Burnaby (provincial electoral district)

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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).

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Demographics

Population, 1926Population, 1966
Population change, 1926–1966
Area (km²)
Population density

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

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Canadian Labour Francis Aubrey Browne 1,56731.22%unknown
Liberal Hugh Murray Fraser1,32426.37%–unknown
Provincial Alexander Kenneth McLean1,15523.01%–unknown
  Conservative Thomas Sanderson97419.40%unknown
Total valid votes5,020100.00%
Turnout%
1928 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Robert Rutledge 2,14440.81
Liberal John Angus McIver1,77933.87
Independent Labour Francis Aubrey Browne 1,33025.32
Total valid votes5,253 100.00
Total rejected ballots125
1933 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Edward Winch 4,54839.27
Liberal Eleanor Walker Johnson4,02034.72
UnionistFrederick William Ball Law1,0519.08
United Front (Workers and Farmers)John Stevenson6945.99
Non-Partisan Independent Group Gilbert Wainwright Hall5194.48
Independent Co-operative CommonwealthJames Elman Johnston3442.97
Progressive LiberalWilliam Henry Lench3533.05
Socialist James King290.25
Independent Hans John Diffner220.19
Total valid votes11,580 100.00
Total rejected ballots138
19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Howard Wilfrid Clegg2,30717.19%unknown
Liberal William Ewart Grieve 3,37925.18%–unknown
Social Credit League Herbert Wesley Halling1361.01%–unknown
 IndependentEleanor Walker Johnson1,0097.52%
Social Constructive Roderick Charles MacDonald6444.80%
 IndependentLouis Elmo Walker340.25%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,90844.03%
Total valid votes13,417100.00%
Total rejected ballots121
20th British Columbia election, 1941
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Charles Clare Bell2,70720.79%
Religious Political BrotherhoodArchibald Emmanuel Hardy1050.81%
Liberal Aubrey Charles Peck3,76228.90%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 6,44449.50%
Total valid votes13,018
Total rejected ballots237
21st British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Alliance (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell2982.55%unknown
Coalition Vernon James Lewis 4,73340.52%–unknown
Labour Progressive Elizabeth Wilson7446.37%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,90550.56%unknown
Total valid votes11,680100.00%
Total rejected ballots302
Turnout%
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition George Andrew Morrison 9,98146.08%–unknown
Social Credit League Henry George Rhodes 6553.02%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Edward Winch 11,02550.90%unknown
Total valid votes21,661100.00%
Total rejected ballots204
Turnout%
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 1
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
  Liberal Ronald William Fairclough3,81614.15%4,91918.84%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Oscar Rudolph Olson2,80710.41%--.- %unknown
Social Credit League Clement Frederick Stelter6,75025.03%7,78029.79%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,93347.96% 13,41651.37%unknown
Christian DemocraticBernard William Worsley6622.45%
Total valid votes26,968%26,115100.00%
Total rejected ballots789
Turnout%
1Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 2
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
Social Credit League Ernest Arthur Crampton 8,15131.85%8,16131.98%
  Liberal Mary Edith McDonald3,35113.09%3,36413.18%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Frederick Marven Stephens6412.50%6462.53%unknown
Labour Progressive William John Turner3671.43%--.- %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,68949.58%12,94750.73%unknown
Christian DemocraticBernard William Worsley3961.55%4011.57%
Total valid votes25,595100.00%25,519%
Total rejected ballots1,058
Total Registered Voters
Turnout%
2Preferential ballot; first and final of two (two) counts only shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956 3
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Emmet Cafferky3,8956.43%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 12,69220.96%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John A.W. Drysdale5130.84%-unknown
Liberal James Henry Edwards3,9726.56%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Malcolm Fitzgerald Green4780.80%-unknown
Social Credit Kenneth Martin Hoffman11,58319.13%–unknown
Social Credit William Parker Philps12,10320.00%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 15,30425.28%unknown
Total valid votes60,540100.00%
Total rejected ballots236
Turnout%
3 Seat increased to two members from one.
26th British Columbia election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 13,46916.98%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Cedric Cox 17,65922.27%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 17,52222.09%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Malcolm Fitzgerald Green1,0691.35%unknown
Social Credit Thomas Irwin 13,39416.89%–unknown
Liberal Graham B. Ladner7,6019.58%–unknown
Liberal William Lindsay7,1118.97%–unknown
Communist Harold James Pritchett4090.52%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Florence B. Zucco1,0751.36%unknown
Total valid votes79,309100.00%
Total rejected ballots589
Turnout%
27th British Columbia election, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Edward Marshall Bauder5,4727.43%–unknown
Social Credit Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 14,07019.12%–unknown
New Democratic Cedric Cox 14,40919.58%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 14,75020.04%unknown
Liberal Ronald William Fairclough5,6417.66%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Esmond Sibley Gladwin2,2633.07%unknown
Social Credit Charles Willoughby MacSorley 14,650 19.91% –unknown
  Progressive Conservative Christopher John McKin Thomson2,3433.18%unknown
Total valid votes73,598100.00%
Total rejected ballots20
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

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