Newcastle (electoral district)

Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It was created in 1903,[1] and lasted until 1924, when it was largely replaced by Cowichan-Newcastle.[2]

MLAs elected
ParliamentTermMLA
10th1903–1907Parker Williams
11th1907–1909
12th1909–1912
13th1912–1916
14th1916–1920
15th1920–1924Samuel Guthrie

Electoral history

Elections
10th British Columbia election, 1903[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams28840.06–
ConservativeAlexander Bryden20730.18–
LiberalDavid W. Murray21429.76–
Total valid votes 709 100.00
11th British Columbia election, 1907[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams25946.676.61
Independent LabourDavid James Thomas19735.50New
ConservativeJohn Sebastian Cairns9917.84(12.34)
Total valid votes 555 100.00
12th British Columbia election, 1909[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams37952.645.97
ConservativeJohn Stewart27438.0620.22
IndependentDavid James Thomas679.31(26.19)
Total valid votes 720 100.00
13th British Columbia election, 1912[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams[7]38650.86(1.78)
ConservativeRoy Branwood Dier37349.1411.08
Total valid votes 759 100.00
14th British Columbia election, 1916[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent SocialistParker Williams55156.115.25
ConservativeRoy Branwood Dier1,18643.89(5.25)
Total valid votes 982 100.00
15th British Columbia election, 1920[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Federated Labour Samuel Guthrie 704 42.00 New
CoalitionWilliam Gilbert Fraser42425.30(18.59)
Independent SocialistJames Hurst Hawthornthwaite41925.00(31.11)
Independent SoldierJohn Bickle1297.70New
Total valid votes 1,676 100.00

Timeline (1903-1920)
Graph of Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1903–1920

Further reading
  • An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

References
  1. Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
  2. Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923, S.B.C. 1923, c. 6
  3. Elections BC 1988, p. 94.
  4. Elections BC 1988, p. 102.
  5. Elections BC 1988, p. 112.
  6. Elections BC 1988, p. 118.
  7. expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada
  8. Elections BC 1988, p. 126.
  9. Elections BC 1988, p. 142.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.