Alberni-Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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which was used only in the
general elections of 1933 and
1937
Events
January
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.
For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see
Vancouver Island (electoral districts)
This page lists all historical and current federal and provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island.
Federal Current
* North Island—Powell River
*Courtenay—Alberni
* Nanaimo—Ladysmith
* Cowichan-Malahat-Langford
* Esquimalt—Saanichâ ...
..
Electoral history
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold.
, Independent
, Roy Branwood Dier
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James Lyle Telford
James Lyle Telford (21 June 1889 – 27 September 1960) was the 24th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1939 to 1940 and a founder of the British Columbia branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He was born in Valen ...
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Alexander Maitland Stephen
Alexander Maitland Stephen, (May 8, 1882 – July 1, 1942), often known as A. M. Stephen, was a Canadian author of poetry and fiction.
Biography
Stephen was born near Paisley, Ontario. His parents were Alexander Stephen and Margaret Whiteford. H ...
1
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1 Although suspended and repudiated by the provincial executive, Stephen was nominated by the Alberni-Nanaimo CCF Club, and ran as a CCF candidate.
The riding was redistributed after the 1937 election. In the
1941 general election the successor ridings to Alberni-Nanaimo were:
*
Alberni
*
Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
Demographics
Geography
The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Hu ...
See also
*
Politics of Canada
The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch is head of state. In pr ...
References
External links
Elections BC Historical Returns
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia on Vancouver Island
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