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Cowichan-Alberni
Cowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1894 general election only. It was formed by combining the Alberni riding and parts of the older Cowichan riding. Alberni riding and Cowichan riding were restored for the 1898 election. Demographics Political geography Notable elections First Nations Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", - !align="right", - % !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", !align="right", , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 459 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 British Columbia General Election
The 1894 British Columbia general election was held in 1894. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings. Unlike the previous BC general election, in 1894 of the 33 MLAs 20 were elected in single member districts. There were also three 2-member districts, one 3-member district and one 4-member district. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district. Political context Issues and debates Non-party system There were to be no political parties in the new province. The designations "Government" and "Opposition" and "Independent" (and variations on these) functioned in place of parties, but they were very loose and do not represent formal coalitions, more alignments of support during the campaign. "Government" meant in support of the current Premier; "Opposition" meant campaigning against him, and often enough the Opposition would win and immediatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberni (electoral District)
Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the 1890 election and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding lasted by that name until 1933 and 1937, when the name Alberni-Nanaimo was used. In 1941 the Alberni riding name was restored. After a redistribution, the area became part of the riding of Alberni-Qualicum. Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in bold.'' , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 41 !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", !align="right", In the seventh general election of 1894, the Alberni riding was merged with the Cowichan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowichan (electoral District)
Cowichan was one of the first twelve electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. It was located on southern Vancouver Island. Its last appearance on the husting was in 1920. It was then superseded by Cowichan-Newcastle, which appeared in provincial elections from 1924 to 1963, after which a revised riding is named Cowichan-Malahat. Demographics Geography History Notable MLAs *William Smithe—served as seventh Premier of BC from 1883 to 1887. Election results , - , Independent , John Paton Booth , align="right", 47 , align="right", 23.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Archibald Dods , align="right", 38 , align="right", 19.39% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Henry Fry , align="right", 10 , align="right", 5.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Edwin Pimbury , align="right", 24 , align="right", 12.24% , align="right", , align="right", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie (March 22, 1852 in Brixton, London – March 7, 1898 in Victoria, British Columbia) was a British Columbia lawyer, politician, and jurist. He practised law in Cassiar and Nanaimo before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, who served as premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1882. In 1889, he became attorney-general under Premier John Robson, and succeeded Robson as premier in 1892. Davie's government passed a ''Redistribution Bill'' to give the mainland of the province greater representation in the legislature. His government also provided financial incentives to the railways in an effort to stimulate the economy. The Davie government also approved the construction of the province's parliament buildings in Victoria despite pressure to move the capital to the mainland. Davie served as premier until 1895 when he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mitchell Mutter
James Mitchell Mutter (April 8, 1845 – May 31, 1920) was a Scottish-born soldier, farmer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cowichan-Alberni in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. He was born at Keppoch Hill near Glasgow, the son of James Mutter, and educated at Islay, the Irvine Royal Academy and by private tuition. In 1873, he married Isabella Morrison. Mutter had been a major in the Argyll and Bute Artillery, a justice of the peace and commissioner of supply for Argyllshire Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of .... He later settled in Somenos, British Columbia. Mutter was president of the Cowichan and Salt Spring Island Agricultural Association. He died in Somenos at the age of 75. References Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Menzies
Thomas Menzies (March 30, 1870 – March 13, 1947) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1920 to 1924 from the electoral district of Comox, a member of the People's Party. References 1870 births 1947 deaths {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 British Columbia General Election
The 1916 British Columbia general election was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1, 1917. The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature. The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the Official Opposition. Two other seats were won by independents. Unlike in the previous BC general election, in 1916 of the 47 MLAs 37 were elected in single member districts. There were also one 4-member district and one 6-member district. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district. Results Notes: * Party did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arthur Pritchard
William Arthur (Bill) Pritchard (April 3,1888 – October 23, 1981) was a Canadian Marxist labour activist, organizer, editor, journalist, and politician. A major figure in the One Big Union movement, he also was one of the defendants in the 1920 sedition trial of leaders of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Pritchard later was elected reeve (mayor) of Burnaby, British Columbia during the Great Depression and played an instrumental role in founding the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Biography Early years Born in Salford, England, Pritchard attended school in Swinton.Gutkin, Harry & Mildred Gutkin, '' Profiles in Dissent: The Shaping of Radical Thought in the Canadian West.'' Edmonton: NeWest Publishers, 1997; pg. 99. His Welsh-born father, James Pritchard, emigrated to British Columbia in 1900 when Bill was 12 years old. While working as a miner on Vancouver Island, James Pritchard became a socialist activist. In 1902, he left the reformist Socialist Party of Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Stewart (Canadian Politician)
Hugh Stewart (May 15, 1861 – February 12, 1933) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ... from 1916 to 1920 from the electoral district of Comox, a member of the Liberal party. References 1861 births 1933 deaths {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 British Columbia General Election
The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921. Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government. The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition. Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties. This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office. Results Notes: * Party did not nominate candidates in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 British Columbia General Election
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