Victoria City (provincial electoral district)

Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and premiers. It last appeared on the hustings in the 1963 election.

Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.




 * Independent
 * Robert Beaven
 * align="right"|301
 * align="right"|19.87%
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 * Independent
 * Simeon Duck 
 * align="right"|301
 * align="right"|19.87%
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 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * John Foster McCreight1
 * align="right"|373
 * align="right"|24.62%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * James Trimble
 * align="right"|321
 * align="right"|21.19%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,515 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|1 First Premier of British Columbia.
 * Independent
 * Robert Taylor Williams
 * align="right"|124
 * align="right"|8.18%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|² The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
 * Independent
 * Robert Beaven
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 * align="right"| -.- %
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|727 !align="right"| 100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|4 The byelection was called following Elliott's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on February 1, 1876.
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,523 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|5 The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon his appointment to Executive Council June 26, 1878  This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
 * Independent
 * Robert Beaven
 * align="right"|Acclaimed
 * align="right"| -.- %
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 * Independent
 * Simeon Duck
 * align="right"|368
 * align="right"|13.09%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,811 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|6 Sixth Premier of British Columbia.
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|555 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|7 The byelection was called due to the resignation of Simeon Duck upon his appointment to the Executive Council March 21, 1885.
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 * Independent (?)
 * Joseph Westrop Carey
 * align="right"|543
 * align="right"|1.34%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Labour
 * John Mayfield Duval
 * align="right"|127
 * align="right"|3.21%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Labour
 * Andrew Johnston Smith
 * align="right"|208
 * align="right"|5.26%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,955 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|8 Premier of British Columbia. !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|9 Later the fifteenth Premier of British Columbia.
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,179 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Charles Wilson
 * align="right"|570
 * align="right"|7.94%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,257 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|10 Eleventh Premier of British Columbia.
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 * Independent
 * Robert Beaven
 * align="right"|906
 * align="right"|9.63%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,408 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,264 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|11 Thirteenth Premier of British Columbia.
 * Labour
 * James Stuart Yates
 * align="right"|1,233
 * align="right"|10.95%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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In 1902, premier Edward Gawler Prior won a seat in a by-election.


 * Liberal
 * William George Cameron
 * align="right"|1,860
 * align="right"|14.54%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Low Drury
 * align="right"|1,744
 * align="right"|13.63%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Hall
 * align="right"|1,554
 * align="right"|12.14%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Charles Hayward
 * align="right"|1,396
 * align="right"|10.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Henry Dallas Helmcken
 * align="right"|1,342
 * align="right"|10.49%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Joseph Hunter
 * align="right"|1,223
 * align="right"|9.56%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * James Dugald McNiven
 * align="right"|1,627
 * align="right"|12.71%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="right"|1,352
 * align="right"|10.57%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,795 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Conservative
 * Henry Frederick William Behnsen
 * align="right"|1,477
 * align="right"|11.77%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William George Cameron
 * align="right"|1,164
 * align="right"|9.28%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Frederick Davey
 * align="right"|1,497
 * align="right"|11.93%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Low Drury
 * align="right"|1,192
 * align="right"|9.50%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party of BC
 * Ernest Amos Hall
 * align="right"|863
 * align="right"|6.88%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Hall
 * align="right"|1,089
 * align="right"|8.68%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party of BC
 * Arngrimur Johnson
 * align="right"|437
 * align="right"|3.47%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party of BC
 * William Herbert Marcon
 * align="right"|366
 * align="right"|2.92%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Richard McBride12
 * align="right"|1,614
 * align="right"|12.86%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * James Dugald McNiven
 * align="right"|1,029
 * align="right"|8.20%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Henry Broughton Thomson
 * align="right"|1,377
 * align="right"|10.97%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,548 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|12 Sixteenth Premier of British Columbia.
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 * Conservative
 * Henry Frederick William Behnsen
 * align="right"|2,497
 * align="right"|12.92%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Frederick Davey
 * align="right"|2,053
 * align="right"|12.96%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Low Drury
 * align="right"|2,031
 * align="right"|10.51%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William Kyle Houston
 * align="right"|1,875
 * align="right"|9.71%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Richard McBride
 * align="right"|2,846
 * align="right"|14.78%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Alfred James Morley 13
 * align="right"|2,218
 * align="right"|11.48%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Oliver14
 * align="right"|2,216
 * align="right"|11.47%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,320 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|13 Endorsed by Liberals. !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|14 Later 19th Premier of BC 1918-1927.
 * Conservative
 * Henry Broughton Thomson
 * align="right"|2,465
 * align="right"|12.76%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Conservative
 * Henry Frederick William Behnsen
 * align="right"|2,392
 * align="right"|14.92%
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 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Harlan Carey Brewster
 * align="right"|2,049
 * align="right"|12.78%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Frederick Davey
 * align="right"|2,471
 * align="right"|15.41%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Richard Thomas Elliott
 * align="right"|1,979
 * align="right"|12.34%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Richard McBride
 * align="right"|3,223
 * align="right"|20.10%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Bernard Joseph Perry
 * align="right"|616
 * align="right"|3.84%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|16,034 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|15 Endorsed by Social Democratic Party of BC
 * Conservative
 * Henry Broughton Thomson
 * align="right"|2,641
 * align="right"|16.47%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * George Bell
 * align="right"|3,963
 * align="right"|12.89%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Harlan Carey Brewster
 * align="right"|4,988
 * align="right"|16.22%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * John Dilworth
 * align="right"|2,651
 * align="right"|8.62%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent Liberal
 * Ernest Amos Hall
 * align="right"|1,518
 * align="right"|4.94%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Henry Charles Hall
 * align="right"|3,161
 * align="right"|10.28%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Hart
 * align="right"|3,660
 * align="right"|11.90%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Reginald Hayward
 * align="right"|2,793
 * align="right"|9.08%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Alfred James Morley
 * align="right"|1,185
 * align="right"|3.85%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Alexander Stewart
 * align="right"|3,129
 * align="right"|10.18%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|30,751 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Conservative
 * Leonard Tait
 * align="right"|2,774
 * align="right"|9.02%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * Joseph Badenoch Clearihue
 * align="right"|3,498
 * align="right"|6.77%
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 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Samuel James Drake
 * align="right"|3,527
 * align="right"|6.83%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party
 * Mary Gertrude Graves
 * align="right"|1,056
 * align="right"|2.04%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party
 * James Hurst Hawthornthwaite
 * align="right"|821
 * align="right"|1.59%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Reginald Hayward
 * align="right"|6,127
 * align="right"|11.86%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Joshua Hinchcliffe
 * align="right"|6,118
 * align="right"|11.84%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Robert Allan Gus Lyons
 * align="right"|5,120
 * align="right"|9.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Christopher Roland North
 * align="right"|1,715
 * align="right"|3.32%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Oliver
 * align="right"|4,032
 * align="right"|7.80%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Canadian Labour Party
 * William Edouard Peirce
 * align="right"|763
 * align="right"|1.48%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Melbourne Raynor
 * align="right"|4,138
 * align="right"|8.01%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Harold Despard Twigg
 * align="right"|5,710
 * align="right"|11.05%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|51,675 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Conservative
 * James Harry Beatty
 * align="right"|7,505
 * align="right"|13.06%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Robert Alexander C. Dewar
 * align="right"|6,180
 * align="right"|10.76%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Mark Willson Graham
 * align="right"|6,025
 * align="right"|10.49%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Reginald Hayward
 * align="right"|7,754
 * align="right"|13.50%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Joshua Hinchcliffe
 * align="right"|7,614
 * align="right"|13.25%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Duncan MacLean
 * align="right"|6,672
 * align="right"|11.61%


 * Independent
 * Christopher Rowland North
 * align="right"|894
 * align="right"|1.56%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William Thomas Straith
 * align="right"|6,201
 * align="right"|10.79%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|57,457 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|251 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Conservative
 * Harold Despard Twigg
 * align="right"|7,232
 * align="right"|11.05%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Independent
 * Herbert Anscomb
 * align="right"|5,767
 * align="right"|8.83%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William Baxter Caird
 * align="right"|2,528
 * align="right"|3.87%


 * Liberal
 * Joseph Badenoch Clearihue
 * align="right"|5,551
 * align="right"|8.50%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Robert Connell
 * align="right"|5,607
 * align="right"|8.58%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independents
 * Clem Davies
 * align="right"|5,259
 * align="right"|8.05%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Hart
 * align="right"|6,133
 * align="right"|9.39%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Reginald Hayward
 * align="right"|3,812
 * align="right"|5.84%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Byron Ingemar Johnson
 * align="right"|7,774
 * align="right"|11.85%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William Hamilton Kinsman
 * align="right"|4,962
 * align="right"|7.60%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Andrew McGavin
 * align="right"|1,054
 * align="right"|1.61%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Agnes Helen Mason
 * align="right"|107
 * align="right"|0.16%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Victor Rainsford Midgley
 * align="right"|2,892
 * align="right"|4.43%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Christopher Rowland North
 * align="right"|412
 * align="right"|0.63%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Labour Party
 * John Harry Owen
 * align="right"|503
 * align="right"|0.77%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Thomas Guy Sheppard
 * align="right"|4,111
 * align="right"|6.29%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Patrick John Paterson Sinnott
 * align="right"|1,557
 * align="right"|2.38%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,316 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|185 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|19 In addition to William John Bowser (NPIG), the List of Candidates contains five other candidates who did not run on the amended polling day (see note 2): Charles Randall Bishop (NPIG), Joshua Hinchliffe (UPBC), Walter Luney (NPIG), George McGregor (NPIG) and Lorne Ross (IND.).
 * Independent
 * Robert Taylor Williams
 * align="right"|1,257
 * align="right"|1.92%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Conservative
 * Herbert Anscomb
 * align="right"|6,927
 * align="right"|10.50%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Kathleen Anderson Bell
 * align="right"|2,362
 * align="right"|3.58%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William Baxter Caird
 * align="right"|2,343
 * align="right"|3.55%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * BC Constructivist Party
 * Robert Connell
 * align="right"|2,540
 * align="right"|3.85%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Hart
 * align="right"|7,196
 * align="right"|10.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Nancy Hodges
 * align="right"|6,259
 * align="right"|9.49%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Joseph Douglas Hunter
 * align="right"|6,792
 * align="right"|10.30%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Byron Ingemar Johnson
 * align="right"|6,440
 * align="right"|9.76%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Bruce Alistair McKelvie
 * align="right"|6,585
 * align="right"|9.98%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Nigel Morgan
 * align="right"|2,536
 * align="right"|3.85%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William Thomas Straith
 * align="right"|6,676
 * align="right"|10.12%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * James Johnstone Walker
 * align="right"|2,357
 * align="right"|3.57%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,955 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|233 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Conservative
 * Frederick Arthur Willis
 * align="right"|5,270
 * align="right"|7.99%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William Baxter Caird
 * align="right"|3,358
 * align="right"|7.72%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * John Hart
 * align="right"|6,637
 * align="right"|15.26%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Nancy Hodges
 * align="right"|5,854
 * align="right"|13.46%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Joseph Douglas Hunter
 * align="right"|5,220
 * align="right"|12.00%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Clare Nulalinda McAllister
 * align="right"|3,380
 * align="right"|7.77%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Duncan Douglas McTavish
 * align="right"|4,657
 * align="right"|10.71%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Harold Oscar Simpson
 * align="right"|2,998
 * align="right"|6.89%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Waldo McTavish Skillings
 * align="right"|4,150
 * align="right"|9.54%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|43,497 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|131 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|20 Seat reduced from four members to three.
 * Liberal
 * William Thomas Straith
 * align="right"|6,280
 * align="right"|14.44%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Frederick James Bevis
 * align="right"|5,288
 * align="right"|10.56%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Murray D. Bryce
 * align="right"|6,485
 * align="right"|12.95%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|5,093
 * align="right"|10.17%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent Progressive Conservative
 * Ellen Hart
 * align="right"|473
 * align="right"|0.94%


 * Labour Progressive Party
 * Robert Joseph Kerr
 * align="right"|436
 * align="right"|0.87%

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|50,071 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|124
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|5,809
 * align="right"|8.84%


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Violet J. Rayment
 * align="right"|5,310
 * align="right"|8.08%

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,679 !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|253
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Phyllis Jean Webb
 * align="right"|5,900
 * align="right"|9.00%
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William Baxter Caird
 * align="right"|6,008
 * align="right"|25.21%
 * align="right"|8,421
 * align="right"|41.09%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Phillip Bernard Freedman
 * align="right"|137
 * align="right"|0.57%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Lillian Margaret Harvey
 * align="right"|4,362
 * align="right"|18.30%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,830 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|20,492 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,991 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=9 |21 Candidate choices in multi-member ridings such as Victoria City were split into separate ballot competitions for the elimination ballot. Victoria City ran three fields of candidates, arranged in Ballots A, B, and C. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only.
 * Liberal
 * Nancy Hodges
 * align="right"|8,805
 * align="right"|36.95%
 * align="right"|12,071
 * align="right"|58.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Colin Cameron
 * align="right"|6,329
 * align="right"|27.08%
 * align="right"|8,902
 * align="right"|44.60%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Albert DeBurgo McPhillips
 * align="right"|4,608
 * align="right"|19.72%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Daniel John Proudfoot
 * align="right"|'7,842
 * align="right"|33.56%
 * align="right"|11,057
 * align="right"|55.40%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,370 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|19,959 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,424 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=9|22 Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only.
 * Independent
 * William Alfred Scott
 * align="right"|226
 * align="right"|0.97%
 * align="right"|-
 * align="right"|-%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|5,975
 * align="right"|25.24%
 * align="right"|8,511
 * align="right"|41.98%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Walter Sabiston Miles
 * align="right"|4,601
 * align="right"|19.44%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,670 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|20,273 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,129 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=9|23 Preferential ballot; first and final counts only (of 3) shown.
 * Liberal
 * William Thomas Straith
 * align="right"|8,457
 * align="right"|35.73%
 * align="right"|11,762
 * align="right"|58.02%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Thomas Victor Allen
 * align="right"|4,881
 * align="right"|21.42%
 * align="right"|1 -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Arthur St. Clair Chapman
 * align="right"|1,227
 * align="right"|5.38%
 * align="right"|-
 * align="right"|-%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Claude Lionel Harrison
 * align="right"|1,022
 * align="right"|4.49%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,787 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,868 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,804 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|24 See Note on 1952 Election Ballot A.  Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 5) shown only.
 * Liberal
 * Nancy Hodges
 * align="right"|6,915
 * align="right"|30.35%
 * align="right"|8,869
 * align="right"|47.01%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Colin Cameron
 * align="right"|5,267
 * align="right"|23.50%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Daniel John Proudfoot
 * align="right"|6,484
 * align="right"|28.92%
 * align="right"|8,344
 * align="right"|44.68%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,418 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,674 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,162 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|25 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|26 Listed as "Drake, Montagne Lawrence Tyrwhitt" in Statement of Votes. In 1956 Statement of Votes he was listed as Tyrwhitt-Drake.
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Montague Laurence Tyrwhitt-Drake 26
 * align="right"|1,383
 * align="right"|6.17%
 * align="right"|-
 * align="right"|-%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * }




 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|4,923
 * align="right"|21.96%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Robert James Patch
 * align="right"|1,139
 * align="right"|5.08%
 * align="right"|-
 * align="right"|-%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * William Thomas Straith
 * align="right"|7,193
 * align="right"|32.09%
 * align="right"|8,907
 * align="right"|46.90%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,414 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|18,991 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|2,173 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !style="text-align:right; max-width:50em" colspan=7|27 Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown
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 * Labour Progressive Party
 * Myrtle Woodward Bergren
 * align="right"|124
 * align="right"|0.08%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Labour Progressive Party
 * Doris Winifred Blakey
 * align="right"|143
 * align="right"|1.10%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth
 * William Baxter Caird
 * align="right"|3,417
 * align="right"|2.19%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|3,432
 * align="right"|5.67%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Geoffrey Innes Edgelow
 * align="right"|7,241
 * align="right"|11.96%
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * George Frederick Thompson Gregory
 * align="right"|8,408
 * align="right"|13.89%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth
 * Neil Johnson MacGregor Hindle
 * align="right"|3,265
 * align="right"|5.39%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Labour Progressive Party
 * Ernest Leon Knott
 * align="right"|162
 * align="right"|0.27%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Forrest Linden Shaw
 * align="right"|7,205
 * align="right"|11.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|60,519 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|212 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake
 * align="right"|1,476
 * align="right"|2.44%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * }


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Clive D. Campbell
 * align="right"|1,959
 * align="right"|3.00%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * CCF
 * May Campbell
 * align="right"|4,598
 * align="right"|7.04%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Theodore H. Cressy
 * align="right"|1,543
 * align="right"|2.36%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Geoffrey Innes Edgelow
 * align="right"|6,083
 * align="right"|9.31%
 * align="right"|unknown


 * CCF
 * Rhoda Erickson
 * align="right"|4,262
 * align="right"|6.52%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * George Frederick Thompson Gregory
 * align="right"|7,278
 * align="right"|11.14%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * CCF
 * Neil John MacGregor Hindle
 * align="right"|4,516
 * align="right"|6.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * George Frederick Thompson Gregory
 * align="right"|8,408
 * align="right"|13.89%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Charles A.P. Murison
 * align="right"|2,236
 * align="right"|3.42%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Forrest Linden Shaw
 * align="right"|5,464
 * align="right"|8.36%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|65,329 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|388 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * }


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Theodore H. Cressy
 * align="right"|2,282
 * align="right"|1.27%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Elizabeth Forbes
 * align="right"|4,355
 * align="right"|2.43%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * William Charles Gelling
 * align="right"|2,528
 * align="right"|1.41%
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Michael Griffin
 * align="right"|4,440
 * align="right"|7.57%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Bruce Humber
 * align="right"|4,302
 * align="right"|7.33%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * John Wilberforce Loader
 * align="right"|2,253
 * align="right"|3.84%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|58,670 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|175 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * }