Electoral History
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
10th British Columbia election, 1903 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Lytton Wilmot Shatford |
299 |
58.28% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
William Alexander McLean |
214 |
41.72% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
513 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
11th British Columbia election, 1907 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Lytton Wilmot Shatford |
298 |
56.55% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Curtis Smith |
200 |
37.95% |
|
unknown |
|
Socialist |
George Edgar Winkler |
29 |
5.50% |
– |
unknown |
Total valid votes |
527 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
12th British Columbia election, 1909 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Lytton Wilmot Shatford |
440 |
68.22% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Richard Elmhirst |
205 |
31.78% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
645 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
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13th British Columbia election, 1912 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Lytton Wilmot Shatford |
Acclaimed |
-.-% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
n/a |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
14th British Columbia election, 1916 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Lytton Wilmot Shatford |
650 |
55.41% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Robert Scott Conklin |
523 |
44.59% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
1,173 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
15th British Columbia election, 1920 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
William Alexander McKenzie |
1,354 |
51.72% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Edward John Chambers |
1,264 |
48.28% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
2,618 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
16th British Columbia election, 1924 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
William Alexander McKenzie |
1,306 |
39.56% |
|
unknown |
|
Provincial |
Percy Walter Gregory |
1,224 |
37.08% |
– |
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Zella May McGregor |
771 |
23.36% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
3,301 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
17th British Columbia election, 1928 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
William Alexander McKenzie |
2,079 |
55.53% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper 2 |
1,665 |
44.47% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
3,744 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
63 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
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18th British Columbia election, 1933 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper |
1,765 |
43.23% |
|
unknown |
|
Non-Partisan Independent Group |
William Alexander McKenzie |
1,386 |
33.95% |
– |
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Francis Henry (Frank) Brown |
730 |
17.88% |
|
unknown |
|
Independent |
Thomas Heeney |
202 |
4.95% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
4,083 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
81 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
18th British Columbia election, 1937 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper |
2,266 |
43.55% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
Harry Howes Boyle |
2,130 |
40.94% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Francis Henry (Frank) Brown |
807 |
15.51% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
5,203 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
71 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
19th British Columbia election, 1941 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
George Bernard Webber |
2,601 |
41.16% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper |
1,965 |
31.10% |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
Thomas F. Daly |
1,753 |
27.74% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
6,319 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
118 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
19th British Columbia election, 1945 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Coalition |
Reginald Robert Laird |
3,447 |
57.09% |
– |
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Bernard George Webber |
2,591 |
42.91% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
6,038 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
53 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
20th British Columbia election, 1949 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Coalition |
Maurice Patrick Finnerty |
5,744 |
58.78% |
– |
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Bernard George Webber |
4,028 |
41.22% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
9,772 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
284 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
21st British Columbia election, 1952 3 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Harold Sidney Kenyon |
3,433 |
32.02% |
4,668 |
49.77% |
|
unknown |
|
B.C. Social Credit League |
Harry Denyer Francis |
3,344 |
31.19% |
4,712 |
50.23% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Maurice Patrick Finnerty |
2,545 |
23.73% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,723 |
100.00% |
9,380 |
|
|
Total rejected ballots |
296 |
|
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
|
|
3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. |
22nd British Columbia election, 1953 4 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Social Credit |
Frank Richter, Jr. |
4,465 |
43.29% |
5,418 |
56.89% |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Harold Sidney Kenyon |
3,419 |
33.14% |
4,105 |
43.11% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
James Bowie Fairley |
2,109 |
20.44% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Conservative |
John Brown McLaren Clarke |
323 |
3.13% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,316 |
100.00% |
9,523 |
|
|
Total rejected ballots |
347 |
|
|
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 Preferential ballot. First and second of three counts only shown. |
23rd British Columbia election, 1956 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Social Credit |
Frank Richter, Jr. |
5,189 |
53.94% |
– |
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Frank William Laird |
1,181 |
37.94% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Stephen Archibald Mepham |
2,200 |
22.87% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
James Douglas Southworth |
487 |
5.06% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
9,620 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
90 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
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24th British Columbia election, 1960 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Social Credit |
Frank Richter, Jr. |
4,797 |
46.84% |
– |
unknown |
|
CCF |
Francis Douglas Stuart |
3,151 |
30.77% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Johannes Joseph Winkelaar |
1,454 |
14.20% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Winnifred Odetta Mathias |
840 |
8.20% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,242 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
75 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
25th British Columbia election, 1963 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Social Credit |
Frank Richter, Jr. |
5,093 |
48.71% |
– |
unknown |
|
New Democrat |
Francis Douglas Stuart |
2,636 |
25.21% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Alwyn Day Coleman Washington |
1,423 |
13.61% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Evelyn Annie McElroy |
1,303 |
12.46% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
10,455 |
100.00% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
86 |
|
|
Turnout |
% |
|
|
The riding was redistributed following the 1963 election. The main successor riding was Boundary-Similkameen.