Yale-East

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Yale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale (provincial electoral district), which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of 1871. For the 1903 election the riding-name Yale was restored on an adapted version of Yale-West. The area of Yale-East is now part of various ridings in the Nicola, Similkameen and Okanagan areas.

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Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Opposition Donald Graham 41750.79%unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 40449.21%unknown
Total valid votes821100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
8th British Columbia election, 1898
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Price Ellison 48154.17%unknown
Opposition Donald Graham 40745.83%unknown
Total valid votes888100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
9th British Columbia election, 1900
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Price Ellison 61960.99%unknown
Progressive Henry William Raymer454.43%unknown
Government William Jessup Snodgrass35134.58%unknown
Total valid votes1,105100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%

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