South Peace River

Last updated May 12, 2022

South Peace River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the general election of 1956 and last contested in the general election of 1986. It and neighbouring North Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding. Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election saw South Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River South.

Notable MLAs

Political geography

History

Assembly	Years		Party
Peace River prior to 1956
25th	1956–1960	Stanley Carnell	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963
28th	1963–1966
28th	1966–1969	Donald M. Phillips
29th	1969–1972	Donald Albert Marshall
29th	1972	Donald Albert Marshall	Progressive Conservative
30th	1972–1975	Donald M. Phillips	Social Credit
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991	Jack Weisgerber

Election results

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	1,787	50.80%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roald Dahlen	1,275	36.24%		unknown
	Liberal	Harold John Burton	456	12.96%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,518	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	3,133	59.39%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John Close	1,339	25.38%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	500	9.48%		unknown
	Liberal	Joseph H. Lowes	303	5.74%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,275	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			64
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	3,365	68.81%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	John Close	825	16.87%		unknown
	Liberal	William Arthur McClellan	700	14.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,890	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	2,585	59.78%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Vera Daphne Peel Phillips	888	20.54%		unknown
	New Democratic	Raymond Clarence Cowan	851	19.68%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,324	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			77
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Albert Marshall	4,267	70.33%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Raymond Elden Adams	1,210	19.94%		unknown
	Liberal	Phillip Sydney Sykes	590	9.72%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,067	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			50
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	2,972	42.26%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Albert Marshall	2,951	41.97%		unknown
	New Democratic	John R. Watkins	953	13.55%		unknown
	Liberal	Francis James McIntyre	156	2.22%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,032	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			107
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	4,540	62.84%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Corliss Patricia Miller	2,233	30.91%		unknown
	Liberal	James Bailey Henderson	452	6.25%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,225	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	5,269	65.42%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Corliss Patricia Miller	2,785	34.58%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,054	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			123
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	6,540	64.34%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Glen Patrick Michiel	3,368	33.13%		unknown
	Liberal	William George Litwin	257	2.53%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,165	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			156
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber	5,408	51.67%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Hugh Cooper	3,382	32.31%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Peter Diemert	1,676	16.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,466	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163
Turnout			%

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data

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v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts
‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet
Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Columbia Cranbrook Fernie Grand Forks-Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo-Slocan Lillooet Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke Rossland-Trail Shuswap Similkameen South Okanagan Yale
Lower Mainland	Burnaby (2) Chilliwack Delta (2) Dewdney New Westminster North Vancouver (2) Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (3)
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Newcastle Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo and the Islands Oak Bay Saanich Victoria City (3)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1956 general election 1960 general election 1963 general election Defunct districts