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 US 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.

More information 1956 British Columbia general election, Party ...

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

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More information 1960 British Columbia general election, Party ...

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

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More information 1963 British Columbia general election, Party ...

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

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More information 1986 British Columbia general election, Party ...

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

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

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