Nelson City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1903 election and lasted until 1912, after which the area of Nelson, B.C. was represented by the Nelson riding. For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
Population, 1901 | |
Population change, 1901–1911 | |
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Note: Winners in each election are inbold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Houston | 424 | 54.29% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Sidney Stockton Taylor | 357 | 45.71% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 781 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Liberal | George Arthur Benjamin Hall | 314 | 43.67% | unknown | ||
Conservative | John Andrew Kirkpatrick | 309 | 42.98% | unknown | ||
Socialist | Edward Francis (Frank) Phillips | 96 | 13.35% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 719 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Edward Crease | 323 | 31.18% | unknown | ||
Socialist | John Henry Matheson | 148 | 14.29% | – | unknown | |
Conservative | Harry Wright | 565 | 54.54% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 1,036 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist | Arthur Westbrook Harrod | 177 | 19.84% | – | unknown | |
Conservative | William Ross MacLean | 527 | 59.08% | |||
Independent Conservative | Harry Wright | 188 | 21.08% | |||
Total valid votes | 892 | 100.00% |
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