- Omineca (electoral district)
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Omineca was a provincial electoral district of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916.
Contents
Demographics
Population, 1916 Population Change, 1916–61 Area (km²) Pop. Density (people per km²) Political Geography
Notable Elections
First Nations
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Frank Maurice Dockrill 288 37.84% unknown Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 473 62.16% unknown Total valid votes 761 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Joseph S. Kelly 54 5.22% unknown Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 630 60.87% unknown Conservative George L. Murray 273 26.38% unknown Independent Alexander James Prudhomme 78 7.54% unknown Total valid votes 1,035 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Samuel Williams Cocker 298 22.19% unknown Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 592 44.08% unknown Provincial Arthur Shelford 453 33.73% unknown Total valid votes 1,343 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 889 57.21% unknown Conservative Arthur Shelford 665 42.79% unknown Total valid votes 1,554 100.00% Total rejected ballots 20 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Non-Partisan Independent Group Samuel Williams Cocker 355 17.18% unknown Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 1,079 52.23% unknown Independent Louis Denison Taylor 94 4.55% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur Edward Windle 538 26.04% unknown Total valid votes 2,066 100.00% Total rejected ballots 35 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative George Samuel Belsham 194 9.75% unknown Liberal Mark Matthew Connelly 1,013 50.90% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Sidney Godwin 783 39.35% unknown Total valid votes 1,990 100.00% Total rejected ballots 37 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Mark Matthew Connelly 839 49.50% unknown Conservative Albert Kenzie Hemstreet 302 17.82% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William David Menzies 554 32.68% unknown Total valid votes 1,695 100.00% Total rejected ballots 48 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Coalition Mark Matthew Connelly 875 48.42% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 932 51.58% unknown Total valid votes 1,807 100.00% Total rejected ballots 36 Turnout % 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 1,175 38.40% unknown Coalition Robert Cecil Steele 1,885 61.60% unknown Total valid votes 3,060 100.00% Total rejected ballots 83 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 1 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Progressive Conservative George Ogston 574 15.73% -- --.--% unknown BC Social Credit League Cyril Morley Shelford 1,137 31.17% 1,607 52.79% unknown Liberal Robert Cecil Steele 1,099 30.13% 1,437 47.21% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Warden Randle Taylor 838 22.97% - - % unknown Total valid votes 3,648 100.00% 3,044 % Total rejected ballots 132 Turnout % 1(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) 24th British Columbia election, 1953 2 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Progressive Conservative Samuel Williams Cocker 172 4.70% -- --.--% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 952 26.02% - - % unknown BC Social Credit League Cyril Morley Shelford 1,390 37.99% 1,612 53.90% unknown Liberal Robert Cecil Steele 1,145 31.29% 1,379 46.10% unknown Total valid votes 3,659 100.00% 2,991 % Total rejected ballots 175 Turnout % 2Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of Three shown only) 25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Joseph Norman Leslie 847 27.17% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Johnson McInnis 585 18.77% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,685 54.06% unknown Total valid votes 3,117 100.00% Total rejected ballots 52 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Marguerite Clarice Deeder 529 14.86% unknown Progressive Conservative Karl Peter Frederiksen 278 7.81% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ivan Everett Holmes 1,119 31.44% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,633 45.88% unknown Total valid votes 3,559 100.00% Total rejected ballots 64 Turnout % 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Robert Fred Langford 779 22.17% unknown Liberal Richard M. McCallum 528 15.03% unknown Progressive Conservative Philip Pickering 271 7.71% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,936 55.09% unknown Total valid votes 3,514 100.00% Total rejected ballots 51 Turnout % 28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Cornelius Bergen 994 29.84% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 2,337 70.16% unknown Total valid votes 3,331 100.00% Total rejected ballots 172 Turnout % 29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Michael Chunys 472 8.85% unknown New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 1,607 30.14% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 3,252 61.00% unknown Total valid votes 5,331 100.00% Total rejected ballots 72 Turnout % 30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative Charles Irving Beck 1,018 15.53% unknown Liberal Darrell Frederick Cursons 517 7.89% unknown New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 2,600 39.68% unknown Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 2,418 36.90% unknown Total valid votes 6,553 100.00% Total rejected ballots 101 Turnout % 31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 2,776 30.82 unknown Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 5,228 58.04% unknown Liberal Basil Edward Studer 1,003 11.14% unknown Total valid votes 9,007 100.00% Total rejected ballots 111 Turnout % 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Russell Frederick Anderson 4,163 41.66% unknown Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 5,830 58.34% unknown Progressive Conservative Eric Harry Kellow 2,251 10.20% unknown Total valid votes 9,993 100.00% Total rejected ballots 199 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Bruce Thomas Kanary 4,164 34.54% unknown Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 6,722 55.77% unknown Western Canada Concept Clyde William Nunn 1,006 8.35% unknown Liberal David Anthony Seiler 162 1.34% unknown Independent Victor Albert Stephens 705 2.39% unknown Total valid votes 12,054 100.00% Total rejected ballots 168 Turnout % 44th British Columbia election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 6,586 60.53 unknown New Democrat Louise B. Kilby 4,295 39.47% unknown Total valid votes 10,881 100.00% Total rejected ballots 154 Turnout % Source
Elections BC historical returns
North / Central Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Fraser Valley / South LM Vancouver / North LM Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe SoundVancouver Island / South Coast Notes ‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency
† - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-CloverdaleSee also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Lower Mainland Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Chilliwack • Coquitlam • Delta • Dewdney • Langley • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Richmond • Surrey • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe SoundVancouver Island / South Coast See also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1966 general election • 1969 general election • 1972 general election • 1975 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • YaleLower Mainland Burnaby (2) • Chilliwack • Delta (2) • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver (2) • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)Vancouver Island / South Coast See also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1956 general election • 1960 general election • 1963 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Southern Interior Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • YaleLower Mainland Burnaby • Chilliwack • Delta • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)Vancouver Island / South Coast See also: Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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