Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the

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centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern

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and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the

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. Cranbrook riding made its first appearance on the

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in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new

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riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding). For other current and historical electoral districts in the

region, please see

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Electoral history

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, 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="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", ,

, align="right", 473 , align="right", 44.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,062 !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", ,

, Malcolm Archibald MacDonald , align="right", 501 , align="right", 35.66% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,405 !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", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", n/a !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", ,

, align="right", 727 , align="right", 59.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,231 !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", ,

, align="right", 941 , align="right", 50.98% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,846 !align="right", 100.00% ,

, John Taylor , align="right", 1,062 , align="right", 44.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,388 !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", ,

, Frank Mitchell MacPherson , align="right", 1,833 , align="right", 52.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,494 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 55 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Charles Bennett , align="right", 1,231 , align="right", 29.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Frank Mitchell MacPherson , align="right", 2,951 , align="right", 69.53% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,244 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 33 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Frank Mitchell MacPherson , align="right", 3,110 , align="right", 76.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Samuel Smith Shearer , align="right", 943 , align="right", 23.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,053 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 79 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Oscar Albin Eliasin , align="right", 1,548 , align="right", 33.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Arnold Joseph McGrath , align="right", 1,405 , align="right", 30.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,568 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 52 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Henry Gammon , align="right", 1,965 , align="right", 46.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,235 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 40 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Leo Thomas Nimsick Leo Thomas Nimsick (January 26, 1908 – February 8, 1999) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operat ...

, align="right", 3,026 , align="right", 50.53% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,989 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 87 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , B.C. Social Credit League , Howard Cressman King , align="right", 2,328 , align="right", 34.23% , align="right", 3,044 , align="right", 48.67% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer , align="right", 1,111 , align="right", 16.33% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, George England Kerr MacDonald , align="right", 675 , align="right", 9.92% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 2,688 , align="right", 39.52% , align="right", 3,210 , align="right", 51.33% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,802 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 6,254 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 168 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ³ Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. ,

, George Wayne Haddad , align="right", 1,615 , align="right", 23.79% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 2,955 , align="right", 43.52% , align="right", 3,460 , align="right", 555.66% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,789 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 6,216 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 238 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁴ Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown. ,

, Francis Vincent Downey , align="right", 902 , align="right", 14.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 3,321 , align="right", 53.26% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,235 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 54 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Jack Glennie , align="right", 1,475 , align="right", 23.39 % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 2,786 , align="right", 44.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Willie Harvey Webber , align="right", 345 , align="right", 5.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,306 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 67 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, William Otis Green , align="right", 1,526 , align="right", 23.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Lloyd James Hoole , align="right", 835 , align="right", 12.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,557 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 35 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", Following the 1963 election the Cranbrook riding was redistributed and a new riding,

was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Cranbrook with the riding of Fernie and parts of the Columbia ridings. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cranbrook (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia