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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 no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Bills passed by the legislature are given royal assent by the Canadian monarch, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. The current Parliament is the 42nd Parliament. The most recent general election was held on October 24, 2020. Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast to cable viewers in the province by Hansard Broadcasting Services. Recent parliaments Officeholders Speaker * Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Raj Chouhan (BC NDP) Other chair occupants * Deputy speaker; chair, Committee of the Whole: Spencer Chandra Herbert & Ronna-Rae Leonard (BC NDP) * Assistant deputy speaker: Norm Letnick (BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberni (electoral District)
Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the 1890 election and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the name Alberni-Nanaimo was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. After a redistribution, the area became part of the riding of Alberni-Qualicum. Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 41 !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", In the seventh general election of 1894, the Alberni riding was merged with the Cowichan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Dowding
Gordon Hudson Dowding (March 1, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was a lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Burnaby and then Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1975 as a CCF/NDP member. He was born in Kamloops and educated there and at the University of British Columbia. In 1945, he married Gwen Olson. Dowding was called to the British Columbia bar in 1952 and the Alberta bar in 1967. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the provincial riding of Lillooet Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abo ... in 1952 and 1953. Dowding was the speaker of the British Columbia Legislature from 1972 to 1975. He was defeated by Ray Loewen when he ran for reelection in 1975. In 1962, Dowding was a founding member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comox (electoral District)
Comox may refer to: *Comox, British Columbia, a town on Vancouver Island on the Comox Peninsula * CFB Comox, a Canadian Forces base near the above town * Comox (electoral district), a provincial electoral district 1871–1986 * ''Comox'' (steamboat), a steamship built in 1891 in British Columbia which served until 1920 * HMCS ''Comox'', several naval vessels * Comox people, an indigenous group of Coast Salishan-speaking peoples in British Columbia **the Comox language, a Coast Salish language of the areas of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia flanking the northern part of the Strait of Georgia **K'ómoks First Nation, a.k.a. the Comox Indian Band, the band government of the K'omoks a.k.a. the Island Comox **the Mainland Comox, referring to three groups: the Sliammon, Klahoose, and Homalco See also *Comox Land District, one of the 59 cadastral subdivisions of British Columbia *Comox Valley, a region of British Columbia * Comox Valley Regional District, a regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Robert John Campbell
Daniel Robert John Campbell (January 22, 1926 – April 5, 1992) 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 Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ... from 1956 to 1972, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Comox. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs. He died in 1992.http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=2adee35c-63b2-442f-bd83-74eb0241004f References 1926 births 1992 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia Scottish emigrants to Canada 20th-century Canadian legislators {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Cox
Cedric Cox (January 27, 1913 – May 10, 1993) was a technician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Burnaby in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1957 to 1963 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member. He was born in Rossland, British Columbia. Cox worked as an industrial pattern maker in Trail and later worked for Heaps Engineering in Burnaby. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Cox married Eileen, the daughter of Ernest Winch. He was first elected to the assembly in a 1957 by-election held following his father-in-law's death and was reelected in 1960. Cox was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1963. Cox became the Chairman of the Vancouver Fair Play for Cuba Committee in 1962 along with Phil Courneyeur who was elected Secretary. Cox was criticized for accepting a trip to Cuba in January 1963, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis, paid for by Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnaby (provincial Electoral District)
Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that first appeared on the hustings in the 1924 election. For the federal electoral district of the same name, please see Burnaby (electoral district). Demographics Political geography The riding was identical with the Municipality of Burnaby, other than areas near to New Westminster which were included in the New Westminster electoral district. At the time of the riding's creation much of Burnaby was still semi-rural and development was confined to the Kingsway corridor (then "Westminster Highway"), along Hastings Street and Broadway (near Lougheed Highway), and along the two mainlines of the British Columbia Electric Railway via Central Park and Burnaby Lake. Notable MLAs *Ernest Edward Winch Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in ''bold. , - , Canadian Labour , Francis Aubrey Browne , align="right", 1,567 , align="right", 31.22% , align="right", , alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia (electoral District)
Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, when it was merged into Columbia-Revelstoke for the 1933 election. Following the election the new Pattullo government moved to reestablish Columbia as a separate riding, and former MLA Thomas King was elected by acclamation in a 1934 by election. In 1966 the riding was renamed Columbia River. This riding was later merged with the Revelstoke riding to become Columbia River-Revelstoke, the current riding for the western part of the area. The eastern part of the riding is now part of East Kootenay. For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , Wi ... [...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 (electoral district), Columbia in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1963 as a British Columbia Social Credit Party, Social Credit member. He was born in Melancthon, Ontario, 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 (politician), Robert Bonner to be elected to the assembly. In 1963, Newton died in office at home in Invermere, British Columbia, Invermere 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] |
Frank Arthur Calder
Frank Arthur Calder, (August 3, 1915 – November 4, 2006) was a Nisga'a politician in Canada. Born in Nass Harbour, British Columbia, Calder was the first indigenous person to graduate from the Anglican Theological College of the University of British Columbia. Mr. Calder was an hereditary chief of the House of Wisinxbiltkw from the Killerwhale Tribe. He died November 4, 2006 at an assisted-living home in Victoria from the effects of cancer and recent abdominal surgery. Political career In the 1949 British Columbia election, Calder was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was elected in the riding of Atlin where he continued to serve until 1979. Calder represented BC's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which later became the New Democratic Party of British Columbia). Calder was appointed cabinet member in Dave Barrett's government in 1972 and became BC's first aboriginal cabinet minister. In 1973, police found him in a consensual situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlin (electoral District)
Atlin was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the 10th provincial general election in 1903 and last appeared in the 34th provincial general election in 1986, after which it was merged with the Skeena riding and was succeeded by Bulkley Valley-Stikine. Demographics Political geography Always one of the province's largest ridings by area, it was always among the smallest in population, and is often cited as an example of a lack of proper representation-by-population in the BC political system. From the perspective of riding residents, who are spread out in a handful of small settlements from the Nass River to the Yukon border, a riding incorporating larger population centres was unfair to them. Ultimately the pressure to redress lack of equality in voting-weight among BC ridings saw the Atlin riding became merged with Skeena riding. Notable elections Because of its small electorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilliwack (electoral District)
Chilliwack has been a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia since 1916. Incorporating slightly different boundaries, it was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding the name of which was based on the older spelling of the name. Political geography and history Chilliwack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond, which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas. The latter takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie (part of the City of Abbotsford), while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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