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The '''Lillooet''' electoral district was a riding (provincial constituency) in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]], centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries. Originally with two members, the constituency was split into [[Lillooet West (electoral district)|Lillooet West]] and [[Lillooet East (electoral district)|Lillooet East]] in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections, with Lillooet West being recomprised as one riding (with only one member) in the 1903 election.
==Political geography==
The riding was one of the first created in British Columbia, and at the time the town of [[Lillooet, British Columbia|Lillooet]] was one of the largest in the province (it is now one of the smallest). It was originally a two-member riding. It was an essentially rural riding, spanning the southern [[Cariboo]] and the mountain country west of [[Lillooet, British Columbia|Lillooet]] and the northern part of the [[Fraser Canyon]]. It was succeeded by the [[Yale-Lillooet]] riding, which is still extant.
==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
*[[Thomas Basil Humphreys]] - 1871-1875
*[[Andrew Thomas Jamieson]] - 1871-1875
*[[William M. Brown]] - 1875-1882 (Reform slate and from 1878 Opposition)
*[[William Morrison (Canadian politician)|William Morrison]] - 1875-1878 (Reform slate)
*[[William Saul]] - 1878-1882 (Opposition and from 1886 Government)
*[[Edward Allen (Canadian politician)|Edward Allen]] - 1882-1890 (Opposition and from 1886 Government)
*[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]] - 1882-1890 (ran as Opposition, but from 1887-1889 sat as [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]])
*[[Alfred Wellington Smith]] 1890-1894 (Government)
*[[David Alexander Stoddart]] 1890-1894 (Opposition)
*see [[Lillooet-West (electoral district)|Lillooet West]] and [[Lillooet East (electoral district)|Lillooet East]] for elections in 1894, 1898, and 1900
*[[Archibald McDonald]] 1903-1907 (Conservative)
*[[Mark Robert Eagleson]] 1907-1909 (Liberal)
*[[Archibald McDonald]] 1909-1924 (Conservative)
*[[Albert Edward Munn]] 1924-1928 (Liberal)
*[[Ernest Crawford Carson]] 1928-1933 (Conservative)
*[[George Matheson Murray]] 1933-1941 (Liberal)
*[[Ernest Crawford Carson]] 1941-1953 (Conservative)
*[[Gordon Gibson, Sr.|James Gordon Gibson]] 1953-1956 (Liberal)
*[[Donald Frederick Robinson]] 1956-1966 (Social Credit)
== Election results ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in ''<b>bold</b>.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1871|1st British Columbia election, 1871]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[Thomas Basil Humphreys]]<sup>1</sup>
|align="right"|<b>45
|align="right"|<b>44.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[Andrew Thomas Jamieson]]
|align="right"|<b>36
|align="right"|<b>35.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|William Saul
|align="right"|21
|align="right"|20.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|102
!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"|79.69%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Often spelled "Humphries" in many contemporary histories.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Lillooet, November 27, 1871 <sup>2</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|William Chadwick
|align="right"|(2)<sup>3</sup>
|align="right"|(6.06%)
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Edward Kelly
|align="right"|(1)<sup>3</sup>
|align="right"|(3.03%)
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[William Saul]]
|align="right"|<b>(30)<sup>3</sup>
|align="right"|<b>(90.91%)
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|(33)
!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>2</sup> <small>To fill the seat-vacancy caused by the death of A.T. Jamieson 31 October 1872.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>3</sup> <small>Incomplete returns. Numbers cited are from ''Cariboo Sentinel'' 28 December 1872.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Lillooet, November 17, 1874 <sup>4</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[William M. Brown]]
|align="right"|<b>51
|align="right"|<b>32.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|<b>Independent
|<b>[[Thomas Basil Humphreys]]
|align="right"|<b>56
|align="right"|<b>36.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|[[William Saul]]
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|30.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|155
!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>4</sup> <small>Resignations 26 September 1874 of T.B. Humphreys and W. Saul over a "dispute between the two gentlemen as to which represents the popular feeling of the district" (''Victoria Colonist'', September 29, 1874).
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1875|2nd British Columbia election, 1875]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|<b>Reform caucus
|<b>[[William M. Brown]]
|align="right"|<b>53
|align="right"|<b>26.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|Reform caucus
|[[George Dunne]]
|align="right"|21
|align="right"|10.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|Reform caucus
|[[Captain John Martley|John Martley]] <sup>5</sup>
|align="right"|33
|align="right"|16.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|<b>Reform caucus
|<b>[[William Morrison (Canadian politician)|William Morrison]]
|align="right"|<b>48
|align="right"|<b>23.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|William Saul
|align="right"|46
|align="right"|22.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|201
!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"|85.90%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> <small>Captain Martley homesteaded at Pavilion around 1863, and bought out the older Carson spread on [[Pavilion Mountain]]. [[Ernest Crawford Carson]] and [[Robert Henry Carson]], his neighbours, became MLAs and cabinet ministers in the 1930s in [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]] and [[Kamloops (electoral district)|Kamloops]] respectively.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1878|3rd British Columbia election, 1878]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[William M. Brown]]
|align="right"|<b>78
|align="right"|<b>32.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|[[Captain John Martley|John Martley]]
|align="right"|39
|align="right"|16.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|[[William Morrison (Canadian politician)|William Morrison]]
|align="right"|47
|align="right"|19.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[William Saul]]
|align="right"|<b>48
|align="right"|<b>23.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|241
!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"|78.01%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1882|4th British Columbia election, 1882]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[Edward Allen (Canadian politician)|Edward Allen]]
|align="right"|<b>55
|align="right"|<b>23.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|[[William M. Brown]]
|align="right"|28
|align="right"|11.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]]
|align="right"|<b>69
|align="right"|<b>29.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|Government
|Charles Nelson McLellan
|align="right"|40
|align="right"|16.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|[[William Morrison (Canadian politician)|William Morrison]]
|align="right"|45
|align="right"|18.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|237
!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"|63.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia byelection: Lillooet, March 13, 1883 <sup>2</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]]
|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"|
!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>Byelection caused by resignation of A.E.B. Davie upon his appointment to the Executive Council January 29 1883. Date given is day of return of writs, as polling day was not necessary.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1886|5th British Columbia election, 1886]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|<b>Reform caucus
|<b>[[William M. Brown]]
|align="right"|<b>65
|align="right"|<b>21.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/RefCauc/row}}
|<b>Reform caucus
|<b>[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]]
|align="right"|<b>93
|align="right"|<b>30.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|(Opposition ?)
|William Livingstone
|align="right"|45
|align="right"|14.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|Opposition
|[[William Saul]]
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|15.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|309
!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"|77.25%
!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
|[[William Morrison (Canadian politician)|William Morrison]]
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|22.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Gov/row}}
|<b>Government
|<b>[[Alfred Wellington Smith]]
|align="right"|<b>89
|align="right"|<b>33.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Opp/row}}
|<b>Opposition
|<b>[[David Alexander Stoddart]]
|align="right"|<b>119
|align="right"|<b>44.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|268
!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"|55.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
'''[[British Columbia general election, 1894|7th General Election 1894]]'''
split to two ridings:
*[[Lillooet East (electoral district)|Lillooet East]]
*[[Lillooet West (electoral district)|Lillooet West]]
'''[[British Columbia general election, 1898|8th General Election 1898]]'''
*[[Lillooet East (electoral district)|Lillooet East]]
*[[Lillooet West (electoral district)|Lillooet West]]
'''[[British Columbia general election, 1900|9th General Election 1900]]'''
*[[Lillooet East (electoral district)|Lillooet East]]
*[[Lillooet West (electoral district)|Lillooet West]]
{{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]]
|[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"|--%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|--
!align="right"|--%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Mark Robert Eagleson]]
|align="right"|<b>123
|align="right"|<b>51.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|115
|align="right"|48.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|238
!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"|60.10%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1909|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Mark Robert Eagleson]]
|align="right"|117
|align="right"|41.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|<b>167
|align="right"|<b>58.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|284
!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"|79.11%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Stuart Alexander Henderson
|align="right"|82
|align="right"|28.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|<b>200
|align="right"|<b>71.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|281
!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"|71.98%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Bates Bryson
|align="right"|269
|align="right"|47.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|<b>296
|align="right"|<b>52.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|565
!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"|66.27%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Bates Bryson
|align="right"|213
|align="right"|21.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/SolFar/row}}
|[[Soldier-Farmer Party]]
|[[Ernest Crawford Carson]] <sup>6</sup>
|align="right"|162
|align="right"|22.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|<b>339
|align="right"|<b>47.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|714
!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"|76.94%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>6</sup> <small>Brother of [[Robert Henry Carson]], Liberal MLA for Kamloops (electoral district)|Kamloops]]. Both became cabinet ministers in their respective governments. Their father Robert Carson came west via the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] passes to [[California]] and, coming north for the [[Fraser Canyon gold rush]], wound up homesteading on [[Pavilion Mountain]] in the wake of the gold rush, founding one of BC's earliest ranches. He sold it to [[Captain John Martley]], who was a candidate in this riding in 1878 and whose descendants still own the property.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Albert Edward Munn]]
|align="right"|<b>626
|align="right"|<b>42.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|Provincial Party
|Norman Joseph Paul
|align="right"|522
|align="right"|35.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Archibald McDonald]]
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|21.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,471
!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"|56.43%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,237
|align="right"|<b>54.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Albert Edward Munn]]
|align="right"|1,028
|align="right"|45.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,265
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|56
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|80.28%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NPIG/row}}
|Non-Partisan Independent Group
|[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|705
|align="right"|33.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[George Matheson Murray]]<sup>7</sup>
|align="right"|<b>927
|align="right"|<b>44.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|John Morrison Smith
|align="right"|472
|align="right"|22.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,104
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|66.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> <small>Publisher of ''Bridge River-Lillooet News'' and husband of [[Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray]].
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Robert Purvis Armstrong
|align="right"|855
|align="right"|28.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Ernest Crawford Carson ]]
|align="right"|925
|align="right"|31.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[George Matheson Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>1,176
|align="right"|<b>39.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2956
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|76.12%
!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.]]
|Harry Grenfell Archibald
|align="right"|841
|align="right"|31.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,017
|align="right"|<b>38.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[George Matheson Murray]]
|align="right"|791
|align="right"|29.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,649
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|29
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|67.02%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,143
|align="right"|<b>51.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit Alliance]]
|John Fossmark Jacobsen
|align="right"|296
|align="right"|8.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/ProLib/row}}
|Progressive Liberal
|[[George Matheson Murray]]
|align="right"|61
|align="right"|2.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Charles Radcliffe
|align="right"|823
|align="right"|37.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,223
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|21
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>2,339
|align="right"|<b>62.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit Alliance]]
|George Willis Lyons
|align="right"|1,180
|align="right"|31.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|William Wallace O'Keefe
|align="right"|204
|align="right"|5.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,723
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|125
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|77.94%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]]<sup>8</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|<b>[[Ernest Crawford Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,301
|align="right"|<b>35.68%
|align="right"|<b>1,847
|align="right"|<b>56.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Gordon Hudson Dowding
|align="right"|1,074
|align="right"|29.46%
|align="right"|1,416
|align="right"|43.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|James Coleman Finch
|align="right"|96
|align="right"|2.63%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|William Henry Okell
|align="right"|725
|align="right"|19.88%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]]
|[[Donald Frederick Robinson]]
|align="right"|450
|align="right"|12.34%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,646
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|3,263
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|254
!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>8</sup> Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>9</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Herbert Ashby
|align="right"|452
|align="right"|11.32 %
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Gordon Hudson Dowding
|align="right"|1,372
|align="right"|34.37%
|align="right"|1,694
|align="right"|48.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Gordon Gibson, Sr.]]
|align="right"|<b>1,103
|align="right"|<b>27.63%
|align="right"|<b>1,830
|align="right"|<b>51.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Frank Conrad Olafsen
|align="right"|1,065
|align="right"|26.68%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|3,524
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|170
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|5,933 (1952 list)
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|70.15%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|<sup>9</sup> Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|}
analysis of preferential ballot - preferential ballot - 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices, respectively:
*Ashby, Herbert PC 452 - -
*Gordon Hudson CCF 1,372 1,420 1,694
*GIBSON, James Gordon LIB. 1,103 1,335 1,830
*Olafson, Frank Conrad SC 1,065 1,138 -
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Austin Kenneth Greenway
|align="right"|907
|align="right"|23.13
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Frederick Robinson]]
|align="right"|<b>2,055
|align="right"|<b>52.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|James Smith
|align="right"|959
|align="right"|24.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3921
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|58
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|72.97%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|George M. Behrner
|align="right"|336
|align="right"|7.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Cyril Clyde Keyes
|align="right"|923
|align="right"|21.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|John Kendrick Macey
|align="right"|1,331
|align="right"|31.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Frederick Robinson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,695
|align="right"|<b>39.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,285
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|282
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|66.77%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Henry Greer Castillou
|align="right"|977
|align="right"|23.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Thomas William Meagher
|align="right"|702
|align="right"|16.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social_Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Frederick Robinson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,425
|align="right"|<b>33.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Clare Skatfeld
|align="right"|1331
|align="right"|31.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,220
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|65.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
In the [[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th General Election in 1966]], parts of the former riding of Lillooet became incorporated into the new riding of [[Yale-Lillooet]], which survives to the present.
==Sources==
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]