Alberni (electoral district) 3346800 166229514 2007-10-22T07:14:14Z Bobanni 5324757 '''Alberni''' was a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It originally appeared in the [[British Columbia general election, 1890]] and then, after being merged into [[Cowichan-Alberni]] for the [[British Columbia general election, 1894|1894 election]], was renamed Alberni riding in the [[British Columbia general election, 1898|election of 1898]]. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the name [[Alberni-Nanaimo]] was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. The area is now represented by [[Alberni-Qualicum]]. ==Demographics== {| class="wikitable" |Population, 1891 | |- |Population Change, 1891-1926 | |- |Area (km²) | |- |Pop. Density (people per km²) | |} ==Political Geography== ==Notable Elections== ==First Nations== ==Notable MLAs== ==Electoral history== ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' {{Election FPTP begin | title=6th [[British Columbia general election, 1890]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |<b>Government |<b>[[Thomas Fletcher]] |align="right"|<b>29 |align="right"|<b>70.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John C. Mollett |align="right"|12 |align="right"|29.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|41 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} In the [[British Columbia general election, 1894|seventh general election of 1894]], the Alberni riding was merged with the [[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan riding]] to form [[Cowichan-Alberni]]. The separate riding names were restored for the [[British Columbia general election, 1898|1898 election]]. {{Election FPTP begin | title=8th [[British Columbia general election, 1898]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |George Albert Huff |align="right"|70 |align="right"|39.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |<b>Opposition |<b>[[Alan Webster Neill]] |align="right"|<b>108 |align="right"|<b>60.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|178 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=9th [[British Columbia general election, 1900]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Progressive Party|Progressive]] |<b>[[Alan Webster Neill]] |align="right"|108 |align="right"|54.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |James Redford |align="right"|57 |align="right"|28.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]-Opposition |James Bain Thomson |align="right"|33 |align="right"|16.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|198 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=10th [[British Columbia general election, 1903]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Robert Hume F. Hickey |align="right"|102 |align="right"|24.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William Wallace Burns McInnes]] |align="right"|<b>320 |align="right"|<b>75.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|422 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]] |<b>[[Harlan Carey Brewster]] |align="right"|<b>236 |align="right"|<b>48.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}} |[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] |James Cartwright |align="right"|43 |align="right"|8.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |William Manson |align="right"|204 |align="right"|42.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|483 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1909|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]] |<b>[[Harlan Carey Brewster]] |align="right"|<b>293 |align="right"|<b>53.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Arthur David Morgan |align="right"|256 |align="right"|46.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|549 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[John George Corry Wood]] |align="right"|<b>Accl. |align="right"|<b> - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"|- % !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]] |<b>[[Harlan Carey Brewster]] |align="right"|<b>393 |align="right"|<b>39.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Alan Webster Neill |align="right"|253 |align="right"|25.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[John George Corry Wood]] |align="right"|355 |align="right"|35.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,001 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[Richard John Burde]] |align="right"|<b>841 |align="right"|<b>43.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Henri Evariste Langis |align="right"|398 |align="right"|20.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolFar/row}} |Soldier-Farmer |Noel Ernest Money |align="right"|675 |align="right"|35.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,914 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLib/row}} |<b>Independent Liberal |<b>[[Richard John Burde]] |align="right"|<b>828 |align="right"|<b>42.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |James Cameron Johnstone |align="right"|339 |align="right"|17.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[British Columbia Provincial Party|Provincial]] |Charles Arthur McNaughton |align="right"|782 |align="right"|40.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,949 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLab/row}} |Independent Labour Party |Thomas Albert Bernard |align="right"|250 |align="right"|10.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Laurence Arnold Hanna]] |align="right"|<b>1,208 |align="right"|<b>48.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Percy Rushton |align="right"|1,022 |align="right"|41.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,480 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|34 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} Alberni riding disappeared with redistribution following the 1928 election. Its successor in the 1933 and 1937 elections was [[Alberni-Nanaimo]]. For the 1941 election the Alberni riding name was restored: {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Albert Bernard |align="right"|1,903 |align="right"|45.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[James Mowat]] |align="right"|<b>2,067 |align="right"|<b>49.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLab/row}} |Independent Labour |Alex Harvey Rowan |align="right"|234 |align="right"|5.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 4,204 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|56 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Thomas Speakman Barnett]] |align="right"|1,258 |align="right"|31.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Alfred Dewhurst |align="right"|559 |align="right"|14.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[James Mowat]] |align="right"|<b>2,135 |align="right"|<b>54.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,952 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|74 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |[[Thomas Wellington Christie]] |align="right"|1,638 |align="right"|21.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Nigel Morgan |align="right"|622 |align="right"|8.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |<b>Independent |<b>[[James Mowat]] |align="right"|<b>3,290 |align="right"|<b>42.84 % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Jack Whittall |align="right"|2,129 |align="right"|27.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,679 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|200 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Pitt Clayton |align="right"|1,204 |align="right"|15.03% |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Alfred Dewhurst |align="right"|196 |align="right"|2.45% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[James Mowat]] |align="right"|2,176 |align="right"|27.17 % |align="right"|3,030 |align="right"|42.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |Jack Shulz |align="right"|1,366 |align="right"|17.06% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|<b>3,067 |align="right"|<b>38.29% |align="right"|<b>4,054 |align="right"|<b>57.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,009 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|7,084 |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|246 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>1</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.</small> |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24thd British Columbia election, 1953]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]] |Frank Wendell Bottner |align="right"|139 |align="right"|1.92% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Loran Kendall Jordon |align="right"|2,022 |align="right"|27.95% |align="right"|2,811 |align="right"|43.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Thorwald Melanchton Peterson |align="right"|1,637 |align="right"|22.63% |align="right"| - |align="right"| -.-% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Oliver James Ruttan |align="right"|320 |align="right"|4.42% |align="right"| - |align="right"| - % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|<b>3,116 |align="right"|<b>43.07% |align="right"|<b>3,715 |align="right"|<b>56.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,234 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|6,526 |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|336 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>1</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |William James Carr |align="right"|1,894 |align="right"|28.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Norman Leslie McKinnon |align="right"|1,388 |align="right"|20.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|<b>3,362 |align="right"|<b>50.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|6,644 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|80 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Eric Frederick Duncan |align="right"|2,966 |align="right"|32.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Ronald George Lyon |align="right"|514 |align="right"|5.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Alexander McKenzie |align="right"|1,305 |align="right"|14.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Mark Fullmore Mosher |align="right"|207 |align="right"|2.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|<b>4,093 |align="right"|<b>45.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,085 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|315 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Eric Frederick Duncan |align="right"|3,506 |align="right"|39.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Edward John (Jack) Luckhurst |align="right"|1,071 |align="right"|12.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|4,249 |align="right"|48.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,826 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th British Columbia election, 1966]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Howard Richmond McDiarmid]] |align="right"|<b>6,039 |align="right"|<b>55.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |George McLean |align="right"|511 |align="right"|4.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|4,321 |align="right"|39.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|10,871 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|95 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Howard Richmond McDiarmid]] |align="right"|<b>7,209 |align="right"|<b>47.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Eugene Edward Romaniuk |align="right"|1,424 |align="right"|9.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |[[Stanley John Squire]] |align="right"|6,680 |align="right"|43.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,313 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|131 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Wayne Albert Ramsey Cathers |align="right"|2,272 |align="right"|12.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Thomas Johnstone |align="right"|4,985 |align="right"|28.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Robert Evans Skelly]] |align="right"|<b>9,439 |align="right"|<b>53.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Edna Delthene Souther |align="right"|883 |align="right"|5.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|17,579 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|251 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Charles Ormond Haggard |align="right"|7,988 |align="right"|40.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Charles Ormond Haggard |align="right"|84 |align="right"|0.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Cecile Marie T. McKinnon |align="right"|1,018 |align="right"|5.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Allan Arthur Schroeder |align="right"|1,278 |align="right"|6.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Robert Evans Skelly]] |align="right"|<b>9,599 |align="right"|<b>48.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,967 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|226 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Robert Evans Skelly]] |align="right"|<b>7,935 |align="right"|<b>57.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Gary William Swann |align="right"|97 |align="right"|0.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Joseph Van Bergen |align="right"|5,736 |align="right"|41.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,768 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|201 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1983|33rd British Columbia election, 1983]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Alice Chiko |align="right"|5,496 |align="right"|37.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Western Canada Concept/row}} |[[Western Canada Concept]] |Michael Thomas Gaughan |align="right"|291 |align="right"|1.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Susan Patricia Hutchinson |align="right"|183 |align="right"|1.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Robert Evans Skelly]] |align="right"|<b>8,656 |align="right"|<b>58.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}} |[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]] |Gary William Swann |align="right"|92 |align="right"|0.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,718 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|244 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|34th British Columbia election, 1986]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]] |Ronald Daniel Craigie Aspinall |align="right"|87 |align="right"|0.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William F. Mosdell |align="right"|377 |align="right"|2.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Robert Evans Skelly]] |align="right"|<b>8,597 |align="right"|<b>55.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Gillian Trumper |align="right"|6,487 |align="right"|41.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,548 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|304 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1991|35th British Columbia election, 1991]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Western Canada Concept/row}} |[[Western Canada Concept]] |Alan W. Banford |align="right"|206 |align="right"|1.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gerard A. Janssen]] |align="right"|<b>7,136 |align="right"|<b>53.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Peter J. Tanner |align="right"|2,358 |align="right"|17.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Gillian R. Trumper |align="right"|3,665 |align="right"|27.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,365 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|372 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1996|36th British Columbia election, 1996]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Karl Angus |align="right"|72 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Reform/row}} |[[British Columbia Reform Party|BC Reform]] |Karl Angus |align="right"|72 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] |<b>[[Gerard A. Janssen|Gerard A. M. Janssen]] |align="right"|<b>7,398 |align="right"|<b>52.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Natural Law/row}} |[[British Columbia Natural Law Party|Natural Law]] |Kathleen Lapeyrouse |align="right"|58 |align="right"|0.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/PDA/row}} |[[Progressive Democratic Alliance]] |Ingrid Helen Rebar |align="right"|578 |align="right"|4.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]] |Andre Sperling |align="right"|195 |align="right"|1.373% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Gillian Trumper |align="right"|5,099 |align="right"|35.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,223 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|86 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} The riding was redistributed after the 1996 election. The main successor riding is [[Alberni-Qualicum]]. ==Source== [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]