Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)

Peace River was a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It made its first appearance in the general election of 1933

British Columbia general election, 1933

The British Columbia general election of 1933 was the eighteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 13, 1933, and held on November 2, 1933...

, and its last was in 1953

British Columbia general election, 1953

The British Columbia general election of 1953 was the 24th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 10, 1953, and held on June 9, 1953...

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population Change, 1931–1961	%
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
|United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party
|Emily Loretta Crawford
|align="right"|59
|align="right"|2.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Non-Partisan Independent Group
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Clive Montgomery Francis Planta
|align="right"|957
|align="right"|37.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Mervin Cecil Simmons
|align="right"|800
|align="right"|31.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Wallace Archibald Watson
|align="right"|749
|align="right"|29.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,565
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|19
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden was a merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|1,168
|align="right"|42.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Charles Wilmer Bumstead
|align="right"|905
|align="right"|33.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Thomas Hargreaves
|align="right"|434
|align="right"|15.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|Clive Montgomery Francis Planta
|align="right"|234
|align="right"|8.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,741
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|34
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden was a merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|1,436
|align="right"|51.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
|align="right"|983
|align="right"|35.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Independent Farmer
|Thomas Jamieson
|align="right"|388
|align="right"|13.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,807
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|22
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Coalition
|Howard Guthrie Atkinson
|align="right"|1,117
|align="right"|31.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
|align="right"|1,682
|align="right"|47.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit Alliance
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Margaret Teresa Lally Murray²
|align="right"|388
|align="right"|13.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,515
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|27
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|² Publisher/editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century. Originally a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen he was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the...

, formerly MLA for Lillooet (1933–1941) and later MP for Cariboo
Cariboo (electoral district)
Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...

.
|}
|Coalition
|Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden was a merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|2,342
|align="right"|49.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie
|align="right"|1,901
|align="right"|40.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Philip Franklin Tompkins
|align="right"|470
|align="right"|9.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,713
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|52
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
|Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden
Glen Everton Braden was a merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|1,425
|align="right"|26.14%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Arthur Roald Dahlen
|align="right"|1,571
|align="right"|28.82%
|align="right"|1,865
|align="right"|38.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Walter Clarence Henderson
|align="right"|278
|align="right"|5.10%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|BC Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Charles William Parker
|align="right"|2,178
|align="right"|39.95%
|align="right"|2,942
|align="right"|61.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,452
!align="right"|100.00%
|align="right"|4,807
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|³ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Arthur Roald Dahlen
|align="right"|1,921
|align="right"|33.24%
|align="right"|2,216
|align="right"|42.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|BC Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Charles William Parker
|align="right"|2,481
|align="right"|42.92%
|align="right"|3,022
|align="right"|57.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Stanley Weston
|align="right"|1,378
|align="right"|23.84%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Walter Clarence Henderson
|align="right"|278
|align="right"|5.10%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,780
!align="right"|100.00%
|align="right"|5,238
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|316
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|⁴ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of twp (2) shown only.
|}

After the 1953 election the Peace River riding was partitioned into North Peace River
North Peace River
North Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956...

and South Peace River
South Peace River
South Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956...

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