revelstoke-Slocan 3,748 ✅
Lorne L Donnelly British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 3,730 ❌
John Frederick Weber Social Credit Skeena (BC) 3,605 ❌
John Sedgwick Williams Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 3,601 ❌
Brian Kenneth Calder Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 3,597 ❌
Malcolm B Anderson British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 3,581 ❌
William Wright Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Richmond (BC) 3,573 ❌
William Lee Wallace Social Credit North Vancouver-Capilano 3,530 ❌
Jacob Brouwer Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver-Capilano 3,526 ❌
Leslie McDonald New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Capilano 3,421 ❌
Donald Henry Jamieson British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby-Willingdon 3,335 ❌
Melville Bertram Couvelier British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 3,253 ❌
John Archibald Willoughby Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 3,243 ❌
Graham Richard Lea New Democratic Party Prince Rupert 3,152 ✅
Allen Cowan British Columbia Liberal Party Richmond (BC) 3,084 ❌
Dean Edward Smith Social Credit North Peace River 3,004 ✅
Donald McGray Phillips Social Credit South Peace River 2,972 ✅
Kenneth Leyden Christensen British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,960 ❌
Carl L Miller British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 2,953 ❌
Donald Albert Marshall Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Peace River 2,951 ❌
John Bann Social Credit Yale-Lillooet (BC) 2,933 ❌
Walter J Boytinck Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver South 2,744 ❌
William Harvey Murray Social Credit Prince Rupert 2,715 ❌
Mildred MacKinnon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver South 2,684 ❌
Pamela Glass Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 2,651 ❌
Raymond Alden Copes New Democratic Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 2,619 ❌
Douglas Tynwald Kelly New Democratic Party Omineca 2,600 ✅
Burton Peter Campbell Social Credit Revelstoke-Slocan 2,580 ❌
Douglas Grant Burton Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Langley 2,525 ❌
Donald McIntrye Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,453 ❌
Robert Brian Coath British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby North 2,418 ❌
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Omineca 2,418 ❌
Reginald David Grandison Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Little Mountain 2,358 ❌
Paul John Mitchell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,299 ❌
William Allan Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Little Mountain 2,295 ❌
Wayne Albert Ramsey Cathers British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 2,272 ❌
Hugh Graham Ladner Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby-Edmonds 2,251 ❌
James Crosland Doak Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 2,188 ❌
Roy James Brown British Columbia Liberal Party Langley 2,146 ❌
James William Quaife Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Malahat 2,101 ❌
Brian George Usher Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 2,080 ❌
Faith Helen Elly Trent Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Coquitlam 2,035 ❌
Patrick Melvin Thompson British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 1,903 ❌
John Ross Flint British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby-Edmonds 1,889 ❌
Graeme C Roberts Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo (BC) 1,880 ❌
Harry Edwards Caldwell British Columbia Liberal Party Kootenay 1,872 ❌
Ruth Schiller British Columbia Liberal Party Boundary-Similkameen 1,855 ❌
Lawrence Albert Gladue British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,837 ❌
James Roland Chabot Social Credit Columbia River 1,814 ✅
Michael Hamilton Blaney British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 1,767 ❌
Edward Arthur Watson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 1,717 ❌
Dennis Warren Nelson New Democratic Party North Peace River 1,699 ❌
Ronald Powell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kootenay 1,615 ❌
Thomas Hutchison New Democratic Party Columbia River 1,573 ❌
Derril Laverne Leahy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Peace River 1,560 ❌
Donald James Ewart Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Boundary-Similkameen 1,550 ❌
Colin Thomas Maddocks British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 1,541 ❌
Susan Nesbitt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby North 1,533 ❌
Violet Pearce Howard British Columbia Liberal Party Shuswap 1,460 ❌
Ian Charles MacDonald British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,441 ❌
Gordon John Neuls New Democratic Party Oak Bay (BC) 1,423 ❌
Odd Inge Eidsvik British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,416 ❌
William Earl Reid Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Surrey 1,415 ❌
Calvin Bruce Davis Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby-Willingdon 1,365 ❌
Ernest Keigo Murakami Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale-Lillooet (BC) 1,224 ❌
Theodore John Worthington British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 1,214 ❌
Lawrence Foort Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 1,166 ❌
John K Sloan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 1,122 ❌
Richard William Sargent Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 1,040 ❌
Charles Irving Beck Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 1,018 ❌
John R Watkins New Democratic Party South Peace River 953 ❌
Govert Johannes De Jong Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Shuswap 920 ❌
Lloyd Schoop British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo (BC) 916 ❌
Edna Delthene Souther Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 883 ❌
Daniel R Clemmens British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Malahat 842 ❌
Ronald L Racette British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 710 ❌
Frank Arthur Calder New Democratic Party Atlin 675 ✅
George Edmund MacNeill British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 648 ❌
Darrell Frederick Cursons British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 517 ❌
Gary Eric Mason British Columbia Liberal Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 424 ❌
Michael Joseph Walsh Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia River 423 ❌
Basil Edward Studer British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 420 ❌
Bernard Charles Lavallee British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke-Slocan 384 ❌
Robert Graham Porter Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Prince Rupert 287 ❌
William John Herdy British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 265 ❌
David John Bader Independent Vancouver-Little Mountain 253 ❌
Nigel Morgan Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 250 ❌
John Norman Anderson Social Credit Atlin 245 ❌
Peter John Curran Independent Atlin 242 ❌
Nelson Edward Allen Independent Nanaimo (BC) 238 ❌
Barry F Dean Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 237 ❌
Stanley Lim British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia River 190 ❌
Margaret Rose Illman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Revelstoke-Slocan 158 ❌
Homer John Stevens Communist Party of Canada Vancouver-Little Mountain 158 ❌
Francis James McIntyre British Columbia Liberal Party South Peace River 156 ❌
James William Beynon Communist Party of Canada Vancouver-Little Mountain 122 ❌
Micheal Dean Independent Chilliwack 107 ❌
Gordon James Turner Independent Vancouver-Little Mountain 101 ❌
Frederick Joseph Bianco Communist Party of Canada Surrey 95 ❌
Lionel Wayne Sears Independent Skeena (BC) 76 ❌
Kenneth Leslie Craig Hasanen Independent Cowichan-Malahat 70 ❌
Glen Leslie Clayton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Atlin 65 ❌
John Crawford McKenzie Independent Saanich and the Islands (BC) 49 ❌
Terrence Andrew Shaw Independent Kamloops (BC) 48 ❌

Districts

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

Robert Evans Skelly · New Democratic Party

9,439 votes
Atlin
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Frank Arthur Calder · New Democratic Party

675 votes
Boundary-Similkameen
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1966–2024)

Francis Xavier Richter · Social Credit

8,092 votes
Burnaby North
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 16 elections (1966–2024)

Eileen Elizabeth Dailly · New Democratic Party

11,224 votes
Burnaby-Edmonds
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 15 elections (1966–2020)

Gordon Hudson Dowding · New Democratic Party

8,146 votes
Burnaby-Willingdon
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 11 elections (1966–2005)

James Gibson Lorimer · New Democratic Party

9,643 votes
Cariboo (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–1986)

Alexander Vaughn Fraser · Social Credit

6,780 votes
Chilliwack
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 31 elections (1903–2020)

Harvey Wilfred Schroeder · Social Credit

8,712 votes
Columbia River
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

James Roland Chabot · Social Credit

1,814 votes
Comox
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–1986)

Karen Elizabeth Sanford · New Democratic Party

12,540 votes
Coquitlam
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 4 elections (1966–1975)

David Barrett · New Democratic Party

19,374 votes
Cowichan-Malahat
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

Robert Martin Strachan · New Democratic Party

10,672 votes
Delta
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Carl Oswald Liden · New Democratic Party

15,040 votes
Dewdney
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1903–1986)

Peter Carson Rolston · New Democratic Party

9,228 votes
Esquimalt
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 31 elections (1871–1975)

James Henry Gorst · New Democratic Party

6,568 votes
Fort George
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1916–1975)

Allan Alfred Nunweiler · New Democratic Party

8,435 votes
Kamloops (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 29 elections (1903–2005)

Gerald Hamilton Anderson · New Democratic Party

7,497 votes
Kootenay
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 14 elections (1871–1996)

Leo Thomas Nimsick · New Democratic Party

6,065 votes
Langley
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 15 elections (1966–2020)

Robert Howard McClelland · Social Credit

10,243 votes
Mackenzie (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 19 elections (1924–1986)

Donald Frederick Lockstead · New Democratic Party

8,293 votes
Nanaimo (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1871–2020)

David Daniel Stupich · New Democratic Party

10,478 votes
Nelson-Creston
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 25 elections (1933–2020)

Lorne James Nicolson · New Democratic Party

6,282 votes
New Westminster (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 34 elections (1871–2020)

Dennis Geoffrey Cocke · New Democratic Party

10,357 votes
North Okanagan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 19 elections (1916–1986)

Patricia Jane Jordan · Social Credit

5,323 votes
North Peace River
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1986)

Dean Edward Smith · Social Credit

3,004 votes
North Vancouver-Capilano
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

David Maurice Brousson · British Columbia Liberal Party

6,851 votes
North Vancouver-Seymour
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 16 elections (1966–2024)

Colin Stuart Gabelmann · New Democratic Party

7,609 votes
Oak Bay (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1941–1975)

George Scott Wallace · Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia

10,319 votes
Omineca
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1916–1986)

Douglas Tynwald Kelly · New Democratic Party

2,600 votes
Prince Rupert
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1916–1986)

Graham Richard Lea · New Democratic Party

3,152 votes
Revelstoke-Slocan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 4 elections (1966–1975)

William Stewart King · New Democratic Party

3,748 votes
Richmond (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 13 elections (1903–1986)

Harold Leslie Steves · New Democratic Party

12,845 votes
Rossland-Trail
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 21 elections (1924–1996)

Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy · New Democratic Party

7,542 votes
Saanich and the Islands (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

Hugh Austin Curtis · Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia

8,427 votes
Skeena (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 32 elections (1903–2024)

Hartley Douglas Dent · New Democratic Party

5,442 votes
South Okanagan
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 20 elections (1916–1986)

William Andrew Cecil Bennett · Social Credit

12,122 votes
South Peace River
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1986)

Donald McGray Phillips · Social Credit

2,972 votes
Surrey
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 6 elections (1966–1983)

Ernest Hall · New Democratic Party

12,574 votes
Vancouver Centre (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1933–1986)

Gary Vernon Lauk · New Democratic Party

11,749 votes
Vancouver East (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 17 elections (1933–1986)

Robert Arthur Williams · New Democratic Party

16,647 votes
Vancouver South
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

Daisy Webster · New Democratic Party

13,821 votes
Vancouver-Burrard (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 18 elections (1933–2005)

Norman Levi · New Democratic Party

12,295 votes
Vancouver-Little Mountain
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 10 elections (1966–2024)

Phyllis Florence Young · New Democratic Party

11,822 votes
Vancouver-Point Grey
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 26 elections (1933–2024)

Patrick Lucey McGeer · British Columbia Liberal Party

14,599 votes
Victoria (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 13 elections (1871–1986)

Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison · Social Credit

10,840 votes
West Vancouver-Howe Sound
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 7 elections (1966–1986)

Louis Allan Williams · British Columbia Liberal Party

7,597 votes
Yale-Lillooet (BC)
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 11 elections (1966–2005)

William Leonard Hartley · New Democratic Party

6,157 votes
Shuswap
British Columbia (BC) Provincial 12 elections (1966–2020)

Donald Emerson Lewis · New Democratic Party

5,459 votes

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