Slocan (electoral district)

Slocan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population Change, 1901–1921
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Labour ^1	William Davidson	358	55.33%		unknown
	Conservative	William Hunter	289	44.67%		unknown
Total valid votes			647	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 Nominated by the Slocan Labour Party, which was based on the Provincial Progressive Party of 1902, and supported by the Socialists

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Socialist	William Davidson	119	30.28%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Archibald B. Docksteader	81	20.61%		unknown
	Conservative	William Hunter	193	49.11%		unknown
Total valid votes			393	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Hunter	309	57.43%
	Socialist	John William Bennett	172	31.97%
	Independent Labour	Joseph Colebrook Harris	57	10.59%
Total valid votes			538	100.00%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	William Hunter	373	65.32%		unknown
	Socialist	Anthony Shilland	198	34.68%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			571	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	William Hunter	447	49.94%		unknown
	Liberal	Charles Franklin Nelson	448	50.06%		unknown
Total valid votes			895	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	William Hunter	568	41.55%		unknown
	Liberal	Charles Franklin Nelson	471	34.46%		unknown
	Federated Labour Party ^2	Alfred Harvey Smith	328	23.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,367	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
			76.94%
^2 Also referred to as "O.B.U." (One Big Union) candidate

Sources

Elections BC historical returns