Cariboo (provincial electoral district) 3235405 172656633 2007-11-20T06:51:03Z 24.85.70.114 :''For the federal electoral district of the same name, see [[Cariboo (electoral district)]]. For the historical-geographic region, see [[Cariboo]]. '''Cariboo''' was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when [[British Columbia]] became a [[Canadian province]] in [[1871]]. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced through reapportionment and became a two-member riding until the 1916 election, after which it has been a single-member riding. It produced many notable [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Members of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLAs), including [[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]], third and fifth holder of the office of [[Premier of British Columbia]] and who was one of the first representatives elected from the riding; [[John Robson]], ninth [[Premier of British Columbia]]; and [[Robert Bonner (politician)|Robert Bonner]], a powerful minister in the W.A.C. Bennett cabinet, and later CEO of [[MacMillan Bloedel]] and [[BC Hydro]]. == Demographics == {| class="wikitable" |Population, 1871 |Population, 1961 |- |Population change, | |- |Area (km²) | |- |Population density |} == Political geography == When the riding was created, the bulk of its population was in the [[Cariboo Gold Rush|Cariboo goldfields]] district around [[Barkerville, British Columbia|Barkerville]], although its boundaries extended to the [[Yukon]] boundaries - the original Cariboo riding at its creation included all of the former New Caledonia fur district, north of those parts of it now in the Lillooet Land District which formed the [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]] riding.<sup>1</sup> As mining exploration and other settlement spread northwards from the [[Cariboo]] mining areas, the [[Omineca (electoral district)|Omineca]], [[Fort George (electoral district)|Fort George]] and [[Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)]]|ridings were split off by the end of the [[19th Century]], and the Cariboo riding was reduced to the [[Cariboo Plateau]], south from [[Quesnel, British Columbia|Quesnel]] to just south of [[Williams Lake, British Columbia|Williams Lake]] and [[150 Mile House, British Columbia|150 Mile House]], and including the [[Barkerville, British Columbia]] region as well as the remote Chilcotin region, which had no voting (settler) population when the riding was formed other than isolated traders and trappers who may have had time or means to vote. Nearly all of the 785 voters in the first election were in the goldfield towns, Quesnel (then Quesnellemouthe), Williams Lake or towns and ranches south along the Cariboo Road and other routes of the era, and those along the West Fraser from the Chilcotin River, including the [[Gang Ranch]] south to just north of [[Big Bar Ferry, British Columbia|Big Bar]], an isolated canyon ranching, river-crossing and wagon-trail town in the [[Fraser Canyon]], which was in the [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]] riding. Following the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (CPR), increased settlement on the [[Cariboo Plateau]] south of the [[Cariboo Gold Rush|goldfields]] region shifted the population weight of the riding to that area, which was increasingly centred on the town of [[Williams Lake, British Columbia|Williams Lake]] and the plateau between there and [[Kamloops, British Columbia]]. The southern Cariboo region, later added in a redistribution and division of the Cariboo riding into Cariboo South and Cariboo North, which exist today, was originally part of the Lillooet riding. The Lillooet and Cariboo provincial ridings combined formed the original definition of the Cariboo federal riding. <sup>1</sup> <small>New Caledonia's southern boundary was vague, but it was generally accepted to include the Thompson area although its heartland is the Fort Saint James-Fraser Lake region northwest of Prince George. ==Notable elections== ==First Nations== When the riding was created its boundaries stretched from the Quesnel Lake and Chilcotin areas, flanking the great plateau of central BC on its east and west, all the way north to the Yukon border. At that time, although irrelevant to the issue of electoral representation, the riding's population included members of the [[Secwepemc|Shuswap]], [[Carrier language|Carrier]], [[Tsilhqot'in|Chilcotin]], [[Sekani]] and other more northerly nations. As the riding was reduced to roughly correspond with the Cariboo district (excluding Lillooet-Ashcroft, which were in the [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet electoral district]], at least until mid-[[20th Century]]) the native population became only [[Secwepemc|Shuswap]], along the [[Fraser River|Fraser]] and east of it, and the [[Tsilhqot'in|Chilcotin]] people, who lived to the west of it. First Nations people, even in the reduced riding area, mostly outnumbered the total figure for non-natives until the early 20th Century, but were not allowed to vote or run for office. == Towns and industry == == Major Communities == == Notable MLAs == == Electoral history == ''Note: Winners of each election are in '''''bold'''. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1871|1st British Columbia general election, 1871]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[Cornelius Booth]] |align="right"|'''155 |align="right"|'''19.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[John Evans (Canadian politician)|John Evans]] |align="right"|107 |align="right"|13.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)|Joseph Hunter]] |align="right"|'''162 |align="right"|'''20.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |John Spencer Thompson |align="right"|132 |align="right"|16.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]] <sup>1</sup> |align="right"|'''229 |align="right"|'''29.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|785 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup><small>[[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]] [[1874]]-[[1876]] |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Cariboo, November 27, 1871 <sup>2</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]] |align="right"|'''Acclaimed |align="right"|''' -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>2</sup> <small>The byelection was called due to Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, June 22, 1872 <sup>3</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Abraham Barlow |align="right"|23 |align="right"|9.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[John George Barnston]] |align="right"|'''132 |align="right"|'''53.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Edward Pearson |align="right"|91 |align="right"|36.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>3</sup> <small>Caused by resignation of C. Booth 23 April 1872 upon appointment as Clerk to the Bench at Kootenay 19 April 1872. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1875|2nd British Columbia election, 1875]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Independent Opposition |'''[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]] |align="right"|'''199 |align="right"|'''23.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Independent Opposition |'''[[John Evans (Canadian politician)|John Evans]] |align="right"|'''173 |align="right"|'''20.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Edward Pearson |align="right"|117 |align="right"|13.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |John Johnston Robertson |align="right"|68 |align="right"|7.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]] <sup>4</sup> |align="right"|'''254 |align="right"|'''29.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Samuel Walker |align="right"|41 |align="right"|4.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|852 !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"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>4</sup> <small>Incumbent Premier from 1874; term ended in 1876 |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1878|3rd British Columbia election, 1878]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[George Cowan (politician)|George Cowan]] |align="right"|'''238 |align="right"|'''30.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[John Evans (Canadian politician)|John Evans]] |align="right"|'''230 |align="right"|'''29.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Jonathan Nutt |align="right"|68 |align="right"|8.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]] <sup>5</sup> |align="right"|'''252 |align="right"|'''31.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|788 !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"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=6|<sup>5</sup> Elected Premier !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, August 3, 1878 <sup>6</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[George Anthony Walkem|George Anthony Boomer Walkem]] |align="right"|Acclaimed |align="right"|''' -.- % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>6</sup> <small>Byelection caused by Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the [[Executive Council]] June. Date is that of return of writ, as a polling day was not necessary. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, October 29, 1879<sup>7</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |'''Unknown |'''[[George Ferguson (Canadian politician)|George Ferguson]] |align="right"|'''94 |align="right"|'''41.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |Unknown |[[John Glasson]] |align="right"|55 |align="right"|24.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}} |Unknown |[[Robert McLeese]] |align="right"|79 |align="right"|34.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|228 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> <small>Cause of byelection was the death of [[John Evans]] August. |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1882|4th British Columbia election, 1882]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |'''Independent |'''[[George Cowan (politician)|George Cowan]] |align="right"|'''217 |align="right"|'''24.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[George Ferguson (Canadian politician)|George Ferguson]] |align="right"|117 |align="right"|13.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Daniel McKay |align="right"|82 |align="right"|9.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[Robert McLeese]] |align="right"|'''169 |align="right"|'''19.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Samuel Walker |align="right"|107 |align="right"|12.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[Charles Wilson (Canadian politician)|Charles Wilson]] |align="right"|'''195 |align="right"|'''21.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|887 !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, 1886|5th British Columbia election, 1886]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Neil R. Campbell |align="right"|39 |align="right"|5.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[George Cowan (politician)|George Cowan]]] |align="right"|'''111 |align="right"|'''14.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[George Ferguson (Canadian politician)|George Ferguson]] |align="right"|90 |align="right"|11.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[Robert McLeese]] |align="right"|'''113 |align="right"|'''14.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[Joseph Mason (Canadian politician)|Joseph Mason]] |align="right"|'''125 |align="right"|'''16.56% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Denis Murphy |align="right"|88 |align="right"|11.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |Robert Lauderdale Shaw |align="right"|38 |align="right"|5.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Samuel Walker |align="right"|61 |align="right"|8.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician)|Charles Wilson]] |align="right"|90 |align="right"|11.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|755 !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, 1890|6th British Columbia election, 1890]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[Joseph Mason (Canadian politician)|Joseph Mason]] |align="right"|'''187 |align="right"|'''29.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[John Robson]] <sup>8</sup> |align="right"|'''158 |align="right"|'''24.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[Samuel Augustus Rogers]] |align="right"|'''163 |align="right"|'''25.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |William Pinchbeck |align="right"|134 |align="right"|20.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|642 !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"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>8</sup> Incumbent Premier since 1889; term ended in 1892 |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1894|7th British Columbia election, 1894]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[William Adams (Canadian politician)|William Adams]] |align="right"|'''147 |align="right"|'''21.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[John Charlton Kinchant]] |align="right"|95 |align="right"|13.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |Opposition |[[Robert McLeese]] |align="right"|142 |align="right"|20.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |'''Government |'''[[Samuel Augustus Rogers]] |align="right"|'''167 |align="right"|'''24.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |Hugh Watt |align="right"|138 |align="right"|20.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|689 !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, 1898|8th British Columbia election, 1898]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[Hans Lars Helgesen]] |align="right"|'''218 |align="right"|'''28.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)|Joseph Hunter]] |align="right"|173 |align="right"|22.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}} |'''Opposition |'''[[John Charlton Kinchant]] |align="right"|'''195 |align="right"|'''25.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}} |Government |[[Samuel Augustus Rogers]] |align="right"|172 |align="right"|22.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|758 !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, 1900|9th British Columbia election, 1900]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)|Joseph Hunter]] |align="right"|'''302 |align="right"|'''31.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive/row}} |[[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] |[[Harry Jones (Canadian politician)|Harry Jones]] |align="right"|201 |align="right"|20.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive/row}} |[[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] |[[John Charlton Kinchant]] |align="right"|177 |align="right"|18.27% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[Samuel Augustus Rogers]] |align="right"|'''289 |align="right"|'''29.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|969 !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, 1903|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[William Adams (Canadian politician)|William Adams]] |align="right"|411 |align="right"|23.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[Harry Jones (Canadian politician)|Harry Jones]] |align="right"|'''439 |align="right"|'''25.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[James Murphy (Canadian politician)|James Murphy]] |align="right"|'''501 |align="right"|'''28.96% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Samuel Augustus Rogers]] |align="right"|379 |align="right"|21.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,730 !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/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Leon Frederick James Champion |align="right"|135 |align="right"|20.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[Harry Jones (Canadian politician)|Harry Jones]] |align="right"|'''184 |align="right"|'''28.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician)|Charles Wilson]] |align="right"|152 |align="right"|23.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[John McKay Yorston]] |align="right"|'''183 |align="right"|'''27.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|654 !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/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[Michael Callanan]] |align="right"|'''273 |align="right"|'''31.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[John Anderson Fraser]] |align="right"|'''267 |align="right"|'''31.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Harry Jones (Canadian politician)|Harry Jones]] |align="right"|159 |align="right"|18.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[John McKay Yorston]] |align="right"|158 |align="right"|18.54% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|857 !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}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[Michael Callanan]] |align="right"|'''310 |align="right"|'''37.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[John Anderson Fraser]] |align="right"|'''335 |align="right"|'''40.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Holt |align="right"|182 |align="right"|22.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|827 !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, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[John Anderson Fraser]] |align="right"|207 |align="right"|31.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[John McKay Yorston]] |align="right"|'''453 |align="right"|'''68.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|660 !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/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[John Anderson Fraser]] |align="right"|349 |align="right"|38.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[John McKay Yorston]] |align="right"|'''561 |align="right"|'''61.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|910 !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/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |[[John Anderson Fraser]] |align="right"|397 |align="right"|30.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |'''Provincial Party |'''[[David Alexander Stoddart]] |align="right"|'''561 |align="right"|'''61.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[John McKay Yorston]] |align="right"|414 |align="right"|31.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,304 !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/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert Neil Campbell |align="right"|400 |align="right"|28.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |'''[[Roderick MacKenzie]] |align="right"|'''623 |align="right"|'''44.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[David Alexander Stoddart]] |align="right"|393 |align="right"|27.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,416 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|157 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Rupert Williams Haggen |align="right"|398 |align="right"|19.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[Donald Morrison MacKay]] |align="right"|'''1,089 |align="right"|'''54.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NPIG/row}} |[[Non-Partisan Independent Group]] |[[Roderick MacKenzie]] |align="right"|511 |align="right"|25.58% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,998 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|38 !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/Independents/row}} |Independent |Jennie E. Clarke |align="right"|655 |align="right"|25.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[Louis LeBourdais]] |align="right"|'''1,921 |align="right"|'''74.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,578 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|62 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Richmond Charles Biss |align="right"|338 |align="right"|11.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Truman Charles Docherty |align="right"|404 |align="right"|14.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |John Hargreaves |align="right"|257 |align="right"|9.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |'''[[Louis LeBourdais]] |align="right"|'''1,429 |align="right"|'''50.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Christy McDevitt |align="right"|257 |align="right"|9.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,849 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|92 !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/Coalition/row}} |'''[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |'''[[Louis LeBourdais]] |align="right"|'''1,370 |align="right"|'''57.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Charles Archibald Thomas |align="right"|995 |align="right"|42.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,365 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|67 !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}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth]] |Nicholas Charles Bird |align="right"|1,314 |align="right"|33.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |'''[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |'''[[Angus MacLean]] |align="right"|'''2,653 |align="right"|'''66.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,967 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|110 !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>9/sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |'''[[William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd]] |align="right"|'''2,684 |align="right"|'''51.84% |align="right"|'''2,684 |align="right"|'''51.84% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Angus McLean |align="right"|1,029 |align="right"|19.88% |align="right"|1,029 |align="right"|19.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Roland Riley |align="right"|689 |align="right"|13.31% |align="right"|689 |align="right"|13.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Kenneth Winston Thibaudeau |align="right"|775 |align="right"|14.97% |align="right"|775 |align="right"|14.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,177 !align="right"|% !align="right"|5,177 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|216 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>9</sup> Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>10</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Jack [[Gardner Boultbee]] |align="right"|509 |align="right"|9.63% |align="right"|509 |align="right"|9.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]] |'''[[William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd]] |align="right"|'''2,733 |align="right"|'''51.73% |align="right"|'''2,733 |align="right"|'''51.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Gideon Earl Malcolm |align="right"|1,050 |align="right"|19.87% |align="right"|1,050 |align="right"|19.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Joseph Wilson McConnell |align="right"|992 |align="right"|18.77% |align="right"|992 |align="right"|18.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,284 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|5,284 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|288 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !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>10</sup> Preferential ballot; only one count shown due to majority on first count |} {{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 Ralph Talbot Chetwynd]] |align="right"|'''3,014 |align="right"|'''60.86 |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Felix Rudolph Kohnke |align="right"|1,141 |align="right"|23.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |James Lehman |align="right"|797 |align="right"|16.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,952 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|45 !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/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Stanley Doubleday Crowe |align="right"|1,842 |align="right"|24.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Felix Rudolph Kohnke |align="right"|2,073 |align="right"|27.43% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[William Collins Speare]] |align="right"|'''3,091 |align="right"|'''40.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Celian Orvian Tingley |align="right"|552 |align="right"|7.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,558 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|112 !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/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |John Alfred Vernon Cade |align="right"|1,551 |align="right"|21.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Stanley Doubleday Crowe |align="right"|1,482 |align="right"|20.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Felix Rudolph Kohnke |align="right"|1,134 |align="right"|15.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[William Collins Speare]] |align="right"|'''3,015 |align="right"|'''41.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,182 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|49 !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}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Hartley Douglas Dent |align="right"|2,530 |align="right"|35.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Ronald Charles MacKay |align="right"|719 |align="right"|10.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[William Collins Speare]] |align="right"|'''3,830 |align="right"|'''54.10% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,079 !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, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''5,766 |align="right"|'''52.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Kirby Gerald Seabrook |align="right"|2,961 |align="right"|26.73% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |David Zirnhelt |align="right"|2,351 |align="right"|21.22% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,078 !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, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Ronald Hjalmar Anderson |align="right"|5,435 |align="right"|38.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''6,780 |align="right"|'''48.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Lawrence Albert Gladue |align="right"|1,837 |align="right"|13.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,052 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|220 !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/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Grethyl Verda Adams |align="right"|6,122 |align="right"|30.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''14,194 |align="right"|'''69.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|20,316 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|235 !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]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''13,736 |align="right"|'''64.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party]] |Byron Ralph Kemp |align="right"|7,233 |align="right"|33.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Brian Hartley Mayne |align="right"|462 |align="right"|2.16% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|21,431 !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, 1983|33rd British Columbia election, 1983]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''16,446 |align="right"|'''61.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Steven Edward Hilbert |align="right"|8,990 |align="right"|33.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[Green Party of British Columbia]] |[[Jeremie Louis LeBourdais]] <sup>11</sup> |align="right"|212 |align="right"|0.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Western Canada Concept/row}} |[[Western Canada Concept]] |Harold Alexander Paley |align="right"|405 |align="right"|1.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Quintin Robert McAdam Robertson |align="right"|549 |align="right"|2.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|26,602 !align="right"|100.00% !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"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>11</sup> Son of former MLA [[Louis Lebourdais]] |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|34th British Columbia election, 1986]] <sup>12</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Michael George D'Arcy |align="right"|1,738 |align="right"|3.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |John Dressler |align="right"|8,386 |align="right"|17.41% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Peter V. Epp |align="right"|555 |align="right"|1.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[Alex Fraser (politician)|Alex Fraser]] |align="right"|'''14,954 |align="right"|'''30.312% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Jeremie Louis LeBourdais]] |align="right"|214 |align="right"|0.44% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Christine M. Slater |align="right"|8,250 |align="right"|17.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}} |'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |'''[[T. Neil Vant]] |align="right"|'''12,715 |align="right"|'''26.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Sylvia Anne Louise Warn |align="right"|927 |align="right"|1.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Charles Richard Wyse |align="right"|778 |align="right"|1.62% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|48,157 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|778 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>12</sup> Seat increased to two members from one. |} ==Sources== *[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]