North Nanaimo

Last updated

North Nanaimo was an electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.

For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).


Election results

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government John Bryden 41174.73%unknown
 Labour Ralph Smith 113925.27%unknown
Total valid votes550100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).)
8th British Columbia election, 1898
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government John Bryden 24961.94%unknown
Opposition Walter James G. Hellier15338.06%unknown
Total valid votes402100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1900 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Wallace Burns McInnes 323847.04
Opposition John Bryden 19538.54
Independent Labour John D. Dixon27314.43
Total valid votes506 100.00
2 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party.
3 Son of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Thomas Robert McInnes.

The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle and The Islands.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanaimo—Alberni</span> Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Nanaimo—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was subsequently recreated and was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)</span> Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanaimo—Cowichan</span> Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Nanaimo—Cowichan is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. It was located on Vancouver Island.

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district—also known as a “riding”—in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Nanaimo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands at the 1941 election.

Nanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding, with intermediary ridings The Islands and Nanaimo and the Islands. The name Nanaimo was restored as a riding name in the 1966 election.

Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the 1890 election and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the name Alberni-Nanaimo was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. After a redistribution, the area became part of the riding of Alberni-Qualicum.

The 1894 British Columbia general election was held in 1894. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings.

Saanich 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 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South.

South Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.

Esquimalt-Port Renfrew was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986. Its predecessor riding was Esquimalt. It was redistributed into the ridings of Malahat-Juan de Fuca, Esquimalt-Metchosin and Saanich South.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parksville-Qualicum</span> Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the 1991 election. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon. The riding consists of the city of Parksville, the town of Qualicum Beach and the communities of Lantzville and Nanoose Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Stupich</span> Canadian politician

David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1963 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1988, and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanaimo-North Cowichan</span> Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Nanaimo-North Cowichan is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It is represented by Doug Routley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Pullinger</span> Canadian politician

Janis Margaret "Jan" Pullinger is a former Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1989 to 2001. She was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanaimo—Ladysmith</span> Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, in southeastern Vancouver Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheila Malcolmson</span> Canadian politician

Sheila Malcolmson is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the electoral district of Nanaimo since January 30, 2019. She was previously the federal Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith from 2015 to 2019.