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1953 British Columbia Election
Overview
The 1953 British Columbia Election was held on June 9th, 1953.
Result
Social Credit won the most seats in the election
Held on June 9th, 1953
Writ day April 10th, 1953
Number of Electoral Districts 41
Fixed Date No
Note : The BC general election of 1953 was the second and last election to use a preferential ballot or alternative vote 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 740,456 333,952 727,839 28,616 45.10%
Party Candidates Seats Won % of Seats Won % of Vote Social Credit 48 28 58.33% 37.75% Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 47 15 31.25% 30.85% British Columbia Liberal Party 48 3 6.25% 23.59% Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.22% Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 39 1 2.08% 5.60% People's Party 1 0 0% 0.00% Labour Progressive Party 25 0 0% 1.03% Christian Democratic Party 14 0 0% 0.69% Independent 6 0 0% 0.27%
Additional information for Social Credit
Citation : http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/social-credit/
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.
Vote Share by Political Parties
Seats Won by Political Parties
Seats Share by Political Parties
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7234 7234 336 9724
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Stanley John Squire 3715; Loran Kendall Jordan 2811; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 936 125 936 125 1488
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 25595 25595 1058 39867
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ernest Crampton 8161; Mary Edith McDonald 3364; Frederick Stephens 646; Ernest Winch 12947; Bernard William Worsley 401; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5284 5284 288 7217
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14452 14452 775 18963
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2161 2161 105 2805
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Richard Orr Newton 1038; Henry Moore 787; (3 Counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 13561 13561 717 20556
Election Result Notes
Final count :
William Campbell Mooore 6717; Cyril Poole 5762; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10329 10329 500 13094
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Robert Strachan 5345; Percy Hawkins 3878; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 6789 6789 238 8476
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Leo Thomas Nimsick 3460; Howard Cressman King 2756; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 30990 30990 1786 44857
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Leonard Alec Shepherd 13108; Thomas Irwin 15417; (6 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 18906 18906 953 27451
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Lyle Wicks 9066; Kenneth Pattern 8310; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8831 8831 445 12386
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Herbert Bruch 4147; Franklin Mitchell 3848; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3532 3532 145 4305
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Thomas Uphill 1793; Henry McKay 1402; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 6639 6639 308 9467
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ray Williston 3509; Garvin Dezell 2173; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2079 2079 145 2467
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Rupert Haggen 1016; Gordon McPhail 618; Klaus Scheer 393; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8184 8184 356 10316
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Robert Carson 2503; Philip Gaglardi 4171; Pete Wright 1434; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3140 3140 108 3816
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Randolph Harding 1692; Alexander Jacobs 867; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3992 3992 170 5453
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Gordon Dowding 1694; James Gibson 1830; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10782 10782 44 15406
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Anthony Gargrave 5191; Battleman MacIntyre 4497; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 9825 9825 363 13237
Election Result Notes
Final count :
5 Counts
Lorenzo Giovando 4376; 50.10
David Stupich 4358; 49.90%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8760 8760 455 10465
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Wesley Black 4199; Robert Simms 3404; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 13245 13245 486 19588
Election Result Notes
Final count :
John Eddie 5970; Fred Jackson 5658; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 9008 9008 477 11505
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Franklyn Valair 2407; Lorne Shantz 4578; Bruce Edward Emerson 1868; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 21662 21662 1108 30210
Election Result Notes
Final count :
George Henry Tomlinson 9291; Wilfred Robinson McDougall 9134; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8190 8190 192 10200
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Philip Gibbs 4110; Einar Gundersen 3681; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3659 3659 175 5018
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Curil Shelford 1612; Robert Cecil Steele 1379; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5780 5780 316 7586
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Arthur Dahlen 2216; Charles Parker 3022; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5669 5669 299 8303
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Arthur Bruce Brown 2611; George Hills 2578; (2 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2721 2721 716 3572
Election Result Notes
Final count :
3 Counts
Segur 1284 55.92%
Stoodley 1012 44.08%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Notes for Arvid Lundell
Candidacy :
Initially nominated as a Progressive Conservative candidate, Lundell ran as an independent.
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11172 11172 614 14346
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Robert Edward Sommers 5778; Samuel Muirhead 4549; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 16964 16964 605 22868
Election Result Notes
Final count :
3 counts
Frank Snowsell 6466; 42.15
John Tisdalle 8876; 57.85
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 4292 4292 167 5229
Election Result Notes
Final count :
James Allan Reid 2013; William John Thompson 1806; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10316 10316 347 13453
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Harold Kenyon 4105; Francis Richter 5418; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 4773 4773 279 6778
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Lionel Charles Houle 2097; Frank Howard 2110; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11547 477 11547 477 14773
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 38548 3365 41323
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Alexander Matthew 9016; James Bury 7757; (5 counts) Ballot B= Laura Emma Jamieson 7707; George Moxham 8679; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV with 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 80494 5273 70155
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Arthur Turner 19942; Anthony Arnold 13872; Everett Crowley 5796; (4 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV with 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 57696 4016 53412
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Eric Charles Martin 14924; Alexander Macdonald 11360; (5 counts) Ballot B= Charles Grant MacNeil 11446; Bert Price 14674; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV with 2 Ballots
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 149530 9221 82257
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A= Thomas Bate 22503; Theodore Burnett 20567; (6 counts) Ballot B= Robert William Bonner 24144; Alexander Fisher 18928; (6 counts) Ballot C= Arthur Laing 22730; Tilly Rolston 21354; (5 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
3
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 67619 6139 34101
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Ballot A = Allen, ARSENS, Blakey, Chapman, Harrison, Hodges
5 Counts
Lydia Arsens 9999;52.90%
Nancy Hodges 8869; 47.01%
Ballot B = Cameron, CHANT, McGugan,Proudfoot, Tyrwhitt-Drake
4 Counts
William Chant 10330; 55.32%
Daniel Proudfoot 8344; 44.68%
Ballot C = Campbell, Mortenson, Patch, Straith, WRIGHT
Walter Wright 10084;53.10%
William Thomas Straith 8907; 46.90%
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV with 3 Ballots
District Magnitude
3
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2953 2953 278 3963
Election Result Notes
Final count :
Clarence Bryson 1137; Irvine Corbett 1354; (3 counts)
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
AV
District Magnitude
1