Yale (provincial electoral district)

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Yale was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and Yale-West; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie, Ymir, Grand Forks, which later emerged or were rearranged into the various Kootenay and Okanagan ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which was extant until 2009, when most of its core area was made part of the new Fraser-Nicola riding.

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Geography

The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original core in the Fraser Canyon, south from and including Lytton. The riding's name is from the town of Yale, British Columbia, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.

Notable MLAs

Notable candidates

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

1st 1871 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
 Independent George Coxon 12916.96%unknown
 IndependentWilliam H. Kay84.68%unknown
 IndependentMoses Lumby179.94%unknown
 Independent James Robinson 3520.47%unknown
 Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 2916.96%unknown
 Independent Robert Smith 5330.99%unknown
Total valid votes171100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes.
1875 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Reform caucus John Andrew Mara 13020.57Green check.svgY
Reform caucus Forbes George Vernon 12519.78Green check.svgY
Independent Government Robert Smith 11718.57Green check.svgY
Reform John F. Allison10015.82
Independent Government Charles Augustus Semlin 9414.87
Independent Government James Robinson 599.34
Independent James Ross71.1
Total valid votes632 100.00
3rd 1878 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Preston Bennett 15820.05%–unknown
Opposition Dixon Joseph Lauder8711.04%–unknown
Opposition William McCormack9311.80%–unknown
Government John Andrew Mara 17221.83%–unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 12015.23%–unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 15820.05%–unknown
Total valid votes788100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
4th 1882 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Preston Bennett 19419.56%–unknown
Independent Henry Dodson Green-Armytage989.88%
Government William McGirr606.05%–unknown
Government John Andrew Mara 24024.19%–unknown
Government Edward Peason787.86%–unknown
 Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 25425.60%unknown
 Independent Gilbert Malcolm Sproat 686.86%unknown
Total valid votes992100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
British Columbia By-election: Yale November 15, 1882 2
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Thomas Basil Humphreys 15739.15%–unknown
Opposition George Bohun Martin 24460.05%–unknown
Total valid votes401100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
2Death of Preston Bennett August 9, 1882.
5th 1886 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government Archibald Irwin19614.91%–unknown
Government George Bohun Martin 28321.54%–unknown
Opposition Henry Nicholson937.08%–unknown
Opposition Thomas Roadley886.77%–unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 36427.70%–unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 29022.07%–unknown
Total valid votes1,314100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
6th 1890 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Opposition Irwin Archibald25613.17%–unknown
Government George Bohun Martin 44522.89%–unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 39620.37%–unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 49625.51%–unknown
Government James Wardle35118.06%–unknown
Total valid votes1,944100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%

7th 1894 British Columbia general election

split to three ridings:

8th 1898 British Columbia general election

9th 1900 British Columbia general election

10th 1903 British Columbia general election 4
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 30960.59%unknown
  Conservative Thomas Gray McManamon20139.41%unknown
Total valid votes510100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West
11th 1907 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 28958.27%unknown
  Conservative Charles Augustus Semlin 20741.73%unknown
Total valid votes496100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th 1909 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 26536.81%unknown
  Conservative Richard McBride 45563.19%unknown
Total valid votes720100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th 1912 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Alexander Lucas 52465.26%unknown
  Liberal John P. McConnell27934.74%unknown
Total valid votes281100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout71.98%
14th 1916 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Alexander Lucas60942.95%unknown
  Liberal Joseph Walters 80957.05%unknown
Total valid votes1,418100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
15th 1920 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal James Robert Cameron73731.95%unknown
  Conservative John McRae 91339.58%unknown
Independent Liberal Joseph Walters 65728.48%
Total valid votes2,307100.00%
1924 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal John Duncan MacLean 1,14846.09
Conservative John McRae 76530.71
Provincial James Sugrue Fagan57823.20
Total valid votes2,491 100.00
17th 1928 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,51457.22%unknown
  Conservative Romald Helmerow Helmer1,13242.78%unknown
Total valid votes2,646100.00%
Total rejected ballots27
Turnout%
18th 1933 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,19368.64%unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Romald Helmerow Helmer31217.95%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley23313.41%unknown
Total valid votes1,738100.00%
Total rejected ballots23
Turnout%
19th 1937 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 96859.94%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley42226.13%unknown
  Conservative John Wilson North22513.93%unknown
Total valid votes1,615100.00%
Total rejected ballots40
Turnout%
20th 1941 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Alexander Rennie Ross Craig61634.92%unknown
  Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,14865.08%unknown
Total valid votes1,764100.00%
Total rejected ballots55
Turnout%
21st 1945 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 107734.92%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac53633.23%unknown
Total valid votes1,613100.00%
Total rejected ballots63
Turnout%
22nd 1949 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,40746.90%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac86528.83%unknown
 IndependentWilliam John Trout72824.27%unknown
Total valid votes3,000100.00%
Total rejected ballots42
Turnout%
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
  Progressive Conservative Bernard (Ben) Cherry33810.74%--%unknown
Social Credit League Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,02432.53%1,39051.46%
  Liberal John Joseph Allan Gillis1,06733.89%1,31148.54%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac65920.93%--%unknown
 Independent George Murray 601.91%--%unknown
Total valid votes3,148%2,701100.00%
Total rejected ballots98
Turnout%
2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,17739.86%1,35454.36%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Evan Donald MacDougall83528.28%-- %unknown
Total valid votes2,953100.00%2,491%
Total rejected ballots278
Total Registered Voters5,933 (1952 list)
Turnout70.15%
3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
25th 1956 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,31547.34–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Joe Madden59921.56%unknown
  Liberal Olga McLean70325.31%unknown
  Conservative Kenneth Moyes1615.80%unknown
Total valid votes2,778100.00%
Total rejected ballots61
Turnout%
26th 1960 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Allan Collett96427.30%unknown
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,10331.24%–unknown
  Conservative William Joseph Lauder39011.05%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Evan Donald MacDougall1,07430.42%unknown
Total valid votes3,531100.00%
Total rejected ballots107
Turnout%
27th 1963 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Allan Collett59913.10%unknown
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,69136.99%–unknown
  Conservative John Willison Green58412.78%unknown
  New Democrat William Leonard Hartley 1,69737.43%unknown
Total valid votes4,571100.00%
Total rejected ballots58
Turnout%

Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which survives to the present.

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