Atlin (electoral district) 3237012 100976648 2007-01-15T23:13:19Z 24.68.136.203 /* Notable elections */ '''Atlin''' was a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the [[British Columbia general election, 1903|10th provincial general election in 1903]] and last appeared in the [[British Columbia general election, 1903|34th provincial general election in 1986]], after which it was merged with the [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena riding]]. == Demographics == {| class="wikitable" |Population, 1986 | |- |Population change, 1903-1986 | |- |Area (km²) | |- |Population density |} == Political geography == Always one of the province's largest ridings by area, it was always among the smallest in population, and is often cited as an example of a lack of proper representation-by-population in the BC political system. From the perspective of riding residents, who are spread out in a handful of small settlements from the [[Nass River]] to the [[Yukon]] border, a riding incorporating larger population centres was unfair to them. Ultimately the pressure to redress lack of equality in voting-weight among BC ridings saw the Atlin riding became merged with [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena riding]]. ==Notable elections== Because of its small electorate, battles over spoiled ballots were critical in Atlin's electoral history: *The 1928 election saw a 567/542/32 three-way split in favour of [[Herbert Frederick Kergin]] of the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal Party]], with 22 rejected ballots *The 1945 election saw a 297/292 split in favour of [[William Duncan Smith]] of the [[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]], with no rejected ballots *The 1949 election saw a 376/370 split in favour of [[Frank Arthur Calder|Frank Calder]], then a candidate for the [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) - with 190 rejected ballots. *The 1956 election saw a 450/360/131 split in favour of [[William James Asseltine]] of the [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]], with 59 rejected ballots. *the 1979 election saw a 750/749 split in favour of [[Alan Lawrence Passarell]] of the [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] over [[Frank Arthur Calder|Frank Calder]], who had switched sides to Social Credit in the [[British Columbia general election, 1975]] - with 39 rejected ballots ==First Nations== Another important factor in the Atlin riding was the dominance of its [[First Nations]] population, including the whole of the [[Nisga'a Nation]] ([[Frank Arthur Calder|Frank Calder]] and [[Larry Edward Guno|Larry Guno]] were both [[Nisga'a]]). Also in the riding in its entirety was the [[Tahltan]] Nation, centred on the isolated towns of [[Telegraph Creek, British Columbia|Telegraph Creek]] and [[Dease Lake, British Columbia|Dease Lake]]. The area of the town of [[Atlin, British Columbia|Atlin]] is part of the Inland [[Tlingit]] Nation. == Towns and industry == Another factor in the riding was the dominance of working men in its handful of industrial towns (principally mining). The main towns in the riding were: *[[Atlin, British Columbia|Atlin]] *[[Teslin, British Columbia|Teslin]] *[[Dease Lake, British Columbia|Dease Lake]] *[[Telegraph Creek, British Columbia|Telegraph Creek]] *[[Anyox, British Columbia|Anyox]] (now a ghost town, formerly a large smelter town) *[[Stewart, British Columbia|Stewart]] == Notable MLAs == The most notable [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from Atlin was [[Frank Arthur Calder|Frank Calder]]. A [[Nisga'a]], he originally ran for the CCF, and then the NDP, but in the 1975 election he switched sides to [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]], but went down to defeat under that party's banner in 1979 and retired from electoral politics. == Electoral history == ''Note: Winners of each election are in ''<b>bold</b>. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1903|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Kirkland |align="right"|202 |align="right"|46.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Essen Young]] |align="right"|<b>236 |align="right"|<b>53.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|438 !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}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Irving |align="right"|46 |align="right"|37.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Essen Young]] |align="right"|<b>78 |align="right"|<b>62.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|124 !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}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Irving |align="right"|65 |align="right"|37.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[Henry Essen Young]] |align="right"|<b>107 |align="right"|<b>62.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|172 !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>[[Henry Essen Young]] (acclamation) |align="right"|<b>n/a |align="right"|<b>% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|- !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/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |William X. McDonald |align="right"|277 |align="right"|45.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Frank Harry Mobley]] |align="right"|<b>329 |align="right"|<b>54.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|606 !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}} |Independent |Oakley Beauport Bush |align="right"|28 |align="right"|2.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |[[Federated Labour Party]] |George Bernard Casey |align="right"|300 |align="right"|28.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLab/row}} |Independent Labour |Patrick Daly |align="right"|30 |align="right"|2.8% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Herbert Frederick Kergin]] |align="right"|<b>390 |align="right"|<b>36.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Harold Randolph King |align="right"|86 |align="right"|8.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |William Cameron Ross |align="right"|229 |align="right"|21.542% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,063 !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/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party|Provincial]] |Robert Armour |align="right"|380 |align="right"|31.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Edmund John Conway |align="right"|353 |align="right"|29.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Herbert Frederick Kergin]] |align="right"|<b>463 |align="right"|<b>38.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,196 !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/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Thomas Wilbert Falconer |align="right"|542 |align="right"|46.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Herbert Frederick Kergin]] |align="right"|<b>567 |align="right"|<b>50.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |William Herbert Moult |align="right"|32 |align="right"|2.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,161 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|22 !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, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|<b>419 |align="right"|<b>32.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative |Thomas Wilbert Falconer |align="right"|136 |align="right"|10.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Herbert Frederick Kergin]] |align="right"|267 |align="right"|20.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,284 !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"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|<b>562 |align="right"|<b>54.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |Charles H. Lake |align="right"|263 |align="right"|25.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Ernest Love |align="right"|205 |align="right"|19.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,030 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|31 !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, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|<b>454 |align="right"|<b>54.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |Labour |John Scott |align="right"|374 |align="right"|45.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|828 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|24 !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}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Norman Cunningham |align="right"|292 |align="right"|49.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]] |<b>[[William Duncan Smith]] |align="right"|<b>297 |align="right"|<b>50.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|589 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|0 !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/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>376 |align="right"|<b>50.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition]] |William Duncan Smith |align="right"|370 |align="right"|49.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|746 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|190 !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]]<sup>1</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>595 |align="right"|<b>56.61% |align="right"|<b>595 |align="right"|<b>56.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Thomas Sutherland MacKay |align="right"|164 |align="right"|15.60% |align="right"|164 |align="right"|15.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Duncan Smith |align="right"|292 |align="right"|27.78% |align="right"|292 |align="right"|27.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,051 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|1,051 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|44 !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> preferential ballot - only 1 count needed |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>2</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Frank Assu |align="right"|108 |align="right"|11.54% |align="right"|108 |align="right"|11.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>553 |align="right"|<b>59.08% |align="right"|<b>553 |align="right"|<b>59.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |William Duncan Smith |align="right"|275 |align="right"|29.38% |align="right"|275 |align="right"|29.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|936 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|936 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|125 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"|5,933 (1952 list) !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|Preferential ballot; only one count needed |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|<b>454 |align="right"|<b>48.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|360 |align="right"|38.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |George Douglas Frizzell |align="right"|131 |align="right"|13.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|945 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|59 !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]] |[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|267 |align="right"|32.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Charles Jewell Brown |align="right"|122 |align="right"|14.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>444 |align="right"|<b>53.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|833 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|85 !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]] |[[William James Asseltine]] |align="right"|308 |align="right"|30.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>549 |align="right"|<b>54.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Cyril Felix Dopson |align="right"|444 |align="right"|53.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,008 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|19 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>572 |align="right"|<b>59.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robin Roy Datziel |align="right"|125 |align="right"|13.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Kirkwood, Thomas James |align="right"|271 |align="right"|27.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|958 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|10 !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/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>639 |align="right"|<b>53.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Peter John Curran |align="right"|230 |align="right"|19.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Basil Edward Studer |align="right"|334 |align="right"|27.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,203 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|13 !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/BC Social_Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |John Norman Anderson |align="right"|245 |align="right"|14.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>675 |align="right"|<b>40.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Glen Leslie Clayton |align="right"|65 |align="right"|3.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Peter John Curran |align="right"|242 |align="right"|14.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Basil Edward Studer |align="right"|242 |align="right"|14.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,467 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|27 !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}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|<b>984 |align="right"|<b>55.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Peter John Curran |align="right"|292 |align="right"|16.47% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |Gordon Steidl |align="right"|497 |align="right"|28.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,773 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|22 !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/BC Social_Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |[[Frank Arthur Calder]] |align="right"|749 |align="right"|49.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Alan Lawrence Passarell]] |align="right"|<b>750 |align="right"|<b>50.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,499 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|39 !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]] |Robert Edmund Allen (Bobby) Ball |align="right"|1,208 |align="right"|40.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Paul Danny Brohman |align="right"|84 |align="right"|2.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Burgess A. Longson |align="right"|105 |align="right"|3.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Alan Lawrence Passarell]] |align="right"|<b>1,587 |align="right"|<b>53.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,984 !align="right"|70.76% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|393 !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/BC Social_Credit/row}} |[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |Andrew (Andy) Burton |align="right"|858 |align="right"|37.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |<b>[[Larry Edward Guno]] |align="right"|<b>1,443 |align="right"|<b>62.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,301 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|31 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]