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
[edit]| Parliament | Term | MLA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 1903–1907 | Parker Williams | |
| 11th | 1907–1909 | ||
| 12th | 1909–1912 | ||
| 13th | 1912–1916 | ||
| 14th | 1916–1920 | ||
| 15th | 1920–1924 | Samuel Guthrie | |
Electoral history
[edit]Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Parker Williams | 288 | 40.06 | – | |
| Conservative | Alexander Bryden | 207 | 30.18 | – | |
| Liberal | David W. Murray | 214 | 29.76 | – | |
| Total valid votes | 709 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Parker Williams | 259 | 46.67 | 6.61 | |
| Independent Labour | David James Thomas | 197 | 35.50 | New | |
| Conservative | John Sebastian Cairns | 99 | 17.84 | (12.34) | |
| Total valid votes | 555 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Parker Williams | 379 | 52.64 | 5.97 | |
| Conservative | John Stewart | 274 | 38.06 | 20.22 | |
| Independent | David James Thomas | 67 | 9.31 | (26.19) | |
| Total valid votes | 720 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Parker Williams[7] | 386 | 50.86 | (1.78) | |
| Conservative | Roy Branwood Dier | 373 | 49.14 | 11.08 | |
| Total valid votes | 759 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Socialist | Parker Williams | 551 | 56.11 | 5.25 | |
| Conservative | Roy Branwood Dier | 1,186 | 43.89 | (5.25) | |
| Total valid votes | 982 | 100.00 | |||
| 1920 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Federated Labour | Samuel Guthrie | 704 | 42.00 | New | ||||
| Coalition | William Gilbert Fraser | 424 | 25.30 | (18.59) | ||||
| Independent Socialist | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | 419 | 25.00 | (31.11) | ||||
| Independent Soldier | John Bickle | 129 | 7.70 | New | ||||
| Total votes | 1,676 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 142. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. | ||||||||
Timeline (1903-1920)
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Graph of Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1903–1920
Further reading
[edit]- An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
References
[edit]- ^ Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
- ^ Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923, S.B.C. 1923, c. 6
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 94.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 102.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 112.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 118.
- ^ expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 126.