June 12 1952 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1952-06-12
Writ Date 1952-04-10
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province British Columbia
By-Election ❌

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 12,343
Invalid Votes 34,547
Total Electors 793,073
Turnout Rate 46
Valid Ballots 362,717
Valid Votes 768,521

Notes

  • References: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
  • 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.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Liberal Party 48 6 12.50% 23.46%
British Columbia Social Credit League 47 19 39.58% 27.20%
Christian Democratic Party 8 0 0.00% 0.93%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 48 18 37.50% 30.78%
Independent 6 0 0.00% 0.17%
Labour Progressive Party 5 0 0.00% 0.33%
Labour Representation Committee 1 0 0.00% 0.09%
Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.17%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 47 4 8.33% 16.84%
Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) 1 0 0.00% 0.04%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Harold Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 23,051 ✅
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 21,006 ✅
Tilly Jean Rolston British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 19,236 ✅
George Clark Miller Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 14,886 ✅
Albert Reginald MacDougall Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 14,042 ✅
Thomas Audley Bate British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 13,771 ❌
Theodore Roosvelt Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 13,406 ❌
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 12,933 ✅
Claude Delbert Powell British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Point Grey 12,882 ❌
Alexander Whidden Fisher British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,828 ❌
George Stanley Miller British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,087 ❌
Thomas James Irwin British Columbia Social Credit League Delta 11,759 ✅
Ira Nathan Monson British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 11,536 ❌
Clifford Augustine Greer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,366 ❌
Victor Wadham Forster Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 11,267 ❌
John Duncan Roberts British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver East (BC) 11,202 ❌
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 10,853 ❌
George Alfred Isherwood Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 10,451 ❌
Charles Grant MacNeil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,397 ❌
Hattie Pearl Steen Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 10,356 ❌
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 10,037 ❌
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,166 ✅
Bert Price British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,002 ✅
Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 8,805 ✅
William Kenneth Kiernan British Columbia Social Credit League Chilliwack 8,509 ✅
William Thomas Straith British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 8,457 ✅
Daniel John Proudfoot British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,842 ✅
Lyle Wicks British Columbia Social Credit League Dewdney 7,600 ✅
Laura Emma Mashall Jamieson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,350 ✅
James Campbell Bury Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,912 ✅
Clement Frederick Stelter British Columbia Social Credit League Burnaby (BC) 6,750 ❌
Martin Elliot Sowden British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 6,695 ✅
Everett Crowley British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 6,574 ❌
John Groves Gould British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,358 ❌
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 6,329 ❌
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 6,268 ❌
John Howard Forester British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 6,166 ❌
William Andrew Cecil Bennett British Columbia Social Credit League South Okanagan 6,082 ✅
Harry Dean Ainlay Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 6,024 ❌
William Baxter Caird Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 6,008 ❌
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,975 ❌
Frank Snowsell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 5,863 ✅
Donald Cameron Brown Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,765 ❌
John Dickinson Cornett Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,615 ❌
Gordon Sylvester Wismer British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,394 ❌
William Campbell Moore Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 5,369 ✅
Frank George Perrin Lewis British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,286 ❌
Anna Ethel Sprott British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 5,234 ❌
Arthur James Richard Ash British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 4,964 ❌
George Henry Tomlinson British Columbia Social Credit League North Vancouver (BC) 4,947 ❌
George Churchill Moxham British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,694 ❌
Alexander Campbell Hope Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 4,688 ❌
John Donald Smith British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,637 ❌
Robert Martin Strachan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 4,636 ✅
Albert DeBurdo McPhillips Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,608 ❌
Walter Sabiston Miles Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,601 ❌
Lydia Augusta Arsens British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,518 ❌
Emil Peter Schafer British Columbia Social Credit League Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,497 ❌
Elmer Duncan McEwan British Columbia Social Credit League Victoria City (BC) 4,365 ❌
Lillian Margaret Harvey Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 4,362 ❌
Lorne Hugh Shantz British Columbia Social Credit League North Okanagan 4,347 ✅
Byron Ingemar Johnson British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 4,317 ❌
Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 4,293 ❌
John McRae Eddie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 4,262 ✅
Anthony John Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,230 ✅
Allan James McDonell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,120 ❌
Arthur Archibald McArthur Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 4,061 ❌
Robert Edward Sommers British Columbia Social Credit League Rossland-Trail 3,979 ✅
Frederick Wellington Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,951 ❌
Ronald William Fairclough British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,816 ❌
Battleman Milton MacIntyre British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 3,752 ❌
David Daniel Stupich Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 3,715 ❌
Reginald Clarence Cox British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 3,631 ❌
Philip Archibald Gibbs British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 3,631 ✅
Wilbur Watson Lyle British Columbia Social Credit League New Westminster (BC) 3,616 ❌
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 3,607 ✅
Herbert John Welch British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 3,532 ❌
Harold Sidney Kenyon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 3,433 ❌
Cecil James Hamilton Holms Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 3,407 ❌
Lorenzo Giovando Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo and the Islands 3,346 ✅
Harry Denyer Francis British Columbia Social Credit League Similkameen 3,344 ✅
Alexander Douglas Turnbull British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 3,331 ❌
Philip Arthur Gaglardi British Columbia Social Credit League Kamloops (BC) 3,108 ✅
Stanley John Squire Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 3,067 ✅
Irving Simpson Finkleman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 3,045 ❌
Cyril Hugh Poole British Columbia Social Credit League Comox 2,987 ❌
Wesley Drewett Black British Columbia Social Credit League Nelson-Creston 2,975 ✅
Archie Frederick Beyerstein British Columbia Social Credit League Saanich 2,947 ❌
Emma Loring Tinsman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 2,850 ❌
Herbert Anscomb Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 2,843 ❌
Oscar Rudolph Olson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 2,807 ❌
Andrew Mowatt Whisker British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 2,711 ❌
Sydney John Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 2,708 ❌
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 2,688 ✅
William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd British Columbia Social Credit League Cariboo (BC) 2,684 ✅
Thomas Wilkinson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 2,654 ❌
Walter Hendricks British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 2,572 ❌
Maurice Patrick Finnerty British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 2,545 ❌
Alexander Ingvald Hougen British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,543 ❌
Erling Olaf Johnson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 2,541 ❌
Robert Graeme Simms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,473 ❌
Howard Cressman King British Columbia Social Credit League Cranbrook 2,328 ❌
Geoffrey Innes Edgelow British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 2,294 ❌
George Edwin Hills Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 2,292 ✅
Elmer Pearce Bradshaw British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 2,263 ❌
James John Sutherland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 2,242 ❌
Roderick Charles MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 2,233 ❌
Charles William Parker British Columbia Social Credit League Peace River (BC) 2,178 ✅
James Mowat British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 2,176 ❌
Elizabeth C Wood Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia New Westminster (BC) 2,163 ❌
Charles William Morrow British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,104 ❌
Leslie Harvey Eyres Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 2,097 ❌
Henry Robson Bowman British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 2,022 ❌
Llewellyn Leslie King British Columbia Social Credit League Fort George 2,009 ✅
John Duncan McRae British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 2,001 ❌
William Hindle Bryant British Columbia Social Credit League Cowichan-Newcastle 1,886 ❌
Bruce W Gordon Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 1,868 ❌
Florence Violette Gresty British Columbia Social Credit League Mackenzie (BC) 1,795 ❌
William Alfred Monk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 1,786 ❌
Cecil Robert Bull British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,763 ❌
Charles Alfred Holstead Wright Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 1,690 ❌
William Neelands Chant British Columbia Social Credit League Esquimalt 1,606 ❌
John McInnis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 1,593 ❌
Arthur Roald Dahlen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 1,571 ❌
Robert Hamilton Fort Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 1,550 ❌
Edward Tourtellote Kenney British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,500 ✅
James Chesterfield Wragg Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Newcastle 1,463 ❌
James Allan Reid British Columbia Social Credit League Salmon Arm 1,462 ✅
Glen Everton Braden British Columbia Liberal Party Peace River (BC) 1,425 ❌
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,411 ✅
Edward Arthur Titchmarsh Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 1,401 ❌
Albert Peter Busch Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,387 ❌
William Bower Hughes-Games Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 1,371 ❌
Jack Shulz British Columbia Social Credit League Alberni 1,366 ❌
Lomer Arthur Louis Dion Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 1,318 ❌
Ralph Wilbur Emery Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,311 ❌
Ernest Crawford Carson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Lillooet 1,301 ✅
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour/Independent Party Fernie 1,290 ✅
Lawrence Smith Eckhardt Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Mackenzie (BC) 1,285 ❌
David Fremont Buell Kinlock Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 1,240 ❌
William John Thompson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,236 ❌
Pitt Clayton Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 1,204 ❌
Cyril Morley Shelford British Columbia Social Credit League Omineca 1,137 ✅
Kenny Nash Stewart British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,117 ❌
Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 1,111 ❌
Arthur Murray British Columbia Social Credit League Prince Rupert 1,104 ❌
Robert Cecil Steele British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 1,099 ❌
Gordon Hudson Dowding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 1,074 ❌
Cecil George Alexander British Columbia Social Credit League Oak Bay (BC) 1,071 ❌
John Joseph Alban Gillis British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 1,067 ❌
George Frampton Pedlar Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,064 ❌
Frank Howard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 1,048 ❌
John Michael Stephens Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,046 ❌
Angus Alexander McLean British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,029 ❌
Irvine Finlay Corbett British Columbia Social Credit League Yale (BC) 1,024 ✅
George Henry Greer Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 959 ❌
Edward Joseph Brewster British Columbia Social Credit League Nanaimo and the Islands 951 ❌
Vincent Segur Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 942 ✅
Maurice Rush Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 931 ❌
Stephen Endicott Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 917 ❌
Arthur Brown Ritchie Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 896 ❌
Richard Orr Newton British Columbia Social Credit League Columbia 841 ✅
Warden Randle Taylor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 838 ❌
Rupert Williams Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 826 ✅
Kenneth Winston Thibaudeau Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cariboo (BC) 775 ❌
Norman Clarence Stibbs Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 774 ❌
William Henry Okell British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 725 ❌
John Mackenzie Patterson British Columbia Social Credit League Fernie 713 ❌
Frederick James Bevis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 707 ❌
Cecil Gordon McMynn Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Grand Forks-Greenwood 706 ❌
James Bryne Reardon Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 691 ❌
Roland Riley Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 689 ❌
Thomas Melbourne Christie Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Prince Rupert 687 ❌
George England Kerr MacDonald Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cranbrook 675 ❌
John James Carmichael British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 669 ❌
Ferdinand Theodor Peters Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 667 ❌
Angus Hugh MacIsaac Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 659 ❌
Orville Garfield Braaten Labour Representation Committee Vancouver Centre (BC) 654 ❌
Vaughn Stanley Kimpton British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 649 ❌
Andrew Craig Rutherford British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 636 ❌
Bernard William Worsley Christian Democratic Party Burnaby (BC) 622 ❌
Thomas Melville Leask British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 617 ❌
Magnus Eliason Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fernie 612 ❌
Peer Vernon Paynter British Columbia Social Credit League Revelstoke 598 ❌
Edward Wilbert Bourque British Columbia Social Credit League Kaslo-Slocan 597 ❌
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 595 ✅
Herbert Wallace Leach Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 586 ❌
Emil Grover Bjarnason Independent Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 577 ❌
George Ogston Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 574 ❌
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Revelstoke 555 ❌
Howard Milward Parker Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kaslo-Slocan 522 ❌
Kenneth Orville McAmmond British Columbia Social Credit League Skeena (BC) 501 ❌
Donald Frederick Robinson British Columbia Social Credit League Lillooet 450 ❌
Cyril Westaway Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Fort George 371 ❌
Chris Madson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 365 ❌
Edward Jefferson Zinkan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia 360 ❌
Mary Freda Ennis Christian Democratic Party North Vancouver (BC) 341 ❌
Bernard Cherry Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 338 ❌
William Duncan Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 292 ❌
Henry Edgar Parkyn British Columbia Social Credit League Grand Forks-Greenwood 292 ❌
Walter Clarence Henderson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Peace River (BC) 278 ❌
William Harold Holtby Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) Vancouver Centre (BC) 276 ❌
Thomas Alexander McEwen Labour Progressive Party North Vancouver (BC) 263 ❌
Edwin Stanley Orris British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 252 ❌
William Alfred Scott Independent Victoria City (BC) 226 ❌
John Howard Fletcher Independent North Vancouver (BC) 216 ❌
Nigel Morgan Labour Progressive Party Nanaimo and the Islands 207 ❌
Alfred Dewhurst Labour Progressive Party Alberni 196 ❌
Thomas Sutherland MacKay Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Atlin 164 ❌
Philip Bernard Freedman Independent Victoria City (BC) 137 ❌
James Coleman Finch Independent Lillooet 96 ❌
George Murray (BC) Independent Yale (BC) 60 ❌

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