South Nanaimo

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South Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia 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).

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Election results

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
 LabourTully Boyce112045.11%unknown
Government William Wymond Walkem 14654.89%unknown
Total valid votes266100.00%
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
 Labour Ralph Smith 219378.46%unknown
Government William Wymond Walkem 5321.54%unknown
Total valid votes246100.00%
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
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Opposition James Dunsmuir24952.53%unknown
 LabourJohn Radcliffe322547.47%unknown
Total valid votes474100.00%
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.

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