Kaslo (electoral district)

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Kaslo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Robert Francis Green 26840.42%
  Liberal John Ley Retallack23134.84%
Socialist Samuel Shannon16424.74%
Total valid votes663100.00%
11th British Columbia election, 1907
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Keen 18944.79%unknown
Conservative Neil Franklin MacKay 23355.21%unknown
Total valid votes422100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th British Columbia election, 1909
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Keen 13431.38%unknown
Conservative Neil Franklin MacKay 29368.62%unknown
Total valid votes427100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th British Columbia election, 1912
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Neil Franklin MacKay Accl. -.-%unknown
Total valid votesn/a-.-%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
14th British Columbia election, 1916
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Keen 45654.94%unknown
Conservative Robert John Long 37445.06%unknown
Total valid votes830100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
15th British Columbia election, 1920
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Keen 74449.47%unknown
Conservative Fred W. Lister 176050.53%unknown
Total valid votes1,504100.00%
Total rejected ballots
%
1Also referred to as "Conservative-United Farmer" candidate.

The 1920 election was the last appearance of the Kaslo riding. For the 1924 election it was merged with Slocan to form Kaslo-Slocan.

Sources

Elections BC historical returns

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