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British Columbia Voters' Lists

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The University of British Columbia Library has the British Columbia Voters’ Lists for provincial general elections for the years 1874-1898, 1949-1979, and 1990. The last year was issued on microfiche. Voters' lists are no longer made available to the public, under the provisions of the provincial Freedom of Information and Preservation of Privacy Act.

Both the British Columbia Archives and the Legislative Library in Victoria hold collections of the provincial voters’ lists.

Voters’ lists are a rich source of information on individuals eligible to vote since 1874. All lists include a registration number and the voter’s name, place of residence and occupation. The lists are arranged by electoral district. In 1990 the automation of the voters’ lists enabled the production of a single alphabetic list of all registered provincial voters. This list was issued by the Elections Branch, Ministry of Provincial Secretary.



For further information on provincial voters’ lists, see the following:

  • BRITISH COLUMBIA. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary. Report of the Provincial Secretary, 1973-1975. Victoria: Queen’s Printer, 1974-1976.
    JL432 .B7 A554

  • ELECTIONS BRITISH COLUMBIA. Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986. Victoria: Queen’s Printer, 1988.
    JL439 .A15 E42 1988

  • MATTISON, David. British Columbia Voters’ Lists, 1874-1990: Register of Holdings of the British Columbia Archives and Records Service Library and the Legislative Library of British Columbia. [Victoria: British Columbia Archives and Records Service, 1990]
    ZFC3806.2 .M377 1990z


UBC Library [1] has the following:

1874
J110 L5 J8 1875 pp. 247-298
AW1 R2077


1875
J110 L5 S7 1876 pp. 1-56C
AW1 R7668 [2]

1876
J110 L5 S7 1877 pp. 1-64
FC3806.2 B723 1876
AW1 R7668


1877
J110 L5 S7 1878 pp. 169-244
AW1 R7668


1878
J110 L5 S7 1879 pp. 15-94
AW1 R7668


1879
J110 L5 S7 1880 pp. 61-140B
AW1 R7668


1880
J110 L5 S7 1881 pp. 1-88
FC3806.2 B723 1880
AW1 R7668


1881
J110 L5 S7 1882 pp. 69-156
AW1 R7668


1882
J110 L5 S7 1883 pp. 1-101
AW1 R7668


1884 Add.
J110 L5 S7 1885 pp. 19-30
AW1 R7668


1885
J110 L5 S7 1886 pp. 3-111
AW1 R7668


1890
J110 L5 S7 1890 pp. 467-724
AW1 R7668


1894
J110 L5 S7 1894:1 pp. 175-499
AW1 R7668


1898
J110 L5 S7 1899 pp. 1-498, i-lxxxiv
AW1 R7668


1949
FC3806.2 B723 1949 v. 1-4


1952
FC3806.2 B723 1952 v. 1-7


1953
FC3806.2 B723 1953 v. 1-4


1957
FC3806.2 B723 1957


1966
FC3806.2 B723 1966 v. 1-48 & maps


1969
FC3806.2 B723 1969 v. 1-48 & maps


1972
FC3806.2 B723 1972 v. 1-48 & maps


1975
FC3806.2 B723 1975 v. 1-48 & maps


1978
FC3806.2 B723 1978 Oak Bay


1979
FC3806.2 B723 1979 v. 1-50 & maps


1990
AW5 P768 V6 [3]

1. For an inventory of the holdings of the British Columbia Archives 1874-1990, see ZFC3806.2 .M377 1990z.

2. NB: British Columbia Sessional Papers available on microfilm: AW1 R7668.

3. Subsequent lists not available under the Freedom of Information and Preservation of Privacy Act.



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