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1924 British Columbia General Election
The 1924 British Columbia general election was the sixteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924. The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927. The Conservative Party formed the official opposition, while two new parties, the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each, and a total of 35% of the vote. Campaign The Provincial Party, which nominated candidates only in 1924, was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee ...
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Premier Of British Columbia
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of government, but is not the head of state. In presidential systems, the two roles are often combined into one, whereas in parliamentary systems of government the two are usually kept separate. Relationship to the term "prime minister" "Premier" is often the title of the heads of government in sub-national entities, such as the provinces and territories of Canada, states of the Commonwealth of Australia, provinces of South Africa, the island of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the nation of Niue. In some of these cases, the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national leader. In these cases, care should be taken not to confuse the title of "premier" with "prime minister ...
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Labour Parties Of British Columbia
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party, or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name, backed by local labour councils made up of many union locals in a particular city, or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the late 1910s and in the 1920s, but these were only partly successful. The Communist Party of Canada (CPC), formed in 1921, fulfilled some of labour's political yearnings from coast to coast, and then the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) – Worker Farmer Socialist was formed in 1932. With organic ties to the organized labour movement, this was a labour party by definition. Prior to the CCFs formation in 1932, the Socialist Party of Canada was strong in British Columbia and in Alberta before World War I, while the D ...
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Columbia (electoral District)
Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, when it was merged into Columbia-Revelstoke for the 1933 election. Following the election the new Pattullo government moved to reestablish Columbia as a separate riding, and former MLA Thomas King was elected by acclamation in a 1934 by election. In 1966 the riding was renamed Columbia River. This riding was later merged with the Revelstoke riding to become Columbia River-Revelstoke, the current riding for the western part of the area. The eastern part of the riding is now part of East Kootenay. For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , Wilmer Cl ...
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John Andrew Buckham
John Andrew Buckham (April 1, 1873 – October 12, 1931) was a pharmacist and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented the riding of Columbia in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal from 1916 until his death in 1931. Buckham was born in Kilmaurs, Ontario, the son of George Buckham and Jean C. Young, and was educated in Ottawa and Toronto. In 1900, he married Laura Teresa Kelly. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia legislature in 1909. He was Speaker of the House from 1924 to 1928. Buckham lived in Golden, and died in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ... at the age of 58. References ;Sources * ;Notes 1873 births 1931 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Bri ...
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Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger
Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger (March 12, 1865 – March 4, 1948) was an English-born miner, civil servant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1922 to 1928 as a Conservative. He was born in London, the son of James Nasmyth Arnold Wallinger and Marian Collier, and was educated at the King's College School in London and the Royal Agricultural College. Wallinger came to Canada in 1884. In 1895, he married Jessie Ariel Beale. He served as government agent and gold commissioner from 1914 to 1922. Wallinger was first elected to the assembly in a 1922 by-election held after James Horace King resigned to run for a federal seat. He was defeated by Frank Mitchell MacPherson when he ran for reelection in 1928. Wallinger died in Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of Britis ...
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Cranbrook (electoral District)
Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Cranbrook riding 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). Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , James Horace King , align="right", 500 , align="right", 53.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 935 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="w ...
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Chilliwack (electoral District)
Chilliwack has been a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia since 1916. Incorporating slightly different boundaries, it was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding the name of which was based on the older spelling of the name. Political geography and history Chilliwack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond, which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas. The latter takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie (part of the City of Abbotsford), while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands ...
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Edward Dodsley Barrow
Edward Dodsley Barrow (September 29, 1867 – December 28, 1956) was a Canadian politician. Born in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barrow, Barrow emigrated to Chilliwack, British Columbia in 1892. A farmer, he was President of the Chilliwack Creamery Association and President of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association. He served as Councillor of the Township of Chilliwack. In 1916, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the Liberal candidate for the electoral district of Chilliwack. In 1918, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of John Oliver John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention .... He died in 1956.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLRK-BL4 References * * 18 ...
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Cyril Francis Davie
Cyril Francis Davie (January 30, 1882 РFebruary 18, 1950) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cowichan-Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1924 to 1933 as a Conservative. He was born in Victoria, the son of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie and Constance L. Skinner, and was educated at the University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Universit̩ d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottawa .... Davie married Beatrice Pearl Raymond in 1911. He was speaker for the assembly from 1931 to 1933. Davie was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1933. He lived in Duncan. Davie wrote a chess column for the ''Daily Colonist'' in Victoria for a number of years. He founded the Canadian branch of the Chess Amateur Correspondence League and organized the ...
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Cowichan-Newcastle
Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections. Demographics Political geography Notable elections First Nations Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , Canadian Labour Party (B.C. Section) , Samuel Guthrie , align="right", 1,132 , align="right", 28.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , Wymond Wolverton Walkem , align="right", 738 , align="right", 18.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,986 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right ...
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Atlin (electoral District)
Atlin was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the 10th provincial general election in 1903 and last appeared in the 34th provincial general election in 1986, after which it was merged with the Skeena riding and was succeeded by Bulkley Valley-Stikine. Demographics Political geography Always one of the province's largest ridings by area, it was always among the smallest in population, and is often cited as an example of a lack of proper representation-by-population in the BC political system. From the perspective of riding residents, who are spread out in a handful of small settlements from the Nass River to the Yukon border, a riding incorporating larger population centres was unfair to them. Ultimately the pressure to redress lack of equality in voting-weight among BC ridings saw the Atlin riding became merged with Skeena riding. Notable elections Because of its small electorate ...
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Herbert Frederick Kergin
Herbert Frederick Kergin (July 8, 1885 – August 28, 1954) was a master mariner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Atlin from 1920 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as Liberal. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, the son of William Henry Kergin and Margaret Emmet, and was educated there, in Toronto and at Victoria University. In 1910, Kergin married Achsah Frances McCoskrie. He was defeated by William James Asselstine when he ran for reelection in 1933. Kergin died in New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ... at the age of 68. References 1885 births 1954 deaths British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from St. Catharines {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ...
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