Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)

Peace River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance in the general election of 1933, and its last was in 1953.

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population Change, 1931–1961	%
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Emily Loretta Crawford	59	2.30%	–	unknown
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	Clive Montgomery Francis Planta	957	37.31%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Mervin Cecil Simmons	800	31.19%		unknown
	Liberal	Wallace Archibald Watson	749	29.20%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,565	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			19
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Glen Everton Braden	1,168	42.61%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Charles Wilmer Bumstead	905	33.02%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Hargreaves	434	15.83%		unknown
	Independent	Clive Montgomery Francis Planta	234	8.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,741	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Glen Everton Braden	1,436	51.16%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie	983	35.02%
	Independent Farmer	Thomas Jamieson	388	13.82%
Total valid votes			2,807	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			22

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Coalition	Howard Guthrie Atkinson	1,117	31.78%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie	1,682	47.85%		unknown
	Social Credit Alliance	Margaret Teresa Lally Murray^2	388	13.82%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			3,515	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			27
Turnout			%
^2 Publisher/editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray, formerly MLA for Lillooet (1933–1941) and later MP for Cariboo.

British Columbia general election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition	Glen Everton Braden	2,342	49.69%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie	1,901	40.34%
	People's Co-operative Commonwealth	Philip Franklin Tompkins	470	9.97%
Total valid votes			4,713	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			52

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^3
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen Everton Braden	1,425	26.14%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roald Dahlen	1,571	28.82%	1,865	38.80%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Clarence Henderson	278	5.10%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Social Credit League	Charles William Parker	2,178	39.95%	2,942	61.20%
Total valid votes			5,452	100.00%	4,807
Total rejected ballots			151
Turnout			%
^3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^4
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roald Dahlen	1,921	33.24%	2,216	42.31%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Charles William Parker	2,481	42.92%	3,022	57.69%
	Liberal	Stanley Weston	1,378	23.84%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Clarence Henderson	278	5.10%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			5,780	100.00%	5,238
Total rejected ballots			316
Turnout			%
^4 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of twp (2) shown only.

After the 1953 election the Peace River riding was partitioned into North Peace River and South Peace River.

Coordinates: 56°13′44″N 121°21′00″W / 56.229°N 121.350°W