Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)

Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)

Peace River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its only appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933.

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly


= Electoral history = "Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party
Emily Loretta Crawford
align="right"|59
align="right"|2.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group
Clive Montgomery Francis Planta
align="right"|957
align="right"|37.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Mervin Cecil Simmons
align="right"|800
align="right"|31.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Wallace Archibald Watson
align="right"|749
align="right"|29.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,565!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|19!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Glen Everton Braden
align="right"|1,168
align="right"|42.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Charles Wilmer Bumstead
align="right"|905
align="right"|33.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Hargreaves
align="right"|434
align="right"|15.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Clive Montgomery Francis Planta
align="right"|234
align="right"|8.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,741 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|34!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Glen Everton Braden
align="right"|1,436
align="right"|51.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
align="right"|983
align="right"|35.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Farmer
Thomas Jamieson
align="right"|388
align="right"|13.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,807 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|22!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Coalition
Howard Guthrie Atkinson
align="right"|1,117
align="right"|31.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
align="right"|1,682
align="right"|47.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit Alliance
Margaret Teresa Lally Murray2
align="right"|388
align="right"|13.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,515 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|27!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Publisher/editor of the "Alaska Highway News" and wife of George Matheson Murray, formerly MLA for Lillooet (1933-1941) and later MP for Cariboo.

Coalition
Glen Everton Braden
align="right"|2,342
align="right"|49.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
align="right"|1,901
align="right"|40.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Philip Franklin Tompkins
align="right"|470
align="right"|9.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,713 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|52!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Election Pref begin | title=23rd British Columbia election, 1952 3
Liberal
Glen Everton Braden
align="right"|1,425
align="right"|26.14%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Arthur Roald Dahlen
align="right"|1,571
align="right"|28.82%
align="right"|1,865
align="right"|38.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Walter Clarence Henderson
align="right"|278
align="right"|5.10%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
BC Social Credit League
Charles William Parker
align="right"|2,178
align="right"|39.95%
align="right"|2,942
align="right"|61.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,452 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"|4,807
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|151!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Arthur Roald Dahlen
align="right"|1,921
align="right"|33.24%
align="right"|2,216
align="right"|42.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
BC Social Credit League
Charles William Parker
align="right"|2,481
align="right"|42.92%
align="right"|3,022
align="right"|57.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Stanley Weston
align="right"|1,378
align="right"|23.84%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Walter Clarence Henderson
align="right"|278
align="right"|5.10%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,780 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"|5,238
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|316!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential 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.

External links

* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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