Electoral History
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| 10th British Columbia election, 1903 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Alfred Parr 1 | 323 | 40.07% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Harry Wright | 483 | 59.93% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 806 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both. | ||||||
| 11th British Columbia election, 1907 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Independent | John Houston | 147 | 20.68% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | John Frederick Hume | 239 | 33.61% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | James Hargrave Schofield | 325 | 45.71% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 711 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 12th British Columbia election, 1909 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Socialist | Alexander M. Oliver | 366 | 34.37% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | James Hargrave Schofield | 699 | 65.63% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,065 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 13th British Columbia election, 1912 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Socialist | Richard Pettipiece Parmenter | 261 | 20.31% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | James Hargrave Schofield | 1,024 | 79.69% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,285 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
Following the 1912 election most of the area of the Ymir riding was incorporated into the new riding of Nelson.
Read more about this topic: Ymir (electoral District)
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