Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)

Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)

Richmond 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. It lasted until the 1920 election, after which a redistribution combined it with parts of the City of Vancouver to form Richmond-Point Grey.

For other Richmond-area ridings, and other ridings in the Lower Mainland, please see New Westminster (electoral districts). For ridings in the City of Vancouver or on the North Shore, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
Conservative
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
align="right"|460
align="right"|58.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Cunningham Brown
align="right"|320
align="right"|41.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|780 !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
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
align="right"|417
align="right"|48.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
Charles Edward Kilby
align="right"|48
align="right"|5.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Walter Weart
align="right"|403
align="right"|46.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|868!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
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
align="right"|918
align="right"|57.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Wallace deBeque Farris
align="right"|667
align="right"|42.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,585 !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
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
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"| -.- %!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 Joseph Baird
align="right"|1,189
align="right"|44.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknownIndCons/row
Independent Conservative
Robert McBride 1
align="right"|35
align="right"|1.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Gerald Grattan McGeer
align="right"|1,441
align="right"|54.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,665 !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 Withdrew. The votes cast are from the overseas ballots.

Independent Farmer
Reginald Abbott
align="right"|272
align="right"|3.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Federated Labour Party
Charles Smith Cassidy
align="right"|1,499
align="right"|19.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Robert McBride
align="right"|210
align="right"|2.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Hiram Perry McCraney
align="right"|2,712
align="right"|35.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Thomas Pearson
align="right"|2,863
align="right"|37.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,556 !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"

The riding was redistributed after the 1920 election. In 1924 it was combined with the western parts of the City of Vancouver, formerly the Municipality of Point Grey, to form Richmond-Point Grey.

Source

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


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