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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).

Political geography

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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

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Electoral history

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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Canadian Labour Francis Aubrey Browne 1,567 31.22% unknown
Liberal Hugh Murray Fraser 1,324 26.37% unknown
Provincial Alexander Kenneth McLean 1,155 23.01% unknown
  Conservative Thomas Sanderson 974 19.40% unknown
Total valid votes 5,020 100.00%
Turnout %


1928 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Robert Rutledge 2,144 40.81
Liberal John Angus McIver 1,779 33.87
Independent Labour Francis Aubrey Browne 1,330 25.32
Total valid votes 5,253 100.00
Total rejected ballots 125
1933 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Edward Winch 4,548 39.27
Liberal Eleanor Walker Johnson 4,020 34.72
Unionist Frederick William Ball Law 1,051 9.08
United Front (Workers and Farmers) John Stevenson 694 5.99
Non-Partisan Independent Group Gilbert Wainwright Hall 519 4.48
Independent Co-operative Commonwealth James Elman Johnston 344 2.97
Progressive Liberal William Henry Lench 353 3.05
Socialist James King 29 0.25
Independent Hans John Diffner 22 0.19
Total valid votes 11,580 100.00
Total rejected ballots 138
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Conservative Howard Wilfrid Clegg 2,307 17.19% unknown
Liberal William Ewart Grieve 3,379 25.18% unknown
Social Credit League Herbert Wesley Halling 136 1.01% unknown
  Independent Eleanor Walker Johnson 1,009 7.52% unknown
Social Constructive Roderick Charles MacDonald 644 4.80% unknown
  Independent Louis Elmo Walker 34 0.25% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,908 44.03% unknown
Total valid votes 13,417 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 121
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Conservative Charles Clare Bell 2,707 20.79% unknown
Religious Political Brotherhood Archibald Emmanuel Hardy 105 0.81% unknown
Liberal Aubrey Charles Peck 3,762 28.90% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 6,444 49.50% unknown
Total valid votes 13,018
Total rejected ballots 237
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit Alliance (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell 298 2.55% unknown
Coalition Vernon James Lewis 4,733 40.52% unknown
Labor-Progressive Elizabeth Wilson 744 6.37% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,905 50.56% unknown
Total valid votes 11,680 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 302
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Coalition George Andrew Morrison 9,981 46.08% unknown
Social Credit League Henry George Rhodes 655 3.02% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Edward Winch 11,025 50.90% unknown
Total valid votes 21,661 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 204
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 19521
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Liberal Ronald William Fairclough 3,816 14.15% 4,919 18.84%
  Progressive Conservative Oscar Rudolph Olson 2,807 10.41% - -.- %
Social Credit League Clement Frederick Stelter 6,750 25.03% 7,780 29.79%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,933 47.96% 13,416 51.37%
Christian Democratic Bernard William Worsley 662 2.45% - -.- %
Total valid votes 26,968 % 26,115 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 789
Turnout %
1 Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
Social Credit League Ernest Arthur Crampton 8,151 31.85% 8,161 31.98%
  Liberal Mary Edith McDonald 3,351 13.09% 3,364 13.18%
  Progressive Conservative Frederick Marven Stephens 641 2.50% 646 2.53%
Labor-Progressive William John Turner 367 1.43% - -.- %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,689 49.58% 12,947 50.73%
Christian Democratic Bernard William Worsley 396 1.55% 401 1.57%
Total valid votes 25,595 100.00% 25,519 %
Total rejected ballots 1,058
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot; first and final of two (two) counts only shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956 3
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Emmet Cafferky 3,895 6.43% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 12,692 20.96% unknown
  Progressive Conservative John A.W. Drysdale 513 0.84% - unknown
Liberal James Henry Edwards 3,972 6.56% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Malcolm Fitzgerald Green 478 0.80% - unknown
Social Credit Kenneth Martin Hoffman 11,583 19.13% unknown
Social Credit William Parker Philps 12,103 20.00% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 15,304 25.28% unknown
Total valid votes 60,540 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 236
Turnout %
3 Seat increased to two members from one.
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 13,469 16.98% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Cedric Cox 17,659 22.27% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 17,522 22.09% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Malcolm Fitzgerald Green 1,069 1.35% unknown
Social Credit Thomas Irwin 13,394 16.89% unknown
Liberal Graham B. Ladner 7,601 9.58% unknown
Liberal William Lindsay 7,111 8.97% unknown
Communist Harold James Pritchett 409 0.52% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Florence B. Zucco 1,075 1.36% unknown
Total valid votes 79,309 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 589
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Edward Marshall Bauder 5,472 7.43% unknown
Social Credit Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 14,070 19.12% unknown
New Democratic Cedric Cox 14,409 19.58% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Dowding 14,750 20.04% unknown
Liberal Ronald William Fairclough 5,641 7.66% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Esmond Sibley Gladwin 2,263 3.07% unknown
Social Credit Charles Willoughby MacSorley 14,650 19.91% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Christopher John McKin Thomson 2,343 3.18% unknown
Total valid votes 73,598 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 20
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

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Elections BC website - historical election data