- Comox (electoral district)
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Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named Comox Valley.
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Demographics
Population, 1986 Population change, 1903–1986 Area (km²) Population density (people per km²) Political geography
Nominally this riding included most of the Central Coast as well as all of northern Vancouver Island, but in practicality there were very few eligible voters as the vast majority of the area's population was from one of the many First Nations in the district.
Notable elections
First Nations
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
1st British Columbia election, 1871 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent John Ash 16 66.67% unknown Independent Robert Cameron Coleman 8 33.33% unknown Total valid votes 24 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % British Columbia Byelection: Comox January 11, 18731 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent John Ash Acclaimed -.- % unknown Total valid votes n/a -.- % Total rejected ballots Turnout % 1 The byelection was called due to J. Ash's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. 2nd British Columbia general election, 1875 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government John Ash 36 78.26% unknown Government Robb James 10 21.74% unknown Total valid votes 46 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 3rd British Columbia general election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Opposition John Ash 31 59.62% unknown Government Reginald Terry Carwithen 21 40.38% unknown Total valid votes 52 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 4th British Columbia general election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Opposition Andrew Byron Crawford 14 16.87% unknown Government William Munro Dingwall 67 80.72% unknown Unknown affiliation Thomas Robson2 2 2.41% unknown Total valid votes 83 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 2 Withdrew before polling day. 5th British Columbia general election, 1886 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government William Munro Dingwall 40 31.25% unknown Government Stafford McKelvey 10 7.81% unknown Opposition Robb James 33 25.78% unknown Opposition Anthony Maitland Stenhouse 45 35.16% unknown Total valid votes 128 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 6th British Columbia general election, 1890 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government Joseph Hunter 115 61.17% unknown Opposition Joseph McPhee 73 38.83% unknown Total valid votes 108 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 7th British Columbia general election, 1894 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government Joseph Hunter 239 64.95% unknown Opposition Percy Fremlin Scharschmidt 129 35.05% unknown Total valid votes 368 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 8th British Columbia general election, 1898 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government James Dunsmuir3 297 64.71% unknown Opposition William James McAllan 162 35.29% unknown Total valid votes 459 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 3 Later 14th Premier of British Columbia 1900-1902 9th British Columbia general election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government Joseph McPhee4 279 45.22% unknown Opposition Lewis Alfred Mounce 338 54.78% unknown Total valid votes 188 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 4 3. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government. 10th British Columbia general election, 1903 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Robert Grant 361 53.24% unknown Liberal Frederick McBain Young 317 46.76% unknown Total valid votes 678 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 11th British Columbia election, 1907 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal John Bertram Bennett 292 43.98% unknown Conservative Robert Grant 372 56.02% unknown Total valid votes 664 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 12th British Columbia election, 1909 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Socialist James Cartwright 206 20.96% unknown Independent Conservative Henry Essen Young 154 15.67% unknown Liberal James McKelvey Forrest 172 17.50% unknown Conservative Michael Manson 451 45.88% unknown Total valid votes 983 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 13th British Columbia election, 1912 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Socialist Wallis Walter Lefeaux 355 33.84% unknown Conservative Michael Manson 694 66.16% unknown Total valid votes 1,049 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Michael Manson 882 41.47% unknown Socialist William Arthur Pritchard 246 11.57% unknown Liberal Hugh Stewart 916 43.07% unknown Social Democrat George Edgar Winkler 83 3.90% unknown Total valid votes 812 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William Edward Anderson 1,233 29.90% unknown Independent Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes 731 17.73% unknown Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour) Thomas Menzies 1,354 32.83% unknown Liberal Patrick Daly 806 19.54% unknown Total valid votes 4,124 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William Duncan 815 28.41% unknown Provincial George Every-Clayton 793 27.64% unknown Independent Liberal Paul Phillips Harrison 1,261 43.95% unknown Total valid votes 2,869 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Labour Party William Law 267 6.99% unknown Liberal John William McKenzie 1,497 39.17% unknown Conservative George Kerr McNaughton 2,058 53.85% unknown Total valid votes 3,822 100.00% Total rejected ballots 70 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harold Tuttle Allen 1,590 36.03% unknown Independent-CCF George Robert Bates 276 6.25% unknown Liberal Laurence Arnold Hanna 2,204 49.94% unknown United Front (Workers and Farmers) Hugh Gray Russell 259 5.87% unknown Independent Ernest Richard Tarling 84 1.90% unknown Total valid votes 4,413 100.00% Total rejected ballots 34 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 2,336 44.83% unknown Liberal Laurence Arnold Hanna 1,876 36.00% unknown Conservative Gordon Noel Money 999 19.17% unknown Total valid votes 5,211 100.00% Total rejected ballots 80 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 3,126 45.31% unknown Liberal William Edward Mantle 2,158 31.28% unknown Conservative Edward Roger Gibson Richardson 1,615 23.41% unknown Total valid votes 6,899 100.00% Total rejected ballots 166 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 3,362 44.69% unknown Labour Progressive Party Thomas McEwen 729 9.69% unknown Coalition Herbert Welch 3,432 45.62% unknown Total valid votes 7,523 100.00% Total rejected ballots 161 Turnout % 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 5,238 40.81% unknown Coalition Herbert Welch 7,596 59.19% unknown Total valid votes 12,834 100.00% Total rejected ballots 435 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 5 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Progressive Conservative W. Bruce Gordon 1,868 13.58% -- --.--% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Campbell Moore 5,369 39.03% 7,098 57.67% unknown BC Social Credit League Cyril Hugh Poole 2,987 21.71% - -% unknown Liberal Herbert John Welch 3,532 25.68% 5,210 42.33% unknown Total valid votes 13,756 100.00% 12,308 % Total rejected ballots 446 Turnout 77.94% 5(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) 24th British Columbia election, 1953 6 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Liberal John Wesley Baikie 2,944 21.71% - -.-% unknown Labour Progressive Party John Higgin 357 2.63% - -.-% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Campbell Moore 5,462 40.28% 6,717 53.83% unknown BC Social Credit League Cyril Hugh Poole 4,420 32.59% 5,762 46.17% unknown Progressive Conservative Nugent Watson Spinks 378 2.79% -- --.--% unknown Total valid votes 13,561 100.00% 12,479 % Total rejected ballots 717 Turnout 77.94% 6Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only) 25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 4,916 41.63% unknown Liberal Robert George McPhee 2,339 19.81% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Cyril Newman 4,555 38.57% unknown Total valid votes 11,810 100.00% Total valid votes 11,810 100.00% Total rejected ballots 183 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal William Wallace Baikie 2,759 17.47% unknown Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 6,100 38.63% unknown Progressive Conservative Alan Gray 653 4.14% unknown Communist Party of Canada John Higgin 207 1.31% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Charles Wood 6,072 38.45% unknown Total valid votes 15,791 100.00% Total rejected ballots 248 Turnout % 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 6,598 42.38% unknown Liberal David Alexander Elrix 1,259 8.09% unknown Progressive Conservative Duncan McIntyre Fraser 1,475 9.47% unknown New Democrat Frederick Sidney Williams 6,238 40.06% unknown Total valid votes 15,570 100.00% Total rejected ballots 150 Turnout % 28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 5,449 49.39% unknown Liberal Joseph J. Cvetkovich 1,276 11.57% unknown New Democrat Neville Shanks 4,308 39.05% unknown Total valid votes 11,033 100.00% Total rejected ballots 104 Turnout % 29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 7,910 45.61% unknown Liberal Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown 2,303 13.28% unknown New Democrat Harry Harris 7,131 41.12% unknown Total valid votes 17,344 100.00% Total rejected ballots 194 Turnout % 30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Robert John Campbell 6,376 29.00% unknown Progressive Conservative Lawrence Foort 1,166 5.30% unknown New Democrat Karen Sanford 12,540 57.40% unknown Liberal Patrick Melvin Thompson 1,903 8.66% unknown Total valid votes 21,985 100.00% Total rejected ballots 135 Turnout % 31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Daniel Edgard Hanuse 10,171 38.90% unknown Liberal Norman L. McLaren 1,381 5.28% unknown New Democrat Karen Sanford 10,650 40.73% unknown Progressive Conservative Victor Albert Stephens 3,906 15.09% unknown Total valid votes 26,148 100.00% Total rejected ballots 454 Turnout % 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Delbert Keith Doll 9,390 42.57% unknown Progressive Conservative Eric Harry Kellow 2,251 10.20% unknown New Democrat Karen Sanford 10,420 47.23% unknown Total valid votes 22,061 100.00% Total rejected ballots 315 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Thomas John Finnie 502 1.71% unknown Western Canada Concept Allan Wayne Griffiths 1,104 3.75% unknown New Democrat Karen Sanford 13,719 46.58% unknown Social Credit George Herbert Parke Smith 13,422 45.57% unknown Independent Victor Albert Stephens 705 2.39% unknown Total valid votes 29,452 100.00% Total rejected ballots 258 Turnout % 44th British Columbia election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Stan Hagen 15,833 51.15 unknown New Democrat Karen Sanford 13,562 43.82% unknown Liberal John G. (Jack) Setter 985 3.18% unknown Progressive Conservative Terry Ian 573 1.85% unknown Total valid votes 30,953 100.00% Total rejected ballots 276 Turnout % Source
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