- Kaslo-Slocan
Kaslo-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province ofBritish Columbia centred on the town of Kaslo onKootenay Lake as well as the mining towns of the "Silvery Slocan". The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Kaslo and Slocan, and lasted until the 1963 election.For other ridings 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.
LiberalCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|799
align="right"|39.11%
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align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Ernest Marshall
align="right"|384
align="right"|18.80%
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align="right"|unknownCanadian Labour Party
George Faulds Stirling
align="right"|260
align="right"|12.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
Joseph James Threlkeld
align="right"|600
align="right"|29.37%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,043 !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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ConservativeJames Fitzsimmons
align="right"|1,169
align="right"|51.23%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|1,113
align="right"|48.77%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,282 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|69!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"NPIG
James Fitzsimmons
align="right"|951
align="right"|34.27%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|1,250
align="right"|45.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Walton
align="right"|574
align="right"|20.68%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,775 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|31!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Social Credit League of B.C.
Amos Craven
align="right"|30
align="right"|31.10
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
ConservativeJames Fitzsimmons
align="right"|715
align="right"|26.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Amos Craven
align="right"|929
align="right"|33.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
LiberalCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|1,064
align="right"|38.86 %
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align="right"|unknown
ConservativeThomas Alfred Love
align="right"|703
align="right"|40.82%
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align="right"|unknown
BC Constructivist Party
Anthony Whitehead
align="right"|133
align="right"|7.72%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,738 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|30!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"Conservative
Arthur Ewart (John) Jukes
align="right"|754
align="right"|33.80%
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align="right"|unknown
LiberalCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|941
align="right"|42.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Hugh Earl Nelson
align="right"|536
align="right"|24.03%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,231 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|27!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,098
align="right"|53.12%
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align="right"|unknown
CoalitionCharles Sidney Leary
align="right"|969
align="right"|46.88%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,067 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|34!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.
Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,633
align="right"|53.19%
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align="right"|unknown
Coalition
Thomas Melville Leask
align="right"|1,437
align="right"|46.81%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,070 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|38!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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B.C. Social Credit LeagueRupert Williams Haggen
align="right"|597
align="right"|18.97
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align="right"| -.- %
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,411
align="right"|44.84%
align="right"|1,792
align="right"|64.18%
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align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Melville Leask
align="right"|617
align="right"|19.61%
align="right"|1,000
align="right"|35.82%
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align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Howard Milward Parker
align="right"|522
align="right"|16.59%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,147 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|2,792 !align="right"| - %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|82!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=7|2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,481
align="right"|47.17%
align="right"|1,692
align="right"|59.22%
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Social Credit
Alexander Bradshaw Jacobs
align="right"|867
align="right"|27.61%
align="right"|1,165
align="right"|40.78%
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align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Bessie Florence Leary
align="right"|792
align="right"|25.22%
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align="right"| -.- %
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,140 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|2,027 !align="right"| - %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|108!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=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.
Liberal
Frank Harold Abey
align="right"|297
align="right"|10.67%
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align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,512
align="right"|54.31%
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align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Michael Ernest Moran
align="right"|975
align="right"|35.02%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,784!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|50!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Randolph Harding
align="right"|1,298
align="right"|50.35 %
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align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Verdner Humphries
align="right"|244
align="right"|9.46%
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align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Melville Leask
align="right"|303
align="right"|11.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Henry Edgar Parkyn
align="right"|733
align="right"|28.43%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,578 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|23!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"Social Credit
Burton Peter Campbell
align="right"|1,093
align="right"|39.66%
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align="right"|unknown
New DemocratRandolph Harding
align="right"|1,242
align="right"|45.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Onni Matt Maja
align="right"|301
align="right"|10.92%
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align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Donald Walter Williams
align="right"|120
align="right"|4.35%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,756 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|27!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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The area was redistributed after the 1963 election. For the 1966 election, the Slocan area became part of
Revelstoke-Slocan , while the Kaslo area became part ofNelson-Creston . The original riding name of Kootenay was re-established in this redistribution, but the new electoral district by that name was limited to the East Kootenay.Source
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
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