Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the

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. It made its first appearance on the

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in the election of 1916 and its last in the

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election. Its main successor ridings are

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and Skeena.

Notable MLAs

The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, 22nd

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, 1933-1941.

Political geography

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo (January 19, 1873 – March 30, 1956) was the 22nd premier of British Columbia from 1933 to 1941. Early life and early political career Born in Woodstock, Ontario, into a family of Scottish ancestry, Pattullo ...

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, align="right", 1,501 , align="right", 43.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,435 !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=7, ¹ Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform. ,

, align="right", 920 , align="right", 55.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,646 !align="right", 100.00% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² Endorsed by Conservative Party. , - ,

, align="right", 1,370 , align="right", 51.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,646 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 60 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 80.28% !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 1,725 , align="right", 64.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George Weston Rudderham , align="right", 665 , align="right", 25.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,658 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 70 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 66.29% !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 1,446 , align="right", 49.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George William Weaver , align="right", 796 , align="right", 27.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , BC Social Credit League , Robert Purvis Armstrong , align="right", 14 , align="right", 0.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,918 !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", , - ,

, align="right", 1,681 , align="right", 51.82% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George William Weaver , align="right", 1,563 , align="right", 48.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,244 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 96 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Henry Brett , align="right", 1,873 , align="right", 49.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent ,

³ , align="right", 1,348 , align="right", 35.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,759 !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", 63.19% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ³ T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Henry Brett , align="right", 2,296 , align="right", 43.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,267 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 53 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

George Edwin Hills George Edwin Hills (June 30, 1905 – April 3, 1978) was an English-born painter, contractor and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Prince Rupert in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1953 as a Co-operative ...

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John Duncan McRae John Duncan McRae (May 28, 1915 – June 25, 1999) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1952 from the electoral district of Prince Rupert, a member of the Coalition government. Refe ...

, align="right", 2,001 , align="right", 32.89% , align="right", 2,754 , align="right", 48.68 , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Thomas Melbourne Christie , align="right", 687 , align="right", 11.29% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,084 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 5,657 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 153 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ⁴ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown. , - ,

Arthur Bruce Brown Arthur Bruce Brown (March 17, 1911 – December 20, 1975) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1953 to 1956 from the electoral district of Prince Rupert, a member of the Liberal Party. ...

, align="right", 1,864 , align="right", 32.88% , align="right", 2,611 , align="right", 50.32% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 2,074 , align="right", 36.59% , align="right", 2,578 , align="right", 49.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,669 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 5,189 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 299 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !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=9, ⁵ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown. , - ,

, align="right", 1,664 , align="right", 32.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 1,259 , align="right", 24.81% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,074 !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", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Angus MacPhee , align="right", 2,139 , align="right", 36.93% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 1,087 , align="right", 18.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Horace L.G. Kelly , align="right", 199 , align="right", 3.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,792 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 134 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Neil Fergus MacDonald , align="right", 1,328 , align="right", 23.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,603 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 59 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Neil Fergus MacDonald , align="right", 544 , align="right", 10.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,004 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 34 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Peter James Lester , align="right", 1,488 , align="right", 19.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Roderick Douglas Falconer , align="right", 64 , align="right", 0.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,519 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 94 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Odd Inge Eidsvik , align="right", 1,416 , align="right", 18.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Robert Graham Porter , align="right", 287 , align="right", 3.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,570 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 103 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Charles Michael Emes , align="right", 428 , align="right", 5.12% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 8,367 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 78 !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", 8,300 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 147 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, James Grant Carr , align="right", 745 , align="right", 7.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,353 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 160 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align=";right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John D. Whyte , align="right", 320 , align="right", 3.25% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,861 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 214 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election. Successor ridings are: *

* Skeena *

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Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prince Rupert (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia