Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)

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Peace River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance in the general election of 1933, and its last was in 1953.

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Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Emily Loretta Crawford592.30%unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Clive Montgomery Francis Planta 95737.31%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Mervin Cecil Simmons80031.19%unknown
  Liberal Wallace Archibald Watson74929.20%unknown
Total valid votes2,565100.00%
Total rejected ballots19
Turnout%
19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Glen Everton Braden 1,16842.61%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Wilmer Bumstead90533.02%unknown
Conservative Thomas Hargreaves43415.83%unknown
 Independent Clive Montgomery Francis Planta 2348.54%unknown
Total valid votes2,741100.00%
Total rejected ballots34
Turnout%
1941 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Glen Everton Braden 1,43651.16
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie 98335.02
Independent FarmerThomas Jamieson38813.82
Total valid votes2,807100.00
Total rejected ballots22
21st British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition Howard Guthrie Atkinson1,11731.78%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie 1,68247.85%unknown
Social Credit Alliance Margaret Teresa Lally Murray 271613.82%unknown
Total valid votes3,515100.00%
Total rejected ballots27
Turnout%
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1949 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Coalition Glen Everton Braden 2,34249.69
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie 1,90140.34
People's Co-operative Commonwealth Philip Franklin Tompkins4709.97
Total valid votes4,713100.00
Total rejected ballots52
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 3
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
  Liberal Glen Everton Braden 1,42526.14%--.- %unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur Roald Dahlen1,57128.82%1,86538.80%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Walter Clarence Henderson2785.10%--.- %unknown
Social Credit League Charles William Parker 2,178 39.95%2,94261.20%
Total valid votes5,452100.00%4,807
Total rejected ballots151
Turnout%
3Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 4
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur Roald Dahlen1,92133.24%2,21642.31%unknown
Social Credit League Charles William Parker 2,481 42.92%3,02257.69%
  Liberal Stanley Weston1,37823.84%--.- %unknown
Total valid votes5,780100.00%5,238
Total rejected ballots316
Turnout%
4Preferential ballot. First and final counts of twp (2) shown only.

After the 1953 election the Peace River riding was partitioned into North Peace River and South Peace River.

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