# Vancouver South (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver South was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created in time for the general election of 1966 and last appeared in the general election of 1986. It returned two members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

## Electoral history

1966 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Ralph Raymond Loffmark | 12,259 | 22.79 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Thomas Audley Bate | 11,740 | 21.83 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Norman Levi | 9,067 | 16.86 |
| | New Democratic | Joseph Harold Warnock | 8,843 | 16.44 |
| | Liberal | James Ronald Grant | 5,698 | 10.59 |
| | Liberal | Richard Gordon Hepworth | 5,675 | 10.55 |
| | Independent | Howard Leonard Faulkner | 502 | 0.93 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,784 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 387 |
British Columbia provincial by-election, 21 May 1968 called because of death of T. A. Bate on September 21, 1967. :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | New Democratic | Norman Levi | 10,289 | 39.57 |
| | Social Credit | George Wainborn | 8,309 | 31.96 |
| | Liberal | Edward Alastair (Sandy) Robertson | 7,356 | 28.29 |
| | RPC | Leonard Sprackman | 48 | 0.18 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,002 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 194 |
1969 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Ralph Raymond Loffmark | 15,154 | 23.69 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Agnes Kripps | 14,233 | 22.25 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Norman Levi | 11,259 | 17.60 |
| | New Democratic | John Noel Laxton | 10,523 | 16.45 |
| | Liberal | Edward Alastair Sandy Robertson | 6,670 | 10.43 |
| | Liberal | Michael Henry Hornby Tytherleigh | 6,059 | 9.47 |
| | Independent | Suraj Singh Sander | 80 | 0.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 63,978 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 393 |
1972 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | New Democratic | Jack A. Radford | 14,010 | 20.46 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Daisy Webster | 13,821 | 20.18 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Agnes Kripps | 11,263 | 16.45 |
| | Social Credit | Ralph Raymond Loffmark | 11,215 | 16.38 |
| | Liberal | Helen Demetra Boyce | 6,501 | 9.49 |
| | Liberal | Frederick Newton A. Rowell | 6,247 | 9.12 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter J. Boytinck | 2,744 | 4.01 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mildred (Millie) MacKinnon | 2,684 | 3.92 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 68,485 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 432 |
1975 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Charles Stephen Rogers | 18,711 | 26.08 | Y |
| | Social Credit | William Gerald Strongman | 18,559 | 25.86 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Jack A. Radford | 14,260 | 19.87 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Franklin Harcourt | 14,213 | 19.81 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Joseph Chambers | 2,100 | 2.93 |
| | Liberal | Richard Lyle Johannson | 1,988 | 2.77 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Clare Walker | 854 | 1.19 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Guy Westlake | 833 | 1.16 |
| | Communist | Bruce Stevens | 169 | 0.24 |
| | Communist | Samuel Vint | 67 | 0.09 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 71,754 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 390 |
1979 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Charles Stephen Rogers | 19,741 | 26.68 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Peter Stewart Hyndman | 19,665 | 26.58 | Y |
| | New Democratic | James Edgar Duvall | 15,258 | 20.62 |
| | New Democratic | Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh | 14,123 | 19.09 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Guy Westlake | 2,066 | 2.79 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Nigel Kilbey | 2,045 | 2.76 |
| | Liberal | Roger Schmidt | 859 | 1.16 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Amarjit Singh Dhillon | 154 | 0.21 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Allen Harvey Soroka | 81 | 0.11 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 73,992 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 875 |
1983 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Russell Gordon Fraser | 22,206 | 27.48 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Charles Stephen Rogers | 22,171 | 27.43 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Joyce Ellen Whitman | 17,306 | 21.42 |
| | New Democratic | Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh | 15,291 | 18.92 |
| | Liberal | Harry Bernard Cobin Hammer | 3,843 | 4.75 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 80,817 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 727 |
1986 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Social Credit | Russell Gordon Fraser | 21,325 | 27.44 | Y |
| | Social Credit | Charles Stephen Rogers | 20,872 | 26.86 | Y |
| | New Democratic | Elain Duvall | 17,414 | 22.41 |
| | New Democratic | Gavin B. Craig | 17,227 | 22.17 |
| | People's Front | Charles R. Boylan | 513 | 0.66 |
| | People's Front | Harbhajan S. Cheema | 355 | 0.46 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 77,706 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,550 |

## Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns