Omineca was a provincial electoral district of the

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. It first appeared on the

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in the general election of 1916.

Demographics

Political Geography

Notable Elections

First Nations

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

, - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 761 !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", , - , Independent , Alexander James Prudhomme , align="right", 78 , align="right", 7.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Joseph S. Kelly , align="right", 54 , align="right", 5.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,035 !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", , - ,

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Alexander Malcolm Manson Alexander Malcolm Manson (October 7, 1883 – September 25, 1964) was a British Columbia judge and politician in the Liberal Party. Positions he held included Speaker, Minister of Labour and Attorney General. He was later appointed to the Supr ...

, align="right", 592 , align="right", 44.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,343 !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", 889 , align="right", 57.21% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,554 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 20 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 1,079 , align="right", 52.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Arthur Edward Windle , align="right", 538 , align="right", 26.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Louis Denison Taylor , align="right", 94 , align="right", 4.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,066 !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", , - ,

Mark Matthew Connelly Mark Matthew Connelly (March 21, 1879 – May 5, 1955) was an Irish-born merchant and politician in British Columbia. He represented Omineca in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1936 to 1945 as a Liberal. In 1913, he came to E ...

, align="right", 899 , align="right", 48.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Sidney Godwin , align="right", 697 , align="right", 37.80% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,844 !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", Reason for by-election: Resignation of A. M. Manson on September 14, 1935 to contest federal election (

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, align="right", 1,013 , align="right", 50.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Sidney Godwin , align="right", 783 , align="right", 39.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,990 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 37 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 839 , align="right", 49.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William David Menzies , align="right", 554 , align="right", 32.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,695 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 48 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Edward Fraser Rowland Edward Fraser Rowland (November 13, 1911 – January 4, 2004) was a farmer, miner, logger and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Omineca in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1945 to 1949 as a Co-operative ...

, align="right", 932 , align="right", 51.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,807 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 36 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 1,175 , align="right", 38.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,060 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 83 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Robert Cecil Steele Robert Cecil Steele (August 5, 1903 – May 19, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1952 from the electoral district of Omineca, a member of the Coalition government. References ...

, align="right", 1,099 , align="right", 30.13% , align="right", 1,437 , align="right", 47.21% , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Warden Randle Taylor , align="right", 838 , align="right", 22.97% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , George Ogston , align="right", 574 , align="right", 15.73% , align="right", -- , align="right", --.--% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,648 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 3,044 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 132 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ¹(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) , - ,

, align="right", 1,145 , align="right", 31.29% , align="right", 1,379 , align="right", 46.10% , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 952 , align="right", 26.02% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , Progressive Conservative ,

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, align="right", 172 , align="right", 4.70% , align="right", -- , align="right", --.--% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,659 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 2,991 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 175 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ²Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of Three shown only) , - ,

, Joseph Norman Leslie , align="right", 847 , align="right", 27.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George Johnson McInnis , align="right", 585 , align="right", 18.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,117 !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. , Ivan Everett Holmes , align="right", 1,119 , align="right", 31.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Marguerite Clarice Deeder , align="right", 529 , align="right", 14.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Karl Peter Frederiksen , align="right", 278 , align="right", 7.81% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,559 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 64 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

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, Robert Fred Langford , align="right", 779 , align="right", 22.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard M. McCallum , align="right", 528 , align="right", 15.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Philip Pickering , align="right", 271 , align="right", 7.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,514 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 51 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Cornelius Bergen , align="right", 994 , align="right", 29.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,331 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 172 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Douglas Tynwald Kelly , align="right", 1,607 , align="right", 30.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Michael Chunys , align="right", 472 , align="right", 8.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,331 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 72 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Douglas Tynwald Kelly Douglas Tynwald Kelly (July 21, 1920 – January 10, 2006) 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 o ...

, align="right", 2,600 , align="right", 39.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Charles Irving Beck , align="right", 1,018 , align="right", 15.53% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Darrell Frederick Cursons , align="right", 517 , align="right", 7.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,553 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 101 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 2,776 , align="right", 30.82% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Basil Edward Studer , align="right", 1,003 , align="right", 11.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,007 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 111 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Russell Frederick Anderson , align="right", 4,163 , align="right", 41.66% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,993 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 199 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Bruce Thomas Kanary , align="right", 4,164 , align="right", 34.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, David Anthony Seiler , align="right", 162 , align="right", 1.34% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,054 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 168 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Louise B. Kilby , align="right", 4,295 , align="right", 39.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,881 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 154 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right",

Sources

Elections BC historical returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omineca (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia