Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan. The riding has since been represented by Shuswap-Revelstoke and is currently represented by Columbia River-Revelstoke.

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 of each election are in" bold.
Socialist Party of B.C.
John William Bennett
align="right"|186
align="right"|22.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
James M. Kellie
align="right"|316
align="right"|37.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Taylor
align="right"|342
align="right"|40.52%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|844 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Robert Caley
align="right"|269
align="right"|33.50%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
Wallis Walter Lefeaux
align="right"|94
align="right"|11.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Taylor
align="right"|440
align="right"|54.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|803!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
Henry Kempster
align="right"|121
align="right"|9.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent 1
Robert Caley
align="right"|340
align="right"|27.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Taylor
align="right"|758
align="right"|62.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,219 !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 Endorsed by Liberals.

Conservative
Thomas Taylor
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"

Liberal
William Henry Sutherland
align="right"|802
align="right"|60.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Taylor
align="right"|521
align="right"|39.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,323 !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"
Liberal
William Henry Sutherland
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"

Conservative
Adam Wightman Bell
align="right"|594
align="right"|31.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
John McGivern Humphrey
align="right"|168
align="right"|9.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
William Henry Sutherland
align="right"|1,099
align="right"|59.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,861 !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
Adam Wightman Bell
align="right"|906
align="right"|43.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
William Henry Sutherland
align="right"|1,170
align="right"|56.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,076 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|52!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

After the 1928 election there was a redistribution. The Revelstoke riding was merged with the Revelstoke riding to form Columbia-Revelstoke, which first appeared in the 1933 general election.

Source

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


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