South Peace River

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South Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956. It and neighbouring North Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding.

1 Notable MLAs
2 Political geography
3 Election results
4 Sources

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harold John Burton	456	12.96%		unknown
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	1,787	50.80%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roald Dahlen	1,275	36.24%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,518	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	3,133	59.39%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John Close	1,339	25.38%		unknown
	Liberal	Joseph H. Lowes	303	5.74%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	500	9.48%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,275	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			64
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Stanley Carnell	3,365	68.81%		unknown
	New Democrat	John Close	825	16.87%		unknown
	Liberal	William Arthur McClellan	700	14.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,890	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Raymond Clarence Cowan	851	19.68%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	2,585	59.78%		unknown
	Liberal	Vera Daphne Peel Phillips	888	20.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,324	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			77
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Raymond Elden Adams	1,210	19.94%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald Albert Marshall	4,267	70.33%		unknown
	Liberal	Phillip Sydney Sykes	590	9.72%		unknown	Total valid votes	6,067	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			50
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Albert Marshall	2,951	41.97%		unknown
	Liberal	Francis James McIntyre	156	2.22%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	2,972	42.26%		unknown
	New Democrat	John R. Watkins	953	13.55%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,032	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			107
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	James Bailey Henderson	452	6.25%		unknown
	New Democrat	Corliss Patricia Miller	2,233	30.91%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	4,540	62.84%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,225	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Corliss Patricia Miller	2,785	34.58%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	5,269	65.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,054	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			123
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	William George Litwin	257	2.53%		unknown
	New Democrat	Glen Patrick Michiel	3,368	33.13%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	6,540	64.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,165	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			156
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Hugh Cooper	3,382	32.31%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Peter Diemert	1,676	16.02%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber	5,408	51.67%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,466	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163
Turnout			%

Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election saw South Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River South].

[edit] Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data

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