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 (electoral district) .
Demographics [ ]
Population, 1926
Population, 1966
Population change, 1926–1966
Area (km²)
Population density
Political geography [ ]
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 [ ]
Electoral history [ ]
Note: Winners of each election are in bold .
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
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Conservative
Charles Clare Bell
2,707
20.79%
Religious Political Brotherhood
Archibald Emmanuel Hardy
105
0.81%
Liberal
Aubrey Charles Peck
3,762
28.90%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Ernest Edward Winch
6,444
49.50%
Total valid votes
13,018
Total rejected ballots
237
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Coalition
9,981
46.08%
–
unknown
Social Credit League
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, 1952 1
Party
Candidate
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal count
%
±%
Liberal
Ronald William Fairclough
3,816
14.15%
4,919
18.84%
unknown
Progressive Conservative
Oscar Rudolph Olson
2,807
10.41%
-
-.- %
unknown
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%
unknown
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
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal count
%
±%
Social Credit League
8,151
31.85%
8,161
31.98%
Liberal
Mary Edith McDonald
3,351
13.09%
3,364
13.18%
unknown
Progressive Conservative
Frederick Marven Stephens
641
2.50%
646
2.53%
unknown
Labour Progressive
William John Turner
367
1.43%
-
-.- %
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Ernest Edward Winch
12,689
49.58%
12,947
50.73%
unknown
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
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
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 [ ]
Elections BC website - historical election data