October 21 1941 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1941-10-21
Writ Date 1941-09-09
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 4,735
Invalid Votes 2,874
Total Electors 417,607
Turnout Rate 72
Valid Ballots 299,104
Valid Votes 453,893

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.
  • Note: "Extra-provincial active service electors in Canada voted on 14-16 October 1941 and in Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 9-11 October 1941." (Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986, p. 199)

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 43 12 25.00% 30.91%
British Columbia Liberal Party 48 21 43.75% 32.94%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 45 14 29.17% 33.36%
Emancipation Party 1 0 0.00% 0.06%
Independent 4 0 0.00% 0.36%
Independent Farmer 1 0 0.00% 0.09%
Independent Labour 2 0 0.00% 0.86%
Independent Socialist 1 0 0.00% 0.01%
Labour Party 4 1 2.08% 0.66%
Official Conservative 1 0 0.00% 0.48%
Religious Political Brotherhood 1 0 0.00% 0.02%
Socialist Labour Party 4 0 0.00% 0.21%
Victory Without Debt Party 1 0 0.00% 0.05%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Royal Lethington Maitland British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 14,668
James Alexander Paton British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 14,148
Tilly Jean Rolston British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Point Grey 13,584
Harold Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 13,571
George Moir Weir British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 11,073
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 9,757
Charles Grant MacNeil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,596
Mary Louise Bollert British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 9,470
Winona Grace MacInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,402
Harold Elsdale Molson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 8,503
Donald Cameron Brown British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 8,283
George Clark Miller British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 8,281
Helena Rose Gutteridge Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 8,183
William Ewart Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 7,662
Albert Dawson Gordon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 7,603
John Howard Forester British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,505
Laura Emma Mashall Jamieson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,434
Wallis Walter Lefeaux Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,371
Helen Douglas Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 7,276
Gordon Sylvester Wismer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,865
Edward Allan Jamieson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,858
John Hart British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,637
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 6,444
Montague Gregory Caple British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,325
William Thomas Straith British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,280
Albert DeBurdo McPhillips British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,198
Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 5,854
Joseph Douglas Hunter British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 5,220
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 5,153
John Henderson British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 4,938
Duncan Douglas McTavish British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 4,657
Theodore Roosvelt Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 4,557
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 4,209
Waldo McTavish Skillings British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Victoria City (BC) 4,150
William Wilfred Derpak British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver East (BC) 3,770
Aubrey Charles Peck British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,762
Arthur Wellesley Gray British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 3,694
James Lyle Telford Independent Labour Vancouver East (BC) 3,665
Herbert Wilfred Herridge Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 3,621
George Wilkinson Hubbard British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Vancouver East (BC) 3,562
Arthur Laing British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 3,554
Alexander Campbell Hope British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Delta 3,478
Clare Nulalinda McAllister Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 3,380
William Baxter Caird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 3,358
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 3,126
Norman William Whittaker British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 3,017
Harold Oscar Simpson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 2,998
Roderick Charles MacDonald British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Dewdney 2,995
Francis Austin Walker British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 2,945
Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Saanich 2,939
Herbert Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 2,909
Samuel Guthrie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 2,757
Charles Clare Bell British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Burnaby (BC) 2,707
Leslie Harvey Eyres British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Chilliwack 2,704
Herbert Anscomb British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Oak Bay (BC) 2,676
Frederick Alexander Menzies British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,644
Bernard George Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 2,601
Thomas Greer MacKenzie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 2,539
David William Strachan British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 2,532
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,508
Stanley Blake Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 2,387
Martin Anton Neilson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 2,385
Gordon Lindsay British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 North Okanagan 2,320
George Sharratt Pearson British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 2,175
Alfred Hugh Bayne Official Conservative North Vancouver (BC) 2,161
William Edward Mantle British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 2,158
Frank Putnam British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 2,144
Martin Cathcart Donaldson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Nelson-Creston 2,140
Frank Frisby Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,124
Manfred McGeer British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 2,079
James Mowat British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 2,067
William Andrew Cecil Bennett British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 South Okanagan 2,009
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 1,965
Robert Henry Carson British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 1,933
Mary Dorothea McBride British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 New Westminster (BC) 1,923
Charles Jospeh Michell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 1,903
Charles Frederick Daly British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Rossland-Trail 1,883
Eric Symonds Flowerdew Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 1,810
Richard Ronald Burns British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 1,789
Cecil Robert Bull British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,769
Thomas F Daly British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Similkameen 1,753
Arnold Christmas Flett British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 1,739
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour Party Fernie 1,719
Charles Edward Scanlan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,712
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,681
Edward Roger Richardson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Comox 1,615
Frank William Green British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Cranbrook 1,615
Thomas O'Connor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 1,615
George William Weaver Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 1,563
Rolf Wallgren Bruhn British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Salmon Arm 1,561
Elmer Victor Finland British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Esquimalt 1,554
Felicia Snowsell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 1,552
Oscar Albin Eliason Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 1,548
Everett Stanley Farr British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 1,520
Glen Everton Braden British Columbia Liberal Party Peace River (BC) 1,436
Louis LeBourdais British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,429
Arnold Joseph McGrath British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 1,405
George Alexander Young British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Mackenzie (BC) 1,370
Charles Taschereau Beard British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 1,348
Edmund William Neel British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Cowichan-Newcastle 1,343
Henry George Thomas Perry British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,334
Harry Wilfred Colgan British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,214
Victor Birch Harrison British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Nanaimo and the Islands 1,208
John Joseph Alban Gillis British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 1,148
Nathaniel Nye British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Kamloops (BC) 1,138
Gordon Daniel Herbert Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 1,071
Harry Johnston British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 1,065
Joshua Hinchliffe British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 North Vancouver (BC) 1,056
Ernest Crawford Carson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Lillooet 1,017
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 983
Andrew Henry Jukes Independent Victoria City (BC) 963
Henry George Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 943
Charles Sidney Leary British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 941
James Penberthy Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 928
Edward Tourtellote Kenney British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 877
Edward Charles Mills Labour Party New Westminster (BC) 845
Harry Grenfell Archibald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 841
Mark Matthew Connelly British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 839
George Matheson Murray British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 791
Arthur Ewart Jukes British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Kaslo-Slocan 754
Francis James McKenzie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 678
Thomas King British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 648
Thomas Alfred Love British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Grand Forks-Greenwood 642
Ezra Churchill Henniger British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 637
Alexander Rennie Ross Craig British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Yale (BC) 616
Geoffrey LeGallais Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 593
John William Tordoff Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 563
William David Menzies Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 554
William John O'Neill British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Skeena (BC) 540
Hugh Earl Nelson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 536
James Herbert Matthews Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 487
Arthur Fancett Barton British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 468
William James Asselstine British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 454
William James Johnson British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Revelstoke 427
Christy McDevitt British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Cariboo (BC) 421
Truman Charles Docherty Independent Cariboo (BC) 404
Eric Thomas Reaville Socialist Labour Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 393
Thomas Jamieson Independent Farmer Peace River (BC) 388
Leonard G Gaddes British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Columbia 384
John Scott Labour Party Atlin 374
Alan Conway Clapp Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 365
Alexander McBain Young British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Fort George 346
Richmond Charles Biss Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 338
Albert Kenzie Hemstreet British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945 Omineca 302
James Lancaster Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fernie 287
Robert Gordon McQuillan Socialist Labour Party Vancouver East (BC) 271
John Alexander Fedoruk Socialist Labour Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 267
Catherine Emily Ling Emancipation Party Vancouver-Point Grey 265
John Hargreaves Independent Cariboo (BC) 257
Alex Harvey Rowan Independent Labour Alberni 234
George Henry Broughton Victory Without Debt Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 209
Archibald Emmanuel Hardy Religious Political Brotherhood Burnaby (BC) 105
James Whitham Independent Socialist North Vancouver (BC) 56
Antonio Joseph Vetere Labour Party Rossland-Trail 37
John Marshall Socialist Labour Party Kamloops (BC) 19
Walter Unett Homfray Independent Kamloops (BC) 14

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