Nelson City (provincial electoral district)

Nelson City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1903 election and lasted until 1912, after which the area of Nelson, B.C. was represented by the Nelson riding. For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Houston	424	54.29%		unknown
	Liberal	Sidney Stockton Taylor	357	45.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			781	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Arthur Benjamin Hall	314	43.67%		unknown
	Conservative	John Andrew Kirkpatrick	309	42.98%		unknown
	Socialist	Edward Francis (Frank) Phillips	96	13.35%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			719	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Albert Edward Crease	323	31.18%		unknown
	Socialist	John Henry Matheson	148	14.29%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Harry Wright	565	54.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,036	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Socialist	Arthur Westbrook Harrod	177	19.84%	–	unknown
	Conservative	William Ross MacLean	527	59.08%
	Independent Conservative	Harry Wright	188	21.08%
Total valid votes			892	100.00%

The Nelson City riding made its last appearance in the 1912 election. Following redistribution, the new riding covering this area in the 1916 election was Nelson.

Sources

• Elections BC Historical Returns