South Peace River

South Peace River

South Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956. It and neighbouring North Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding.

Notable MLAs

Political geography

Election results

"Note: Winners of each election are in "bold.
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Liberal
Harold John Burton
align="right"|456
align="right"|12.96%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Stanley Carnell
align="right"|1,787
align="right"|50.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Arthur Roald Dahlen
align="right"|1,275
align="right"|36.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,518 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|49!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Social Credit
Stanley Carnell
align="right"|3,133
align="right"|59.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John Close
align="right"|1,339
align="right"|25.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Joseph H. Lowes
align="right"|303
align="right"|5.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Peter Runkle
align="right"|500
align="right"|9.48%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,275 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|64!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Social Credit
Stanley Carnell
align="right"|3,365
align="right"|68.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John Close
align="right"|825
align="right"|16.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
William Arthur McClellan
align="right"|700
align="right"|14.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,890 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|54!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
Raymond Clarence Cowan
align="right"|851
align="right"|19.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald McGray Phillips
align="right"|2,585
align="right"|59.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Vera Daphne Peel Phillips
align="right"|888
align="right"|20.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,324 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|77!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
New Democrat
Raymond Elden Adams
align="right"|1,210
align="right"|19.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald Albert Marshall
align="right"|4,267
align="right"|70.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"
Liberal
Phillip Sydney Sykes
align="right"|590
align="right"|9.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,067 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|50!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Progressive Conservative
Donald Albert Marshall
align="right"|2,951
align="right"|41.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Francis James McIntyre
align="right"|156
align="right"|2.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald McGray Phillips
align="right"|2,972
align="right"|42.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John R. Watkins
align="right"|953
align="right"|13.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,032 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|107!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
James Bailey Henderson
align="right"|452
align="right"|6.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Corliss Patricia Miller
align="right"|2,233
align="right"|30.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald McGray Phillips
align="right"|4,540
align="right"|62.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,225 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|58!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
New Democrat
Corliss Patricia Miller
align="right"|2,785
align="right"|34.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald McGray Phillips
align="right"|5,269
align="right"|65.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,054!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|123!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
William George Litwin
align="right"|257
align="right"|2.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Glen Patrick Michiel
align="right"|3,368
align="right"|33.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Donald McGray Phillips
align="right"|6,540
align="right"|64.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,165 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|156!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
Hugh Cooper
align="right"|3,382
align="right"|32.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Peter Diemert
align="right"|1,676
align="right"|16.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber
align="right"|5,408
align="right"|51.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,466 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|163!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election saw South Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River South] .

ources

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]


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