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Nanaimo (electoral district)

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{About||the city|Nanaimo, British Columbia|other current and historical electoral districts, federal and provincial|Nanaimo (electoral districts)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}

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Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979.

This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings.

Its legal description when it was created was: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands."

Nanaimo electoral district was renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands in 1962.

Members of Parliament

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{{CanMP nodata|Riding created from Vancouver and Victoria}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1904

| ToYr = 1908

| Assembly# = 10

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Ralph Smith

| RepLink = Ralph Smith (Canadian politician)

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1908

| ToYr = 1911

| Assembly# = 11

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1911

| ToYr = 1917

| Assembly# = 12

| CanParty = Conservative (historical)

| RepName = Francis Henry Shepherd

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1917

| ToYr = 1921

| Assembly# = 13

| CanParty = Unionist

| RepName = John Charles McIntosh

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1921

| ToYr = 1925

| Assembly# = 14

| CanParty = Conservative (historical)

| RepName = Charles Dickie

| RepTerms# = 4

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1925

| ToYr = 1926

| Assembly# = 15

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1926

| ToYr = 1930

| Assembly# = 16

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1930

| ToYr = 1935

| Assembly# = 17

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1935

| ToYr = 1940

| Assembly# = 18

| CanParty = CCF

| RepName = James Samuel Taylor

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1940

| ToYr = 1945

| Assembly# = 19

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Alan Chambers

| RepLink = Alan Chambers (Canadian politician)

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1945

| ToYr = 1949

| Assembly# = 20

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = George Pearkes

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1949

| ToYr = 1953

| Assembly# = 21

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1953

| ToYr = 1957

| Assembly# = 22

| CanParty = CCF

| RepName = Colin Cameron

| RepLink = Colin Cameron (Canadian politician)

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1957

| ToYr = 1958

| Assembly# = 23

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1958

| ToYr = 1962

| Assembly# = 24

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = Walter Matthews

| RepLink = Walter Matthews (politician)

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands}}

{{CanMP end}}

Election results

{{CANelec/top|CA|1958|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Walter F. Matthews|10,734|43.91|+17.25}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Colin Cameron|10,029|41.03|+3.41}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ernest W.H. Miller|2,606|10.66|-4.33}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Roy Arthur Folz|1,077|4.41|-16.32}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|24,446|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|PC|CCF|+6.92}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1957|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Colin Cameron|8,650|37.62|-0.94}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Walter Franklyn Matthews|6,131|26.66|+8.57}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Harold Hine|4,766|20.73|+6.02}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Frank William Wilfert|3,448|14.99|-10.91}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|22,995|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|CCF|-4.76}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1953|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Colin Cameron|7,272|38.56|+11.77}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Gavin Colvin Mouat|4,884|25.90|+0.69}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Douglas Deane Finlayson|3,412|18.09|-29.91}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Leonard Francis Hodgson|2,773|14.71|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive|Ernest Leon Knott|516|2.74|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|18,857|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|CCF|PC|+5.54}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1949|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Randolph Pearkes|17,507|48.00|+12.68}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Robert Martin Strachan|9,772|26.79|-3.36}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Edmond Poupore|9,196|25.21|-0.77}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|36,475|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|PC|+8.02}}

{{CANelec/note|A redistribution in 1952 (S.C. 1952, c.48) reduced the area and population of the riding.}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1945|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Randolph Pearkes|11,181|35.32|+5.40}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|John Morris Thomas|9,542|30.15|+5.27}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alan Chambers|8,223|25.98|-16.48}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive|George Thomas Greenwell|2,707|8.56|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|31,653|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|PC|Liberal|+0.12}}

{{CANelec/note|Change for the Progressive Conservatives is based on the National Government results in the last election.}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1940|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alan Chambers|10,668|42.46|+11.81}}

{{CANelec|CA|National Government|Frank Stigant Cuncliffe|7,518|29.92|-1.89}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Ronald Grantham|6,252|24.88|-9.96}}

{{CANelec|CA|New Democracy|Andrew Henry Jukes|506|2.01|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|William Frederick Povah|181|0.72|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|25,125|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|CCF|+6.85}}

{{CANelec/note|Change for the National Government is based on the Conservative results in the last election.}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1935|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|James Samuel Taylor|7,053|34.84|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Herbert Dickie|6,440|31.81|-26.01}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alan Chambers|6,204|30.65|-11.44}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reconstruction|Ashton Aubrey Burnet Matthew Clark|546|2.70|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|20,243|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|CCF|Conservative (historical)|+30.42}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1930|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Herbert Dickie|11,827|57.91|-8.58}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran|8,596|42.09|+8.58}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|20,423|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative (historical)|-8.58}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1926|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Herbert Dickie|10,464|66.49|+12.00}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran|5,274|33.51|-1.27}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|15,738|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative (historical)|+6.64}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1925|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Herbert Dickie|9,584|54.49|+8.55}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Thomas Banks Booth|6,117|34.78|+7.08}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labour|William Turner Grieves|1,888|10.73|-15.63}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|17,589|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative (historical)|+0.74}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1921|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Herbert Dickie|6,897|45.94|-27.49}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Thomas Banks Booth|4,159|27.70|+11.89}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labour|William Arthur Pritchard|3,958|26.36|+15.60}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|15,014|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative (historical)|-19.69}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1917|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Unionist|John Charles McIntosh|9,175|73.43|+15.22}}

{{CANelec|CA|Laurier Liberals|Hector Allen Stewart|1,976|15.81|-25.98}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labour|Joseph Taylor|1,344|10.76|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|12,495|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Unionist|+20.60}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1911|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Francis Henry Shepherd|2,438|58.21|+25.97}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Smith|1,750|41.79|+5.71}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|4,188|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Conservative (historical)|Liberal|+10.13}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1908|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Smith|1,494|36.08|-7.23}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Francis Henry Shepherd|1,335|32.24|-2.14}}

{{CANelec|CA|Socialist|James Hurst Hawthornthwaite|1,312|31.68|+9.37}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|4,141|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-2.54}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1904|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Smith|1,392|43.31}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|? Wolley|1,105|34.38}}

{{CANelec|CA|Socialist|? Fenton|717|22.31}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,214|100.00  }}

{{CANelec/note|This riding was created from Vancouver and Victoria, both of which elected a Liberal in the previous election. Ralph Smith was the incumbent from Vancouver.}}

{{end}}

See also

References

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External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

  • [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=472 Nanaimo 1904-1952]
  • [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=474&Include= Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands]
  • Website of the [https://www.parl.ca/ Parliament of Canada]

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{{Coord|49.16262|N|123.93874|W|source:placeopedia|display=title}}

Category:Defunct British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island