Cassiar (electoral district)

Cassiar (electoral district)

Cassiar was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the British Columbia general election of 1882.

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

First Nations

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in bold."
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Government (?)
William V. Brown
align="right"|18
align="right"|31.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
John Grant
align="right"|39
align="right"|68.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|57!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Government
John Dempsey 1
align="right"|n/a
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
John Grant 1
align="right"|n/a
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"
!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 "No strictly accurate return available - the Returning Officer merely stating: 'John Grant elected by a majority of 3'."

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Opposition
Robert Cunningham
align="right"|46
align="right"|42.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Robert Hanley Hall
align="right"|62
align="right"|57.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|108!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Independent (Government?)
William Dalby
align="right"|45
align="right"|30.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
John Irving
align="right"|102
align="right"|69.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|147!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Government
Charles William Digby Clifford
align="right"|148
align="right"|46.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
John Irving
align="right"|125
align="right"|39.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independents
George Simpson McTavish
align="right"|45
align="right"|14.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|318!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Increased to a two member seat from one.

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Conservative-Opposition
Charles William Digby Clifford
align="right"|318
align="right"|30.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Unknown 3
Alexander Godfrey
align="right"|198
align="right"|19.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent-Opposition
John Irving
align="right"|244
align="right"|23.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
(Independent-Government?) 3
James Stables
align="right"|277
align="right"|26.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,037 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Neither Godfrey nor Stables' affiliation were mentioned in the newspapers. Stables may have been an Independent Government supporter.

Cassiar riding was eliminated in the redistribution after the 1900 election. In the 1903 election, this region was represented by the new Atlin and Skeena ridings.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]


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