Newcastle (electoral district)

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Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It was created in 1903, [1] and lasted until 1924, when it was largely replaced by Cowichan-Newcastle. [2]

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MLAs elected

ParliamentTermMLA
10th 19031907 Parker Williams
11th 19071909
12th 19091912
13th 19121916
14th 19161920
15th 19201924 Samuel Guthrie

Electoral history

Elections

10th British Columbia election, 1903 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Parker Williams 28840.06
Conservative Alexander Bryden20730.18
Liberal David W. Murray21429.76
Total valid votes709100.00
11th British Columbia election, 1907 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Parker Williams 25946.676.61
Independent Labour David James Thomas19735.50New
Conservative John Sebastian Cairns9917.84(12.34)
Total valid votes555100.00
12th British Columbia election, 1909 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Parker Williams 37952.645.97
Conservative John Stewart27438.0620.22
Independent David James Thomas679.31(26.19)
Total valid votes720100.00
13th British Columbia election, 1912 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Parker Williams [7] 38650.86(1.78)
Conservative Roy Branwood Dier37349.1411.08
Total valid votes759100.00
14th British Columbia election, 1916 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Socialist Parker Williams 55156.115.25
Conservative Roy Branwood Dier1,18643.89(5.25)
Total valid votes982100.00
1920 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Federated Labour Samuel Guthrie 70442.00New
Coalition William Gilbert Fraser42425.30(18.59)
Independent SocialistJames Hurst Hawthornthwaite41925.00(31.11)
Independent Soldier John Bickle1297.70New
Total votes1,676100.00
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 142. ISBN   0-7718-8677-2.

Timeline (1903-1920)

Graph of Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1903–1920

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References

  1. Redistribution Act, 1902 , S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
  2. Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923 , S.B.C. 1923, c. 6
  3. Elections BC 1988, p. 94.
  4. Elections BC 1988, p. 102.
  5. Elections BC 1988, p. 112.
  6. Elections BC 1988, p. 118.
  7. expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada
  8. Elections BC 1988, p. 126.