# Victoria City (provincial electoral district)

Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and premiers. It last appeared on the hustings in the 1963 election.

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
1st British Columbia election, 1871 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Robert Beaven | 301 | 19.87% | unknown |
| | Independent | Simeon Duck | 301 | 19.87% | unknown |
| | Independent | John Foster McCreight$^1$ | 373 | 24.62% | unknown |
| | Independent | James Trimble | 321 | 21.19% | unknown |
| | Independent | Robert Taylor Williams | 124 | 8.18% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,515 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$ First Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City January 11, 1873$^2$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Robert Beaven | Acclaimed | -.- % | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| ² The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
vte1875 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Government | Robert Beaven | 428 | 19.10 | Y |
| | Independent Government | James Trimble | 405 | 18.07 | Y |
| | Opposition | Andrew Charles Elliott³ | 383 | 17.09 | Y |
| | Independent Reform | Thomas Harris | 383 | 17.09 |
| | Unknown | James W. Douglas | 382 | 17.05 | Y |
| | Government | Simeon Duck | 319 | 14.23 |
| | Government | Gideon C. Gerow | 67 | 2.99 |
| | Independent | Robert Taylor Williams | 24 | 1.07 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,241 | 100.00 |
| ³ Fourth Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City February 22, 1876$^4$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Simeon Duck | 282 | 38.79% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Andrew Charles Elliott | 445 | 61.21% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 727 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^4$ The byelection was called following Elliott's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on February 1, 1876. |||||||
3rd British Columbia election, 1878 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Robert Beaven | 417 | 16.53% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Joseph Westrop Carey | 22 | 0.87% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | James Smith Drummond | 380 | 15.06% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Andrew Charles Elliott | 338 | 13.40% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Roderick Finlayson | 318 | 12.60% | – | unknown |
| | Government | James Trimble | 301 | 11.93% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John William Williams | 318 | 12.60% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | William Wilson | 396 | 15.70% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,523 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City July 10, 1878$^5$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Robert Beaven | Acclaimed | -.- % | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^5$ The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon his appointment to Executive Council June 26, 1878 This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
4th British Columbia election, 1882 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | Robert Beaven$^6$ | 459 | 16.33% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Theodore Davie | 22 | 0.87% | – | unknown |
| | Government | James Smith Drummond | 105 | 3.74% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Simeon Duck | 368 | 13.09% | | unknown |
| | Opposition | James Trimble | 280 | 9.96% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake | 361 | 12.84% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John William Williams | 237 | 8.43% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Wilson Alexander | 321 | 11.42% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | William Wilson | 281 | 10.00% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,811 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^6$ Sixth Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria City April 15, 1885$^7$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | Simeon Duck | 281 | 50.63% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert Taylor Williams | 274 | 49.37% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 555 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^7$ The byelection was called due to the resignation of Simeon Duck upon his appointment to the Executive Council March 21, 1885. |||||||
5th British Columbia election, 1886 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Robert Beaven | 540 | 13.65% | – | unknown |
| | Independent (?) | Joseph Westrop Carey | 543 | 1.34% | | unknown |
| | Government | Theodore Davie$^8$ | 463 | 11.71% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Simeon Duck | 456 | 11.53% | – | unknown |
| | Labour | John Mayfield Duval | 127 | 3.21% | | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert Lipsett | 362 | 9.15% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Edward Gawlor Prior$^9$ | 540 | 13.65% | – | unknown |
| | Labour | Andrew Johnston Smith | 208 | 5.26% | | unknown |
| | Government | John Herbert Turner | 472 | 11.93% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert Taylor Williams | 413 | 10.44% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Joseph Wriglesworth | 312 | 8.12% | – | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,955 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^8$ Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
| $^9$ Later the fifteenth Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
6th British Columbia election, 1890 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Robert Beaven | 997 | 13.89% | – | unknown |
| | Government | William Dalby | 528 | 7.35% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Simeon Duck | 658 | 9.17% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Grant | 1,226 | 17.08% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Irving | 747 | 10.41% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | George Lawson Milne | 901 | 12.55% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Francis Gilbert Richards Jr. | 702 | 9.76% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Herbert Turner | 851 | 11.85% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Charles Wilson | 570 | 7.94% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,179 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
7th British Columbia election, 1894 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Robert Beaven | 793 | 6.47% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Braden | 2,160 | 17.62% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | William George Cameron | 664 | 5.42% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Arthur Howard Dutton | 661 | 5.39% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 2,286 | 18.65% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | George Lawson Milne | 828 | 6.76% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Robert Paterson Rithet | 2,504 | 20.43% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Herbert Turner$^{10}$ | 2,361 | 19.26% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,257 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{10}$ Eleventh Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
8th British Columbia election, 1898 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Robert Beaven | 906 | 9.63% | | unknown |
| | Opposition | Arthur Louis Belyea | 949 | 10.09% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Francis Brooke Gregory | 1,149 | 12.21% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Richard Hall | 1,274 | 13.54% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 1,484 | 15.77% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Albert Edward McPhillips | 1,229 | 13.06% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Alexander Stewart | 1,065 | 11.32% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Herbert Turner | 1,352 | 14.37% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,408 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
9th British Columbia election, 1900 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | John Leander Beckwith | 1,154 | 10.25% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Graham Brown | 1,259 | 11.18% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Richard Hall | 1,597 | 14.18% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 1,668 | 14.80% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Joseph Martin$^{11}$ | 1,352 | 12.00% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Albert Edward McPhillips | 1,552 | 13.78% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Herbert Turner | 540 | 13.65% | – | unknown |
| | Labour | James Stuart Yates | 1,233 | 10.95% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,264 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{11}$ Thirteenth Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
In 1902, premier Edward Gawler Prior won a seat in a by-election.
10th British Columbia election, 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | William George Cameron | 1,860 | 14.54% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Low Drury | 1,744 | 13.63% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Hall | 1,554 | 12.14% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Charles Hayward | 1,396 | 10.91% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 1,342 | 10.49% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hunter | 1,223 | 9.56% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Dugald McNiven | 1,627 | 12.71% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Albert Edward McPhillips | 1,352 | 10.57% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | James Cameron Watters | 697 | 5.45% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,795 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
11th British Columbia election, 1907 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Henry Frederick William Behnsen | 1,477 | 11.77% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | William George Cameron | 1,164 | 9.28% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frederick Davey | 1,497 | 11.93% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Low Drury | 1,192 | 9.50% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party of BC | Ernest Amos Hall | 863 | 6.88% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Hall | 1,089 | 8.68% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party of BC | Arngrimur Johnson | 437 | 3.47% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party of BC | William Herbert Marcon | 366 | 2.92% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Richard McBride$^{12}$ | 1,614 | 12.86% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Dugald McNiven | 1,029 | 8.20% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Henry Broughton Thomson | 1,377 | 10.97% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | James Cameron Watters | 443 | 3.53% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,548 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{12}$ Sixteenth Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
12th British Columbia election, 1909 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Henry Frederick William Behnsen | 2,497 | 12.92% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frederick Davey | 2,053 | 12.96% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Low Drury | 2,031 | 10.51% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Kyle Houston | 1,875 | 9.71% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Richard McBride | 2,846 | 14.78% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Alfred James Morley $^{13}$ | 2,218 | 11.48% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | George Oliver | 659 | 3.41% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Oliver$^{14}$ | 2,216 | 11.47% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Henry Broughton Thomson | 2,465 | 12.76% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,320 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{13}$ Endorsed by Liberals. |||||||
| $^{14}$ Later 19th Premier of BC 1918-1927. |||||||
13th British Columbia election, 1912 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Henry Frederick William Behnsen | 2,392 | 14.92% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Harlan Carey Brewster | 2,049 | 12.78% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frederick Davey | 2,471 | 15.41% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard Thomas Elliott | 1,979 | 12.34% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Richard McBride | 3,223 | 20.10% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | Victor Rainsford Midgley$^{15}$ | 2,218 | 11.48% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Bernard Joseph Perry | 616 | 3.84% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Henry Broughton Thomson | 2,641 | 16.47% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,034 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{15}$ Endorsed by Social Democratic Party of BC |||||||
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | George Bell | 3,963 | 12.89% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Harlan Carey Brewster | 4,988 | 16.22% | unknown |
| | Conservative | John Dilworth | 2,651 | 8.62% | unknown |
| | Independent Liberal | Ernest Amos Hall | 1,518 | 4.94% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry Charles Hall | 3,161 | 10.28% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Hart | 3,660 | 11.90% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Reginald Hayward | 2,793 | 9.08% | unknown |
| | Independent | Alfred James Morley | 1,185 | 3.85% | unknown |
| | Social Democratic | Daniel William Poupard | 454 | 1.48% |
| | Social Democratic | Philip Robert Smith | 475 | 1.54% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Stewart | 3,129 | 10.18% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Leonard Tait | 2,774 | 9.02% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,751 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
vte1920 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Liberal | John Oliver $^{18}$ | 6,498 | 12.05 | Y |
| | Conservative | Joshua Hinchcliffe | 5,305 | 9.84 | Y |
| | Liberal | John Hart | 5,016 | 9.30 | Y |
| | Liberal | Joseph Badenoch Clearihue | 4,551 | 8.44 | Y |
| | Conservative | Alexander Stewart | 4,170 | 7.73 |
| | Conservative | William Walter Northcott | 4,141 | 7.68 |
| | Social Democrat | Roderick Ross Sutherland | 4,072 | 7.55 |
| | Independent | Ernest Amos Hall | 4,010 | 7.43 |
| | Liberal | Henry Charles Hall | 3,868 | 7.17 |
| | Independent Liberal | George Bell | 2,045 | 3.79 |
| | Soldier–Labour | Cecil Keir Christian $^{16}$ | 1,716 | 3.18 |
| | Soldier–Labour | James Dakers $^{16}$ | 1,318 | 2.44 |
| | Soldier–Labour | Robert Paton McLernan | 1,202 | 2.33 |
| | Federated Labour | William Edouard Peirce | 834 | 1.55 |
| | Soldier–Labour | Francis William Henry Giolma $^{17}$ | 778 | 1.44 |
| | Independent | Herbert Wynn Davies | 475 | 0.88 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,936 | 100.00 |
| $^{16}$ Nominated by GAUV for joint Soldier-Labour ticket. |||||||
| $^{17}$ Nominated by Victoria Trades and Labour Council for joint Soldier-Labour ticket. |||||||
| $^{18}$ Premier of BC since 1918 |||||||
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Joseph Badenoch Clearihue | 3,498 | 6.77% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Samuel James Drake | 3,527 | 6.83% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party | Mary Gertrude Graves | 1,056 | 2.04% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | 821 | 1.59% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Reginald Hayward | 6,127 | 11.86% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joshua Hinchcliffe | 6,118 | 11.84% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Robert Allan Gus Lyons | 5,120 | 9.91% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Christopher Roland North | 1,715 | 3.32% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Oliver | 4,032 | 7.80% | | unknown |
| | Canadian Labour Party | William Edouard Peirce | 763 | 1.48% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Melbourne Raynor | 4,138 | 8.01% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | Alexander Gordon Smith | 2,175 | 4.21% | – | unknown |
| | Provincial | Albert Edward Todd | 2,379 | 4.60% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Harold Despard Twigg | 5,710 | 11.05% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | Eugene Sidney Woodward | 2,477 | 4.79% | – | unknown |
| | Provincial | Andrew Wright | 2,019 | 3.91% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,675 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | James Harry Beatty | 7,505 | 13.06% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Robert Alexander C. Dewar | 6,180 | 10.76% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Mark Willson Graham | 6,025 | 10.49% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Reginald Hayward | 7,754 | 13.50% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joshua Hinchcliffe | 7,614 | 13.25% | unknown |
| | Independent Labour | Walter Inward | 316 | 0.55% |
| | Independent Conservative | Alice Emily McGregor | 349 | 0.61% |
| | Liberal | John Duncan MacLean | 6,672 | 11.61% |
| | Independent Conservative | Robert Pope Matheson | 715 | 1.24% |
| | Independent | Christopher Rowland North | 894 | 1.56% | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Thomas Straith | 6,201 | 10.79% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Harold Despard Twigg | 7,232 | 11.05% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 57,457 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 251 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 $^{19}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Herbert Anscomb | 5,767 | 8.83% | unknown |
| | Unionist | James Sutherland Brown | 1,312 | 2.01% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Baxter Caird | 2,528 | 3.87% |
| | Independent Conservative | Robert Cassidy | 323 | 0.49% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Badenoch Clearihue | 5,551 | 8.50% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Robert Connell | 5,607 | 8.58% | unknown |
| | Unionist | Frederick James Crowhurst | 594 | 0.91% |
| | Independents | Clem Davies | 5,259 | 8.05% | unknown |
| | Unionist | Herbert Tom Goodland | 910 | 1.39% |
| | Liberal | John Hart | 6,133 | 9.39% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Reginald Hayward | 3,812 | 5.84% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Byron Ingemar Johnson | 7,774 | 11.85% | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Hamilton Kinsman | 4,962 | 7.60% | unknown |
| | Independent | Andrew McGavin | 1,054 | 1.61% | unknown |
| | Independent | Agnes Helen Mason | 107 | 0.16% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Victor Rainsford Midgley | 2,892 | 4.43% | unknown |
| | United Front (Workers and Farmers) | Thomas Moir | 95 | 0.15% |
| | Independent Conservative | William Charles Moresby | 2,796 | 4.28% |
| | Independent | Christopher Rowland North | 412 | 0.63% | unknown |
| | Labour Party | John Harry Owen | 503 | 0.77% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Thomas Guy Sheppard | 4,111 | 6.29% | unknown |
| | Independent | Patrick John Paterson Sinnott | 1,557 | 2.38% | unknown |
| | Independent | Robert Taylor Williams | 1,257 | 1.92% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 65,316 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^{19}$ In addition to William John Bowser (NPIG), the List of Candidates contains five other candidates who did not run on the amended polling day (see note 2): Charles Randall Bishop (NPIG), Joshua Hinchliffe (UPBC), Walter Luney (NPIG), George McGregor (NPIG) and Lorne Ross (IND.). |||||||
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Herbert Anscomb | 6,927 | 10.50% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Kathleen Anderson Bell | 2,362 | 3.58% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Baxter Caird | 2,343 | 3.55% | | unknown |
| | BC Constructivist Party | Robert Connell | 2,540 | 3.85% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Percival Edward George | 401 | 0.61% |
| | Social Constructive | Margaret ("Madge") Hall | 611 | 0.93% |
| | Liberal | John Hart | 7,196 | 10.91% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Nancy Hodges | 6,259 | 9.49% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joseph Douglas Hunter | 6,792 | 10.30% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Byron Ingemar Johnson | 6,440 | 9.76% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Olive Herron Knudsvig | 194 | 0.29% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Bruce Alistair McKelvie | 6,585 | 9.98% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Charles Bayard Messiter | 206 | 0.31% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Nigel Morgan | 2,536 | 3.85% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Thomas Straith | 6,676 | 10.12% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James Johnstone Walker | 2,357 | 3.57% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Frank Saxton White | 260 | 0.39% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frederick Arthur Willis | 5,270 | 7.99% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 65,955 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 233 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 $^{20}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Baxter Caird | 3,358 | 7.72% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Hart | 6,637 | 15.26% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Nancy Hodges | 5,854 | 13.46% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joseph Douglas Hunter | 5,220 | 12.00% | unknown |
| | Independent | Andrew Henry Jukes | 963 | 2.21% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Clare Nulalinda McAllister | 3,380 | 7.77% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Duncan Douglas McTavish | 4,657 | 10.71% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Harold Oscar Simpson | 2,998 | 6.89% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Waldo McTavish Skillings | 4,150 | 9.54% | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Thomas Straith | 6,280 | 14.44% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,497 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 131 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^{20}$ Seat reduced from four members to three. |||||||
31st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frederick James Bevis | 5,288 | 10.56% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Murray D. Bryce | 6,485 | 12.95% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | May Campbell | 5,093 | 10.17% | unknown |
| | Independent Progressive Conservative | Ellen Hart | 473 | 0.94% |
| | John Hart | 10,757 | 21.48% |
| | Nancy Hodges | 10,518 | 21.01% |
| | Social Credit Alliance | Andrew Henry Jukes | 743 | 1.48% |
| | Labour Progressive Party | Robert Joseph Kerr | 436 | 0.87% |
| | William Thomas Straith | 10,278 | 20.53% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,071 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 124 |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Union of Electors | Edith May Bell | 364 | 0.55% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | May Campbell | 5,809 | 8.84% |
| | Union of Electors | William John Clark | 696 | 1.06% |
| | Coalition | Nancy Hodges | 15,982 | 24.33% |
| | Union of Electors | Doris Anne Lougheed | 319 | 0.49% |
| | Coalition | Daniel John Proudfoot | 16,021 | 24.39% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Violet J. Rayment | 5,310 | 8.08% |
| | Coalition | William Thomas Straith | 15,278 | 23.26% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Phyllis Jean Webb | 5,900 | 9.00% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 65,679 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 253 |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot A $^{21}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit League | Lydia Arsens | 4,518 | 18.96% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Baxter Caird | 6,008 | 25.21% | 8,421 | 41.09% | unknown |
| | Independent | Phillip Bernard Freedman | 137 | 0.57% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lillian Margaret Harvey | 4,362 | 18.30% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Liberal | Nancy Hodges | 8,805 | 36.95% | 12,071 | 58.91% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,830 | 100.00% | 20,492 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,991 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77.94% | | |
| $^{21}$ Candidate choices in multi-member ridings such as Victoria City were split into separate ballot competitions for the elimination ballot. Victoria City ran three fields of candidates, arranged in Ballots A, B, and C. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. |||||||
23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot B $^{22}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 6,329 | 27.08% | 8,902 | 44.60% | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Elmer Duncan McEwan | 4,365 | 18.68% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Albert DeBurgo McPhillips | 4,608 | 19.72% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Liberal | Daniel John Proudfoot | '7,842 | 33.56% | 11,057 | 55.40% | unknown |
| | Independent | William Alfred Scott | 226 | 0.97% | - | -% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,370 | 100.00% | 19,959 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,424 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77.94% | | |
| $^{22}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. |||||||
23rd British Columbia election, 1952, Ballot C $^{23}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | May Campbell | 5,975 | 25.24% | 8,511 | 41.98% | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Sabiston Miles | 4,601 | 19.44% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | John Donald Smith | 4,637 | 19.59% |
| | Liberal | William Thomas Straith | 8,457 | 35.73% | 11,762 | 58.02% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,670 | 100.00% | 20,273 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,129 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77.94% | | |
| $^{23}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts only (of 3) shown. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot A $^{24}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Thomas Victor Allen | 4,881 | 21.42% | 1 - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Lydia Arsens | 8,616 | 37.81% | 9,999 | 52.99% |
| | Labor-Progressive | Doris Winifred Blakey | 126 | 0.55% | - | -.- % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur St. Clair Chapman | 1,227 | 5.38% | - | -% | unknown |
| | Independent | Claude Lionel Harrison | 1,022 | 4.49% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Liberal | Nancy Hodges | 6,915 | 30.35% | 8,869 | 47.01% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,787 | 100.00% | 18,868 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,804 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^{24}$ See Note on 1952 Election Ballot A. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 5) shown only. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot B $^{25}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 5,267 | 23.50% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Neelands Chant | 9,131 | 40.73% | 10,330 | 55.32% |
| | Labor-Progressive | Archibald McGugan | 153 | 0.68% | - | -.- % |
| | Liberal | Daniel John Proudfoot | 6,484 | 28.92% | 8,344 | 44.68% | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Montague Laurence Tyrwhitt-Drake $^{26}$ | 1,383 | 6.17% | - | -% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,418 | 100.00% | 18,674 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,162 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^{25}$ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown |||||||
| $^{26}$ Listed as "Drake, Montagne Lawrence Tyrwhitt" in Statement of Votes. In 1956 Statement of Votes he was listed as Tyrwhitt-Drake. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Ballot C $^{27}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | May Campbell | 4,923 | 21.96% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Labor-Progressive | Irving Floyd Mortensen | 127 | 0.57% | - | -.- % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert James Patch | 1,139 | 5.08% | - | -% | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Thomas Straith | 7,193 | 32.09% | 8,907 | 46.90% | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Walter Percival Wright | 9,032 | 40.30% | 10,084 | 53.10% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,414 | 100.00% | 18,991 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,173 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown | $^{27}$ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown |
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Lydia Arsens | 7,827 | 5.02% | – | unknown |
| | Labour Progressive Party | Myrtle Woodward Bergren | 124 | 0.08% | | unknown |
| | Labour Progressive Party | Doris Winifred Blakey | 143 | 1.10% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | William Baxter Caird | 3,417 | 2.19% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | May Campbell | 3,432 | 5.67% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Neelands Chant | 9,199 | 14.95% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Innes Edgelow | 7,241 | 11.96% | unknown |
| | Liberal | George Frederick Thompson Gregory | 8,408 | 13.89% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Neil Johnson MacGregor Hindle | 3,265 | 5.39% | | unknown |
| | Labour Progressive Party | Ernest Leon Knott | 162 | 0.27% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Forrest Linden Shaw | 7,205 | 11.91% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | John Donald Smith | 8,620 | 14.24% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake | 1,476 | 2.44% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 60,519 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 212 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Clive D. Campbell | 1,959 | 3.00% | | unknown |
| | CCF | May Campbell | 4,598 | 7.04% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Neelands Chant | 9,864 | 15.10% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Theodore H. Cressy | 1,543 | 2.36% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Innes Edgelow | 6,083 | 9.31% | unknown |
| | CCF | Rhoda Erickson | 4,262 | 6.52% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | George Frederick Thompson Gregory | 7,278 | 11.14% | | unknown |
| | CCF | Neil John MacGregor Hindle | 4,516 | 6.91% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | George Frederick Thompson Gregory | 8,408 | 13.89% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Charles A.P. Murison | 2,236 | 3.42% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Forrest Linden Shaw | 5,464 | 8.36% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Waldo McTavish Skillings | 8,671 | 13.27% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | John Donald Smith | 8,855 | 13.55% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 65,329 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 388 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | William Neelands Chant | 9,736 | 5.42% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Theodore H. Cressy | 2,282 | 1.27% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Henry A.L. Fanthorpe | 3,324 | 1.85% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Forbes | 4,355 | 2.43% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | William Charles Gelling | 2,528 | 1.41% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Michael Griffin | 4,440 | 7.57% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Bruce Humber | 4,302 | 7.33% | | unknown |
| | Communist | Ernest Leon Knott | 153 | 0.26% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Wilberforce Loader | 2,253 | 3.84% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | David Philip Reimer | 3,275 | 5.58% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Waldo McTavish Skillings | 9,347 | 15.93% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | John Donald Smith | 9,118 | 15.54% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Alfred W. Toone | 3,557 | 6.06% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 58,670 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 175 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

## Sources

* Elections BC Historical Returns
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia :
| Preceded bySouth Nanaimo Dewdney Dewdney Prince Rupert | Constituency represented by the premier of British Columbia 1902–1903 1907–1915 1920–1924 1941–1947 | Succeeded byDewdney Vancouver City Nelson New Westminster |
| Preceded byposition established Kamloops | Constituency represented by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 1872–1878 1949–1952 | Succeeded byEsquimalt Delta |