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'''Cowichan-Alberni''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It appeared in the [[British Columbia general election, 1894|1894 general election]] only. It was formed by combining the [[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni riding]] and parts of the older [[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan riding]]. [[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni riding]] and [[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan riding]] were restored for the [[British Columbia general election, 1898|1898 election]].
== Demographics ==
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== Political geography ==
==Notable elections==
==First Nations==
== Notable MLAs ==
== Electoral history ==
''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.''
{{Election FPTP begin | title=7th [[British Columbia general election, 1894]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[Theodore Davie]]
|align="right"|<b>Accl.
|align="right"|<b> - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[James Mitchell Mutter]]
|align="right"|<b>Accl.
|align="right"|<b> - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"| -
!align="right"| - %
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=8th [[British Columbia general election, 1898]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[James Dunsmuir]]<sup>2</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"|
|}
<small>2. 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>3</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"|
|}
<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.</small>
{{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]]
|<b>align="right"|2,204
|<b>align="right"|49.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other/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}}
|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 John 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 John 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>1</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>1</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>2</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/Labour/row}}
|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>2</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]]
|<b>align="right"|10,650
|<b>align="right"|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]]