Nanaimo (electoral district)

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Nanaimo
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1904
District abolished1962
First contested 1904
Last contested 1958

Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979.

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This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings.

Its legal description when it was created was: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands."

Nanaimo electoral district was renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands in 1962.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Vancouver and Victoria
10th  1904–1908   Ralph Smith Liberal
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917   Francis Henry Shepherd Conservative
13th  1917–1921   John Charles McIntosh Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Charles Dickie Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   James Samuel Taylor Co-operative Commonwealth
19th  1940–1945   Alan Chambers Liberal
20th  1945–1949   George Pearkes Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957   Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   Walter Matthews Progressive Conservative
Riding renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Election results

1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Walter F. Matthews 10,73443.91+17.25
Co-operative Commonwealth Colin Cameron 10,02941.03+3.41
Liberal Ernest W.H. Miller2,60610.66-4.33
Social Credit Roy Arthur Folz1,0774.41-16.32
Total valid votes24,446100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Co-operative Commonwealth Swing +6.92
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Colin Cameron 8,65037.62-0.94
Progressive Conservative Walter Franklyn Matthews 6,13126.66+8.57
Social Credit Harold Hine4,76620.73+6.02
Liberal Frank William Wilfert3,44814.99-10.91
Total valid votes22,995100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth hold Swing -4.76
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Colin Cameron 7,27238.56+11.77
Liberal Gavin Colvin Mouat4,88425.90+0.69
Progressive Conservative Douglas Deane Finlayson3,41218.09-29.91
Social Credit Leonard Francis Hodgson2,77314.71–
Labor–Progressive Ernest Leon Knott5162.74–
Total valid votes18,857100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +5.54
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Randolph Pearkes 17,50748.00+12.68
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert Martin Strachan 9,77226.79-3.36
Liberal William Edmond Poupore9,19625.21-0.77
Total valid votes36,475100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.02
A redistribution in 1952 (S.C. 1952, c.48) reduced the area and population of the riding.
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Randolph Pearkes 11,18135.32+5.40
Co-operative Commonwealth John Morris Thomas9,54230.15+5.27
Liberal Alan Chambers 8,22325.98-16.48
Labor–Progressive George Thomas Greenwell2,7078.56–
Total valid votes31,653100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.12
Change for the Progressive Conservatives is based on the National Government results in the last election.
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan Chambers 10,66842.46+11.81
National Government Frank Stigant Cuncliffe7,51829.92-1.89
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Grantham6,25224.88-9.96
New Democracy Andrew Henry Jukes5062.01–
Independent William Frederick Povah1810.72–
Total valid votes25,125100.0  
Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth Swing +6.85
Change for the National Government is based on the Conservative results in the last election.
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth James Samuel Taylor 7,05334.84–
Conservative Charles Herbert Dickie 6,44031.81-26.01
Liberal Alan Chambers6,20430.65-11.44
Reconstruction Ashton Aubrey Burnet Matthew Clark5462.70–
Total valid votes20,243100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Conservative Swing +30.42
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Herbert Dickie 11,82757.91-8.58
Liberal Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran8,59642.09+8.58
Total valid votes20,423100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -8.58
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Herbert Dickie 10,46466.49+12.00
Liberal Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran5,27433.51-1.27
Total valid votes15,738100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +6.64
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Herbert Dickie 9,58454.49+8.55
Liberal Thomas Banks Booth6,11734.78+7.08
Labour William Turner Grieves1,88810.73-15.63
Total valid votes17,589100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +0.74
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Herbert Dickie 6,89745.94-27.49
Liberal Thomas Banks Booth4,15927.70+11.89
Labour William Arthur Pritchard 3,95826.36+15.60
Total valid votes15,014100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -19.69
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Government (Unionist) John Charles McIntosh 9,17573.43+15.22
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Hector Allen Stewart1,97615.81-25.98
Labour Joseph Taylor1,34410.76–
Total valid votes12,495100.0  
Government (Unionist) hold Swing +20.60
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Henry Shepherd 2,43858.21+25.97
Liberal Ralph Smith 1,75041.79+5.71
Total valid votes4,188100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.13
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ralph Smith 1,49436.08-7.23
Conservative Francis Henry Shepherd 1,33532.24-2.14
Socialist James Hurst Hawthornthwaite 1,31231.68+9.37
Total valid votes4,141100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.54
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Ralph Smith 1,39243.31
Conservative  ? Wolley1,10534.38
Socialist  ? Fenton71722.31
Total valid votes3,214100.00  
This riding was created from Vancouver and Victoria, both of which elected a Liberal in the previous election. Ralph Smith was the incumbent from Vancouver.

See also

References

    Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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