This article is about the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see
Vancouver East .
Vancouver East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada . It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard , Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver Centre, were all created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver East was a two-member seat.
For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see Vancouver (electoral districts) .
Demographics Population, 2001 55,510 Population Change, 1931–2001 8.2% Area (km²) 23.77 Pop. Density 2,335
Electoral history 1933-1986
1933 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Elected Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Edward Winch 2 11,019 26.82 Co-operative Commonwealth John Price 10,972 26.70 Liberal Manfred McGeer 7,348 17.88 Liberal James Gray Turgeon 6,823 16.60 Non-Partisan Independent Group Alexander Daniel MacLean 1,237 3.01 Non-Partisan Independent Group Norah Leavy 1,213 2.95 United Front (Workers and Farmers) Ethel Jane Evans 501 1.22 United Front (Workers and Farmers) Robert Henry Lealess 501 1.22 Independent Gordon Monroe Grant 418 1.027 Unionist Gabriel Eustis1 404 0.98 Independent Co-operative Commonwealth Fenwick Wilbur Crawford 309 0.75 Independent Co-operative Commonwealth John Grant Leggatt 249 0.61 Socialist John Henry Burrough 98 0.24 Total valid votes 28,323 100.00 Total rejected ballots 138 1 Referred to as "Labour" in the newspapers but identified as UPBC in Statement of Votes and List of Candidates. 2 Leader of the Opposition , 1941-1953.
Note: Winners of each election are in bold .
19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Margaret Russell Barclay 5,063 12.37% Socialist John Henry Burrough 53 0.13% – unknown Conservative William Corran 3,079 7.52% Liberal Charles Albert Donovan 5,251 12.83% Conservative Thomas Irvine 2,835 6.93% Social Credit League Claude Weamar Powell 208 0.51 Social Constructive John Price 682 1.67% Social Constructive William Arthur Pritchard 464 1.13% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Lyle Telford 11,752 28.72% Social Credit League Gordon Victor Towle 181 0.44% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harold Edward Winch 11,350 27.74% Total valid votes 40,918 100.00% Total rejected ballots 362
1945 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Elected Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Edward Winch 13,421 27.81 Co-operative Commonwealth Arthur James Turner 12,300 25.49 Coalition Frederick John Hume 9,816 20.34 Coalition Henry Edwards 9,164 18.99 Labor–Progressive Harold James Pritchett 1,541 3.19 Labor–Progressive Charles MacGregor Stewart 1,257 2.60 Social Credit Alliance Arthur C. Rowe 372 0.77 Social Credit Alliance Gordon Victor Towle 333 0.69 Socialist Labour Raymond Harold MacLeod 56 0.12 Total valid votes 48,260 Total rejected ballots 154
For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with two ballots, one for each seat, with two separate candidate-races:
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver East Ballot A 3 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Christian Democratic Albert Peter Busch 1,387 3.13% Liberal Everett Crowley 6,574 14.85% 8,263 19.37% unknown Labour Progressive Stephen Endicott 917 2.07% - -.- % BC Social Credit League Ira Nathan Molson 11,536 26.06% 12,433 29.15% Progressive Conservative Emma Loring Tinsman 2,850 6.44% - -.- % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur James Turner 21,006 47.45% 21,960 51.48% unknown Total valid votes 44,270 100.00% 42,656 % Total rejected ballots 2,701 Turnout % 3 Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver East Ballot B 4 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Christian Democratic Lomer Arthur Louis Dion 1,318 2.94% 1,318 2.94% Progressive Conservative Irving Simpson Finkleman 3,045 6.79% 3,045 6.79% unknown Liberal Frank George Perrin Lewis 5,286 11.79% 5,286 11.79% unknown Social Credit League John Duncan Roberts 11,202 24.99% 11,202 24.99% Labour Progressive Maurice Rush 931 2.08% 931 2.08% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harold Edward Winch 23,051 51.42% 23,051 51.42% unknown Total valid votes 44,833 100.00% 44,833 % Total rejected ballots 2,338 Turnout % 4 Preferential ballot; one count only required on this ballot.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver East Ballot A 5 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Social Credit Anthony Maximilian Arnold 13,225 32.81% 13,872 35.02% Christian Democratic Albert Peter Busch 743 1.84% Liberal Everett Crowley 5,272 13.08% 5,796 14.63% unknown Progressive Conservative Irving Simpson Finkleman 747 1.86% - -.- % unknown Labour Progressive Nigel Morgan 842 2.09% - -.- % Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur James Turner 19,475 48.32% 19,942 50.35% unknown Total valid votes 40,304 100.00% 39,610 % Total rejected ballots 2,592 Total Registered Voters Turnout % 5 Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver East Ballot B 6 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Christian Democratic Lomer Arthur Louis Dion 351 0.87% 351 0.87% Liberal Phillip James Lipp 4,727 11.76% 4,727 11.76% unknown Labour Progressive Harvey Murphy 816 2.03% 816 2.03% Progressive Conservative Stanley Alexander Roberts 803 2.00% 803 2.00% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arnold Alexander Webster 20,583 51.22% 20,583 51.22% unknown Social Credit Stanley Earl Wilcox 12,910 32.12% 12,910 32.12% Total valid votes 40,190 100.00% 40,190 % Total rejected ballots 2,681 Total Registered Voters Turnout % 6 Preferential ballot; only one count required on this ballot.
27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Progressive Conservative Gladys Chong 2,308 2.64% unknown Progressive Conservative William Dronsfield 2,260 2.59% unknown Independent Albert Dunn 215 0.25% unknown Liberal John Joseph Fedyk 3,996 4.58% unknown Social Credit James Morris Kennedy 17,031 19.51% – unknown Liberal Lloyd Bruce Little 3,901 4.47% unknown unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 20,424 23.40% unknown New Democratic Arthur James Turner 20,292 23.25% unknown Social Credit Earl Vance 16,867 19.32% – unknown Total valid votes 87,294 100.00% Total rejected ballots 644 Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal John Joseph Fedyk 1,637 3.60% unknown Social Credit James Morris Kennedy 8,644 18.99% – unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 12,502 27.46% unknown Social Credit Allan Edward Morgan 8,593 18.88% – unknown Liberal Harry Pedrini 1,583 3.48% unknown Communist Homer John Stevens 377 8.28% unknown New Democratic Robert Arthur Williams 12,185 26.77% unknown Total valid votes 45,521 100.00% Total rejected ballots 404 Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Communist Ernest Francis Crist 159 0.31% unknown Liberal Mary Gertrude Gibson 2,398 4.72% unknown Independent Lionel Vincent Hodgson 54 0.11% unknown Social Credit Arthur Berg Jacobson 9,997 19.66% – unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 13,006 25.60% unknown Social Credit Max Edward Meyer 9,905 19.49% – unknown Communist Nigel Morgan 203 0.40% unknown Liberal James Morrison 2,320 4.57% unknown New Democratic Robert Arthur Williams 12,768 25.13% unknown Total valid votes 50,810 100.00% Total rejected ballots 338 Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit A.G. David Brown 7,473 13.99% – unknown Communist Barry F. Dean 237 0.44% unknown Social Credit Biren K. Jha 7,117 13.32% – unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 16,946 31.72% unknown Progressive Conservative Donald McIntyre 2,453 4.59% unknown Progressive Conservative Paul John Mitchell 2,299 4.30% unknown Communist Nigel Morgan 250 0.47% unknown New Democratic Robert Arthur Williams 16,647 31.16% unknown Total valid votes 53,422 100.00% Total rejected ballots 515 Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Ratomir (Roy) Babic 10,431 18.81% Liberal Norman Sidney Chamberlist 1,591 2.87% Revolutionary Marxist Group Gary Eric Cristall 31 0.06% New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 15,918 28.70% Social Credit Nick Mandrusiak 10,267 18.51% Communist Nigel Morgan 214 0.39% Revolutionary Marxist Group Stephen Richard Penner 41 0.07% North American Labour Party Calvin Alphonso Segur 42 0.07% Liberal Florence Anne Simatos 1,387 2.50% Communist Samuel G. Vint 144 0.26% New Democratic Robert Arthur Williams 15,396 27.76% Total valid votes 55,462 Total rejected ballots 582
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures New Democratic Dave Barrett 21,836 32.95% unknown Social Credit Helen Demetra Boyce 10,857 16.38% – unknown North American Labour Party Andre Doucet 152 0.23% unknown Progressive Conservative William Arthur Honour 1,068 1.61% unknown Progressive Conservative Shirley Joann Keinanen 999 1.51% unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 20,670 31.19% unknown Social Credit Bernard Merle Smith 10,688 16.13% – unknown Total valid votes 66,270 100.00% Total rejected ballots 1,032 Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures New Democratic Dave Barrett 22,117 31.78% unknown unknown New Democratic Alexander Barrett MacDonald 21,112 30.34% unknown Social Credit William James McMartin 12,025 17.28% – unknown Communist Bert Ogden 316 0.46% unknown Liberal Bruce W. Robinson 1,188 1.71% unknown Social Credit Gordon Ralph Smith 11,741 16.87% – unknown Liberal Angela E. Thiele 1,087 1.56% unknown Total valid votes 69,586 100.00% Total rejected ballots 1,046 Turnout %
British Columbia provincial by-election, November 8, 1984Dave Barrett Party Candidate Votes % New Democratic Bob Williams 12,857 55.50 Liberal Arthur John "Art" Lee 6,287 27.14 Social Credit Mario Caravetta 3,743 16.16 Green Hans-Joachim Grages 200 0.86 Independent David John Ford 79 0.34 Total valid votes 23,166 100.00 Total rejected ballots 364 Turnout 23,530
34th British Columbia election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Val J. Anderson 3,348 4.71% unknown Social Credit John M. Bitonti 11,069 15.58% – unknown New Democratic Glen David Clark 20,951 29.49% unknown Liberal Anita M. Morris 2,804 3.95% unknown Communist Maurice Rush 324 0.45% unknown People's Front Joseph Theriault 94 0.13% Social Credit Peter Guy Westlake 10,907 15.35% – unknown New Democratic Robert Arthur Williams 21,555 30.34% unknown Total valid votes 71,052 100.00% Total rejected ballots 1,718 Turnout %
A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old tradition of multiple member districts. Vancouver East was abolished. Its principal successor ridings were Vancouver-Kensington , Vancouver-Hastings and Vancouver-Kingsway. Portions of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Burrard , formerly part of Vancouver Centre may also have been added.
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