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23rd Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia
The 23rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from February 1953 to March 1953. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1952. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition. Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly. The government was defeated on Bill 79, known as the "Ralston formula", on March 24. Members of the 23rd General Assembly The following members were elected to the assembly in 1952: Notes: Party standings By-elections By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: Notes: Other changes *Lillooet (dec. Ernest Crawford Carson October 21, 1952) *Vancouver-Point Grey (dec. Albert Reginald MacDougall Albert Reginald MacDougall (October 17, 1902 – January 20, 1953) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 British Columbia General Election
The 1952 British Columbia general election was the 23rd general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, alongside a plebiscite on daylight saving time and liquor. The election was called on April 10, 1952, and held on June 12, 1952. The new legislature met for the first time on February 3, 1953. It was the first BC general election to use a preferential ballot, a short-lived phenomenon in the province. The presence of multi-member districts, such as Victoria City with 3 MLAs, in conjunction with the alternative voting system called for an innovation where the district's candidates were split into three "ballots", each with one candidate from each party. Due to the preferential ballot, the election resulted in a surprise victory for the new Social Credit Party. Not even the Socreds had expected to win the election; the party had no official leader, and was nominally lead through the ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Orr Newton
Richard Orr Newton (May 14, 1905 – February 14, 1963) was an educator, general store and restaurant owner, and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Columbia in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1963 as a Social Credit member. He was born in Hornings Mills, Ontario in 1905, the son of Richard E. Newton and Elizabeth A. Orr. In 1940, Newton married Laura Ruth Weir. He resigned his seat in 1952 to allow Robert Bonner to be elected to the assembly. In 1963, Newton died in office at home in Invermere Invermere is a community in eastern British Columbia, Canada, near the border of Alberta. It is the hub of the Columbia Valley between Golden to the north and Cranbrook to the south. Invermere sits on the northwest shore of Windermere Lake and ... at the age of 57. References 1905 births 1963 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquimalt (electoral District)
Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding. Its successor riding today is Esquimalt-Metchosin. Election results ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , Independent , Charles Berry Brown , align="right", 5 , align="right", 2.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , David Cameron , align="right", 31 , align="right", 17.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Henry S. Caulier , align="right", 9 , align="right", 4.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Henry Cogan , align="right", 34 , align="right", 18.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , William Fisher , align="right", 29 , align="right", 15.93% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Alexander Rocke Robertson , align="right", 74 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mitchell (politician)
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell (December 27, 1925 – September 15, 2021) was a plasterer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Esquimalt from 1951 to 1952 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member and Esquimalt-Port Renfrew from 1979 to 1986 as a New Democratic Party member in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. After completing high school, Mitchell joined the Canadian Merchant Navy. He served in the infantry and paratroop division of the Canadian Army during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing .... He was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1951 by-election held following the death of . Mitchell was reelected in 1952 but then defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1953 and 1975. 1956, Mitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewdney (electoral District)
Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its predecessor was the riding of Westminster-Dewdney, which was created for the 1894 election from a partition of the Westminster riding, which was a rural-area successor to the original New Westminster riding, which was one of the province's first twelve. Demographics Political geography This riding was composed of the municipalities of Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission, plus all the rural areas to the east of Mission as far as the Harrison River. Notable MLAs *Richard McBride, 16th Premier of British Columbia *John Oliver, 19th Premier of British Columbia *Dave Barrett, 26th Premier of British Columbia *George Mussallem *Lyle Wicks * Peter Rolston Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , Liberal , William Waugh Forrester , align="right", 219 , align="right", 33.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Wicks
Lyle Wicks (November 1, 1912 - February 3, 2004) was a British Columbia politician. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Wicks graduated from McLean High School in Haney, British Columbia, Canada in 1930. He was one of the first employees of the BC Plywoods Company (now defunct), and in 1940 he joined the BC Electric Railway Co., where he worked as a streetcar operator within the Vancouver transit system. He joined the Social Credit movement in 1943 and became actively involved in its organisational efforts. From 1946 to 1948, Wicks was elected Vice-President of the Social Credit Association of Canada, British Columbia Section. He also took on the position of Chairman of the Vancouver and District Social Credit Council in 1948. In 1949 Lyle Wicks became the founding President of the British Columbia Social Credit League. He was re-elected to this position until the time of his resignation in October 1952. As president, Wicks recruited W.A.C. Bennett to the nascent party after Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta (provincial Electoral District)
Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the US border. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and its last in the election of 1986, after which it was succeeded by Delta North and Delta South, which are the current ridings in the area. Notable MLAs * John Oliver * Nehemiah George Massey, after whom the George Massey Tunnel is named Electoral history , Liberal , John Oliver , align="right", 447 , align="right", 59.13% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , William Henry Ladner , align="right", 309 , align="right", 40.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 756 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Irwin (Canadian Politician)
Thomas James Irwin (21 June 1889 – 15 May 1962) was a Canadian politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and the House of Commons of Canada. Irwin was born in Dumbarton, Scotland and became a farmer by trade. He was elected to the BC legislature in the 1952 provincial election at the Delta electoral district as a provincial Social Credit candidate. He was re-elected there for two more terms following the 1953 and 1956 provincial elections. From 1953 to 1957, he served as Speaker of the Assembly. He was first elected at the Burnaby—Richmond riding in the 1957 general election as a Social Credit party member of Parliament. He served only one term there, the 23rd Canadian Parliament The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolv ..., after which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranbrook (electoral District)
Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Cranbrook riding made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding). For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts). Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , James Horace King , align="right", 500 , align="right", 53.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 935 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick (January 26, 1908 – February 8, 1999) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member. He was born in Rossland, British Columbia, the son of Thomas Nimsick and Anna Caesar. In 1934, he married Marie K. Zimmer. Nimsick worked at diamond drilling and dairy farming; he later worked for Cominco for 40 years, retiring in 1968. He served four years as an alderman for Rossland. Nimsick ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1937. He ran for the leadership of the CCF in 1956, coming second to Robert Strachan Robert Martin Strachan (December 1, 1913 – July 21, 1981) was a trade unionist and politician. He was the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia history.Canadian Press, "Robert Strachan Led CCF-NDP in opposition fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowichan-Newcastle
Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections. Demographics Political geography Notable elections First Nations Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , Canadian Labour Party (B.C. Section) , Samuel Guthrie , align="right", 1,132 , align="right", 28.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , Wymond Wolverton Walkem , align="right", 738 , align="right", 18.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,986 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Martin Strachan
Robert Martin Strachan (December 1, 1913 – July 21, 1981) was a trade unionist and politician. He was the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia history.Canadian Press, "Robert Strachan Led CCF-NDP in opposition for 13 years in B.C. House", ''Globe and Mail'', July 22, 1981 Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Strachan was a carpenter by trade. He immigrated to Canada after quitting a 10-shilling-a-week job as messenger boy in Glasgow to go to Nova Scotia on a $10-a-week farm labor scheme. He moved west, in 1931, to the northern B.C. copper-smelting town of Anyox and then to Powell River, where he became a carpenter and an active unionist eventually becoming British Columbia head of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. In 1952, he was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as an MLA for the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In 1956, he was elected CCF leader thus becoming Leader of the Opposition to the Social Credit go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
