Slocan (electoral district)

Slocan (electoral district)

Slocan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Political Geography

Notable Elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in bold."

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Labour 1
William Davidson
align="right"|358
align="right"|55.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|289
align="right"|44.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|647!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 Nominated by the Slocan Labour Party, which was based on the Provincial Progressive Party of 1902, and supported by the Socialists

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Socialist
William Davidson
align="right"|119
align="right"|30.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Archibald B. Docksteader
align="right"|81
align="right"|20.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|193
align="right"|49.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|393!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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Socialist
John William Bennett
align="right"|172
align="right"|31.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Labour
Joseph Colebrook Harris
align="right"|57
align="right"|10.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|309
align="right"|57.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|538!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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Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|373
align="right"|65.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
Anthony Shilland
align="right"|198
align="right"|34.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|571!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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Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|447
align="right"|49.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Franklin Nelson
align="right"|448
align="right"|50.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|895!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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Conservative
William Hunter
align="right"|568
align="right"|41.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Franklin Nelson
align="right"|471
align="right"|34.46%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Federated Labour Party 2
Alfred Harvey Smith
align="right"|328
align="right"|23.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,367 !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
!align="right"|76.94%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Also referred to as "O.B.U." (One Big Union) candidate

ources

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


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