North Nanaimo
North Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.
For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).
Demographics
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Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
7th British Columbia election, 1894 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | John Bryden | 411 | 74.73% | – | unknown | |
Labour | Ralph Smith1 | 139 | 25.27% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 550 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % | |||||
1 Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).) |
8th British Columbia election, 1898 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | John Bryden | 249 | 61.94% | – | unknown | |
Opposition | Walter James G. Hellier | 153 | 38.06% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 402 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
British Columbia general election, 1900 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Independent | William Wallace Burns McInnes3 | 238 | 47.04% | |||||
Opposition | John Bryden | 195 | 38.54% | |||||
Independent Labour | John D. Dixon2 | 73 | 14.43% | |||||
Total valid votes | 506 | 100.00% | ||||||
2 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. 3 Son of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Thomas Robert McInnes. |
The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle and The Islands.
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