Alberni (electoral district)

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Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the 1890 election and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the name Alberni-Nanaimo was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. After a redistribution, the area became part of the riding of Alberni-Qualicum.

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

6th 1890 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Thomas Fletcher 2970.73%unknown
Government John C. Mollett1229.27%unknown
Total valid votes41100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%

In the seventh general election of 1894, the Alberni riding was merged with the Cowichan riding to form Cowichan-Alberni. The separate riding names were restored for the 1898 election.

8th 1898 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government George Albert Huff7039.33%unknown
Opposition Alan Webster Neill 10860.67%unknown
Total valid votes178100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
9th 1900 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Progressive Alan Webster Neill 10854.55%
Government James Redford5728.79%
Conservative-OppositionJames Bain Thomson3316.67%
Total valid votes198100.00%
10th 1903 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Robert Hume F. Hickey10224.17%unknown
Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes 32075.83%unknown
Total valid votes422100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
11th British Columbia election, 1907
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Harlan Carey Brewster 23648.86%unknown
Socialist James Cartwright438.90%unknown
Conservative William Manson20442.24%unknown
Total valid votes483100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th British Columbia election, 1909
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Harlan Carey Brewster 29353.37%unknown
Conservative Arthur David Morgan25646.63%unknown
Total valid votes549100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th British Columbia election, 1912
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative John George Corry Wood Accl. - %unknown
Total valid votesn/a- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
14th British Columbia election, 1916
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Harlan Carey Brewster 39339.26%unknown
 IndependentAlan Webster Neill25325.27%unknown
Conservative John George Corry Wood 35535.46%unknown
Total valid votes1,001100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1920 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Richard John Burde 84143.94
Soldier–Farmer Noel Ernest Money67535.27
Liberal Henri Evariste Langis39820.79
Total valid votes1,914 100.00
16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Independent Liberal Richard John Burde 82842.48%
Conservative James Cameron Johnstone33917.39%unknown
Provincial Charles Arthur McNaughton78240.13%
Total valid votes1,949100.00%
1928 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Laurence Arnold Hanna 1,20848.71
Conservative Percy Rushton1,02241.21
Independent Labour Thomas Albert Bernard25010.08
Total valid votes2,480 100.00
Total rejected ballots34

Alberni riding disappeared with redistribution following the 1928 election. Its successor in the 1933 and 1937 elections was Alberni-Nanaimo. For the 1941 election the Alberni riding name was restored:

1941 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal James Mowat 2,06749.17
Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Albert Bernard1,90345.27
Independent Labour Alex Harvey Rowan2345.57
Total valid votes4,204 100.00
Total rejected ballots56
21st British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Speakman Barnett 1,25831.83%unknown
Labor-Progressive Alfred Dewhurst55914.14%unknown
Coalition James Mowat 2,13554.02%unknown
Total valid votes3,952100.00%
Total rejected ballots74
Turnout%
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition Thomas Wellington Christie 1,63821.33%unknown
Labor-Progressive Nigel Morgan6228.10%unknown
 Independent James Mowat 3,29042.84 %unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Jack Whittall2,12927.72%unknown
Total valid votes7,679100.00%
Total rejected ballots200
Turnout%
23rd British Columbia election, 1952
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
Conservative Pitt Clayton1,20415.03%-- %unknown
Labor-Progressive Alfred Dewhurst1962.45%--.- %
Liberal James Mowat 2,17627.17 %3,03042.77%unknown
Social Credit League Jack Shulz1,36617.06%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley John Squire 3,06738.29%4,05457.23%unknown
Total valid votes8,009100.00%7,084
Total rejected ballots246
Turnout%
1Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.
24thd British Columbia election, 1953
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
Labor-Progressive Frank Wendell Bottner1391.92%--.- %
Liberal Loran Kendall Jordon2,02227.95%2,81143.07%unknown
Social Credit Thorwald Melanchton Peterson1,63722.63%
Conservative Oliver James Ruttan3204.42%-- %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley John Squire 3,11643.07%3,71556.93%unknown
Total valid votes7,234100.00%6,526
Total rejected ballots336
Turnout%
1Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit William James Carr1,89428.51%unknown
Liberal Norman Leslie McKinnon1,38820.89%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley John Squire 3,36250.60%unknown
Total valid votes6,644100.00%
Total rejected ballots80
Turnout%
26th British Columbia election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Eric Frederick Duncan2,96632.65%unknown
Conservative Ronald George Lyon5145.66%unknown
Liberal John Alexander McKenzie1,30514.36%unknown
Communist Mark Fullmore Mosher2072.28%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley John Squire 4,09345.05%unknown
Total valid votes9,085100.00%
Total rejected ballots315
Turnout%


27th British Columbia election, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Eric Frederick Duncan3,50639.72%unknown
Liberal Edward John (Jack) Luckhurst1,07112.13%unknown
New Democratic Stanley John Squire 4,24948.14%unknown
Total valid votes8,826100.00%
Total rejected ballots68
Turnout%
28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Howard Richmond McDiarmid 6,03955.55%unknown
Liberal George McLean5114.70%unknown
New Democratic Stanley John Squire 4,32139.75%unknown
Total valid votes10,871100.00%
Total rejected ballots95
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Howard Richmond McDiarmid 7,20947.08%unknown
Liberal Eugene Edward Romaniuk1,4249.30%unknown
New Democratic Stanley John Squire 6,68043.62%unknown
Total valid votes15,313100.00%
Total rejected ballots131
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Albert Ramsey Cathers2,27212.92%unknown
Social Credit Thomas Johnstone4,98528.36%unknown
New Democratic Robert Evans Skelly 9,43953.69%unknown
Conservative Edna Delthene Souther8835.02%unknown
Total valid votes17,579100.00%
Total rejected ballots251
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Charles Ormond Haggard7,98840.01%unknown
Communist Charles Ormond Haggard840.42%unknown
Liberal Cecile Marie T. McKinnon1,0185.10%unknown
Conservative Allan Arthur Schroeder1,2786.40%unknown
New Democratic Robert Evans Skelly 9,59948.07%unknown
Total valid votes19,967100.00%
Total rejected ballots226
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Robert Evans Skelly 7,93557.63%unknown
Communist Gary William Swann970.71%unknown
Social Credit Joseph Van Bergen5,73641.66%unknown
Total valid votes13,768100.00%
Total rejected ballots201
Turnout%
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Alice Chiko5,49637.34%unknown
Western Canada Concept Michael Thomas Gaughan2911.98%unknown
Liberal Susan Patricia Hutchinson1831.24%unknown
New Democratic Robert Evans Skelly 8,65658.81%unknown
Communist Gary William Swann920.63%unknown
Total valid votes14,718100.00%
Total rejected ballots244
Turnout%
1986 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Ronald Daniel Craigie Aspinall870.56%
Liberal William F. Mosdell3772.43%
New Democratic Robert Evans Skelly 8,59755.29%
Social Credit Gillian Trumper6,48741.72%
Total valid votes15,548100.00%
Total rejected ballots304
British Columbia provincial by-election, November 19, 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gerard A. Janssen 6,40157.47+2.18
Social Credit George S. Dryden3,09627.80−13.92
Liberal Shirley M. Bonfield1,64014.73+12.3
Total valid votes/expense limit 11,137 100.0   
Total rejected ballots 136 0.38  
Turnout 11,273   
New Democratic hold Swing +8.05
By-election due to the Resignation of Robert Skelly to run for the Canadian House of Commons.
Source(s)
"November 19, 1988 By-election" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. November 19, 1988. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
1991 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gerard A. Janssen 7,13653.39-4.08
Social Credit Gillian Trumper 3,66527.43-0.37
Liberal Peter J. Tanner2,35817.64+2.91
Western Canada Concept Alan W. Banford2061.54
Total valid votes13,365 100.00
Total rejected ballots372 0.27
Turnout13,737
New Democratic hold Swing -2.23
1996 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gerard A. Janssen 7,39852.01-1.38
Liberal Gillian Trumper 5,09935.85+18.21
Reform V. Hansen8235.79
Progressive Democrat Ingrid Helen Rebar5784.06
Green Andre Sperling1951.37
Co-operative Commonwealth Karl Angus720.51
Natural Law Kathleen Lapreyrouse580.41
Total valid votes14,223 100.00
Total rejected ballots86 0.98
Turnout14,309
New Democratic hold Swing +9.80

The riding was redistributed after the 1996 election. The main successor riding is Alberni-Qualicum.

Sources

Elections BC historical returns

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia
1916–1918
Succeeded by

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