Vancouver South (provincial electoral district)

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Vancouver South was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created in time for the general election of 1966 and last appeared in the general election of 1986. It returned two members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Electoral history

1966 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Ralph Raymond Loffmark 12,25922.79Green check.svgY
Social Credit Thomas Audley Bate 11,74021.83Green check.svgY
New Democratic Norman Levi 9,06716.86
New Democratic Joseph Harold Warnock8,84316.44
Liberal James Ronald Grant5,69810.59
Liberal Richard Gordon Hepworth5,67510.55
Independent Howard Leonard Faulkner5020.93
Total valid votes53,784
Total rejected ballots387
British Columbia provincial by-election, 21 May 1968
called because of death of T. A. Bate on September 21, 1967.
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Norman Levi 10,28939.57
Social Credit George Wainborn8,30931.96
Liberal Edward Alastair (Sandy) Robertson7,35628.29
RPCLeonard Sprackman480.18
Total valid votes26,002
Total rejected ballots194
1969 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Ralph Raymond Loffmark 15,15423.69Green check.svgY
Social Credit Agnes Kripps14,23322.25Green check.svgY
New Democratic Norman Levi 11,25917.60
New Democratic John Noel Laxton10,52316.45
Liberal Edward Alastair Sandy Robertson6,67010.43
Liberal Michael Henry Hornby Tytherleigh6,0599.47
Independent Suraj Singh Sander800.13
Total valid votes63,978
Total rejected ballots393
1972 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
New Democratic Jack A. Radford 14,01020.46Green check.svgY
New Democratic Daisy Webster 13,82120.18Green check.svgY
Social Credit Agnes Kripps 11,26316.45
Social Credit Ralph Raymond Loffmark 11,21516.38
Liberal Helen Demetra Boyce6,5019.49
Liberal Frederick Newton A. Rowell6,2479.12
Progressive Conservative Walter J. Boytinck2,7444.01
Progressive Conservative Mildred (Millie) MacKinnon2,6843.92
Total valid votes68,485
Total rejected ballots432
1975 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Charles Stephen Rogers 18,71126.08Green check.svgY
Social Credit William Gerald Strongman 18,55925.86Green check.svgY
New Democratic Jack A. Radford 14,26019.87
New Democratic Michael Franklin Harcourt 14,21319.81
Liberal Gordon Joseph Chambers2,1002.93
Liberal Richard Lyle Johannson1,9882.77
Progressive Conservative Clare Walker8541.19
Progressive Conservative Peter Guy Westlake8331.16
Communist Bruce Stevens1690.24
Communist Samuel Vint670.09
Total valid votes71,754
Total rejected ballots390
1979 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Charles Stephen Rogers 19,74126.68Green check.svgY
Social Credit Peter Stewart Hyndman 19,66526.58Green check.svgY
New Democratic James Edgar Duvall15,25820.62
New Democratic Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh 14,12319.09
Progressive Conservative Peter Guy Westlake2,0662.79
Progressive Conservative David Nigel Kilbey2,0452.76
Liberal Roger Schmidt8591.16
Marxist–Leninist Amarjit Singh Dhillon1540.21
Marxist–Leninist Allen Harvey Soroka810.11
Total valid votes73,992
Total rejected ballots875
1983 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Russell Gordon Fraser 22,20627.48Green check.svgY
Social Credit Charles Stephen Rogers 22,17127.43Green check.svgY
New Democratic Joyce Ellen Whitman17,30621.42
New Democratic Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh 15,29118.92
Liberal Harry Bernard Cobin Hammer3,8434.75
Total valid votes80,817
Total rejected ballots727
1986 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Social Credit Russell Gordon Fraser 21,32527.44Green check.svgY
Social Credit Charles Stephen Rogers 20,87226.86Green check.svgY
New Democratic Elain Duvall17,41422.41
New Democratic Gavin B. Craig17,22722.17
People's Front Charles R. Boylan5130.66
People's Front Harbhajan S. Cheema3550.46
Total valid votes77,706
Total rejected ballots1,550

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