Kaslo-Slocan

Last updated August 13, 2023

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.

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are inbold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	799	39.11%		unknown
	Conservative	William Ernest Marshall	384	18.80%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	George Faulds Stirling	260	12.73%		unknown
	Provincial	Joseph James Threlkeld	600	29.37%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,043	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Fitzsimmons	1,169	51.23%	unknown
	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	1,113	48.77%	unknown
Total valid votes			2,282	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			69
Turnout			%

18th British Columbia election, 1933 ¹⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	James Fitzsimmons	951	34.27%	unknown
	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	1,250	45.05%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Walton	574	20.68%	unknown
Total valid votes			2,775	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			31
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit League	Amos Craven	30	31.10	–	unknown
	Conservative	James Fitzsimmons	715	26.11%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Amos Craven	929	33.93%		unknown
	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	1,064	38.86 %		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Alfred Love	703	40.82%
	Social Constructive	Anthony Whitehead	133	7.72%
Total valid votes			2,738	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			30

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arthur Ewart (John) Jukes	754	33.80%	unknown
	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	941	42.18%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Hugh Earl Nelson	536	24.03%	unknown
Total valid votes			2,231	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			27
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,098	53.12%		unknown
	Coalition	Charles Sidney Leary	969	46.88%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,067	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,633	53.19%		unknown
	Coalition	Thomas Melville Leask	1,437	46.81%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			3,070	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			38
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	B.C. Social Credit League	Edward Wilbert Bourque	597	18.97	-	-.- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,411	44.84%	1,792	64.18%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas Melville Leask	617	19.61%	1,000	35.82%		unknown
	Conservative	Howard Milward Parker	522	16.59%	-	- %		unknown
Total valid votes			3,147	100.00%	2,792	- %
Total rejected ballots			82
Turnout			%
² Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ³
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,481	47.17%	1,692	59.22%		unknown
	Social Credit	Alexander Bradshaw Jacobs	867	27.61%	1,165	40.78%
	Liberal	Bessie Florence Leary	792	25.22%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			3,140	100.00%	2,027	- %
Total rejected ballots			108
Turnout			%
³ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Frank Harold Abey	297	10.67%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,512	54.31%		unknown
	Social Credit	Michael Ernest Moran	975	35.02%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,784	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			50
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Randolph Harding	1,298	50.35 %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Verdner Humphries	244	9.46%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas Melville Leask	303	11.75%		unknown
	Social Credit	Henry Edgar Parkyn	733	28.43%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,578	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			23
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	1,093	39.66%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Randolph Harding	1,242	45.07%		unknown
	Liberal	Onni Matt Maja	301	10.92%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Walter Williams	120	4.35%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,756	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			27
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.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns 1871-1986

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