This article is about the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, 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 [ ]
1933 British Columbia general election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Co-operative Commonwealth
Harold Edward Winch 2
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 .
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
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal 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
11,536
26.06%
12,433
29.15%
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
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal 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
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
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal 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
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal 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
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.
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
%
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
%
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.
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