- Alberni (electoral district)
Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province ofBritish Columbia . It originally appeared in theBritish Columbia general election, 1890 and then, after being merged intoCowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the nameAlberni-Nanaimo was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. The area is now represented byAlberni-Qualicum .Demographics
Political Geography
Notable Elections
First Nations
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
"Note: Winners in each election are in bold."
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GovernmentThomas Fletcher
align="right"|29
align="right"|70.73%
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Government
John C. Mollett
align="right"|12
align="right"|29.27%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|41!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"In the seventh general election of 1894, the Alberni riding was merged with the Cowichan riding to form
Cowichan-Alberni . The separate riding names were restored for the 1898 election.-
Government
George Albert Huff
align="right"|70
align="right"|39.33%
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OppositionAlan Webster Neill
align="right"|108
align="right"|60.67%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|178!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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ProgressiveAlan Webster Neill
align="right"|108
align="right"|54.55%
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align="right"|unknown
Government
James Redford
align="right"|57
align="right"|28.79%
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align="right"|unknown
Conservative-Opposition
James Bain Thomson
align="right"|33
align="right"|16.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|198!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
Robert Hume F. Hickey
align="right"|102
align="right"|24.17%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalWilliam Wallace Burns McInnes
align="right"|320
align="right"|75.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|422!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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LiberalHarlan Carey Brewster
align="right"|236
align="right"|48.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
James Cartwright
align="right"|43
align="right"|8.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Manson
align="right"|204
align="right"|42.24%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|483!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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LiberalHarlan Carey Brewster
align="right"|293
align="right"|53.37%
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align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Arthur David Morgan
align="right"|256
align="right"|46.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|549!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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ConservativeJohn George Corry Wood
align="right"|Accl.
align="right"| - %
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!align="right"|- %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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LiberalHarlan Carey Brewster
align="right"|393
align="right"|39.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Alan Webster Neill
align="right"|253
align="right"|25.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
ConservativeJohn George Corry Wood
align="right"|355
align="right"|35.46%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,001!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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IndependentRichard John Burde
align="right"|841
align="right"|43.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henri Evariste Langis
align="right"|398
align="right"|20.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Soldier-Farmer
Noel Ernest Money
align="right"|675
align="right"|35.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,914!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Independent LiberalRichard John Burde
align="right"|828
align="right"|42.48%
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align="right"|unknown
Conservative
James Cameron Johnstone
align="right"|339
align="right"|17.39%
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align="right"|unknown
Provincial
Charles Arthur McNaughton
align="right"|782
align="right"|40.13%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,949 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Independent Labour Party
Thomas Albert Bernard
align="right"|250
align="right"|10.08%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalLaurence Arnold Hanna
align="right"|1,208
align="right"|48.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Percy Rushton
align="right"|1,022
align="right"|41.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,480!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|34!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"Alberni riding disappeared with redistribution following the 1928 election. Its successor in the 1933 and 1937 elections was
Alberni-Nanaimo . For the 1941 election the Alberni riding name was restored:
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Thomas Albert Bernard
align="right"|1,903
align="right"|45.27%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalJames Mowat
align="right"|2,067
align="right"|49.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Labour
Alex Harvey Rowan
align="right"|234
align="right"|5.57%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"| 4,204 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|56!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Thomas Speakman Barnett
align="right"|1,258
align="right"|31.83%
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align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive Party
Alfred Dewhurst
align="right"|559
align="right"|14.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
CoalitionJames Mowat
align="right"|2,135
align="right"|54.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,952!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|74!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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CoalitionThomas Wellington Christie
align="right"|1,638
align="right"|21.33%
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align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive Party
Nigel Morgan
align="right"|622
align="right"|8.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
IndependentJames Mowat
align="right"|3,290
align="right"|42.84 %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Jack Whittall
align="right"|2,129
align="right"|27.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,679 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|200!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
Pitt Clayton
align="right"|1,204
align="right"|15.03%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive Party
Alfred Dewhurst
align="right"|196
align="right"|2.45%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
LiberalJames Mowat
align="right"|2,176
align="right"|27.17 %
align="right"|3,030
align="right"|42.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
BC Social Credit League
Jack Shulz
align="right"|1,366
align="right"|17.06%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Stanley John Squire
align="right"|3,067
align="right"|38.29%
align="right"|4,054
align="right"|57.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,009 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|7,084
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|246!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.
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Labour Progressive Party
Frank Wendell Bottner
align="right"|139
align="right"|1.92%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Loran Kendall Jordon
align="right"|2,022
align="right"|27.95%
align="right"|2,811
align="right"|43.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Thorwald Melanchton Peterson
align="right"|1,637
align="right"|22.63%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Oliver James Ruttan
align="right"|320
align="right"|4.42%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Stanley John Squire
align="right"|3,116
align="right"|43.07%
align="right"|3,715
align="right"|56.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,234 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|6,526
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|336!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot. First and final of four counts shown only.-
Social Credit
William James Carr
align="right"|1,894
align="right"|28.51%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman Leslie McKinnon
align="right"|1,388
align="right"|20.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Stanley John Squire
align="right"|3,362
align="right"|50.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,644 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|80!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social Credit
Eric Frederick Duncan
align="right"|2,966
align="right"|32.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Ronald George Lyon
align="right"|514
align="right"|5.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Alexander McKenzie
align="right"|1,305
align="right"|14.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Mark Fullmore Mosher
align="right"|207
align="right"|2.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Stanley John Squire
align="right"|4,093
align="right"|45.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,085!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|315!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
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Social Credit
Eric Frederick Duncan
align="right"|3,506
align="right"|39.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Edward John (Jack) Luckhurst
align="right"|1,071
align="right"|12.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratStanley John Squire
align="right"|4,249
align="right"|48.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,826!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|68!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social CreditHoward Richmond McDiarmid
align="right"|6,039
align="right"|55.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
George McLean
align="right"|511
align="right"|4.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratStanley John Squire
align="right"|4,321
align="right"|39.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,871!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|95!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social CreditHoward Richmond McDiarmid
align="right"|7,209
align="right"|47.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Eugene Edward Romaniuk
align="right"|1,424
align="right"|9.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratStanley John Squire
align="right"|6,680
align="right"|43.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,313!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|131!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
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Liberal
Wayne Albert Ramsey Cathers
align="right"|2,272
align="right"|12.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Thomas Johnstone
align="right"|4,985
align="right"|28.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratRobert Evans Skelly
align="right"|9,439
align="right"|53.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Edna Delthene Souther
align="right"|883
align="right"|5.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|17,579 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|251!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social Credit
Charles Ormond Haggard
align="right"|7,988
align="right"|40.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Charles Ormond Haggard
align="right"|84
align="right"|0.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Cecile Marie T. McKinnon
align="right"|1,018
align="right"|5.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Allan Arthur Schroeder
align="right"|1,278
align="right"|6.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratRobert Evans Skelly
align="right"|9,599
align="right"|48.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|19,967 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|226!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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New DemocratRobert Evans Skelly
align="right"|7,935
align="right"|57.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Gary William Swann
align="right"|97
align="right"|0.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Joseph Van Bergen
align="right"|5,736
align="right"|41.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|13,768 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|201!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social Credit
Alice Chiko
align="right"|5,496
align="right"|37.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknownWestern Canada Concept
Michael Thomas Gaughan
align="right"|291
align="right"|1.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Susan Patricia Hutchinson
align="right"|183
align="right"|1.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratRobert Evans Skelly
align="right"|8,656
align="right"|58.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Gary William Swann
align="right"|92
align="right"|0.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|14,718 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|244!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Green
Ronald Daniel Craigie Aspinall
align="right"|87
align="right"|0.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
William F. Mosdell
align="right"|377
align="right"|2.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratRobert Evans Skelly
align="right"|8,597
align="right"|55.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Gillian Trumper
align="right"|6,487
align="right"|41.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,548 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|304!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Western Canada Concept
Alan W. Banford
align="right"|206
align="right"|1.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New DemocratGerard A. Janssen
align="right"|7,136
align="right"|53.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Peter J. Tanner
align="right"|2,358
align="right"|17.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Gillian R. Trumper
align="right"|3,665
align="right"|27.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|13,365 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|372!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Karl Angus
align="right"|72
align="right"|0.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
BC Reform
Karl Angus
align="right"|72
align="right"|0.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gerard A. M. Janssen
align="right"|7,398
align="right"|52.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Natural Law
Kathleen Lapeyrouse
align="right"|58
align="right"|0.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknownProgressive Democratic Alliance
Ingrid Helen Rebar
align="right"|578
align="right"|4.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green
Andre Sperling
align="right"|195
align="right"|1.373%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Gillian Trumper
align="right"|5,099
align="right"|35.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|14,223 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|86!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"The riding was redistributed after the 1996 election. The main successor riding is
Alberni-Qualicum .ource
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]
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