Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of

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based on the municipality of

Delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * D ( NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta") * Delta Air Lines, US * Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 Delta may also ...

at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the US border. It made its first appearance on the

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in the election of 1903 and its last in the election of 1986, after which it was succeeded by

Delta North Delta North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. History The electoral district was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Delta riding. Members of the Legislat ...

and

Delta South Delta South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Member of Legislative Assembly The current MLA for this riding is Ian Paton. The previous member was Vicki Huntington, the only In ...

, which are the current ridings in the area.

Notable MLAs

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* Nehemiah George Massey, after whom the

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is named

Electoral history

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Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

, 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 ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 430 , align="right", 62.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Francis James Anderson MacKenzie Francis James Anderson MacKenzie (April 14, 1873 – July 6, 1932) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of th ...

, align="right", 261 , align="right", 37.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 691 !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", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 765 , align="right", 58.13% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 551 , align="right", 41.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,316 !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", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Results of recount as reported in New Westminster Columbian 29 November 1909, p. 1 ,

, align="right", 748 , align="right", 70.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 308 , align="right", 29.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,056 !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", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 964 , align="right", 51.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Alexander McDonald Paterson Alexander McDonald Paterson (October 12, 1871 – March 30, 1953) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parli ...

, align="right", 906 , align="right", 48.45% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,870 !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", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 1,334 , align="right", 37.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Soldier-Farmer ,

Richmond Archie Payne Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a ...

, align="right", 1,107 , align="right", 31.12% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 964 , align="right", 21.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,557 !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", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 1,677 , align="right", 46.13% ,

, Archibald Woodbury McLelan , align="right", 1,253 , align="right", 34.47% , Provincial , Saul A. Bonnell , align="right", 633 , align="right", 17.42% , Independent Liberal , Hugh Williams , align="right", 72 , align="right", 1.98% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,635 !align="right", 100.00% ,

John Walter Berry John Walter Berry (December 18, 1868 – September 5, 1943) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 from the electoral district of Delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) ...

, align="right", 2,562 , align="right", 55.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 2,035 , align="right", 44.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,597 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 51 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Robert Swailes Robert Blatchford Swailes (February 26, 1896 – June 6, 1968) was a politician in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. A farmer from the Aldergrove area, Swailes was elected as a CCF memb ...

, align="right", 2,631 , align="right", 36.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 2,093 , align="right", 29.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Rudolph Martin Grauer , align="right", 1,735 , align="right", 24.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,120 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 64 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² Includes Conservatives who chose to run as straight Independents. They are shown in the Results by Electoral District, when so indicated by newspaper reports, as Ind.(Cons.). Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially; each local association was to act on its own. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Leonard Alec Shepherd Leonard Alec Shepherd (February 18, 1897 – December 10, 1969) was a politician and businessman mostly connected with the City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the riding of Delta fr ...

, align="right", 3,192 , align="right", 32.93% ,

Arthur Laing Arthur Laing, (9 September 1904 – 13 February 1975), a Canadian politician, was actively involved with the BC Liberals, but his primary achievements were federally as a Liberal member of parliament. He served in the cabinets of prime m ...

, align="right", 3,102 , align="right", 32.01% ,

, Rudolph Martin Grauer , align="right", 2,815 , align="right", 29.04% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,692 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 150 , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 5,153 , align="right", 42.29% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 3,554 , align="right", 29.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Alexander Campbell Hope Alexander Campbell Hope (August 4, 1894 – August 25, 1978) was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1945 to 1952 as a Conservative. He was born in Van ...

, align="right", 3,478 , align="right", 28.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,185 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 225 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 5,063 , align="right", 46.36% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,922 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 138 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 11,110 , align="right", 45.15% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

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 Plywoo ...

, align="right", 1,293 , align="right", 5.25% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 24,606 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 903 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , B.C. Social Credit League , Thomas Irwin , align="right", 11,759 , align="right", 37.22% , align="right", 14,805 , align="right", 52.69% , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Leonard Alec Shepherd , align="right", 10,853 , align="right", 34.35% , align="right", 13,295 , align="right", 47.31% , align="right", , Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 4,688 , align="right", 14.84% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", ,

, Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail , align="right", 4,293 , align="right", 13.59% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 31,593 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 28,100 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,172 !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 of three counts only shown. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 11,095 , align="right", 35.80% , align="right", 13,108 , align="right", 45.95% , align="right", ,

, Leslie Gilmore , align="right", 5,500 , align="right", 17.75% , align="right", , align="right", % , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Robert William Pybus , align="right", 591 , align="right", 1.91% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 30,990 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 28,525 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,786 !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 second of six counts only shown. , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁵ Not the leftist People's Party of earlier times, but a populist one also identified as the Common Herd. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Walter H. Johnson , align="right", 11,202 , align="right", 16.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James Henry Rhodes , align="right", 10,798 , align="right", 15.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Victor A. McPherson , align="right", 5,149 , align="right", 7.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William Pearce Wilson , align="right", 4,680 , align="right", 6.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 69,066 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 352 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁶ Seat increased to two members from one. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Camille Mather , align="right", 21,839 , align="right", 20.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James Henry Rhodes , align="right", 21,559 , align="right", 20.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Arthur R. Helps , align="right", 8,529 , align="right", 8.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, C. Douglas Morris , align="right", 8,517 , align="right", 8.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , George Francis Crowe , align="right", 2,280 , align="right", 2.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Dalton O. Jones , align="right", 2,159 , align="right", 2.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Gordon Lionel Gibson , align="right", 2,010 , align="right", 1.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Norman Baker , align="right", 220 , align="right", 0.21% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 106,328 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 834 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Camille Mather , align="right", 18,690 , align="right", 18.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James Henry Rhodes , align="right", 17,661 , align="right", 17.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, J.T. "Jock" Smith , align="right", 5,553 , align="right", 5.53% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Harry Lewis Huff , align="right", 5,342 , align="right", 5.32% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Theodore Kuhn , align="right", 4,461 , align="right", 4.45% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Thomas Horan , align="right", 4,049 , align="right", 4.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 100,327 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 473 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

New Democrat New Democrats, also known as centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats, or moderate Democrats, are a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States. As the Third Way faction of the party, they are seen as cultural ...

, Thomas Jack Howard , align="right", 6,078 , align="right", 36.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, George Garrett , align="right", 1,954 , align="right", 11.69% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Philip Govan , align="right", 921 , align="right", 5.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 16,721 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 153 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² Seat decreased to one member from two. ,

Carl Liden Carl Oswald Liden (February 3, 1929 – March 21, 2010) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born ...

, align="right", 9,855 , align="right", 35.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Doral Hemm , align="right", 3,545 , align="right", 12.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 27,545 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 295 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 15,040 , align="right", 39.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Marcia Ann Boyd , align="right", 6,660 , align="right", 17.67% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Lorne L. Donnelly , align="right", 3,730 , align="right", 9.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 37,690 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 378 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 17,469 , align="right", 35.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , John O'Brien Bell , align="right", 2,857 , align="right", 5.88% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Arthur Edward Bates , align="right", 2,236 , align="right", 4.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 48,559 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 592 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 11,429 , align="right", 38.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Elsie Gwendolyn Burnett , align="right", 1,877 , align="right", 6.30% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 29,800 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 228 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Karl H. Moser , align="right", 13,300 , align="right", 36.12% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , David Peter Hoyt , align="right", 1,117 , align="right", 3.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Ken Buhay , align="right", 464 , align="right", 1.26 , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 36,827 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 247 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Karl H. Moser , align="right", 13,581 , align="right", 18.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Sylvia K. Bishop , align="right", 11,984 , align="right", 16.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Samuel D. Stevens , align="right", 2,855 , align="right", 3.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Kenneth Douglas Smith , align="right", 1,804 , align="right", 2.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 71,697 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 722 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁸ Seat increased to two members from one. The Delta riding was partitioned after the 1986 election into

and

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delta (Provincial Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia Politics of Delta, British Columbia