Elections BC Electoral History of
British Columbia
1871-1986


32nd General Election 1979 (continued)


Results By Electoral District (continued)

    PARTY VOTES %
Maillardville-Coquitlam Kerster, George Herman SC 9,422 44.18
Tot. 21,327 Legge, Gerald PC 921 4.32
Rej. 495 LEVI, Norman NDP 10,913 51.17
  Therrien, Gerald Bernard NALP 71 0.33
         
Nanaimo Humble, Thomas Wesley (Tom) SC 11,979 41.31
Tot. 29,000 STUPICH, David Daniel NDP 17,021 58.69
Rej. 420        
         
Nelson-Creston Coleman, George Henry SC 7,349 42.01
Tot. 17,492 NICOLSON, Lorne James NDP 10,143 57.99
Rej. 303        
         
New Westminster COCKE, Dennis Geoffrey NDP 11,343 59.30
Tot. 19,129 Hughes, Malvern James SC 7,786 40.70
Rej. 292        
         
North Island Dodman, Morley Gordon IND. 225 1.33
Tot. 16,927 Furney, Gerry SC 6,649 39.28
Rej. 274 GABELMANN, Colin Stuart NDP 8,831 52.17
  Johnson, Peter Alan PC 1,222 7.22
         
North Peace River Breti, Joseph Mark NDP 2,081 23.98
Tot. 8,679 BRUMMET, Anthony Julius (Tony) SC 6,598 76.02
Rej. 147        
         
North Vancouver-Capilano Copes, Michael Ian NDP 7,139 30.03
Tot. 23,770 Nichol, William James PC 1,579 6.65
Rej. 455 REE, Angus Creelman SC 13,247 55.73
  Warburton, Frank Carlton LIB. 1,805 7.59
         
North Vancouver-Seymour DAVIS, John (Jack) SC 11,049 48.61
Tot. 22,730 Gilmore, Joy Ann PC 1,796 7.90
Rej. 388 Langan, Vida Joy NDP 8,417 37.03
  Tothill, Jevington Blair LIB. 1,468 6.46
         
Oak Bay-Gordon Head Overgaard, Muriel Agnes NDP 6,741 26.17
Tot. 25,755 SMITH, Brian Ray Douglas SC 12,730 49.43
Rej. 497 Stephens, Victor Albert PC 6,284 24.40
         
Okanagan North Butters, Jewel Sandra PC 2,582 13.16
Tot. 19,619 JORDAN, Patricia Jane SC 9,811 50.01
Rej. 190 Winters, Jerry NDP 7,226 36.83

    PARTY VOTES %
Okanagan South BENNETT, William Richards SC 20,552 62.45
Tot. 32,912 Dendy, Hugh Duncan NDP 10,881 33.06
Rej. 324 Gardner, Ernest Arthur PC 1,479 4.49
         
Omineca Anderson, Russell Frederick NDP 4,163 41.66
Tot. 9,993 KEMPF, Jack Joseph SC 5,830 58.34
Rej. 199        
         
Prince George North Boyd, Charles Arthur NDP 6,704 47.27
Tot. 14,181 HEINRICH, John Herbert (Jack) SC 7,477 52.73
Rej. 402        
         
Prince George South MacLatchy, Joan Kristin NDP 6,845 41.04
Tot. 16,680 STRACHAN, William Bruce SC 9,835 58.96
Rej. 300        
         
Prince Rupert LEA, Graham Richard NDP 5,129 61.80
Tot. 8,300 Robins, Hugh John SC 3,171 38.20
Rej. 147        
         
Richmond NIELSEN, James Arthur SC 18,783 51.14
Tot. 36,732 Steves, Harold Leslie NDP 15,549 42.33
Rej. 389 Wright, Barry Reginald PC 2,400 6.53
         
Rossland-Trail Brooks, Joseph Phillips SC 5,728 36.18
Tot. 15,832 D'ARCY, Christopher Anthony Conyers NDP 9,252 58.44
Rej. 186 Drown, Dale Murray PC 852 5.38
         
Saanich and the Islands CURTIS, Hugh Austin SC 16,018 49.42
Tot. 32,410 Green, John Willison PC 2,431 7.50
Rej. 419 Mika, John NDP 13,961 43.08
         
Shuswap-Revelstoke Bawtree, Leonard SC 10,008 45.04
Tot. 22,219 KING, William Stewart NDP 10,654 47.95
Rej. 293 Smiley, Harold A. PC 1,557 7.01
         
Skeena HOWARD, Frank NDP 7,561 50.29
Tot. 15,034 McCreery, L. David IND. 197 1.31
Rej. 233 Serry, Arthur David IND. 83 0.55
  Shelford, Cyril Morley SC 7,193 47.85
         
South Peace River Miller, Corliss Patricia NDP 2,785 34.58
Tot. 8,054 PHILLIPS, Donald McGray SC 5,269 65.42
Rej. 123        

    PARTY VOTES %
Surrey (2) Arland, Josephine P. CPC 183 0.15
Tot. 119,361 Gidora, Timothy George CPC 204 0.17
Rej. 1,368 HALL, Ernest NDP 28,644 24.00
  Jones, Dalton O. SC 26,306 22.04
  VANDER ZALM, William Nick (Bill) SC 29,693 24.88
  Watkins, Michael Garry NDP 28,497 23.87
  Westwood, Brian Kent PC 5,834 4.89
         
Vancouver Centre (2) BARNES, Emery Oakland NDP 17,361 27.91
Tot. 62,207 Eady, Keith Donald PC 1,475 2.37
Rej. 1,310 Figueroa, Miguel CPC 237 0.38
  Henderson, Douglas David PC 1,511 2.43
  Kennedy, Thomas Warnett SC 12,233 19.66
  Kimmitt, Richard Desmond Fitzgerald SC 11,649 18.73
  LAUK, Gary Vernon NDP 17,464 28.07
  Rush, Maurice CPC 277 0.45
         
Vancouver East (2) BARRETT, David NDP 21,836 32.95
Tot. 66,270 Boyce, Helen Demetra SC 10,857 16.38
Rej. 1,032 Doucet, Andre NALP 152 0.23
  Honour, William Arthur PC 1,068 1.61
  Keinanen, Shirley Joann PC 999 1.51
  MACDONALD, Alexander Barrett NDP 20,670 31.19
  Smith, Bernard Merle SC 10,688 16.13
         
Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Harcourt, Michael Franklin NDP 17,009 23.83
Tot. 71,377 McCARTHY, Grace Mary SC 19,350 27.11
Rej. 1,143 Swanson, Jean NDP 16,329 22.88
  WOLFE, Evan Maurice SC 18,689 26.18
         
Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Fairley, William PC 2,511 3.17
Tot. 79,151 GARDOM, Garde Basil SC 20,620 26.05
Rej. 1,274 Green, Elizabeth L. PC 2,437 3.08
  McGEER, Patrick Lucey SC 19,789 25.00
  O'Brien, Timothy Charles LIB. 1,399 1.77
  Shandel, Thomas Francis NDP 15,686 19.82
  Sumner, Christopher Keith LIB. 1,131 1.43
  Thomas, Hilda Louise NDP 15,578 19.68
         
Vancouver South (2) Dhillon, Amarjit Singh CPC(ML)4 154 0.21
Tot. 73,992 Dosanjh, Ujjal Dev Singh NDP 14,123 19.09
Rej. 875 Duvall, James Edgar NDP 15,258 20.62
  HYNDMAN, Peter Stewart SC 19,665 26.58
  Kilbey, David Nigel PC 2,045 2.76
  ROGERS, Charles Stephen SC 19,741 26.68
  Schmidt, Roger LIB. 859 1.16
  Soroka, Allen Harvey CPC(ML)4 81 0.11
  Westlake, Peter Guy PC 2,066 2.79
         
Victoria (2) BARBER, Charles Frederick NDP 22,700 28.26
Tot. 80,339 Bawlf, Robert Samuel SC 17,002 21.16
Rej. 1,107 Easton, Michael Edward WIP 275 0.34
  HANSON, Gordon William NDP 20,226 25.18
  Lindsay, Jack PC 2,195 2.73
  Lynn, Margaret M. (Maggi) PC 2,018 2.51
  Young, Michael Dalway Watson (Mike) SC 15,923 19.82
         
West Vancouver-Howe Sound Cook, Robert Douglas GATE 126 0.52
Tot. 24,381 England, Christopher Derrick PC 1,916 7.86
Rej. 459 Minchin, Lawrence Charles NDP 5,773 23.68
  WILLIAMS, Louis Allan SC 16,566 67.94
         
Yale-Lillooet Anderson, Gerald Hamilton NDP 5,870 41.80
Tot. 14,043 Ward, Raymond Paul PC 864 6.15
Rej. 205 WATERLAND, Thomas Manville SC 7,309 52.05


4. Listed only as Communist Party of Canada in Statement of Votes but was not part of the CPC slate. Campaigned as CPC(Marxist-Leninist).

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