Alberni (electoral district)
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'''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==
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|Population, 1891
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|Population Change, 1891-1926
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|Area (km²)
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|Pop. Density (people per km²)
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==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]]