Vancouver East (provincial electoral district)

This page is for the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district of the same name please see Vancouver East.

Vancouver East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver Centre, were all created from the old Vancouver City riding, which was a six-member seat. Vancouver East was a two-member seat.

For a full listing of Vancouver ridings, historical and current, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,510
Population Change, 1931–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	23.77
Pop. Density	2,335

Electoral history 1933-1986

British Columbia general election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch2	11,019	26.82%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Price	10,972	26.70%	Y
	Liberal	Manfred McGeer	7,348	17.88%
	Liberal	James Gray Turgeon	6,823	16.60%
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	Alexander Daniel MacLean	1,237	3.01%
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	Norah Leavy	1,213	2.95%
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Ethel Jane Evans	501	1.22%
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Robert Henry Lealess	501	1.22%
	Independent	Gordon Monroe Grant	418	1.027%
	Unionist	Gabriel Eustis1	404	0.98%
	Independent Co-operative Commonwealth	Fenwick Wilbur Crawford	309	0.75%
	Independent Co-operative Commonwealth	John Grant Leggatt	249	0.61%
	Socialist	John Henry Burrough	98	0.24%
Total valid votes			28,323	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			138
1 Referred to as "Labour" in the newspapers but identified as UPBC in Statement of Votes and List of Candidates. 2 Leader of the Opposition, 1941-1953.

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Margaret Russell Barclay	5,063	12.37%
	Socialist	John Henry Burrough	53	0.13%	–	unknown
	Conservative	William Corran	3,079	7.52%
	Liberal	Charles Albert Donovan	5,251	12.83%
	Conservative	Thomas Irvine	2,835	6.93%
	Social Credit League	Claude Weamar Powell	208	0.51
	Social Constructive	John Price	682	1.67%
	Social Constructive	William Arthur Pritchard	464	1.13%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Lyle Telford	11,752	28.72%
	Social Credit League	Gordon Victor Towle	181	0.44%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Edward Winch	11,350	27.74%
Total valid votes			40,918	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			362

British Columbia general election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	13,571	30.78%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur James Turner	9,757	22.12%	Y
	Liberal	John Henderson	4,938	11.20%
	Liberal	Theodore Roosvelt Burnett	4,557	10.34%
	Conservative	William Wilfred Derpak	3,770	8.55%
	Independent Labour	James Lyle Telford	3,665	8.31%
	Conservative	George Wilkinson Hubbard	3,562	8.08%
	Socialist Labour	Robert Gordon McQuillan	271	0.61%
Total valid votes			44,091	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			420
2 Became Leader of the Opposition.

British Columbia general election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	13,421	27.81%	Y
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur James Turner	12,300	25.49%	Y
	Coalition	Frederick John Hume	9,816	20.34%
	Coalition	Henry Edwards	9,164	18.99%
	Labor–Progressive	Harold James Pritchett	1,541	3.19%
	Labor–Progressive	Charles MacGregor Stewart	1,257	2.60%
	Social Credit Alliance	Arthur C. Rowe	372	0.77%
	Social Credit Alliance	Gordon Victor Towle	333	0.69%
	Socialist Labour	Raymond Harold MacLeod	56	0.12%
Total valid votes			48,260
Total rejected ballots			154

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Labour Progressive	Viola May Bianco	1,038	1.36%		unknown
	Coalition	Douglas Brown	16,909	22.23%	–	unknown
	Coalition	John Dickinson Cornett	17,168	22.57%	–	unknown
	Union of Electors	Sidney Lamont Gray	109	0.14%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Thomas McGibbon	625	0.82%		unknown
	Social Credit	Audrey Anne Neale	395	0.52%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur James Turner	19,284	25.35%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Edward Winch	20,531	27.00%		unknown
Total valid votes			76,059	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			523
Turnout			%

For the elimination-ballot elections of 1952 and 1953 the riding's voters were presented with two ballots, one for each seat, with two separate candidate-races:

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver East Ballot A 3
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Christian Democratic	Albert Peter Busch	1,387	3.13%
	Liberal	Everett Crowley	6,574	14.85%	8,263	19.37%		unknown
	Labour Progressive	Stephen Endicott	917	2.07%	-	-.- %
	BC Social Credit League	Ira Nathan Molson	11,536	26.06%	12,433	29.15%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Emma Loring Tinsman	2,850	6.44%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur James Turner	21,006	47.45%	21,960	51.48%		unknown
Total valid votes			44,270	100.00%	42,656	%
Total rejected ballots			2,701
Turnout			%
3 Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown.

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 - Vancouver East Ballot B 4
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Christian Democratic	Lomer Arthur Louis Dion	1,318	2.94%	1,318	2.94%
	Progressive Conservative	Irving Simpson Finkleman	3,045	6.79%	3,045	6.79%		unknown
	Liberal	Frank George Perrin Lewis	5,286	11.79%	5,286	11.79%		unknown
	Social Credit League	John Duncan Roberts	11,202	24.99%	11,202	24.99%
	Labour Progressive	Maurice Rush	931	2.08%	931	2.08%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Edward Winch	23,051	51.42%	23,051	51.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			44,833	100.00%	44,833	%
Total rejected ballots			2,338
Turnout			%
4 Preferential ballot; one count only required on this ballot.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver East Ballot A 5
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Anthony Maximilian Arnold	13,225	32.81%	13,872	35.02%
	Christian Democratic	Albert Peter Busch	743	1.84%
	Liberal	Everett Crowley	5,272	13.08%	5,796	14.63%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Irving Simpson Finkleman	747	1.86%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Labour Progressive	Nigel Morgan	842	2.09%	-	-.- %
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur James Turner	19,475	48.32%	19,942	50.35%		unknown
Total valid votes			40,304	100.00%	39,610	%
Total rejected ballots			2,592
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
5 Preferential ballot; first and final of four (4) counts only shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 Vancouver East Ballot B 6
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Christian Democratic	Lomer Arthur Louis Dion	351	0.87%	351	0.87%
	Liberal	Phillip James Lipp	4,727	11.76%	4,727	11.76%		unknown
	Labour Progressive	Harvey Murphy	816	2.03%	816	2.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Alexander Roberts	803	2.00%	803	2.00%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arnold Alexander Webster	20,583	51.22%	20,583	51.22%		unknown
	Social Credit	Stanley Earl Wilcox	12,910	32.12%	12,910	32.12%
Total valid votes			40,190	100.00%	40,190	%
Total rejected ballots			2,681
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
6 Preferential ballot; only one count required on this ballot.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne C. Aggett	720	0.85%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Lewis Beyer	541	0.64%		unknown
	Social Credit	Evelyn Margaret Fingarson	17,821	21.11%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John Leslie McCabe	4,156	4.92%		unknown
	Liberal	Patrick Joseph O'Donohue	4,229	5.01%		unknown
	Social Credit	Frederick Morton Sharp	18,640	22.08%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Edward Thayer	18,541	21.96%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur James Turner	19,774	23.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			84,422	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			76
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harold (Harry) Appleton	5,906	5.92%		unknown
	Liberal	Joseph Charles Bryant	5,828	5.86%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Madeline Barbara Dent	999	1.01%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Gareth Dent	1,080	1.09%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	25,610	25.74%		unknown
	Social Credit	Raymond McCarthy	16,379	16.46%	–	unknown
	Communist	Nigel Morgan	718	0.72%		unknown
	Communist	John Phillips	598	0.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	Frederick Morton Sharp	16,622	16.71%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur James Turner	25,580	25.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			99,479	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			761
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Chong	2,308	2.64%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William Dronsfield	2,260	2.59%		unknown
	Independent	Albert Dunn	215	0.25%		unknown
	Liberal	John Joseph Fedyk	3,996	4.58%		unknown
	Social Credit	James Morris Kennedy	17,031	19.51%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Lloyd Bruce Little	3,901	4.47%		unknown	unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	20,424	23.40%		unknown
	New Democratic	Arthur James Turner	20,292	23.25%		unknown
	Social Credit	Earl Vance	16,867	19.32%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			87,294	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			644
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Joseph Fedyk	1,637	3.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	James Morris Kennedy	8,644	18.99%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	12,502	27.46%		unknown
	Social Credit	Allan Edward Morgan	8,593	18.88%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Harry Pedrini	1,583	3.48%		unknown
	Communist	Homer John Stevens	377	8.28%		unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Williams	12,185	26.77%		unknown
Total valid votes			45,521	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			404
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Communist	Ernest Francis Crist	159	0.31%		unknown
	Liberal	Mary Gertrude Gibson	2,398	4.72%		unknown
	Independent	Lionel Vincent Hodgson	54	0.11%		unknown
	Social Credit	Arthur Berg Jacobson	9,997	19.66%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	13,006	25.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	Max Edward Meyer	9,905	19.49%	–	unknown
	Communist	Nigel Morgan	203	0.40%		unknown
	Liberal	James Morrison	2,320	4.57%		unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Williams	12,768	25.13%		unknown
Total valid votes			50,810	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			338
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	A.G. David Brown	7,473	13.99%	–	unknown
	Communist	Barry F. Dean	237	0.44%		unknown
	Social Credit	Biren K. Jha	7,117	13.32%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	16,946	31.72%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald McIntyre	2,453	4.59%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Paul John Mitchell	2,299	4.30%		unknown
	Communist	Nigel Morgan	250	0.47%		unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Williams	16,647	31.16%		unknown
Total valid votes			53,422	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			515
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Ratomir (Roy) Babic	10,431	18.81%
	Liberal	Norman Sidney Chamberlist	1,591	2.87%
	Revolutionary Marxist Group	Gary Eric Cristall	31	0.06%
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	15,918	28.70%
	Social Credit	Nick Mandrusiak	10,267	18.51%
	Communist	Nigel Morgan	214	0.39%
	Revolutionary Marxist Group	Stephen Richard Penner	41	0.07%
	North American Labour Party	Calvin Alphonso Segur	42	0.07%
	Liberal	Florence Anne Simatos	1,387	2.50%
	Communist	Samuel G. Vint	144	0.26%
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Williams	15,396	27.76%
Total valid votes			55,462
Total rejected ballots			582

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	21,836	32.95%		unknown
	Social Credit	Helen Demetra Boyce	10,857	16.38%	–	unknown
	North American Labour Party	Andre Doucet	152	0.23%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William Arthur Honour	1,068	1.61%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Joann Keinanen	999	1.51%		unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	20,670	31.19%		unknown
	Social Credit	Bernard Merle Smith	10,688	16.13%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			66,270	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			1,032
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	22,117	31.78%		unknown	unknown
	New Democratic	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	21,112	30.34%		unknown
	Social Credit	William James McMartin	12,025	17.28%	–	unknown
	Communist	Bert Ogden	316	0.46%		unknown
	Liberal	Bruce W. Robinson	1,188	1.71%		unknown
	Social Credit	Gordon Ralph Smith	11,741	16.87%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Angela E. Thiele	1,087	1.56%		unknown
Total valid votes			69,586	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			1,046
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Val J. Anderson	3,348	4.71%		unknown
	Social Credit	John M. Bitonti	11,069	15.58%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Glen David Clark	20,951	29.49%		unknown
	Liberal	Anita M. Morris	2,804	3.95%		unknown
	Communist	Maurice Rush	324	0.45%		unknown
	People's Front	Joseph Theriault	94	0.13%
	Social Credit	Peter Guy Westlake	10,907	15.35%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Williams	21,555	30.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			71,052	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			1,718
Turnout			%

A redistribution before the 1991 election dramatically changed Vancouver's long-standing electoral map by the abandonment of the century-old tradition of multiple member districts. Vancouver East was abolished. Its principal successor ridings were Vancouver-Kensington, Vancouver-Hastings and Vancouver-Kingsway. Portions of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Burrard, formerly part of Vancouver Centre may also have been added.

External links

• Elections BC Historical Returns