Grant Deachman
Grant Deachman | |
|---|---|
 Official 1968 portrait | |
| Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra | |
| In office May 16, 1963 – September 1, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Charles Green |
| Succeeded by | Bill Clarke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1913 |
| Died | June 24, 1983 (aged 70) |
| Party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Grant Deachman (May 4, 1913 – June 24, 1983) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons of Canada from 1963 to 1972.
He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Chief Government Whip from 1971 to 1972.
Election results
[edit]| 1972 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Clarke | 17,767 | 42.57 | +12.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Deachman | 15,001 | 35.94 | –18.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nigel Nixon | 8,411 | 20.15 | +5.20 | ||||
| Social Credit | Edith Garner | 378 | 0.91 | – | ||||
| Independent | Rupert Beebe | 180 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,737 | 99.25 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 316 | 0.75 | +0.26 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,053 | 81.46 | +0.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 51,621 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.30 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Deachman | 20,788 | 54.29 | +15.45 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John A. Pearkes | 11,604 | 30.30 | –7.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | George E. Trasov | 5,727 | 14.96 | –1.13 | ||||
| Republican | Robert Hein | 175 | 0.46 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,294 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 190 | 0.49 | –0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,484 | 81.22 | –0.14 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 47,381 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +11.47 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Deachman | 12,895 | 38.84 | –2.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Howard Charles Green | 12,549 | 37.80 | –0.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | George E. Trasov | 5,342 | 16.09 | +1.43 | ||||
| Social Credit | Donald W. Gosse | 2,416 | 7.28 | +1.54 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,202 | 99.37 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 212 | 0.63 | +0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,414 | 81.36 | –2.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 41,068 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –1.42 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Deachman | 15,160 | 41.73 | +10.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Howard Charles Green | 13,756 | 37.87 | –7.59 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dorothy Steeves | 5,324 | 14.66 | –2.49 | ||||
| Social Credit | James P.R. Mason | 2,085 | 5.74 | –0.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,325 | 99.53 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.47 | –0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,495 | 84.29 | +4.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 43,299 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +9.12 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[7][8] | ||||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Howard Charles Green | 15,113 | 45.46 | –25.26 | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Deachman | 10,331 | 31.07 | +14.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Philip H. Waddell | 5,699 | 17.14 | +7.17 | ||||
| Social Credit | Emil Peter Schafer | 2,103 | 6.33 | +3.30 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,246 | 99.22 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 262 | 0.78 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,508 | 79.48 | +1.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 42,161 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –20.02 | ||||||
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[9][10] | ||||||||
Archives
[edit]There is a Grant Deachman fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R11992.
External links
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- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1972)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1972). Twenty-Ninth General Election, 1972: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1968)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1968). Twenty-Eighth General Election, 1968: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775853.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1965)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1965). Twenty-Seventh General Election, 1965: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775845.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1963)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1963). Twenty-Sixth General Election, 1963: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775837.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1962)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1962). Twenty-Fifth General Election, 1962: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/uc1.a0004484481.