# Burnaby (provincial electoral district)

Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that first appeared on the hustings in the 1924 election. For the federal electoral district of the same name, please see Burnaby (federal electoral district).

## Political geography

The riding was identical with the Municipality of Burnaby, other than areas near to New Westminster which were included in the New Westminster electoral district. At the time of the riding's creation much of Burnaby was still semi-rural and development was confined to the Kingsway corridor (then "Westminster Highway"), along Hastings Street and Broadway (near Lougheed Highway), and along the two mainlines of the British Columbia Electric Railway via Central Park and Burnaby Lake.

## Notable MLAs

* Ernest Edward Winch

## Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Canadian Labour | Francis Aubrey Browne | 1,567 | 31.22% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Hugh Murray Fraser | 1,324 | 26.37% | – | unknown |
| | Provincial | Alexander Kenneth McLean | 1,155 | 23.01% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Thomas Sanderson | 974 | 19.40% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,020 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1928 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Robert Rutledge | 2,144 | 40.81 |
| | Liberal | John Angus McIver | 1,779 | 33.87 |
| | Independent Labour | Francis Aubrey Browne | 1,330 | 25.32 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,253 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 125 |
vte1933 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Ernest Edward Winch | 4,548 | 39.27 |
| | Liberal | Eleanor Walker Johnson | 4,020 | 34.72 |
| | Unionist | Frederick William Ball Law | 1,051 | 9.08 |
| | United Front (Workers and Farmers) | John Stevenson | 694 | 5.99 |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Gilbert Wainwright Hall | 519 | 4.48 |
| | Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | James Elman Johnston | 344 | 2.97 |
| | Progressive Liberal | William Henry Lench | 353 | 3.05 |
| | Socialist | James King | 29 | 0.25 |
| | Independent | Hans John Diffner | 22 | 0.19 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,580 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 138 |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Howard Wilfrid Clegg | 2,307 | 17.19% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Ewart Grieve | 3,379 | 25.18% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Herbert Wesley Halling | 136 | 1.01% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Eleanor Walker Johnson | 1,009 | 7.52% | | unknown |
| | Social Constructive | Roderick Charles MacDonald | 644 | 4.80% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Louis Elmo Walker | 34 | 0.25% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 5,908 | 44.03% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,417 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 121 | | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Charles Clare Bell | 2,707 | 20.79% | unknown |
| | Religious Political Brotherhood | Archibald Emmanuel Hardy | 105 | 0.81% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Aubrey Charles Peck | 3,762 | 28.90% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 6,444 | 49.50% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,018 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 237 | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit Alliance | (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell | 298 | 2.55% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Vernon James Lewis | 4,733 | 40.52% | – | unknown |
| | Labor-Progressive | Elizabeth Wilson | 744 | 6.37% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 5,905 | 50.56% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,680 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 302 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | George Andrew Morrison | 9,981 | 46.08% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Henry George Rhodes | 655 | 3.02% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Ernest Edward Winch | 11,025 | 50.90% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,661 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 204 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952$^1$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ronald William Fairclough | 3,816 | 14.15% | 4,919 | 18.84% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Oscar Rudolph Olson | 2,807 | 10.41% | - | -.- % |
| | Social Credit League | Clement Frederick Stelter | 6,750 | 25.03% | 7,780 | 29.79% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 12,933 | 47.96% | 13,416 | 51.37% |
| | Christian Democratic | Bernard William Worsley | 662 | 2.45% | - | -.- % |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,968 | % | 26,115 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 789 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^1$ Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^2$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit League | Ernest Arthur Crampton | 8,151 | 31.85% | 8,161 | 31.98% |
| | Liberal | Mary Edith McDonald | 3,351 | 13.09% | 3,364 | 13.18% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Frederick Marven Stephens | 641 | 2.50% | 646 | 2.53% |
| | Labor-Progressive | William John Turner | 367 | 1.43% | - | -.- % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 12,689 | 49.58% | 12,947 | 50.73% |
| | Christian Democratic | Bernard William Worsley | 396 | 1.55% | 401 | 1.57% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,595 | 100.00% | 25,519 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,058 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^2$ Preferential ballot; first and final of two (two) counts only shown. |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 $^3$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Emmet Cafferky | 3,895 | 6.43% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Gordon Dowding | 12,692 | 20.96% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | John A.W. Drysdale | 513 | 0.84% | - | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Henry Edwards | 3,972 | 6.56% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Fitzgerald Green | 478 | 0.80% | - | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Kenneth Martin Hoffman | 11,583 | 19.13% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Parker Philps | 12,103 | 20.00% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ernest Edward Winch | 15,304 | 25.28% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 60,540 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 236 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^3$ Seat increased to two members from one. |||||||
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein | 13,469 | 16.98% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Cedric Cox | 17,659 | 22.27% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Gordon Dowding | 17,522 | 22.09% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Fitzgerald Green | 1,069 | 1.35% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Thomas Irwin | 13,394 | 16.89% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Graham B. Ladner | 7,601 | 9.58% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Lindsay | 7,111 | 8.97% | – | unknown |
| | Communist | Harold James Pritchett | 409 | 0.52% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Florence B. Zucco | 1,075 | 1.36% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 79,309 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 589 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Edward Marshall Bauder | 5,472 | 7.43% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein | 14,070 | 19.12% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Cedric Cox | 14,409 | 19.58% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Gordon Dowding | 14,750 | 20.04% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ronald William Fairclough | 5,641 | 7.66% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Esmond Sibley Gladwin | 2,263 | 3.07% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Charles Willoughby MacSorley | 14,650 | 19.91% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Christopher John McKin Thomson | 2,343 | 3.18% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 73,598 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 20 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
The Burnaby riding was partitioned in the large redistribution prior to the 1966 election. Successor ridings were Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby-Willingdon and Burnaby North.

## Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data