Kaslo (electoral district)

Kaslo (electoral district)

Kaslo 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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Conservative
Robert Francis Green
align="right"|268
align="right"|40.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Ley Retallack
align="right"|231
align="right"|34.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
Samuel Shannon
align="right"|164
align="right"|24.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|663!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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Liberal
John Keen
align="right"|189
align="right"|44.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Neil Franklin MacKay
align="right"|233
align="right"|55.21%
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"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
John Keen
align="right"|134
align="right"|31.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Neil Franklin MacKay
align="right"|293
align="right"|68.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|427!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
Neil Franklin MacKay
align="right"|Accl.
align="right"| -.-%
align="right"
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"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
John Keen
align="right"|456
align="right"|54.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Robert John Long
align="right"|374
align="right"|45.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|830!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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Liberal
John Keen
align="right"|744
align="right"|49.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Fred W. Lister 1
align="right"|760
align="right"|50.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,504!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"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Also referred to as "Conservative-United Farmer" candidate.

The 1920 election was the last appearance of the Kaslo riding. For the 1924 election it was merged with Slocan to form Kaslo-Slocan.

ources

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


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