- Cowichan-Newcastle
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Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections.
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Demographics
Population, 1986 Population change, 1903–1986 Area (km²) Population density (people per km²) Political geography
Notable elections
First Nations
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 1,246 31.26% unknown Provincial Kenneth Forrest Duncan 870 21.83% unknown Canadian Labour Party (B.C. Section) Samuel Guthrie 1,132 28.40% unknown Liberal Wymond Wolverton Walkem 738 18.51% unknown Total valid votes 3,986 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 2,360 58.17% unknown Independent St. George Gray 90 2.22% unknown Independent Labour Party Samuel Guthrie 1,607 39.61% unknown Total valid votes 4,057 100.00% Total rejected ballots 108 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 585 14.45% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Guthrie 1,288 31.82% unknown Liberal David Ramsay 520 12.85% unknown Oxford Group Movement Hugh George Egioke Savage 1,655 40.88% unknown Total valid votes 4,048 100.00% Total rejected ballots 6 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Clement Pemberton Deykin 639 13.76% unknown Liberal Arnold Christmas Flett 1,224 26.35% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Guthrie 1,560 33.58% unknown Independent Hugh George Egioke Savage 1,222 26.31% unknown Total valid votes 4,645 100.00% Total rejected ballots 42 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Arnold Christmas Flett 1,739 29.78 unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Guthrie 2,757 47.22% unknown Conservative Edmund William Neel 1,343 23.00% unknown Total valid votes 5,839 100.00% Total rejected ballots 61 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Guthrie 3,768 55.33% unknown Conservative Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh 3,042 44.67% unknown Total valid votes 6,810 100.00% Total rejected ballots 68 Turnout % 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independents Thomas James Boyles 60 0.61% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Guthrie 4,194 42.81% unknown Union of Electors Norman Webster Joyce 38 0.39% unknown Coalition Andrew Mowatt Whisker 5,505 56.19% unknown Total valid votes 9,797 100.00% Total rejected ballots 217 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 1 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% BC Social Credit League William Hindle Bryant 1,886 17.63% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Robert Martin Strachan 4,636 43.34% 5,697 58.36% unknown Liberal Andrew Mowatt Whisker 2,711 25.35% 4,064 41.64% unknown Conservative James Chesterfield Wragg 1,463 13.68% unknown Total valid votes 10,696 100.00% 9,761 Total rejected ballots 334 Turnout % 1 Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of three (3). 24th British Columbia election, 1953 2 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Independent William Hindle Bryant 118 1.14% unknown Labour Progressive Party Myrtle Woodward Bergren 168 1.63% unknown Progressive Conservative Earl Grey English 510 4.94% unknown BC Social Credit League Percy Hawkings 2,686 26.00% 3,878 42.05% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Robert Martin Strachan 4,517 43.73% 5,345 57.95% unknown Liberal Andrew Mowatt Whisker 2,330 22.56% - - % unknown Total valid votes 10,329 100.00% 9,223 Total rejected ballots 500 Turnout % 2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of five (5). 27th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert James Harvey 1,611 16.44% unknown Social Credit Charles William Parker 3,173 32.38% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Robert Martin Strachan 5,015 51.18% unknown Total valid votes 9,799 100.00% Total rejected ballots 91 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Communist Hjalmar Peter Bergren 170 1.59% unknown Social Credit Hazel Viola Fee 3,033 28.43% unknown Progressive Conservative John Joseph Kerrone 1,206 11.30% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Robert Martin Strachan 6,261 58.68% unknown Total valid votes 10,670 100.00% Total rejected ballots 115 Turnout 66.77% 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative Cyril Craig 840 7.82% unknown New Democrat Robert Martin Strachan 5,422 50.47% unknown Social Credit Donald Christopher Morton 3,576 33.29% unknown Liberal George Wilfrid Whittaker 904 8.42% unknown Total valid votes 10,742 100.00% Total rejected ballots 92 Turnout % After the 1963 election, Cowichan-Newcastle was redistributed. It was absorbed into the Cowichan-Malahat and Nanaimo ridings.
Sources
Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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