December 11 1975 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1975-12-11
Writ Date 1975-11-03
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 12,924
Invalid Votes 8,856
Total Electors 1,559,633
Turnout Rate 69
Valid Ballots 1,075,077
Valid Votes 1,291,023

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 49 1 1.82% 7.24%
Communist Party of Canada 13 0 0.00% 0.11%
Independent 12 0 0.00% 0.36%
League for Socialist Action 1 0 0.00% 0.00%
New Democratic Party 55 18 32.73% 39.16%
North American Labour Party 4 0 0.00% 0.01%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 29 1 1.82% 3.86%
Revolutionary Marxist Group 3 0 0.00% 0.01%
Social Credit 55 35 63.64% 49.24%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Walter Kenneth Davidson Social Credit Delta 25,892
Robert Howard McClelland Social Credit Langley 23,402
Patrick Lucey McGeer Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 21,192
Garde Basil Gardom Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 20,761
Charles Stephen Rogers Social Credit Vancouver South 18,711
George Herman Kerster Social Credit Coquitlam 18,681
David Barrett New Democratic Party Coquitlam 18,663
William Gerald Strongman Social Credit Vancouver South 18,559
James Arthur Nielsen Social Credit Richmond (BC) 17,932
William Richards Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 17,918
Carl Oswald Liden New Democratic Party Delta 17,469
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder Social Credit Chilliwack 16,528
Howard John Lloyd Social Credit Fort George 16,455
Louis Allan Williams Social Credit West Vancouver-Howe Sound 16,173
Alexander Barrett Macdonald New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 15,918
Grace Mary McCarthy Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 15,627
Robert Arthur Williams New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 15,396
Evan Maurice Wolfe Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 15,313
Robert Samuel Bawlf Social Credit Victoria (BC) 15,143
Charles Frederick Barber New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 14,645
Kenneth Rafe Mair Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 14,639
John Davis Social Credit North Vancouver-Seymour 14,550
William Nick Vander Zalm Social Credit Surrey 14,341
Jack A Radford New Democratic Party Vancouver South 14,260
Michael Franklin Harcourt New Democratic Party Vancouver South 14,213
Alexander Vaughn Fraser Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 14,194
Hugh Austin Curtis Social Credit Saanich and the Islands (BC) 14,185
Gordon William Hanson New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 13,970
Ian Douglas Rendle Social Credit Victoria (BC) 13,374
George Mussallem Social Credit Dewdney 13,024
Gary Vernon Lauk New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 12,846
Rosemary Brown New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,664
Harold Leslie Steves New Democratic Party Richmond (BC) 12,598
Norman Levi New Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,442
Emery Oakland Barnes New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 12,252
Francis Allan Hillier Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,234
David Daniel Stupich New Democratic Party Nanaimo (BC) 12,177
Ronald Stephen Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 12,046
Phyllis Florence Young New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 12,000
Roy Thomas Cummings New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 11,587
George Scott Wallace Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 11,489
Harold Peter Capozzi Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 11,253
Ernest Hall New Democratic Party Surrey 11,214
Graeme C Roberts Social Credit Nanaimo (BC) 11,041
Gerald Hamilton Anderson New Democratic Party Kamloops (BC) 10,975
Hugh Duncan Dendy New Democratic Party South Okanagan 10,851
James J Hewitt Social Credit Boundary-Similkameen 10,784
Karen Elizabeth Sanford New Democratic Party Comox 10,650
Lyle Benjamin James Kahl Social Credit Esquimalt 10,637
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell New Democratic Party Esquimalt 10,516
Ratomir Babic Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 10,431
Eileen Elizabeth Dailly New Democratic Party Burnaby North 10,430
Elwood Neal Veitch Social Credit Burnaby-Willingdon 10,395
John Clifford Oswald Social Credit Burnaby North 10,306
Nick Mandrusiak Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 10,267
Barbara Brookman Wallace New Democratic Party Cowichan-Malahat 10,245
Daniel Edgar Hanuse Social Credit Comox 10,171
Carolyn Mae Pickup New Democratic Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 10,048
Patricia Jane Jordan Social Credit North Okanagan 9,900
Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Democratic Party New Westminster (BC) 9,650
Joseph Edward Chesney New Democratic Party Langley 9,625
Peter Carson Rolston New Democratic Party Dewdney 9,613
Colin Stuart Gabelmann New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Seymour 9,611
Robert Evans Skelly New Democratic Party Alberni 9,599
Allan Alfred Nunweiler New Democratic Party Fort George 9,442
Yvonne Joan Storey New Democratic Party Boundary-Similkameen 9,183
Hilda Louise Thomas New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 9,143
James Gibson Lorimer New Democratic Party Burnaby-Willingdon 9,119
Charles McGregor Ennals Social Credit Cowichan-Malahat 9,066
Donald Frederick Lockstead New Democratic Party Mackenzie (BC) 9,059
Venkatachala Setty Pendakur New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,932
Gordon Fulerton Gibson British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Capilano 8,836
Ronald Clayton Andrews Social Credit North Vancouver-Capilano 8,530
Alexander John Seigo Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 8,473
Raymond L Loewen Social Credit Burnaby-Edmonds 8,332
Sherman Frank Vyas Carson Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 8,274
Charles Ormond Haggard Social Credit Alberni 7,988
George Wayne Haddad Social Credit Kootenay 7,915
Gordon Hudson Dowding New Democratic Party Burnaby-Edmonds 7,889
Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy New Democratic Party Rossland-Trail 7,881
Lorne James Nicolson New Democratic Party Nelson-Creston 7,718
Leonard Bawtree Social Credit Shuswap 7,514
Donald Emerson Lewis New Democratic Party Shuswap 7,328
James Patterson New Democratic Party Kootenay 7,223
Tin Chao Alan Lau Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,214
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Skeena (BC) 6,863
David Alexander Anderson British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 6,677
Ian McBeth Cameron New Democratic Party Chilliwack 6,628
Eric Jacob Paetkau Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 6,577
James Arthur Foord New Democratic Party North Okanagan 6,510
Hartley Douglas Dent New Democratic Party Skeena (BC) 6,145
Grethyll Verda Adams New Democratic Party Cariboo (BC) 6,122
Burton Peter Campbell Social Credit Rossland-Trail 6,055
George Henry Coleman Social Credit Nelson-Creston 5,951
Thomas Manville Waterland Social Credit Yale-Lillooet (BC) 5,738
Jack Joseph Kempf Social Credit Omineca 5,228
Dean Edward Smith Social Credit North Peace River 5,048
Richard John Joseph Durante British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 5,004
William Leonard Hartley New Democratic Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 4,654
Murray Wayne Miller New Democratic Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 4,647
Donald McGray Phillips Social Credit South Peace River 4,540
Donald Norman Carter British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 4,464
Graham Richard Lea New Democratic Party Prince Rupert 4,412
Moyra Anne Roberts British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 4,383
William Stewart King New Democratic Party Revelstoke-Slocan 3,988
Victor Albert Stephens Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 3,946
Roy Barclay Last Social Credit Prince Rupert 3,527
Cordelia Kitty Maracle British Columbia Liberal Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 3,263
Terence Pitt O'Grady British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 3,102
Sam Olynyk Social Credit Revelstoke-Slocan 3,013
Johann Joe Erickson British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,987
Irene Rose Block Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich and the Islands (BC) 2,883
John O'Brien-Bell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 2,857
James Roland Chabot Social Credit Columbia River 2,800
Douglas Tynwald Kelly New Democratic Party Omineca 2,776
Helen Demetra Boyce British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 2,672
David James Williams British Columbia Liberal Party Richmond (BC) 2,665
William Lloyd Burdon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria (BC) 2,558
Thomas Warnett Kennedy Independent Vancouver Centre (BC) 2,545
Michael Ian Copes New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Capilano 2,383
Thomas Francis Barry Ferguson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 2,339
Daniel Gaetano DeGirolamo British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,305
Arthur Edward Bates British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 2,236
Corliss Patricia Miller New Democratic Party South Peace River 2,233
Peter Bruce Stanley Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria (BC) 2,179
Andrew Philip Schuck New Democratic Party North Peace River 2,139
Robert Frederick Kanngiesser British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Seymour 2,113
Gordon Joseph Chambers British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver South 2,100
Tom Finkelstein British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 2,072
Raymond Barrie Vickery New Democratic Party Oak Bay (BC) 2,067
Thelma Dawson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 2,033
Richard Lyle Johannson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver South 1,988
Thomas Smith Hammond British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,949
Kenneth Henry Mallison British Columbia Liberal Party Langley 1,879
Jack Say Yee British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,870
Barry Donald Montgomery Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Boundary-Similkameen 1,778
Alex William Crouch Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 1,712
Frederick Joseph House British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,695
James Martin Clark British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby-Willingdon 1,676
Thomas Osborne British Columbia Liberal Party Coquitlam 1,652
Jevington Blair Tothill British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Malahat 1,595
Norman Sidney Chamberlist British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,591
James Bruce Siemens British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 1,518
Malcolm Caldwell Wright Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,513
Florence Ann Simatos British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,387
Norman L McLaren British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 1,381
Beverley E Joyce Ballantyne British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 1,369
Orlando Pecora New Democratic Party Columbia River 1,365
Richard Neill MacLeod Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 1,340
Moshe Shillow British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby North 1,308
Allan Arthur Schroeder Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 1,278
Alan Graham Anderton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 1,273
Donald Alvin Ross British Columbia Liberal Party Surrey 1,257
John Willison Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 1,249
Forrest Felix Walkem Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale-Lillooet (BC) 1,234
Marion McIlwraith McRae British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 1,108
Edgar Rudolph Rhomberg British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 1,079
Theodore Bolton Burgoyne Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 1,032
Cecile Marie T. McKinnon British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 1,018
Basil Edward Studer British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 1,003
Francis Bernard Jameson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia West Vancouver-Howe Sound 998
Robert Stanley Tanner British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby-Edmonds 997
Frank Arthur Calder Social Credit Atlin 984
Leonard J Stephenson British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 977
Brian Kenneth Calder Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver-Seymour 926
Karl Franke British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 923
Cyril Cecil Kane Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Shuswap 880
Marjorie Ennis Moore Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo (BC) 869
Clare Walker Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver South 854
Peter Guy Westlake Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver South 833
Delbert Errol Black Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby North 816
Madeline Emma Noble Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Richmond (BC) 715
William Allan Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Little Mountain 697
William Harold Matthews British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo (BC) 636
Eric Henry Burgotne Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Little Mountain 599
Armand Leo Foisy British Columbia Liberal Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 599
James Elder British Columbia Liberal Party Boundary-Similkameen 580
Paul John Mitchell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby-Edmonds 568
Andrew Basil Bigg Independent Cowichan-Malahat 559
Thomas George Milne British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 519
Joseph Hadley Conroy British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia River 507
Gordon Steidl New Democratic Party Atlin 497
Ronald N Gowe British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 484
James Bailey Henderson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Peace River 452
Charles Michael Emes British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 428
Ronald Harvey Holoday British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke-Slocan 428
Sarah Elizabeth Jameson British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 359
William Alfred Scott Independent Victoria (BC) 349
Peter John Curran British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 292
Stewart W L Kelly Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 271
Desmond Martin British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 251
Victor Charles George Jolliffe Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 235
Nigel Morgan Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 214
David John Bader Independent Vancouver Centre (BC) 191
Douglas Wilbur Maddin Independent Dewdney 188
Bruce Stevens Communist Party of Canada Vancouver South 169
Michael Christopher Gidora Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 164
Richard Owen Kavanagh Independent Victoria (BC) 148
Samuel G Vint Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 144
Nicholas Podovinnikoff Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 140
John Strong Craggs Independent Esquimalt 132
Michael Anthony Darnell Communist Party of Canada Delta 105
Bernd Fritz Stoelzle Independent Coquitlam 99
Gerard Henry Does Independent Vancouver-Point Grey 98
Raymond Holmgren Communist Party of Canada Nanaimo (BC) 90
Otto Lester McDonald Communist Party of Canada Alberni 84
Sean Kevin Griffin Communist Party of Canada Burnaby North 76
Larry William Johnson Independent Coquitlam 73
Francois Bierre North American Labour Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 70
Frederick Joseph Bianco Communist Party of Canada Surrey 67
Samuel Vint Communist Party of Canada Vancouver South 67
Christine Beynon Communist Party of Canada Coquitlam 61
Roderick Doran Communist Party of Canada New Westminster (BC) 60
Frederick Charles Sim Independent Richmond (BC) 44
Calvin Alphonso Segur North American Labour Party Vancouver East (BC) 42
Stephen Richard Penner Revolutionary Marxist Group Vancouver East (BC) 41
Joseph Allan Kellner League for Socialist Action West Vancouver-Howe Sound 34
Gary Eric Cristall Revolutionary Marxist Group Vancouver East (BC) 31
Sara Diamond Revolutionary Marxist Group Burnaby North 22
Alan Levinson North American Labour Party Coquitlam 17
André Doucet North American Labour Party Burnaby North 12

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