The Islands

The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands at the 1941 election.

Demographics

Population
Population Change, %
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Notable MLAs

This Nanaimo-Gulf Islands area riding's first appearance was in 1903. It was originally created for the 1890 election, but was redistributed and done away with for the 1894 election, but it was brought back again in the large redistribution that set the stage for the watershed 1903 election, which ended the no-party era in the BC House. The Islands then lasted until the 1937 election, and subsequently parts of it became Nanaimo and the Islands, which was a riding in elections from 1941 to 1963, or in other Nanaimo-area electoral districts.

Parts of the area covered by The Islands are currently represented by various newer ridings:

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
GovernmentJohn Paton Booth 57 49.57% unknown
GovernmentFrederick Foord 28 24.35% unknown
OppositionHoratio John Robertson 30 26.09% unknown
Total valid votes 115 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between North Nanaimo, South Nanaimo and Cowichan-Alberni. It did not appear again until 1903:

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
ConservativeHenry Wright Bullock 154 41.07% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Wilson Paterson 221 58.93% unknown
Total valid votes 375 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
SocialistWilliam John Ledingham 11 3.03% unknown
ConservativeAlbert Edward McPhillips 179 49.31% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Wilson Paterson 173 47.66% unknown
Total valid votes 363 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
ConservativeAlbert Edward McPhillips 270 56.60% unknown
     Liberal Percy Purvis 207 43.40% unknown
Total valid votes 477 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
ConservativeAlbert Edward McPhillips 345 75.66%
Independent ConservativePercy Kent Winch 111 24.34%
Total valid votes 456 100.00%
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
ConservativeWilliam Wasbrough Foster 354 49.72% unknown
     Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 358 50.28% unknown
Total valid votes 712 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia general election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMalcolm Bruce Jackson 581 40.86%
ConservativeGeorge Clark 481 33.83%
Soldier–FarmerLewis Adolphus de Vic Carey 360 25.32%
Total valid votes 1,422 100.00%
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 463 38.71% unknown
ProvincialJohn William McIntosh 581 34.06% unknown
ConservativeCyrus Wesley Peck 583 34.17% unknown
Total valid votes 1,706 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 683 37.30% unknown
ConservativeCyrus Wesley Peck 1,148 62.70% unknown
Total valid votes 1,831 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 44
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Ellis 400 19.47%
Independent ConservativeWilliam Wasbrough Foster 669 32.57%
Non-Partisan Independent GroupJohn Bayley Hardinge 233 11.34%
     Independent William Henry Russell Humber 26 1.27% unknown
     Liberal Alexander McDonald 726 35.35% unknown
Total valid votes 1,284 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit League Gordon Hay Brown 51 2.41% unknown
ConservativeMacgregor Fullarton MacIntosh 953 45.12% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Grace E. Burtt Martin 414 19.60% unknown
     Liberal Alexander McDonald 694 32.86% unknown
Total valid votes 2,112 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 21
Turnout %

In 1941, the area was redistributed into the new Nanaimo and the Islands riding. Parts of it are now in Saanich North and the Islands.

References

Elections BC Historical Returns

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