Kaslo-Slocan

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Kaslo-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Kaslo on Kootenay Lake as well as the mining towns of the "Silvery Slocan". The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Kaslo and Slocan, and lasted until the 1963 election.

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Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are inbold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 79939.11%unknown
Conservative William Ernest Marshall38418.80%unknown
  Canadian Labour Party George Faulds Stirling 26012.73%unknown
Provincial Joseph James Threlkeld60029.37%unknown
Total valid votes2,043100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
17th British Columbia election, 1928
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative James Fitzsimmons 1,16951.23%unknown
  Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,11348.77%unknown
Total valid votes2,282100.00%
Total rejected ballots69
Turnout%
18th British Columbia election, 1933 15
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Non-Partisan Independent Group James Fitzsimmons 95134.27%unknown
  Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,25045.05%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Walton57420.68%unknown
Total valid votes2,775100.00%
Total rejected ballots31
Turnout%
19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit League Amos Craven3031.10unknown
Conservative James Fitzsimmons 71526.11%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Amos Craven92933.93%unknown
  Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,06438.86 %unknown
Conservative Thomas Alfred Love 70340.82%
Social Constructive Anthony Whitehead1337.72%
Total valid votes2,738100.00%
Total rejected ballots30
20th British Columbia election, 1941
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Arthur Ewart (John) Jukes75433.80%unknown
  Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 94142.18%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Hugh Earl Nelson53624.03%unknown
Total valid votes2,231100.00%
Total rejected ballots27
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,09853.12%unknown
Coalition Charles Sidney Leary 96946.88%unknown
Total valid votes2,067100.00%
Total rejected ballots34
Turnout%
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,63353.19%unknown
Coalition Thomas Melville Leask1,43746.81%unknown
Total valid votes3,070100.00%
Total rejected ballots38
Turnout%
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
  B.C. Social Credit League Edward Wilbert Bourque59718.97--.- %unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,41144.84%1,79264.18%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Melville Leask61719.61%1,00035.82%unknown
  Conservative Howard Milward Parker52216.59%-- %unknown
Total valid votes3,147100.00%2,792- %
Total rejected ballots82
Turnout%
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,48147.17%1,69259.22%unknown
Social Credit Alexander Bradshaw Jacobs86727.61%1,16540.78%
  Liberal Bessie Florence Leary79225.22%--.- %unknown
Total valid votes3,140100.00%2,027- %
Total rejected ballots108
Turnout%
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Frank Harold Abey29710.67%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,51254.31%unknown
Social Credit Michael Ernest Moran97535.02%unknown
Total valid votes2,784100.00%
Total rejected ballots50
Turnout%
26th British Columbia election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,29850.35 %unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Verdner Humphries2449.46%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Melville Leask30311.75%unknown
Social Credit Henry Edgar Parkyn73328.43%unknown
Total valid votes2,578100.00%
Total rejected ballots23
Turnout%
27th British Columbia election, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Burton Peter Campbell1,09339.66%unknown
New Democratic Randolph Harding 1,24245.07%unknown
  Liberal Onni Matt Maja30110.92%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Donald Walter Williams1204.35%unknown
Total valid votes2,756100.00%
Total rejected ballots27
Turnout%

The area was redistributed after the 1963 election. For the 1966 election, the Slocan area became part of Revelstoke-Slocan, while the Kaslo area became part of Nelson-Creston. The original riding name of Kootenay was re-established in this redistribution, but the new electoral district by that name was limited to the East Kootenay.

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