June 01 1937 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1937-06-01
Writ Date 1937-04-14
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 4,143
Invalid Votes 4,143
Total Electors 369,229
Turnout Rate 70
Valid Ballots 259,473
Valid Votes 417,929

Notes

  • Sources: Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library [of British Columbia], An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986, Victoria, BC: n.d. ISBN 0771886772.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 44 8 16.67% 28.68%
British Columbia Constructive Party 14 0 0.00% 1.93%
British Columbia Liberal Party 48 31 64.58% 37.34%
British Columbia Social Credit League 18 0 0.00% 1.15%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 45 7 14.58% 28.49%
Communist Party of Canada 1 0 0.00% 0.14%
Financial Justice Party 1 0 0.00% 0.01%
Independent 11 1 2.08% 1.76%
Labour Party 2 1 2.08% 0.43%
Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) 2 0 0.00% 0.07%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
James Lyle Telford Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 11,752
Harold Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 11,350
Royal Lethington Maitland British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 10,580
James Alexander Paton British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 9,745
George Moir Weir British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 9,235
Stanley Stewart McKeen British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 9,125
Robert Wilkinson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,883
Cyril Gainsborough Beeston British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 8,809
John Howard Forester British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 8,606
Helen Douglas Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 8,297
Donald Stewart Maxwell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,367
Halford David Wilson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,238
John Hart British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,196
Austin Stanley Trotter Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,056
Herbert Anscomb British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 6,927
Joseph Douglas Hunter British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 6,792
William Thomas Straith British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,676
Bruce Alistair McKelvie British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 6,585
Gordon Sylvester Wismer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,444
Byron Ingemar Johnson British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,440
John Evans Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 6,382
Fred Crone British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,377
Charles John White British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,265
Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,259
William Ralph Offer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 6,196
Edgar Westmoreland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 6,011
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 5,908
Matthew Glenday Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,771
Frank Roberts Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,690
Frederic Arthur Willis British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 5,270
Charles Albert Donovan British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,251
Margaret Russell Barclay British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,063
Montague Gregory Caple British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,214
Arthur Wellesley Gray British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 4,055
Adam Smith Johnston British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,047
George Sharratt Pearson British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni-Nanaimo 3,616
William Ewart Grieve British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,379
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 3,192
Alexander Maitland Stephen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni-Nanaimo 3,129
Frank Mitchell MacPherson British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 3,110
Arthur Laing British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 3,102
William Corran British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver East (BC) 3,079
Thomas Irvine British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver East (BC) 2,835
Rudolph Martin Grauer British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Delta 2,815
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 2,749
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,689
Robert Connell British Columbia Constructive Party Victoria City (BC) 2,540
Nigel Morgan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 2,536
Leslie Harvey Eyres British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Chilliwack 2,524
Cecil Robert Bull British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 2,388
Joseph Bentley Leyland Independent North Vancouver (BC) 2,386
Kathleen Anderson Bell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 2,362
James Johnstone Walker Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 2,357
William Baxter Caird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 2,343
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 2,336
Howard Wilfred Clegg British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Burnaby (BC) 2,307
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 2,266
Edward Dodsley Barrow British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,220
Frank Putnam British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 2,149
Harry Howes Boyle British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Similkameen 2,130
Norman William Whittaker British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 2,106
Thomas Granthan Norris British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 South Okanagan 2,101
Louis LeBourdais British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,921
Algernon Thomas Horswill British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Nelson-Creston 1,901
Richard Ronald Burns British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 1,877
Laurence Arnold Hanna British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 1,876
Frank Porter Patterson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Dewdney 1,870
Edith Myrtle Turner British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 1,847
John Melvin Bryan British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 1,828
Robert Henry Carson British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 1,786
Thomas Robert Selkirk British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 New Westminster (BC) 1,766
Gordon Lindsay British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 North Okanagan 1,719
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour Party Fernie 1,701
Battleman Milton MacIntyre British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Mackenzie (BC) 1,661
Leslie Follett Osborne British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Saanich 1,659
Elmer Victor Finland British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Esquimalt 1,642
Herbert Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 1,625
David William Strachan British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 1,618
Samuel Guthrie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 1,560
Thomas Luxton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 1,554
Rolf Wallgren Bruhn Independent Salmon Arm 1,533
Thomas Guy Sheppard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 1,531
Jack Loutet British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 North Vancouver (BC) 1,522
Henry George Thomas Perry British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,493
Harry Wilfred Colgan British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,470
Alfred Hugh Bayne British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Kamloops (BC) 1,461
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,446
Charles Eustatius Whitney-Griffiths British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 1,416
George Faulds Stirling Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,345
Stanley Blake Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 1,321
James Miller Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 1,274
Clarence Elliott Crowe British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Rossland-Trail 1,251
Arnold Christmas Flett British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 1,224
Hugh George Egioke Savage Independent Cowichan-Newcastle 1,222
George Matheson Murray British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 1,176
John McInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 1,170
Glen Everton Braden British Columbia Liberal Party Peace River (BC) 1,168
Harry Johnston British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 1,162
Robert Francis Bayliss Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 1,121
Charles Sidney Leary British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 1,064
Nicholas Wright British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Alberni-Nanaimo 1,014
Mark Matthew Connelly British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 1,013
Eleanor Walker Johnson Independent Burnaby (BC) 1,009
Edward Tourtellote Kenney British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,006
William Savage British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 1,001
Gordon Noel Money British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Comox 999
John Joseph Alban Gillis British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 968
Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 The Islands 953
Samuel Smith Shearer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 943
Herbert Wilfred Herridge Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 929
Ernest Crawford Carson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Lillooet 925
Paul McDowell Kerr British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 922
Thomas King British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 921
Charles Wilmer Bumstead Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 905
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 891
Harold Willett Birch British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 884
Robert Purvis Armstrong Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 855
Silvanus Noble Dixon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 815
Francis Henry Brown Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 807
George William Weaver Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 796
Sidney Godwin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 783
William Donaldson Smith Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 765
Robert Wood Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 755
Ezra Churchill Henniger British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 722
James Fitzsimmons British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Kaslo-Slocan 715
Thomas Alfred Love British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Grand Forks-Greenwood 703
Stephen Freeman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 700
Alexander McDonald British Columbia Liberal Party The Islands 694
John Price British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver East (BC) 682
John Doney Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 678
Charles Vernon Evitt British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Prince Rupert 662
Jennie E Clarke Independent Cariboo (BC) 655
Roderick Charles MacDonald British Columbia Constructive Party Burnaby (BC) 644
Clement Pemberton Deykin British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Cowichan-Newcastle 639
Margaret Hall British Columbia Constructive Party Victoria City (BC) 611
Robert Blatchford Swailes British Columbia Constructive Party Delta 583
Edwin Henry Baker Communist Party of Canada New Westminster (BC) 567
William James Asselstine British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 562
William Arnold Sturdy British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Revelstoke 533
John Towers Burnett British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 476
William Arthur Pritchard British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver East (BC) 464
Thomas Hargreaves British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Peace River (BC) 434
John Wise Langley Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 422
Alfred Molineau Lester British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 415
Grace E Burtt Martin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Islands 414
George Anderson Pollock British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 401
Percival Edward George British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 401
Frederick Henry Giles British Columbia Constructive Party Alberni-Nanaimo 397
Leonard G Gaddes British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Columbia 371
Catherine Emily Bufton British Columbia Constructive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 364
William Henry Tallis British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Columbia 322
Edith May Brooks British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 300
Peer Vernon Paynter British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 281
Andrew Henry Jukes British Columbia Social Credit League Saanich 271
Charles H Lake Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 263
Frank Saxton White British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 260
Frederick Parker Burden British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Fort George 234
Clive Montgomery Francis Planta Independent Peace River (BC) 234
James KING Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) Vancouver Centre (BC) 234
John Wilson North British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Yale (BC) 225
William Edouard Peirce British Columbia Constructive Party Saanich 224
Claude Weamer Powell British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 208
Charles Bayard Messiter British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 206
Ernest Love British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Atlin 205
Andrew Olson Almen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 205
George Samuel Belsham British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Omineca 194
Olive Herron Knudsvig British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 194
Gordon Victor Towle British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 181
Herbert Leonard Howe British Columbia Social Credit League Nelson-Creston 177
Wilbert Richard Braithwaite Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 164
George Moir Robertson British Columbia Constructive Party Mackenzie (BC) 152
John William Mulholland Independent Nelson-Creston 139
Herbert Wesley Halling British Columbia Social Credit League Burnaby (BC) 136
Anthony Whitehead British Columbia Constructive Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 133
Alfred Douglas Creer British Columbia Social Credit League Mackenzie (BC) 122
Edward Charles Mills Labour Party New Westminster (BC) 86
John William Archer Independent Esquimalt 67
Arabella Cicily Boydell British Columbia Social Credit League Esquimalt 57
George Henry Broughton Financial Justice Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 54
John Henry Burrough Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) Vancouver East (BC) 53
Gordon Hay Brown British Columbia Social Credit League The Islands 51
Frank Bertram Shearme Independent Saanich 37
Louis Elmo Walker Independent Burnaby (BC) 34
Amos Craven British Columbia Social Credit League Kaslo-Slocan 30
James Whitham Independent North Vancouver (BC) 25
John Colthurst Bowen-Colhurst British Columbia Social Credit League Prince Rupert 14

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