Mackenzie (provincial electoral district)

Mackenzie was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the community of Mackenzie. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The district was abolished as the result of a redistribution under the Electoral Districts Act, 1990.[1]

Members elected 1969–1987

Year	Name	Party
1986	Harold Long	Social Credit
1983	Don Lockstead	NDP
1979	Don Lockstead	NDP
1975	Don Lockstead	NDP
1972	Don Lockstead	NDP
1969	Isabel Dawson	Social Credit

Election results 1928–1966

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Isabel Dawson	4945	52.7%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Anthony Gargrave	3586	38.2%		unknown
	Liberal	Benner	855	9.1%		unknown
Total valid votes			9386	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			90
Turnout			66.9%

27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anthony Gargrave	4323	41.6%		unknown
	Social Credit	Dawson	3920	37.7%	–	unknown
	Liberal	McCluskey	2147	20.7%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,390	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			90
Turnout			67.8%

26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anthony Gargrave	4952	46.4%		unknown
	Social Credit	Bracewell	3167	29.7%	–	unknown
	Liberal	McCloskey	2058	19.3%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Moon	487	4.6%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,664	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			132
Turnout			66.6%

25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Anthony Gargrave	4502	48.4%		unknown
	Social Credit	Muir	3246	34.9%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Mainil	1362	14.6%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Moon	189	2.0%		unknown
Total valid votes			9299	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			89
Turnout			63.5%

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Anthony Gargrave	4468	41.4%	5191	53.6%		unknown
	Liberal	B. Milton MacIntyre	3397	31.5%	4497	46.4%		unknown
	Social Credit	Perdu	2,687	24.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Dawe	230	2.1%	--	--.--%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,782	100.00%	9688	%
Total rejected ballots			440
Turnout			72.8%
^2Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of Three shown only)

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Anthony Gargrave	4230	38.2%	5373	53.5%		unknown
	Liberal	B. Milton MacIntyre	3752	33.9%	4669	46.5%		unknown
	Social Credit	Gresty	1,795	16.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Eckhardt	1285	11.6%	--	--.--%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,062	100.00%	10,042	%
Total rejected ballots			347
Turnout			67.1%
^2Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of Three shown only)

22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	B. Milton MacIntyre	5787	55.6%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Herbert Gargrave	4626	44.4%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,413	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			315
Turnout			77.7%

21st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Herbert Gargrave	2961	52.3%		unknown
	Coalition	Thomson	2313	40.8%	–	unknown
	Labour Progressive	Campbell	293	5.2%		unknown
	Social Credit	Mulligan	106	1.9%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			5673	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			315
Turnout			66.7%

20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Herbert Gargrave	2909	45.8%		unknown
	Liberal	McGeer	2079	32.7%		unknown
	Conservative	Young	1370	21.5%		unknown
Total valid votes			6358	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			97
Turnout			65.9%

18th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Melvin Bryan. Sr.	1828	33.9%
	Conservative	McIntyre	1661	30.8%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Herbert Gargrave	1625	30.2%
	Social Constructive	Robertson	152	2.8%
	Social Credit	Creer	122	2.3%
Total valid votes			5388	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			315
Turnout			70.8%

17th British Columbia election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Ernest Bakewell	2071	43.6%		unknown
	Liberal	Castillou	1386	29.2%		unknown
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	MacGregor	1292	27.2%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			4749	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			214
Turnout			67.5%

16th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Manson	1266	51.0%		unknown
	Liberal	Heath	1215	49.0%		unknown
Total valid votes			2481	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			51
Turnout			65.1%

References

1. Electoral History of British Columbia: Supplement, Legislative Library, Victoria, B.C. p. 77.

Sources

• Elections BC
• SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.