Burnaby (provincial electoral district)

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).

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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. 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.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Canadian Labour Francis Aubrey Browne 1,567 31.22% unknown
     Liberal Hugh Murray Fraser 1,324 26.37% unknown
     Provincial Alexander Kenneth McLean 1,155 23.01% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Sanderson 974 19.40% unknown
Total valid votes 5,020 100.00%
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Labour Party Francis Aubrey Browne 1,330 25.32% unknown
     Liberal John Angus McIver 1,779 33.87% unknown
     Conservative William Robert Rutledge 2,144 40.81% unknown
Total valid votes 5,253 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 125
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Hans John Diffner 22 0.19% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Gilbert Wainwright Hall 519 4.48% unknown
     Liberal Eleanor Walker Johnson 4,020 34.72% unknown
     Independent Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Elman Johnston 344 2.97% unknown
     Socialist James King 29 0.25% unknown
     Unionist Frederick William Ball Law 1,051 9.08% unknown
     Progressive Liberal William Henry Lench 353 3.05% unknown
     United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party John Stevenson 694 5.99% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 4,548 39.27% unknown
Total valid votes 11,580 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 138
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Howard Wilfrid Clegg 2,307 17.19% unknown
     Liberal William Ewart Grieve 3,379 25.18% unknown
     Social Credit League of B.C. Herbert Wesley Halling 136 1.01% unknown
     Independent Eleanor Walker Johnson 1,009 7.52% unknown
     Constructivist Roderick Charles MacDonald 644 4.80% unknown
     Independent Louis Elmo Walker 34 0.25% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,908 44.03% unknown
Total valid votes 13,417 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 121
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Charles Clare Bell 2,707 20.79% unknown
     Religious Political Brotherhood Archibald Emmanuel Hardy 105 0.81% unknown
     Liberal Aubrey Charles Peck 3,762 28.90% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 6,444 49.50% unknown
Total valid votes 13,018 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 237
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Alliance (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell 298 2.55% unknown
     Coalition Vernon James Lewis 4,733 40.52% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Elizabeth Wilson 744 6.37% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 5,905 50.56% unknown
Total valid votes 11,680 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 302
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Coalition George Andrew Morrison 9,981 46.08% unknown
     BC Social Credit League Henry George Rhodes 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, 19521
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final 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% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,933 47.96% 13,416 51.37% unknown
     Christian Democrat Bernard William Worsley 662 2.45% - -.- % unknown
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 Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±%
     Social Credit League Ernest Arthur Crampton 8,151 31.85% 8,161 31.98% unknown
     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 Party William John Turner 367 1.43% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ernest Edward Winch 12,689 49.58% 12,947 50.73% unknown
     Christian Democrat Bernard William Worsley 396 1.55% 401 1.57% unknown
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 Hudson 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 Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 13,469 16.98% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Cedric Cox 17,659 22.27% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Hudson 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 Hilliard Harold William Beyerstein 14,070 19.12% unknown
     New Democrat Cedric Cox 14,409 19.58% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Hudson 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