| 1983 British Columbia general election: Vancouver Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| New Democratic | Emery Oakland Barnes | 18,960 | 28.70 | 
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| New Democratic | Gary Vernon Lauk | 18,743 | 28.37 |
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| Social Credit | Avril Kim Campbell | 12,740 | 19.28 | |||||
| Social Credit | Philip W. Owen | 12,415 | 18.79 | |||||
| Liberal | Shirley McLoughlin | 2,084 | 3.15 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Baden Bruce | 880 | 1.33 | |||||
| Communist | Maurice Rush | 244 | 0.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 66,066 | 99.87 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 84 | 0.13 | ||||||
| Total votes | 66,150 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 53,512 | |||||||
