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1952 British Columbia Election
Overview
The 1952 British Columbia Election was held on June 12th, 1952.
Result
British Columbia Social Credit League won the most seats in the election
Held on June 12th, 1952
Writ day April 10th, 1952
Number of Electoral Districts 41
Fixed Date No
Note : The BC general election of 1952 was the first election to use a preferential ballot system. Reporting of valid/invalid votes and ballots is hampered by the available data. Due to the slate system used for multi-member ridings, within these ridings there is no data on rejected ballots, only for rejected votes. Both the number of valid votes and ballots cast correspond to the highest number of votes for any ballot, not the cumulative votes/ballots used. See pg 538 of the Electoral History of British Columbia.
References : Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
Results Districts Charts Legislature
Result
Total Electors Valid Ballots Valid Votes Invalid Votes Turnout Rate 793,073 362,717 768,521 34,547 45.74%
Party Candidates Seats Won % of Seats Won % of Vote British Columbia Social Credit League 47 19 39.58% 27.20% Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 48 18 37.50% 30.78% British Columbia Liberal Party 48 6 12.50% 23.46% Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 47 4 8.33% 16.84% Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.17% Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) 1 0 0% 0.04% Independent 6 0 0% 0.17% Christian Democratic Party 8 0 0% 0.93% Labour Progressive Party 5 0 0% 0.33% Labour Representation Committee 1 0 0% 0.09%
Additional information for British Columbia Social Credit League
Note : Precursor to the Social Credit Party of BC.
Additional information for Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia
Note : The BC Conservative party took this name in 1951 after the collapse of the Coalition government it had formed with the Liberal Party in 1945 and 1949. The party changed its name back to the British Columbia Conservative Party in 1991.
Additional information for Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)
Citation : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_British_Columbia
Vote Share by Political Parties
Seats Won by Political Parties
Seats Share by Political Parties
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8009 8009 246 12404
Election Result Notes
Final count :
James Mowat 3030; Stanley John Squire 4054; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 1051 44 1051 44 1710
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 26928 26928 789 41337
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ronald William Faiclough 4919; Clement Frederick Stelter 7780; Ernest Edward Winch 13416; (3 Counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5177 216 5177 216 8000
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 15391 421 15391 421 20898
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2215 2215 216 3031
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Vaughn Stanley Kimptom 860; Richard Orr Newton 1174; (3 Counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 13756 13756 446 20395
Election Result Notes
Final count :
John Herbert Welch 5210; William Campbell Moore 7098; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10696 10696 334 14820
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Robert Martin Strachan 5697; Andrew Mowatt Whisker 4064; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 6802 6802 168 9050
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Leo Thomas Nimsick 3210; Howard Cressman King 3044; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 31593 31593 2172 45805
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Thomas James Irwin 14805; Leonard Alec Shepherd 13295; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 19488 19488 800 27416
Election Result Notes
Citation :
Lyle Wicks 9813; Harry Dean Ainlay 7248; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 9057 9057 366 11965
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell 4741; Geoffrey Innes Edgelow 3597; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3732 3732 61 4784
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Thomas Aubert Uphill 1758; Kenny Nash Stewart 1329;
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5995 5995 345 9296
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Llewellyn Leslie King 2760; Henry Robson Bowman 2468; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2076 2076 58 2916
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Rupert Haggen 1043; Cecil Gordon McMynn 922; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8086 8086 231 10907
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Philip Gaglardi 4002; Sidney John Smith 3366; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3147 3147 82 4429
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Randolph Harding 1792; Thomas Leask 1000; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3646 3646 254 5933
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ernest Carson 1847; Gordon Dowding 1416; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11062 11062 347 17011
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Anthony Gargrave 5373; Battleman MacIntyre 4669; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10482 10482 207 14695
Election Result Notes
Final count :
(4 counts)
Lorenzo Giovando 5144; 52.89%
David Stupich 4581; 47.11%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8794 8794 413 12236
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Wesley Black 4265; Walter Hendricks 3351; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14358 14358 437 20857
Election Result Notes
Final count :
John Eddie 6475; Byron Ingemar Johnson 5768; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 9477 9477 392 12987
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Charles Morrow 3063; Lorne Hugh Shantz 5447; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 22791 22791 571 33913
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Martin Sowden 10292; Dorothy Steeves 8980; (6 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8252 8252 130 10303
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Herbert Anscomb 3282; Philip Gibbs 4308; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3648 3648 132 5514
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Cyril Shelford 1607; Robert Steele 1437; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5452 5452 151 7424
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Charles William Parker 2942; Arthur Dahlen 1865; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 6084 6084 153 9077
Election Result Notes
Final count :
George Ewin Hills 2903; John Duncan McRae 2754; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2731 2731 77 3549
Election Result Notes
Final count :
3 Counts
Rutherford 1015 43.47%
Segur 1320 56.53
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11541 11541 277 15077
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Robert Sommers 5917; Alexander Douglas Turnbull 4803; (3 count)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 17181 17181 657 23061
Election Result Notes
Final count :
3 Counts
Frank Snowsell 7867; 50.87%
Arthur Ash 7599; 44.97%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 4263 4263 164 5851
Election Result Notes
Final count :
James Allan Reid 1979; William Thompson 1617; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10723 10723 296 15043
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Harry Francis 4712; Harold Sidney Kenyon 4668; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3635 3635 147 5411
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Frank Howard 1318; Edward Kenney 1865; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11870 543 11870 543 16586
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 44440 4020 20380 47633
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Braaten,BURY, McDonell, Moxham, Peters, Sprott.
James Bury 9363; 54.06%
Anna Ethel Sprott 7956; 45.94%
Ballot B= Laura Emma Jamieson 9893; Gordon Wismer 8496; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 89103 5039 74353
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A = Busch, Crowley, Edicott, Monson, Tinsman, TURNER
4 counts. Arthur James Turner 21960; 51.48%
Ira Nathan Monson 12433; 29.15%
Everett Crowley 8263; 19.37%
Ballot B = Dion, Finkleman, Lewis, Roberts, Rush, WINCH.
1 Count. Harold Edward Winch 23,051; 51.42%
John Duncan Roberts
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 65193 3498 60006
Election Result Notes
Final count :
There were two separate ballots or elections in this district.
Ballot A = Bjarnason, Brown, Forester, Macdonald, MARTIN, Pedlar
5 counts
Eric Martin 13222; 51.25%
Alexander Barrett MacDonald 12578; 48.75%
Ballot B = Cornett, Gould, MacNeil,PRICE, Stephens
4 counts.
Charles MacNeil 12920;
Bert Price 13166; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 156578 14222 87774
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Albert MacDougall 22549; Thomas Audley Bate 20645; (3 counts)
Ballot B= George Clark Miller 14886; Claude Delbert Powell 18603; (3 counts)
Ballot C= Tilly Rolston 25749; George Stanley Miller 18078) (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
3
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 70870 6544 35632
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A = Arsens, Caird, Freedman, Harvey, HODGES. 4 Counts Nancy Hodges 12071; 58.91%
William Caird 8421; 41.09%
Ballot B = Cameron, McEwan, McPhillips, PROUDFOOT, Scott. 4 Counts. Daniel John Proudfoot 7842; 55.40%'
Colin Cameron 8902; 44.60%
Ballot C = Campbell, Miles, Smith and STRAITH
3 Counts. William Straith 8457; 58.02%
May Campbell 8511; 41.98%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV 3 Ballots
District Magnitude
3
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3148 3148 3984
Election Result Notes
Final count :
John Joseph Gillis 1311; Irvine Corbett 1390; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1