May 05 1983 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1983-05-05
Writ Date 1983-04-07
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 17,126
Invalid Votes 11,598
Total Electors 1,768,063
Turnout Rate 77
Valid Ballots 1,355,892
Valid Votes 1,648,833

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 Green Party 4 0 0.00% 0.19%
British Columbia Liberal Party 51 0 0.00% 2.68%
Communist Party of Canada 4 0 0.00% 0.05%
Independent 19 0 0.00% 0.33%
New Democratic Party 57 22 38.60% 44.96%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 12 0 0.00% 1.16%
Social Credit 57 35 61.40% 49.78%
Western Canada Concept 18 0 0.00% 0.82%
Western National Party 2 0 0.00% 0.03%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Rita Margaret Johnston Social Credit Surrey 38,081
William Earl Reid Social Credit Surrey 37,370
Ernest Hall New Democratic Party Surrey 34,082
Carol Langford New Democratic Party Surrey 32,748
William Richards Bennett Social Credit Okanagan South 27,647
James Arthur Nielsen Social Credit Richmond (BC) 26,261
Gordon William Hanson New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 23,877
Robin Kyle Blencoe New Democratic Party Victoria (BC) 23,787
Patrick Lucey McGeer Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 22,970
Garde Basil Gardom Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 22,550
Russell Gordon Fraser Social Credit Vancouver South 22,206
Charles Stephen Rogers Social Credit Vancouver South 22,171
David Barrett New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 22,117
Walter Kenneth Davidson Social Credit Delta 21,496
Claude Harry Richmond Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 21,114
Alexander Barrett Macdonald New Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 21,112
Grace Mary McCarthy Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 20,578
Douglas Lyle Mowat Social Credit Vancouver-Little Mountain 20,400
Hugh Austin Curtis Social Credit Saanich and the Islands (BC) 19,219
Emery Oakland Barnes New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 18,960
Jean Swanson New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 18,943
James J Hewitt Social Credit Boundary-Similkameen 18,869
Gerry Scott New Democratic Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 18,822
Gary Vernon Lauk New Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 18,743
Harold Leslie Steves New Democratic Party Richmond (BC) 18,575
David Daniel Stupich New Democratic Party Nanaimo (BC) 17,436
John Mika New Democratic Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 17,347
Joyce Ellen Whitman New Democratic Party Vancouver South 17,306
Robert Howard McClelland Social Credit Langley 17,227
John Douglas Reynolds Social Credit West Vancouver-Howe Sound 17,218
Maureen Patricia Marchak New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 16,612
Alexander Vaughn Fraser Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 16,446
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell New Democratic Party Esquimalt-Port Renfrew 16,304
Angus Creelman Ree Social Credit North Vancouver-Capilano 16,280
William Samuel Ritchie Social Credit Central Fraser Valley 16,032
Joe Easingwood Social Credit Victoria (BC) 15,971
Hilda Louise Thomas New Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 15,849
Forbes Charles Austin Pelton Social Credit Dewdney 15,820
John McGrath Townson Social Credit Victoria (BC) 15,352
Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh New Democratic Party Vancouver South 15,291
Sophie Weremchuk New Democratic Party Dewdney 15,269
John Davis Social Credit North Vancouver-Seymour 15,268
Mark Willson Rose New Democratic Party Coquitlam-Moody 14,717
David Phillip Reiter New Democratic Party Kamloops (BC) 14,627
Yvonne Joan Storey New Democratic Party Boundary-Similkameen 14,468
Clifford C Michael Social Credit Shuswap-Revelstoke 14,102
Brian Ray Douglas Smith Social Credit Oak Bay-Gordon Head 14,008
Karen Elizabeth Sanford New Democratic Party Comox 13,719
Donald James Campbell Social Credit Okanagan North 13,647
Graham J.R. Alce Social Credit Nanaimo (BC) 13,490
George Herbert Parke Smith Social Credit Comox 13,422
Karl H Moser New Democratic Party Delta 13,300
Eileen Elizabeth Dailly New Democratic Party Burnaby North 13,013
Brian Christopher Taylor New Democratic Party Okanagan South 12,859
Kim Campbell Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 12,740
Douglas William Geoffrey Whitehead Social Credit Coquitlam-Moody 12,680
Donald Neil Brown Social Credit Burnaby North 12,505
Philip W Owen Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 12,415
William Stewart King New Democratic Party Shuswap-Revelstoke 12,340
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder Social Credit Chilliwack 12,255
William James McMartin Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 12,025
John Michael Parks Social Credit Maillardville-Coquitlam 11,870
Norman Levi New Democratic Party Maillardville-Coquitlam 11,831
George Ralph Smith Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 11,741
Elwood Neal Veitch Social Credit Burnaby-Willingdon 11,665
Bruce Strachan Social Credit Prince George South 11,662
Barbara Brookman Wallace New Democratic Party Cowichan-Malahat 11,655
Colin Stuart Gabelmann New Democratic Party North Island 11,572
Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Democratic Party New Westminster (BC) 11,455
Donald Frederick Lockstead New Democratic Party Mackenzie (BC) 11,070
James Gibson Lorimer New Democratic Party Burnaby-Willingdon 10,886
Michael Garry Watkins New Democratic Party Langley 10,739
Rosemary Brown New Democratic Party Burnaby-Edmonds 10,677
Lorne James Nicolson New Democratic Party Nelson-Creston 10,511
Lyle Dean MacWilliam New Democratic Party Okanagan North 10,380
Brian Lightburn Social Credit Esquimalt-Port Renfrew 10,185
Graham Preston Bruce Social Credit Cowichan-Malahat 10,143
Robert Gary Begin Social Credit Burnaby-Edmonds 10,092
Frank Howard New Democratic Party Skeena (BC) 9,682
Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy New Democratic Party Rossland-Trail 9,661
Muriel Agnes Overgaard New Democratic Party Oak Bay-Gordon Head 9,580
David Donald Schreck New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Seymour 9,367
Thomas Manville Waterland Social Credit Yale-Lillooet (BC) 9,178
Steven Edward Hilbert New Democratic Party Cariboo (BC) 8,990
Joanne B Monaghan Social Credit Skeena (BC) 8,962
Terry Patrick Segarty Social Credit Kootenay 8,819
Robert Evans Skelly New Democratic Party Alberni 8,656
John Herbert Heinrich Social Credit Prince George North 8,616
Anthony Julius Brummet Social Credit North Peace River 8,528
Olga Kempo New Democratic Party North Vancouver-Capilano 8,507
Howard Leroy Dirks Social Credit Nelson-Creston 8,485
Harry Edwin Mathias New Democratic Party Kootenay 8,245
Barry David Butler Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 8,224
Gerry Furney Social Credit North Island 8,199
Tom Bulmer New Democratic Party Prince George South 7,983
Scott Orman Fast New Democratic Party Chilliwack 7,955
Jim Ernest Price Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 7,953
Andrew Philip Schuck New Democratic Party Prince George North 7,171
Claus Frank Spiekerman New Democratic Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 6,766
Jack Joseph Kempf Social Credit Omineca 6,722
Harry Wilfred Fontaine New Democratic Party Central Fraser Valley 6,628
Walter A Siemens Social Credit Rossland-Trail 6,581
Donald Russell Olds New Democratic Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 6,574
Donald McGray Phillips Social Credit South Peace River 6,540
James Roland Chabot Social Credit Columbia River 6,385
Graham Richard Lea New Democratic Party Prince Rupert 5,890
Alice Chiko Social Credit Alberni 5,496
Don Duff New Democratic Party Columbia River 5,232
Bruce Thomas Kanary New Democratic Party Omineca 4,164
Harry Bernard Cobin Hammer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver South 3,843
Roy Arne Clarence Webber Social Credit Prince Rupert 3,718
James Alexander McNeil Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Central Fraser Valley 3,399
Patrick Michiel New Democratic Party South Peace River 3,368
Frank Nelson Wright Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Surrey 2,531
Elmer George Kabush New Democratic Party North Peace River 2,349
Shirley McLoughlin British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 2,084
Allan Edward Warnke British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 2,048
Morton Alexander Graham British Columbia Liberal Party West Vancouver-Howe Sound 1,941
Neil Stewart Thompson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia West Vancouver-Howe Sound 1,824
Sam Miksym Nazaruk Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Richmond (BC) 1,751
Irvin Kimball Burbank Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay-Gordon Head 1,678
Leopold Auer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 1,675
Judith E Higginbotham British Columbia Liberal Party Surrey 1,673
Donald Peter McKinnon British Columbia Liberal Party Surrey 1,651
William Pike Hopes British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 1,600
Alan Lawrence Passarell New Democratic Party Atlin 1,587
Lorne Neil MacLean Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 1,573
John Willison Green Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich and the Islands (BC) 1,560
Adriane Janice Carr British Columbia Green Party Vancouver-Point Grey 1,549
L Jean Driscoll-Bell British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Capilano 1,424
Frank Arthur F.J. Jones British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Little Mountain 1,381
Lorne Dupuis Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Prince George South 1,327
William John McElroy British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 1,271
Robert Edmund Allen Ball Social Credit Atlin 1,208
Bruce W Robinson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,188
David J Bannister Western Canada Concept Surrey 1,181
Victor Evan Lindal British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria (BC) 1,158
Kerry Gordon Greenwood Western Canada Concept Esquimalt-Port Renfrew 1,151
David Peter Hoyt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 1,117
Allan Wayne Griffiths Western Canada Concept Comox 1,104
John Lloyd Cowan Western Canada Concept Nanaimo (BC) 1,090
Angela E Thiele British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,087
Kenneth Leslie Craig Hasanen British Columbia Liberal Party Boundary-Similkameen 1,086
Alice Mary Umpherson Western Canada Concept Victoria (BC) 1,048
George Ian Shaw British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 1,032
Douglas Hewson Christie Western Canada Concept Saanich and the Islands (BC) 1,028
William Watson Stewart British Columbia Liberal Party Coquitlam-Moody 1,010
Clyde William Nunn Western Canada Concept Omineca 1,006
David Brian Kendall Independent Kamloops (BC) 972
Clarence Ernest Hjalmarson Western Canada Concept Chilliwack 953
Russel Timothy Emes British Columbia Liberal Party Richmond (BC) 897
Kevin Baden Bruce Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 880
Roy Diar Elderkin Western Canada Concept North Island 865
Robert N McKee British Columbia Liberal Party Okanagan South 848
Thomas Matthew Tyson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 847
Mary Jane Lewis British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich and the Islands (BC) 780
Richard Harvey Davidson British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby North 747
James Grant Carr British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 745
Gordon Stuart McNish British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver-Seymour 719
David Timothy Chapin British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby-Willingdon 708
Maury Banks British Columbia Liberal Party Okanagan North 706
Victor Albert Stephens Independent Comox 705
Jack Boulogne British Columbia Green Party Surrey 692
James Henry Bloy Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby North 644
Basil Edward Studer British Columbia Liberal Party Shuswap-Revelstoke 642
Matthew Julian British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay-Gordon Head 635
Alan Joseph Timberlake British Columbia Green Party Nanaimo (BC) 625
Russell Charles A. Orser British Columbia Liberal Party Maillardville-Coquitlam 617
James Ivan Turnbull Western Canada Concept Cowichan-Malahat 609
John Ian Paterson British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 590
William Charles Stanley British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt-Port Renfrew 580
Marilyn Bouwman British Columbia Liberal Party Langley 569
Wally Altwasser Independent Dewdney 566
Sheelagh J.F. Matthews British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo (BC) 554
Quintin Robert McAdam Robertson British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 549
Jake Martens Western Canada Concept Langley 519
Tom Pappajohn Western Canada Concept Oak Bay-Gordon Head 515
Thomas John Finnie British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 502
Hartwig B Warnke British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 500
Ken Buhay British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 464
Antoine Masson British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 456
Edward Alexander White Western Canada Concept North Vancouver-Seymour 453
Michael Terence Coggan Western Canada Concept Delta 450
Art Robatzek Western Canada Concept Okanagan North 441
Saul Joseph Terry British Columbia Liberal Party Yale-Lillooet (BC) 412
Robert L Moore British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 410
Balther Johannes Jensen Independent Victoria (BC) 406
Harold Alexander Paley Western Canada Concept Cariboo (BC) 405
Jacob Victor Suderman British Columbia Liberal Party Central Fraser Valley 399
Sergio C Cocchia British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 394
Judy C Stevens British Columbia Liberal Party Prince George North 392
Svend Serup Western Canada Concept Prince George South 376
Kory Palmer British Columbia Liberal Party Kootenay 347
Irwin Wield Steele British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Malahat 345
Peter C.L. Griffiths Independent Okanagan South 338
John Ross Anderson British Columbia Liberal Party North Island 330
Bert Ogden Communist Party of Canada Vancouver East (BC) 316
Cuthbert Alexander Fleming Independent West Vancouver-Howe Sound 316
Lionel Wayne Sears Independent Skeena (BC) 297
Michael Thomas Gaughan Western Canada Concept Alberni 291
Hans Joachim Lehnert Western National Party Burnaby-Edmonds 291
Christopher Keith Sumner Independent Kamloops (BC) 259
William George Litwin British Columbia Liberal Party South Peace River 257
Maurice Rush Communist Party of Canada Vancouver Centre (BC) 244
David Michael Shebib Independent Victoria (BC) 242
David Charles Parkinson British Columbia Liberal Party North Peace River 240
Howard Peter Yearwood Independent Nanaimo (BC) 228
Michael Gordon Hendren British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia River 220
Jeremie Louis Le Bourdais British Columbia Green Party Cariboo (BC) 212
Ernest A LeCours Independent Oak Bay-Gordon Head 201
Viola Swann Communist Party of Canada Surrey 185
Susan Patricia Hutchinson British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 183
Heinze Beyer Western National Party Burnaby-Willingdon 183
William John Simpson Independent Langley 183
Frederick William James Peitzsche Independent Rossland-Trail 176
Frederick L Bartell Independent Okanagan South 165
David Anthony Seller British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 162
Gladys Denholm British Columbia Liberal Party Prince George South 132
Burgess A Longson Independent Atlin 105
Louis James Lesosky Independent Cowichan-Malahat 101
Gary William Swann Communist Party of Canada Alberni 92
Paul Danny Brohman Independent Atlin 84
Stanley John Bullivant Independent Langley 77
Russel Ellsworth Downe Independent Oak Bay-Gordon Head 63

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