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Oak Bay (electoral District)
Oak Bay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the 1941 British Columbia general election, general election of 1941 and last appeared in the 1975 British Columbia general election, 1975 election. Its successor is the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding. For other ridings in the area of Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, B.C. please see Victoria (electoral districts). Demographics Political Geography Notable Elections Notable MLAs Several British Columbia Conservative Party leaders have represented the riding including Herbert Anscomb who was Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier in the Liberal-Conservative coalition government. George Scott Wallace represented the district in the 1970s and his successor as Tory leader Victor Albert Stephens was its last MLA from 1978 until 1979. Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are shown in'' bold. , - , British Columbia Liberal Party, Liberal , Everett Stanley Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territorial governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada. The powers flowing from th ... [...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] |
Mel Couvelier
Melville Bertram Couvelier (January 20, 1931 – May 30, 2011) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Saanich and the Islands from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1948, Couvelier married Milly Quakenbush. He was employed by Crown Zellerbach, a paper manufacturing company, then went on to operate a general store in Coal Harbour. In 1960, the family moved to Victoria. There, he became the owner of Maplewood Poultry Processors and later established Couvelier's Fine Apparel. He was mayor of Saanich from 1977 to 1986. In 1986, he ran for the leadership of the Social Credit Party; he placed 11th out of 12 candidates on the first ballot, and withdrew, endorsing eventual winner Bill Vander Zalm. Couvelier then ran in the 1986 election for the riding of Saanich and the Islands, and was elected. He was subsequently named to Vander Zalm's ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 British Columbia General Election
The 1972 British Columbia general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 24, 1972, and held on August 30, 1972. The new legislature met for the first time on October 17, 1972. David Barrett led the social democratic New Democratic Party to victory, winning a majority government. The Social Credit Party, led by Premier W.A.C. Bennett, was defeated after governing British Columbia since the 1952 election. Social Credit's share of the popular vote fell by over 15 percentage points, and the party lost 28 of the seats it had won in the previous election. The Liberal Party held onto its five seats, while the Progressive Conservative Party, under the leadership of Derrill Warren, returned to the legislature for the first time since the 1953 election by winning two seats. In four ridings and part of a fifth, a referendum was held on the question of daylight s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Leslie Cox
Allan Leslie Cox (born October 4, 1927) is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1968 to 1969, as a Liberal member for the constituency of Oak Bay Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordere .... References British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs 1927 births Living people Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 British Columbia General Election
The 1969 British Columbia general election was the 29th 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 July 21, 1969, and held on August 27, 1969. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1970. The conservative Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a seventh term in government. It won over 46% of the popular vote. The opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia won about one-third of the popular vote, roughly the same as in the previous election, but lost four of its 16 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party of British Columbia The British Columbia Liberal Party, often shortened to the BC Liberals, is a centre-right provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition. Subsequent to the 2020 British Columbia general .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 British Columbia General Election
The 1966 British Columbia general election was the 28th 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 August 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967. The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election. The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats. The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six. The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 British Columbia General Election
The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964. The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally. The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats. The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five. The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%. Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Brock MacFarlane
Alan Brock MacFarlane (May 17, 1924 – December 10, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in British Columbia. He represented Oak Bay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1960 to 1968 as a Liberal. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia. MacFarlane served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He studied law at the University of British Columbia and was called to the British Columbia bar in 1949. He resigned his seat in 1968 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. MacFarlane served as a justice in the British Columbia Court of Appeal The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1910 following the 1907 Court of Appeal Act. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of Britis ... from 1982 to 1995. MacFarlane died in December 2018 at the age of 94. References 1924 births 2018 deaths BC United MLAs Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 British Columbia General Election
The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 August 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961. The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature. The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats. The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members. The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature. Results Note: * Party did not n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 British Columbia General Election
The 1956 British Columbia general election was the 25th 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 August 13, 1956, and held on September 19, 1956. The new legislature met for the first time on February 7, 1957. The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a third term in government with over 45% of the popular vote. The social democratic CCF formed the official opposition. The British Columbia Liberal Party lost two of its four seats despite winning over 20% of the popular vote. The Progressive Conservative Party lost its single seat in the legislature, and would not win a seat again until the 1972 election. One seat was won by a Labour candidate, Tom Uphill of Fernie. This election was first after BC switched from Alternative Voting (IRV) (in both single and multi-member districts) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Maynard Gunderson
Einar Maynard Gunderson (July 6, 1899 – January 11, 1980) was a chartered accountant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1953 as a Social Credit member. Gunderson served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta in 1936. He was first elected to the assembly in a 1952 by-election held after Harry Denyer Francis resigned his seat to allow Gunderson to run for a seat in the assembly. Gunderson served briefly in the provincial cabinet as Finance Minister. Although he was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in the general election held in 1953 and a subsequent by-election later that year, Gunderson continued to serve as financial adviser to W.A.C. Bennett's government. He also served as vice-president of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and as a director of the British Columbia Toll Bridge and Highways Authority, of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, of Black Ball Ferries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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