Delta (provincial electoral district)

Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the Canada–United States border. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and its last in the election of 1986, after which it was succeeded by Delta North and Delta South, which are the current ridings in the area.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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### Single-member district

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Assembly  | Years  | Member  | Party

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Riding created from Westminster-Delta
10th | 1903–1907  | John Oliver |  | Liberal
11th | 1907–1909
12th | 1909–1912  | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie |  | Conservative
13th | 1912–1916
14th | 1916–1920
15th | 1920–1924  | John Oliver |  | Liberal
16th | 1924–1928  | Alexander McDonald Paterson
17th | 1928–1933  | John Walter Berry |  | Conservative
18th | 1933–1937  | Robert Swailes |  | CCF
19th | 1937–1941  | Leonard Alec Shepherd
20th | 1941–1945
21st | 1945–1949  | Alexander Campbell Hope |  | Coalition (PC)
22nd | 1949–1952
1952  |  | PC
23rd | 1952–1953  | Thomas Irwin |  | Social Credit
24th | 1953–1956
Became a dual-member district between 1956–1966
28th | 1966–1969  | Robert Wenman |  | Social Credit
29th | 1969–1972
30th | 1972–1975  | Carl Liden |  | NDP
31st | 1975–1979  | Kenneth Walter Davidson |  | Social Credit
32nd | 1979–1983
33rd | 1983–1986

### Dual-member district

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Assembly  | Years  | Seat 1  | Seat 2

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Member  | Party  | Member  | Party
25th | 1956–1957  | Thomas Irwin |  | Social Credit | Nehemiah George Massey |  | Social Credit
1957–1960  | Gordon Lionel Gibson
26th | 1960–1961  | Camille Mather |  | CCF | James Henry Rhodes |  | CCF
1961–1963  |  | NDP |  | NDP
27th | 1963–1966  | Hunter Vogel |  | Social Credit | Ernest LeCours |  | Social Credit
Became a single-member district again between 1966–1986
34th | 1986–1991  | John Savage |  | Social Credit | Walter Davidson |  | Social Credit
Riding dissolved into Delta North and Delta South.

## Electoral history

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1903 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | John Oliver | 447 | 59.13%
| Conservative | William Henry Ladner | 309 | 40.87%
Total valid votes  | 756 | 100.00%
1907 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | John Oliver | 430 | 62.23%
| Conservative | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | 261 | 37.77%
Total valid votes  | 691 | 100.00%
1909 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Conservative | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | 765 | 58.13%
| Liberal | John Oliver | 551 | 41.87%
Total valid votes  | 1,316 | 100.00%
1912 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Conservative | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | 748 | 70.83%
| Liberal | John Oliver | 308 | 29.17%
Total valid votes  | 1,056 | 100.00%
1916 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Conservative | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | 964 | 51.55%
| Liberal | Alexander McDonald Paterson | 906 | 48.45%
Total valid votes  | 1,870 | 100.00%
1920 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | John Oliver | 1,334 | 37.50%
| Soldier–Farmer | Richmond Archie Payne | 1,107 | 31.12%
| Conservative | Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | 964 | 21.55%
Total valid votes  | 3,557 | 100.00%
1924 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Alexander McDonald Paterson | 1,677 | 46.13%
| Conservative | Archibald Woodbury McLelan | 1,253 | 34.47%
| Provincial | Saul A. Bonnell | 633 | 17.42%
| Independent Liberal | Hugh Williams | 72 | 1.98%
Total valid votes  | 3,635 | 100.00%
1928 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Conservative | John Walter Berry | 2,562 | 55.73%
| Liberal | Alexander McDonald Paterson | 2,035 | 44.27%
Total valid votes  | 4,597 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 51
1933 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Swailes | 2,631 | 36.95%
| Liberal | Alexander McDonald Paterson | 2,093 | 29.40%
| Independent | Rudolph Martin Grauer | 1,735 | 24.37%
| Independent Conservative | John Walter Berry | 447 | 6.28%
| Independent Conservative | Christopher Thomas Lawrence | 165 | 2.32%
| United Front (Workers and Farmers) | Robert Kitchener Almas | 49 | 0.69%
Total valid votes  | 7,120 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 64
1937 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 3,192 | 32.93%
| Liberal | Arthur Laing | 3,102 | 32.01%
| Conservative | Rudolph Martin Grauer | 2,815 | 29.04%
| Social Constructive | Robert Swailes | 583 | 6.02%
Total valid votes  | 9,692 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 150
1941 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 5,153 | 42.29%
| Liberal | Arthur Laing | 3,554 | 29.17%
| Conservative | Alexander Campbell Hope | 3,478 | 28.54%
Total valid votes  | 12,185 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 225
1945 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Coalition | Alexander Campbell Hope | 5,859 | 53.64%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 5,063 | 46.36%
Total valid votes  | 10,922 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 138
1949 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Coalition | Alexander Campbell Hope | 12,203 | 49.59%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 11,110 | 45.15%
| Social Credit | Lyle Wicks | 1,293 | 5.25%
Total valid votes  | 24,606 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 903
1952 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
1st count | % | Votes
final count | %
| Social Credit League | Thomas Irwin | 11,759 | 37.22 | 14,805 | 52.69
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 10,853 | 34.35 | 13,295 | 47.31
| Progressive Conservative | Alexander Campbell Hope | 4,688 | 18.84
| Liberal | Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail | 4,293 | 13.59
Total valid votes  | 31,593 | 100.00 | 28,100 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 2,172
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of three (3) counts only shown.
1953 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
1st count | % | Votes
final count | %
| Social Credit | Thomas Irwin | 15,417 | 54.05 | 15,417 | 54.05
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 11,095 | 35.80 | 13,108 | 45.95
| Liberal | Leslie Gilmore | 5,500 | 17.75
| Progressive Conservative | Robert William Pybus | 591 | 1.91
| Labor–Progressive | David Arnold Danielson | 390 | 1.26
| Christian Democratic | Cyril Anthony Brocking | 315 | 1.02
| People's | Edward Charles Mills | 20 | 0.06
Total valid votes  | 30,990 | 100.00 | 28,525 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 1,786
Note: Preferential ballot; first and final of three (3) counts only shown.
1956 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | Elected
| Social Credit | Thomas Irwin | 18,848 | 52.98 | Y
| Social Credit | Nehemiah George Massey | 17,762 | 49.92 | Y
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter H. Johnson | 11,202 | 31.49
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Henry Rhodes | 10,798 | 30.35
| Liberal | Victor A. McPherson | 5,149 | 14.47
| Liberal | William Pearce Wilson | 4,680 | 13.15
| Labor–Progressive | Myrtle Evelyn Burnell | 355 | 1.00
| Labor–Progressive | Frank Gaspar | 272 | 0.76
Total valid votes  | 35,578 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 352
British Columbia provincial by-election, 1957

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Gordon Lionel Gibson | 9,989 | 39.41%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Alec Shepherd | 8,379 | 33.06%
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Frazer | 5,388 | 21.26%
| Liberal | William Wilson | 1,266 | 4.99%
| Labor–Progressive | Peter Gidora | 217 | 0.86
| Independent | Peter Wolanski | 109 | 0.43
Total valid votes  | 25,348 | 100.00%
1960 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | Elected
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Camille Mather | 21,839 | 39.65 | Y
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Henry Rhodes | 21,559 | 39.14 | Y
| Social Credit | Nehemiah George Massey | 21,011 | 38.15
| Social Credit | Donald H. Riggan | 17,291 | 31.40
| Liberal | Arthur R. Helps | 8,529 | 15.49
| Liberal | C. Douglas Morris | 8,517 | 15.46
| Progressive Conservative | George Francis Crowe | 2,280 | 4.14
| Progressive Conservative | Dalton O. Jones | 2,159 | 3.92
| Independent | Gordon Lionel Gibson | 2,010 | 3.65
| Communist | Homer Stevens | 505 | 0.92
| Communist | George Lakusta | 408 | 0.74
| Independent | Norman Baker | 220 | 0.40
Total valid votes  | 55,073 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 834
1963 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | Elected
| Social Credit | Hunter Bertram Vogel | 22,504 | 41.78 | Y
| Social Credit | Ernest LeCours | 22,067 | 40.97 | Y
| New Democratic | Camille Mather | 18,690 | 34.70
| New Democratic | James Henry Rhodes | 17,661 | 32.79
| Liberal | J.T. "Jock" Smith | 5,553 | 10.31
| Liberal | Harry Lewis Huff | 5,342 | 9.92
| Progressive Conservative | Theodore Kuhn | 4,461 | 8.28
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Horan | 4,049 | 7.52
| Communist | Homer Stevens | 505 | 0.94
Total valid votes  | 53,860 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 473
1966 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Robert Wenman | 7,768 | 46.46%
| New Democratic | Thomas Jack Howard | 6,078 | 36.35%
| Liberal | George Garrett | 1,954 | 11.69%
| Progressive Conservative | Philip Govan | 921 | 5.51%
Total valid votes  | 16,721 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 153
1969 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Robert Wenman | 14,145 | 51.35%
| New Democratic | Carl Liden | 9,855 | 35.78%
| Liberal | Doral Hemm | 3,545 | 12.87%
Total valid votes  | 27,545 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 295
1972 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| New Democratic | Carl Liden | 15,040 | 39.90%
| Social Credit | Robert Wenman | 12,260 | 32.53%
| Progressive Conservative | Marcia Ann Boyd | 6,660 | 17.67%
| Liberal | Lorne L. Donnelly | 3,730 | 9.90%
Total valid votes  | 37,690 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 378
1975 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Kenneth Walter Davidson | 25,892 | 53.32%
| New Democratic | Carl Liden | 17,469 | 35.98%
| Progressive Conservative | John O'Brien Bell | 2,857 | 5.88%
| Liberal | Arthur Edward Bates | 2,236 | 4.60%
| Communist | Michael Anthony Darnell | 105 | 0.22%
Total valid votes  | 48,559 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 592
1979 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Kenneth Walter Davidson | 16,421 | 55.10%
| New Democratic | Carl Liden | 11,429 | 38.35%
| Progressive Conservative | Elsie Gwendolyn Burnett | 1,877 | 6.30%
| Communist | John Michael Stevens | 73 | 0.25%
Total valid votes  | 29,800 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 228
1983 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Social Credit | Kenneth Walter Davidson | 21,496 | 58.37%
| New Democratic | Karl H. Moser | 13,300 | 36.12%
| Progressive Conservative | David Peter Hoyt | 1,117 | 3.03%
| Liberal | Ken Buhay | 464 | 1.26%
| WCC | Michael Terence Coggan | 450 | 1.22%
Total valid votes  | 36,827 | 100.00%
Total rejected ballots  | 247
1986 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | Elected
| Social Credit | John Lawrence Savage | 20,950 | 57.38 | Y
| Social Credit | Kenneth Walter Davidson | 20,523 | 56.21 | Y
| New Democratic | Karl H. Moser | 13,581 | 37.20
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Sylvia K. Bishop | 11,984 | 32.82
| Liberal | Samuel D. Stevens | 2,855 | 7.82
| Progressive Conservative | Kenneth Douglas Smith | 1,804 | 4.94
Total valid votes  | 36,510 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 722

The Delta riding was partitioned after the 1986 election into Delta North and Delta South.

## See also

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* List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
* Canadian provincial electoral districts

## References

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* Elections BC Historical Returns

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central|

* Atlin
* Cariboo ‡
* North Peace River
* Omineca
* Prince George North
* Prince George South
* Prince Rupert
* Skeena
* South Peace River

Southern Interior|

* Boundary-Similkameen ‡
* Columbia River
* Kamloops ‡
* Kootenay
* Nelson-Creston
* Okanagan North
* Okanagan South ‡
* Rossland-Trail
* Shuswap-Revelstoke
* Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM|

* Central Fraser Valley ‡
* Chilliwack
* Delta ‡
* Dewdney ‡
* Langley ‡
* Richmond ‡
* Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM|

* Burnaby-Edmonds
* Burnaby North
* Burnaby-Willingdon
* Coquitlam-Moody
* Maillardville-Coquitlam
* New Westminster
* North Vancouver-Capilano
* North Vancouver-Seymour
* Vancouver Centre (2)
* Vancouver East (2)
* Vancouver-Little Mountain (2)
* Vancouver-Point Grey (2)
* Vancouver South (2)
* West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast|

* Alberni
* Comox
* Cowichan-Malahat
* Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
* Mackenzie
* Nanaimo ‡
* North Island
* Oak Bay-Gordon Head
* Saanich and the Islands ‡
* Victoria (2)

See also:|

* List of British Columbia general elections
* 1979 general election
* 1983 general election
* 1986 general election
* Defunct districts

* ‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency

* † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies
* Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
* Surrey-Newton
* Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)

North / Central|

* Atlin
* Cariboo
* Fort George
* North Peace River
* Omineca
* Prince Rupert
* Skeena
* South Peace River

Southern Interior|

* Boundary-Similkameen
* Columbia River
* Kamloops
* Kootenay
* Nelson-Creston
* North Okanagan
* Revelstoke-Slocan
* Rossland-Trail
* South Okanagan
* Shuswap
* Yale-Lillooet

Lower Mainland|

* Burnaby-Edmonds
* Burnaby North
* Burnaby-Willingdon
* Chilliwack
* Coquitlam
* Delta
* Dewdney
* Langley
* New Westminster
* North Vancouver-Capilano
* North Vancouver-Seymour
* Richmond
* Surrey
* Vancouver-Burrard (2)
* Vancouver Centre (2)
* Vancouver East (2)
* Vancouver-Little Mountain (2)
* Vancouver-Point Grey (2)
* Vancouver South (2)
* West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast|

* Alberni
* Comox
* Cowichan-Malahat
* Esquimalt
* Mackenzie
* Nanaimo
* Oak Bay-Gordon Head
* Saanich and the Islands
* Victoria (2)

See also:|

* List of British Columbia general elections
* 1966 general election
* 1969 general election
* 1972 general election
* 1975 general election
* Defunct districts

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)

North / Central|

* Atlin
* Cariboo
* Fort George
* North Peace River
* Omineca
* Prince Rupert
* Skeena
* South Peace River

Southern Interior|

* Columbia
* Cranbrook
* Fernie
* Grand Forks-Greenwood
* Kamloops
* Kaslo-Slocan
* Lillooet
* Nelson-Creston
* North Okanagan
* Revelstoke
* Rossland-Trail
* Shuswap
* Similkameen
* South Okanagan
* Yale

Lower Mainland|

* Burnaby (2)
* Chilliwack
* Delta (2)
* Dewdney
* New Westminster
* North Vancouver (2)
* Vancouver-Burrard (2)
* Vancouver Centre (2)
* Vancouver East (2)
* Vancouver-Point Grey (3)

Vancouver Island / South Coast|

* Alberni
* Comox
* Cowichan-Newcastle
* Esquimalt
* Mackenzie
* Nanaimo and the Islands
* Oak Bay
* Saanich
* Victoria City (3)

See also:|

* List of British Columbia general elections
* 1956 general election
* 1960 general election
* 1963 general election
* Defunct districts

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1941–1956)

North / Central|

* Atlin
* Cariboo
* Fort George
* Omineca
* Peace River
* Prince Rupert
* Skeena

Southern Interior|

* Columbia
* Cranbrook
* Fernie
* Grand Forks-Greenwood
* Kamloops
* Kaslo-Slocan
* Lillooet
* Nelson-Creston
* North Okanagan
* Revelstoke
* Rossland-Trail
* Shuswap
* Similkameen
* South Okanagan
* Yale

Lower Mainland|

* Burnaby
* Chilliwack
* Delta
* Dewdney
* New Westminster
* North Vancouver
* Vancouver-Burrard
* Vancouver Centre
* Vancouver East
* Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver Island / South Coast|

* Alberni
* Comox
* Cowichan-Newcastle
* Esquimalt
* Mackenzie
* Nanaimo and the Islands
* Oak Bay
* Saanich
* Victoria City

See also:|

* List of British Columbia general elections
* 1941 general election
* 1945 general election
* 1949 general election
* 1952 general election
* 1953 general election
* Defunct districts

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