Fernie (electoral district)
Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).
For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
Demographics
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| Population change, 1901–1961
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Political geography
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Notable elections
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Notable MLAs
- William Roderick Ross
- Thomas Aubert Uphill - represented Fernie as a Labour MLA for 40 years on behalf of a party named "Labour", of which he was the only successful candidate.
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=10th British Columbia election, 1903}}
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |John Ross McPherson |221 |26.12% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|William Roderick Ross|316 |37.35%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|36.52%
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|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|846
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=11th British Columbia election, 1907}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|William Martin Dicken
|align="right"|66
|align="right"|9.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |Henry George Parson |285 |40.66% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|William Roderick Ross|350|49.93%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|701
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=12th British Columbia election, 1909}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Alexander Ingram Fisher
|align="right"|405
|align="right"|21.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |John David Harrington |649 |35.10% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|William Roderick Ross|795 |43.00%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,849
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=13th British Columbia election, 1912}}
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |William Davidson |763 |41.69% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|William Roderick Ross|1,067 |58.31%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,830
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=14th British Columbia election, 1916}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|903
|align="right"|46.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |John Amos McDonald |218 |11.20% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Thomas Aubert Uphill|826 |42.42%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,947
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=15th British Columbia election, 1920}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|723
|align="right"|29.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Laurence Sherwood K. Herchmer|774 |31.86%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Federated Labour Party
|align="right"|932
|align="right"|38.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,429
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=16th British Columbia election, 1924}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Saul A. Bonnell|851 |34.12%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|James McLean
|align="right"|641
|align="right"|25.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Federated Labour Party
|align="right"|1,002
|align="right"|40.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,494
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=17th British Columbia election, 1928}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Michael D. McLean|1,102 |40.20%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Independent Labour Party 1
|align="right"|1,639
|align="right"|59.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,741
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|67
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Labour in Summary of Votes.
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=18th British Columbia election, 1933}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Michael D. McLean
|align="right"|1,299
|align="right"|43.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party) 2
|align="right"|1,693
|align="right"|56.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|26
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right" colspan=7|2 i.e. "Labour" was the name of the party.
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=18th British Columbia election, 1937}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Harry Wilfrid Colgan
|align="right"|1,470
|align="right"|46.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,701
|align="right"|53.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,171
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|71
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=19th British Columbia election, 1941}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Harry Wilfrid Colgan
|align="right"|1,214
|align="right"|37.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|James Lancaster
|align="right"|287
|align="right"|8.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,719
|align="right"|53.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,220
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|29
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=19th British Columbia election, 1945}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Kenneth Claude Minifie
|align="right"|742
|align="right"|24.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |Kenny Nash Stewart |1,018 |33.39% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,289
|align="right"|42.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,049
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|10
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=20th British Columbia election, 1949}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Stephen Alexander Fleming
|align="right"|837
|align="right"|22.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |Kenny Nash Stewart |1,474 |38.85% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,483
|align="right"|39.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,794
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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{{Election Pref begin | title=21st British Columbia election, 1952 3}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Magnus Eliason
|align="right"|612
|align="right"|16.40%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Social Credit League|row}}
|John Mackenzie Patterson
|align="right"|713
|align="right"|19.11%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Stewart Kenny Nash
|align="right"|1,117
|align="right"|29.93%
|align="right"|1,329
|align="right"|43.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,290
|align="right"|34.57%
|align="right"|1,758
|align="right"|56.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,732
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|3,087
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|61
!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.
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{{Election Pref begin | title=22nd British Columbia election, 1953 4}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|1,229
|align="right"|34.80%
|align="right"|1,402
|align="right"|43.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Paniec |702 |19.88%}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,601
|align="right"|45.32%
|align="right"|1,793
|align="right"|56.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,532
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|3,195
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|145
!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 two counts only shown.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=23rd British Columbia election, 1956}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Frank Joseph Butala |1,181 |37.94% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Kenny Nash Stewart
|align="right"|611
|align="right"|19.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|Labour (Party)
|align="right"|1,321
|align="right"|42.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,113
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|112
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=24th British Columbia election, 1960}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Frank Joseph Butala |927 |29.83% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|1,126
|align="right"|36.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|CCF
|Lloyd Phillips
|align="right"|864
|align="right"|27.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Francis J. Ramage
|align="right"|191
|align="right"|6.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,108
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|29
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=25th British Columbia election, 1963}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ezner De Anna|1,037 |35.25%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|1,226
|align="right"|41.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Maurice J. O'Rourke |679 |23.08% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,942
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|22
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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Following the 1963 election the Fernie riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Fernie with the riding of Cranbrook and parts of the Columbia ridings.
Sources
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC Historical Returns]
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