South Nanaimo
Appearance
South Nanaimo was an
only.For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of
Nanaimo (electoral districts)
.
Demographics
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Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Labour | Tully Boyce1 | 120 | 45.11% | unknown | ||
Government | William Wymond Walkem | 146 | 54.89% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 266 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
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1 Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Labour | Ralph Smith2 | 193 | 78.46% | unknown | ||
Government | William Wymond Walkem | 53 | 21.54% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 246 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % | |||||
2 Ran as a "Labour-Oppositionist, i.e. as a Labour candidate but with Opposition support (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labour Movement and Political Action in British Columbia, 1879-1906", 1954, p. 92). |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Opposition | James Dunsmuir | 249 | 52.53% | – | unknown | |
Labour | John Radcliffe3 | 225 | 47.47% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 474 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
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3 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. (See note 6.) His name was also spelled Ratcliff and Ratcliffe by the press. |
The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle and The Islands.