Fort George (electoral district)

Fort George (electoral district)

Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.

Demographics

Notable MLAs

* Ray Gillis Williston (Social Credit, 1953-1972)

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold.
Independent Progressive 1
William George Gillett
align="right"|158
align="right"|13.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Socialist
John McInnis
align="right"|492
align="right"|42.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Roderick Ross
align="right"|499
align="right"|43.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,149 !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 McInnis received the unofficial support of the Liberals after their candidate, C.A. Gaskill, withdrew in order to increase the chances of defeating Ross. Gillett was part of a breakaway Conservative group. Alleged irregularities led to a commission of inquiry which found the charges not substantiated.

Conservative
Samuel Williams Cocker
align="right"|787
align="right"|38.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Thomas George Perry
align="right"|1,140
align="right"|55.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent-Farmer
John Samuel Ross
align="right"|139
align="right"|6.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,066 !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
Frederick Parker Burden
align="right"|851
align="right"|44.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,080
align="right"|46.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
John A. Shearer
align="right"|206
align="right"|8.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,314 !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|2 Endorsed by Provincial Party.
Conservative
Frederick Parker Burden
align="right"|1,487
align="right"|51.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,394
align="right"|48.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,881 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|47!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

NPIG
Roy Walter Alward
align="right"|310
align="right"|11.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent-Labour
Clement Pemberton Deykin
align="right"|96
align="right"|3.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Union of Electors
William Finnbar Mahoney
align="right"|192
align="right"|6.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,577
align="right"|56.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Alexander Sinclair
align="right"|625
align="right"|22.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,800 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|28!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Conservative
Frederick Parker Burden
align="right"|234
align="right"|8.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John McInnis
align="right"|1,170
align="right"|40.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,493
align="right"|51.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,897 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|57!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
James Warren Penberthy
align="right"|928
align="right"|35.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,334
align="right"|51.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Alexander McBain Young
align="right"|346
align="right"|13.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,608 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|45!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John McInnis
align="right"|1,726
align="right"|55.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Coalition
Henry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|1,371
align="right"|44.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,097 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|58!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Coalition
Henry Robson Bowman
align="right"|3,232
align="right"|59.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John McInnis
align="right"|2,167
align="right"|40.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,399 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|176!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Henry Robson Bowman
align="right"|2,022
align="right"|33.73%
align="right"|2,468
align="right"|47.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Llewellyn Leslie King
align="right"|2,009
align="right"|33.51%
align="right"|2,760
align="right"|52.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John McInnis
align="right"|1,593
align="right"|26.57%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Cyril Westaway
align="right"|371
align="right"|6.19%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,995 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|5,228 !align="right"| - %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|345!align="right"
!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|2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Bond
align="right"|1,677
align="right"|25.267%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Garvin James Edward Dezell
align="right"|1,802
align="right"|27.14%
align="right"|2,173
align="right"|38.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|3,160
align="right"|47.60%
align="right"|3,509
align="right"|61.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,639 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|5,682 !align="right"| - %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|308!align="right"
!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|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Carl Waldemar Kienzie
align="right"|1,304
align="right"|20.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frank Samuel Perry
align="right"|1,376
align="right"|21.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|3,774
align="right"|58.48%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,454 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|236!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Progressive Conservative
John Anthony Coates
align="right"|346
align="right"|3.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Holger Enemark
align="right"|1,416
align="right"|15.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Kenneth Rutherford
align="right"|2,336
align="right"|25.49%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|5,066
align="right"|55.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,164 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|163!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Thomas Raymond Cullinane
align="right"|961
align="right"|11.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William Kenneth Rutherford
align="right"|1,725
align="right"|19.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Dudley Erwin Sawley
align="right"|739
align="right"|8.46%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|5,308
align="right"|60.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,733 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|72!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Patrick Ivan McConnell Denton
align="right"|2,802
align="right"|26.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Allan Hope
align="right"|1,313
align="right"|12.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|6,282
align="right"|60.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,397 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|101!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Tex Cyril Enemark
align="right"|1,291
align="right"|8.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John Lucas (Jack) Whittaker
align="right"|4,196
align="right"|26.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|10,152
align="right"|64.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,639 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|159!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Allan Alfred Nunweiler
align="right"|8,435
align="right"|39.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Ronald L. Racette
align="right"|710
align="right"|3.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ray Gillis Williston
align="right"|8,194
align="right"|38.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Galt Wilson
align="right"|3,754
align="right"|17.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|21,093 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|252!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Progressive Conservative
Alan Graham Anderton
align="right"|1,273
align="right"|4.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frederick Joseph House
align="right"|1,695
align="right"|5.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Howard John Lloyd
align="right"|16,455
align="right"|57.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Allan Alfred Nunweiler
align="right"|9,442
align="right"|32.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|28,865 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|306!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Source

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


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