South Peace River Explained

South Peace River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the general election of 1956 and last contested in the general election of 1986. It and neighbouring North Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding. Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election saw South Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River South.

History

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Peace River prior to 1956
25th1956–1960Stanley CarnellSocial Credit
26th1960–1963
28th1963–1966
28th1966–1969Donald M. Phillips
29th1969–1972Donald Albert Marshall
1972Progressive Conservative
30th1972–1975Donald M. PhillipsSocial Credit
31st1975–1979
32nd1979–1983
33rd1983–1986
34th1986–1991Jack Weisgerber

Election results

|-|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Arthur Roald Dahlen|align="right"|1,275 |align="right"|36.24%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Liberal|Harold John Burton|align="right"|456 |align="right"|12.96%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,518 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|49!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|John Close|align="right"|1,339 |align="right"|25.38%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Progressive Conservative|Peter Runkle|align="right"|500 |align="right"|9.48% |align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Liberal|Joseph H. Lowes|align="right"|303 |align="right"|5.74%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,275 !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"||} |-|Liberal|William Arthur McClellan|align="right"|700 |align="right"|14.31%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,890 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|54!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|Liberal|Vera Daphne Peel Phillips|align="right"|888 |align="right"|20.54%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,324 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|77!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|- bgcolor="white"|Liberal|Phillip Sydney Sykes|align="right"|590 |align="right"|9.72%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,067 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|50!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}

|-|Progressive Conservative|Donald Albert Marshall|align="right"|2,951 |align="right"|41.97%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Liberal|Francis James McIntyre|align="right"|156 |align="right"|2.22%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,032 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|107!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|Liberal|James Bailey Henderson|align="right"|452 |align="right"|6.25%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,225 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|58!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,054!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|123!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||} |-|Liberal|William George Litwin|align="right"|257 |align="right"|2.53%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,165 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|156!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}

|-|Progressive Conservative|John Peter Diemert|align="right"|1,676 |align="right"|16.02%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,466 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|163!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data