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'''Comox''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining [[Confederation of Canada|Confederation]], and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named [[Comox Valley (electoral district)|Comox Valley]].
== Demographics ==
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== Political geography ==
Nominally this riding included most of the Central Coast as well as all of northern Vancouver Island, but in practicality there were very few eligible voters as the vast majority of the area's population was from one of the many [[First Nations]] in the district.
==Notable elections==
==First Nations==
== Notable MLAs ==
== Electoral history ==
''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.''
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1871|1st British Columbia election, 1871]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[John Ash (politician)|John Ash]]
|align="right"|<b>16
|align="right"|<b>66.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Robert Cameron Coleman
|align="right"|8
|align="right"|33.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24
!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 Byelection: Comox January 11, 1873<sup>1</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[John Ash (politician)|John Ash]]
|align="right"|<b>Acclaimed
|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"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>The byelection was called due to J. Ash's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. 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=2nd [[British Columbia general election, 1875]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[John Ash (politician)|John Ash]]
|align="right"|<b>36
|align="right"|<b>78.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|Robb James
|align="right"|10
|align="right"|21.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|46
!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=3rd [[British Columbia general election, 1878]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[John Ash (politician)|John Ash]]
|align="right"|<b>31
|align="right"|<b>59.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|Reginald Terry Carwithen
|align="right"|21
|align="right"|40.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|52
!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=4th [[British Columbia general election, 1882]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|Andrew Byron Crawford
|align="right"|14
|align="right"|16.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[William Munro Dingwall]]
|align="right"|<b>67
|align="right"|<b>80.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/row}}
|Unknown affiliation
|Thomas Robson<sup>2</sup>
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|2.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|83
!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>2</sup> <small> Withdrew before polling day.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title= 5th [[British Columbia general election, 1886]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|William Munro Dingwall
|align="right"|40
|align="right"|31.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|Stafford McKelvey
|align="right"|10
|align="right"|7.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|Robb James
|align="right"|33
|align="right"|25.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[Anthony Maitland Stenhouse]]
|align="right"|<b>45
|align="right"|<b>35.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|128
!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=6th [[British Columbia general election, 1890]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)|Joseph Hunter]]
|align="right"|<b>115
|align="right"|<b>61.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|Joseph McPhee
|align="right"|73
|align="right"|38.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|108
!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=7th [[British Columbia general election, 1894]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)|Joseph Hunter]]
|align="right"|<b>239
|align="right"|<b>64.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|Percy Fremlin Scharschmidt
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|35.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|368
!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=8th [[British Columbia general election, 1898]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[James Dunsmuir]]<sup>3</sup>
|align="right"|<b>297
|align="right"|<b>64.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|William James McAllan
|align="right"|162
|align="right"|35.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|459
!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>3</sup> <small>Later 14th Premier of British Columbia 1900-1902</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=9th [[British Columbia general election, 1900]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|[[Joseph McPhee]]<sup>4</sup>
|align="right"|279
|align="right"|45.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[Lewis Alfred Mounce]]
|align="right"|<b>338
|align="right"|<b>54.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|188
!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>3. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=10th [[British Columbia general election, 1903]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Robert Grant (Canadian politician)|Robert Grant]]
|align="right"|<b>361
|align="right"|<b>53.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Frederick McBain Young
|align="right"|317
|align="right"|46.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|678
!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 Bertram Bennett
|align="right"|292
|align="right"|43.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Robert Grant (Canadian politician)|Robert Grant]]
|align="right"|<b>372
|align="right"|<b>56.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|664
!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/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|James Cartwright
|align="right"|206
|align="right"|20.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative
|[[Henry Essen Young]]
|align="right"|154
|align="right"|15.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|James McKelvey Forrest
|align="right"|172
|align="right"|17.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Michael Manson]]
|align="right"|<b>451
|align="right"|<b>45.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|983
!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/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|Wallis Walter Lefeaux
|align="right"|355
|align="right"|33.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Michael Manson]]
|align="right"|<b>694
|align="right"|<b>66.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,049
!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]]
|[[Michael Manson]]
|align="right"|882
|align="right"|41.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|William Arthur Pritchard
|align="right"|246
|align="right"|11.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Hugh Stewart]]
|align="right"|<b>916
|align="right"|<b>43.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SDP/row}}
|[[Social Democratic Party of Canada|Social Democrat]]
|George Edgar Winkler
|align="right"|83
|align="right"|3.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|812
!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]]
|William Edward Anderson
|align="right"|1,233
|align="right"|29.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLib/row}}
|Independent Liberal
|William Wallace Burns McInnes
|align="right"|731
|align="right"|17.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/FarLbr/row}}
|<b>Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour)
|<b>[[Thomas Menzies]]
|align="right"|<b>1,354
|align="right"|<b>32.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Patrick Daly
|align="right"|806
|align="right"|19.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,124
!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, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|William Duncan
|align="right"|815
|align="right"|28.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]]
|George Every-Clayton
|align="right"|793
|align="right"|27.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndLib/row}}
|<b>Independent Liberal
|<b>[[Paul Phillips Harrison]]
|align="right"|<b>1,261
|align="right"|<b>43.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,869
!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
|William Law
|align="right"|267
|align="right"|6.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John William McKenzie
|align="right"|1,497
|align="right"|39.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[George Kerr McNaughton]]
|align="right"|<b>2,058
|align="right"|<b>53.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,822
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|70
!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.]]
|Harold Tuttle Allen
|align="right"|1,590
|align="right"|36.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCCF/row}}
|Independent-[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|CCF]]
|George Robert Bates
|align="right"|276
|align="right"|6.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Laurence Arnold Hanna]]
|align="right"|<b>2,204
|align="right"|<b>49.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}}
|United Front (Workers and Farmers)
|Hugh Gray Russell
|align="right"|259
|align="right"|5.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Ernest Richard Tarling
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|1.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,413
!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/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]]
|align="right"|<b>2,336
|align="right"|<b>44.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Laurence Arnold Hanna]]
|align="right"|1,876
|align="right"|36.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Gordon Noel Money
|align="right"|999
|align="right"|19.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,211
!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, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]]
|align="right"|<b>3,126
|align="right"|<b>45.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|William Edward Mantle
|align="right"|2,158
|align="right"|31.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Edward Roger Gibson Richardson
|align="right"|1,615
|align="right"|23.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,899
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|166
!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.]]
|[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]]
|align="right"|3,362
|align="right"|44.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]]
|Thomas McEwen
|align="right"|729
|align="right"|9.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Herbert Welch]]
|align="right"|<b>3,432
|align="right"|<b>45.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,523
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|161
!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 Fed.]]
|[[Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)|Colin Cameron]]
|align="right"|5,238
|align="right"|40.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Herbert Welch]]
|align="right"|<b>7,596
|align="right"|<b>59.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,834
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|435
!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>5</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|W. Bruce Gordon
|align="right"|1,868
|align="right"|13.58%
|align="right"|--
|align="right"|--.--%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[William Campbell Moore]]
|align="right"|<b>5,369
|align="right"|<b>39.03%
|align="right"|7,098
|align="right"|57.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]]
|Cyril Hugh Poole
|align="right"|2,987
|align="right"|21.71%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Herbert John Welch
|align="right"|3,532
|align="right"|25.68%
|align="right"|5,210
|align="right"|42.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,756
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|12,308
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|446
!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>5</sup>(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only)
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>6</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Wesley Baikie
|align="right"|2,944
|align="right"|21.71%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]]
|John Higgin
|align="right"|357
|align="right"|2.63%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[William Campbell Moore]]
|align="right"|<b>5,462
|align="right"|<b>40.28%
|align="right"|6,717
|align="right"|53.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]]
|Cyril Hugh Poole
|align="right"|4,420
|align="right"|32.59%
|align="right"|5,762
|align="right"|46.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Nugent Watson Spinks
|align="right"|378
|align="right"|2.79%
|align="right"|--
|align="right"|--.--%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,561
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|12,479
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|717
!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>6</sup>Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only)
|}
{{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>[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|<b>4,916
|align="right"|<b>41.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Robert George McPhee
|align="right"|2,339
|align="right"|19.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Cyril Newman
|align="right"|4,555
|align="right"|38.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,810
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,810
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|183
!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/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|William Wallace Baikie
|align="right"|2,759
|align="right"|17.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|<b>6,100
|align="right"|<b>38.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Alan Gray
|align="right"|653
|align="right"|4.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada]]
|John Higgin
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|1.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Frederick Charles Wood
|align="right"|6,072
|align="right"|38.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,791
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|248
!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}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|<b>6,598
|align="right"|<b>42.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|David Alexander Elrix
|align="right"|1,259
|align="right"|8.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Duncan McIntyre Fraser
|align="right"|1,475
|align="right"|9.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Frederick Sidney Williams
|align="right"|6,238
|align="right"|40.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,570
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|150
!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>[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|<b>5,449
|align="right"|<b>49.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Joseph J. Cvetkovich
|align="right"|1,276
|align="right"|11.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Neville Shanks
|align="right"|4,308
|align="right"|39.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,033
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|104
!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>[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|<b>7,910
|align="right"|<b>45.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown
|align="right"|2,303
|align="right"|13.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Harry Harris
|align="right"|7,131
|align="right"|41.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|17,344
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|194
!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]]
|[[Daniel Robert John Campbell]]
|align="right"|6,376
|align="right"|29.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Lawrence Foort
|align="right"|1,166
|align="right"|5.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Karen Elizabeth Sanford]]
|align="right"|<b>12,540
|align="right"|<b>57.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Patrick Melvin Thompson
|align="right"|1,903
|align="right"|8.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|21,985
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|135
!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]]
|Daniel Edgard Hanuse
|align="right"|10,171
|align="right"|38.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Norman L. McLaren
|align="right"|1,381
|align="right"|5.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Karen Elizabeth Sanford]]
|align="right"|<b>10,650
|align="right"|<b>40.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Victor Albert Stephens
|align="right"|3,906
|align="right"|15.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,148
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|454
!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]]
|Delbert Keith Doll
|align="right"|9,390
|align="right"|42.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Eric Harry Kellow
|align="right"|2,251
|align="right"|10.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Karen Elizabeth Sanford]]
|align="right"|<b>10,420
|align="right"|<b>47.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|22,061
!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/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Thomas John Finnie
|align="right"|502
|align="right"|1.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Western Canada Concept/row}}
|[[Western Canada Concept]]
|Allan Wayne Griffiths
|align="right"|1,104
|align="right"|3.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Karen Elizabeth Sanford]]
|align="right"|<b>13,719
|align="right"|<b>46.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|George Herbert Parke Smith
|align="right"|13,422
|align="right"|45.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Victor Albert Stephens
|align="right"|705
|align="right"|2.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|29,452
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|258
!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|44th British Columbia election, 1986]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Stanley Brian Hagen]]
|align="right"|<b>15,833
|align="right"|<b>51.15
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|[[Karen Elizabeth Sanford]]
|align="right"|13,562
|align="right"|43.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John G. (Jack) Setter
|align="right"|985
|align="right"|3.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Terry Ian
|align="right"|573
|align="right"|1.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|30,953
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|276
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
== Source ==
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]