South Nanaimo

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

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Labour	Tully Boyce1	120	45.11%		unknown
	Government	William Wymond Walkem	146	54.89%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			266	100.00%
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Labour	Ralph Smith 2	193	78.46%		unknown
	Government	William Wymond Walkem	53	21.54%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			246	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
2 Ran as a "Labour-Oppositionist, i.e. as a Labour candidate but with Opposition support (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labour Movement and Political Action in British Columbia, 1879-1906", 1954, p. 92).

9th British Columbia election, 1900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	James Dunsmuir	249	52.53%	–	unknown
	Labour	John Radcliffe3	225	47.47%		unknown
Total valid votes			474	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
3N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. (See note 6.) His name was also spelled Ratcliff and Ratcliffe by the press.

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

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• List of electoral districts in Greater Nanaimo

References

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Vancouver City	Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia 1900–1902	Succeeded by Victoria City