Prince Rupert (electoral district)

Prince Rupert (electoral district)

Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election. Its main successor ridings are North Coast and Skeena.

Notable MLAs

The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia, 1933-1941.

Political geography

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

"Note: Winners of each election are in "bold.
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Conservative
William Manson
align="right"|946
align="right"|47.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,062
align="right"|52.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,008 !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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Socialist 1
John Henry Burrough
align="right"|676
align="right"|19.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Charles B. Formby
align="right"|561
align="right"|16.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Conservative
Seville Martineau Newton
align="right"|697
align="right"|20.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,501
align="right"|43.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,435 !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 FLP but ran on SPC platform.
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Provincial
John Henry Burrough
align="right"|61
align="right"|3.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Conservative 2
Seville Martineau Newton
align="right"|665
align="right"|40.40
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|920
align="right"|55.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,646!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 Conservative Party.

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Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,370
align="right"|51.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
James Henry Thompson
align="right"|1,276
align="right"|48.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,646!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|60!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|80.28%!align="right"
!align="right"

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United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party
Charles Chapman
align="right"|268
align="right"|10.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,725
align="right"|64.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Weston Rudderham
align="right"|665
align="right"|25.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,658!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|70!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|66.29%!align="right"
!align="right"

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BC Social Credit League
Robert Purvis Armstrong
align="right"|14
align="right"|0.48%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Charles Vernon Evitt
align="right"|662
align="right"|22.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,446
align="right"|49.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George William Weaver
align="right"|796
align="right"|27.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,918!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|83!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
align="right"|1,681
align="right"|51.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George William Weaver
align="right"|1,563
align="right"|48.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,244 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|96!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Henry Brett
align="right"|1,873
align="right"|49.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive Party
Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh
align="right"|538
align="right"|14.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 3
align="right"|1,348
align="right"|35.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,759!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"|63.19%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such.
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Henry Brett
align="right"|2,296
align="right"|43.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Coalition
John Duncan McRae
align="right"|2,971
align="right"|56.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,267!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|53!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Progressive Conservative
Thomas Melbourne Christie
align="right"|687
align="right"|11.29%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Edwin Hills
align="right"|2,292
align="right"|37.67%
align="right"|2,903
align="right"|51.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Duncan McRae
align="right"|2,001
align="right"|32.89%
align="right"|2,754
align="right"|48.68
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit League
Arthur Murray
align="right"|1,104
align="right"|18.15%
align="right"|-
align="right"|-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,084 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|5,657 !align="right"|%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|153!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
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Liberal
Arthur Bruce Brown
align="right"|1,864
align="right"|32.88%
align="right"|2,611
align="right"|50.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Gordon Hudson Dowding
align="right"|2,074
align="right"|36.59%
align="right"|2,578
align="right"|49.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|1,731
align="right"|30.53%
align="right"|-
align="right"|-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,669 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|5,189 !align="right"|%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|299 !align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters!align="right"
!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=9|5 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.

-
Liberal
Arthur Bruce Brown
align="right"|1,664
align="right"|32.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Edwin Hills
align="right"|1,259
align="right"|24.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|2,151
align="right"|42.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,074 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|83!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Arthur Bruce Brown
align="right"|1,087
align="right"|18.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Horace L.G. Kelly
align="right"|199
align="right"|3.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Angus MacPhee
align="right"|2,139
align="right"|36.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|2,367
align="right"|40.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,792!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|134!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Neil Fergus MacDonald
align="right"|1,328
align="right"|23.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|2,357
align="right"|42.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William (Bill) Toderas
align="right"|1,918
align="right"|34.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,603 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|59!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
John E. Lennox
align="right"|1,813
align="right"|36.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Neil Fergus MacDonald
align="right"|544
align="right"|10.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|2,647
align="right"|52.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,004 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|34!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Independent
Roderick Douglas Falconer
align="right"|64
align="right"|0.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Peter James Lester
align="right"|1,488
align="right"|19.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
James Douglas Manly
align="right"|2,853
align="right"|37.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|3,114
align="right"|41.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,519 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|94!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Odd Inge Eidsvik
align="right"|1,416
align="right"|18.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Graham Richard Lea
align="right"|3,152
align="right"|41.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Harvey Murray
align="right"|2,715
align="right"|35.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Robert Graham Porter
align="right"|287
align="right"|3.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,570 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|103!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Charles Michael Emes
align="right"|428
align="right"|5.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Roy Barclay Last
align="right"|3,527
align="right"|42.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Graham Richard Lea
align="right"|4,412
align="right"|52.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,367 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|78!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
New Democrat
Graham Richard Lea
align="right"|5,129
align="right"|61.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Hugh John Robins
align="right"|3,171
align="right"|38.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,300 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|147!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
James Grant Carr
align="right"|745
align="right"|7.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Graham Richard Lea
align="right"|5,890
align="right"|56.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Roy Arne Clarence Webber
align="right"|3,718
align="right"|35.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,353 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|160!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align=";right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Social Credit
Roy Arne Clarence Webber
align="right"|3,844
align="right"|38.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Arthur Daniel Miller
align="right"|5,697
align="right"|57.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John D. Whyte
align="right"|320
align="right"|3.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,861 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|214!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election. Successor ridings are:

* North Coast
* Skeena
* Bulkley Valley-Stikine

ources

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]


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