Fernie (electoral district)

Fernie (electoral district)

Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).

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

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

* William Roderick Ross
* Thomas Aubert Uphill - represented Fernie as a Labour MLA for 40 years on behalf of a party named "Labour", of which he was the only successful candidate.

Electoral history

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
Socialist Party of B.C.
John Ross McPherson
align="right"|221
align="right"|26.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Roderick Ross
align="right"|316
align="right"|37.35%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Edwin Clarke Smith
align="right"|309
align="right"|36.52%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|846 !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"

Liberal
William Martin Dicken
align="right"|66
align="right"|9.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
Henry George Parson
align="right"|285
align="right"|40.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Roderick Ross
align="right"|350
align="right"|49.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|701!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"


Liberal
Alexander Ingram Fisher
align="right"|405
align="right"|21.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
John David Harrington
align="right"|649
align="right"|35.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Roderick Ross
align="right"|795
align="right"|43.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,849!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"

Socialist
William Davidson
align="right"|763
align="right"|41.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Roderick Ross
align="right"|1,067
align="right"|58.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,830!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"

Liberal
Alexander Ingram Fisher
align="right"|903
align="right"|46.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
John Amos McDonald
align="right"|218
align="right"|11.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|826
align="right"|42.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,947 !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"

Liberal
Alexander Ingram Fisher
align="right"|723
align="right"|29.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Laurence Sherwood K. Herchmer
align="right"|774
align="right"|31.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Federated Labour Party
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|932
align="right"|38.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,429 !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"

Conservative
Saul A. Bonnell
align="right"|851
align="right"|34.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Alexander Ingram Fisher
align="right"|641
align="right"|25.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Federated Labour Party
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,002
align="right"|40.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,494 !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"

Conservative
Michael D. McLean
align="right"|1,102
align="right"|40.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Labour Party 1
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,639
align="right"|59.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,741 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|67!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Labour in "Summary of Votes".

Liberal
Michael D. McLean
align="right"|1,299
align="right"|43.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party) 2
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,693
align="right"|56.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,992 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|26!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 i.e. "Labour" was the name of the party.
Liberal
Harry Wilfrid Colgan
align="right"|1,470
align="right"|46.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,701
align="right"|53.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,171 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|71!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Harry Wilfrid Colgan
align="right"|1,214
align="right"|37.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
James Lancaster
align="right"|287
align="right"|8.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,719
align="right"|53.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,220 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|29!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Kenneth Claude Minifie
align="right"|742
align="right"|24.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Coalition
Kenny Nash Stewart
align="right"|1,018
align="right"|33.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,289
align="right"|42.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,049 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|10!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Stephen Alexander Fleming
align="right"|837
align="right"|22.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Coalition
Kenny Nash Stewart
align="right"|1,474
align="right"|38.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,483
align="right"|39.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,794 !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"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Magnus Eliason
align="right"|612
align="right"|16.40%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
B.C. Social Credit League
John Mackenzie Patterson
align="right"|713
align="right"|19.11%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Stewart Kenny Nash
align="right"|1,117
align="right"|29.93%
align="right"|1,329
align="right"|43.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,290
align="right"|34.57%
align="right"|1,758
align="right"|56.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,732 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|3,087
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|61!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.

Liberal
Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
align="right"|1,229
align="right"|34.80%
align="right"|1,402
align="right"|43.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Paniec
align="right"|702
align="right"|19.88%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,601
align="right"|45.32%
align="right"|1,793
align="right"|56.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,532 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|3,195
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|145!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.
Social Credit
Frank Joseph Butala
align="right"|1,181
align="right"|37.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Kenny Nash Stewart
align="right"|611
align="right"|19.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour (Party)
Thomas Aubert Uphill
align="right"|1,321
align="right"|42.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,113 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|112!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
Frank Joseph Butala
align="right"|927
align="right"|29.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
align="right"|1,126
align="right"|36.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
CCF
Lloyd Phillips
align="right"|864
align="right"|27.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Francis J. Ramage
align="right"|191
align="right"|6.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,108 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|29!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Ezner De Anna
align="right"|1,037
align="right"|35.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
align="right"|1,226
align="right"|41.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Maurice J. O'Rourke
align="right"|679
align="right"|23.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,942 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|22!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Following the 1963 election the Fernie riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Fernie with the riding of Cranbrook and parts of the Columbia ridings.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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