Similkameen (electoral district)

Similkameen (electoral district)

Similkameen was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. After the 1963 election, which was the occasion of this riding's last appearance, this electoral district was combined with the Boundary District to form Boundary-Similkameen for the 1966 election.

Demographics

Notable MLAs

* Lytton Wilmot Shatford (Conservative, 1903-1920)
* William Alexander McKenzie (Conservative, 1920-1933)
* Charles Herbert Percy Tupper (Liberal, 1933-1941)
* Francis Xavier Richter (Social Credit, 1953-1966)

Electoral history

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
Liberal
William Alexander McLean
align="right"|214
align="right"|41.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Lytton Wilmot Shatford
align="right"|299
align="right"|58.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|513 !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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Liberal
Curtis Smith
align="right"|200
align="right"|37.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Lytton Wilmot Shatford
align="right"|298
align="right"|56.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
George Edgar Winkler
align="right"|29
align="right"|5.50%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|527!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
Richard Elmhirst
align="right"|205
align="right"|31.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Lytton Wilmot Shatford
align="right"|440
align="right"|68.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|645!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"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Also spelled Elmhurst.

Conservative
Lytton Wilmot Shatford
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"| -.-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!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
Robert Scott Conklin
align="right"|523
align="right"|44.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Lytton Wilmot Shatford
align="right"|650
align="right"|55.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,173 !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
Edward John Chambers
align="right"|1,264
align="right"|48.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Alexander McKenzie
align="right"|1,354
align="right"|51.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,618 !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"

Provincial
Percy Walter Gregory
align="right"|1,224
align="right"|37.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Zella May McGregor
align="right"|771
align="right"|23.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Alexander McKenzie
align="right"|1,306
align="right"|39.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,301 !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
William Alexander McKenzie
align="right"|2,079
align="right"|55.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper 2
align="right"|1,665
align="right"|44.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,744 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|63!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Not to be confused with Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper or his son, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper.
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
align="right"|730
align="right"|17.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Thomas Heeney
align="right"|202
align="right"|4.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group
William Alexander McKenzie
align="right"|1,386
align="right"|33.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
align="right"|1,765
align="right"|43.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"| 4,083 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|81!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Conservative
Harry Howes Boyle
align="right"|2,130
align="right"|40.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
align="right"|807
align="right"|15.51%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
align="right"|2,266
align="right"|43.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,203 !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"

Conservative
Thomas F. Daly
align="right"|1,753
align="right"|27.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
align="right"|1,965
align="right"|31.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Bernard Webber
align="right"|2,601
align="right"|41.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,319 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|118!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Coalition
Reginald Robert Laird
align="right"|3,447
align="right"|57.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Bernard George Webber
align="right"|2,591
align="right"|42.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,038 !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"

Coalition
Maurice Patrick Finnerty
align="right"|5,744
align="right"|58.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Bernard George Webber
align="right"|4,028
align="right"|41.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,772 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|284!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Maurice Patrick Finnerty
align="right"|2,545
align="right"|23.73%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
B.C. Social Credit League
Harry Denyer Francis
align="right"|3,344
align="right"|31.19%
align="right"|4,712
align="right"|50.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Harold Sidney Kenyon
align="right"|3,433
align="right"|32.02%
align="right"|4,668
align="right"|49.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,723 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"| 9,380
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|296!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.

Conservative
John Brown McLaren Clarke
align="right"|323
align="right"|3.13%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
James Bowie Fairley
align="right"|2,109
align="right"|20.44%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Harold Sidney Kenyon
align="right"|3,419
align="right"|33.14%
align="right"|4,105
align="right"|43.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter, Jr.
align="right"|4,465
align="right"|43.29%
align="right"|5,418
align="right"|56.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,316 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|9,523
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|347!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 three counts only shown.
Liberal
Frank William Laird
align="right"|1,181
align="right"|37.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Stephen Archibald Mepham
align="right"|2,200
align="right"|22.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter, Jr.
align="right"|5,189
align="right"|53.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
James Douglas Southworth
align="right"|487
align="right"|5.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,620!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|90!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Progressive Conservative
Winnifred Odetta Mathias
align="right"|840
align="right"|8.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter, Jr.
align="right"|4,797
align="right"|46.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
CCF
Francis Douglas Stuart
align="right"|3,151
align="right"|30.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Johannes Joseph Winkelaar
align="right"|1,454
align="right"|14.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,242 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|75!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Progressive Conservative
Evelyn Annie McElroy
align="right"|1,303
align="right"|12.46%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter, Jr.
align="right"|5,093
align="right"|48.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Francis Douglas Stuart
align="right"|2,636
align="right"|25.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Alwyn Day Coleman Washington
align="right"|1,423
align="right"|13.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,455 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|86!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

The riding was redistributed following the 1963 election. The main successor riding was Boundary-Similkameen.

Source

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


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