Yale was a provincial electoral district in

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in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings,

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and Yale-West; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie,

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, which later emerged or were rearranged into the various

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ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of

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, which was extant until 2009, when most of its core area was made part of the new

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riding.

Geography

The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original core in the Fraser Canyon, south from and including Lytton. The riding's name is from the town of

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, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.

Notable MLAs

Charles Augustus Semlin Charles Augustus "Charlie" Semlin (December 4, 1836 – November 2, 1927) was a Canadian politician and rancher. Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the g ...

(12th Premier 1915-1928, first elected 1871) * John Andrew Mara *

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(namesake of the city of Vernon) *

Richard McBride Sir Richard McBride, (December 15, 1870 – August 6, 1917) was a British Columbia politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 e ...

(1909, incumbent/16th Premier 1903-1915) *

John Duncan MacLean John Duncan MacLean (December 8, 1873 – March 28, 1948) was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th premier of British Columbia, Canada. MacLean was a practicing doctor in the city of Greenwood when he was elected in the 1916 electio ...

(20th Premier, 1920–1921) *

William Leonard Hartley William Leonard Hartley (December 12, 1916 – May 4, 2003) was an electrician, insurance salesman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale from 1963 to 1966 and Yale-Lillooet from 1966 to 1975 as a New Democrat. He wa ...

Notable candidates

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, native claims commissioner

Election results

''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , Independent , George Coxon ¹ , align="right", 29 , align="right", 16.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , William H. Kay , align="right", 8 , align="right", 4.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Moses Lumby , align="right", 17 , align="right", 9.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , James Robinson , align="right", 35 , align="right", 20.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent ,

, align="right", 29 , align="right", 16.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Robert Smith , align="right", 53 , align="right", 30.99% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 171 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 788 !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 ,

, align="right", 254 , align="right", 25.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent ,

, align="right", 68 , align="right", 6.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 992 !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", 401 !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, ² Death of Preston Bennett August 9, 1882. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,314 !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", 1,944 !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", 7th

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 ...

split to three ridings: *

* Yale-West *

8th

1898 British Columbia general election Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

* Yale-West *

9th

1900 British Columbia general election The 1900 British Columbia general election was held in 1900. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900. The new legislature met for the first ...

* Yale-West *

, - ,

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

Stuart Alexander Henderson Stuart Alexander Henderson (September 19, 1863 – February 17, 1945) was a Scottish-born lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale from 1903 to 1909 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal. ...

, align="right", 309 , align="right", 60.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

, Thomas Gray McManamon , align="right", 201 , align="right", 39.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 510 !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=6, ⁴Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West , - ,

, align="right", 289 , align="right", 58.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 207 , align="right", 41.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 496 !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", 265 , align="right", 36.81% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 455 , align="right", 63.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 720 !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", , - ,

Alexander Lucas Alexander Lucas (September 2, 1852 – June 8, 1942) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was the seventh mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta and spent six years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia. ...

, align="right", 524 , align="right", 65.26% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John P. McConnell , align="right", 279 , align="right", 34.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 281 !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", 71.98% !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Alexander Lucas , align="right", 609 , align="right", 42.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Joseph Walters , align="right", 809 , align="right", 57.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,418 !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", , - ,

, James Robert Cameron , align="right", 737 , align="right", 31.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John McRae , align="right", 913 , align="right", 39.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,307 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", ,

, John Joseph Alban Gillis , align="right", 1,514 , align="right", 57.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Romald Helmerow Helmer , align="right", 1,132 , align="right", 42.78% , 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", 27 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John Joseph Alban Gillis , align="right", 1,193 , align="right", 68.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , John Wise Langley , align="right", 233 , align="right", 13.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,738 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 23 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John Joseph Alban Gillis , align="right", 968 , align="right", 59.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , John Wise Langley , align="right", 422 , align="right", 26.13% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Wilson North , align="right", 225 , align="right", 13.93% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,615 !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", , - ,

, Alexander Rennie Ross Craig , align="right", 616 , align="right", 34.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Joseph Alban Gillis , align="right", 1,148 , align="right", 65.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,764 !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", , - ,

, John Joseph Alban Gillis , align="right", 1077 , align="right", 34.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Angus Hugh MacIsaac , align="right", 536 , align="right", 33.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,613 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 63 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Angus Hugh MacIsaac , align="right", 865 , align="right", 28.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , William John Trout , align="right", 728 , align="right", 24.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,000 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 42 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Bernard (Ben) Cherry , align="right", 338 , align="right", 10.74% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Joseph Allan Gillis , align="right", 1,067 , align="right", 33.89% , align="right", 1,311 , align="right", 48.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Angus Hugh MacIsaac , align="right", 659 , align="right", 20.93% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , George Murray , align="right", 60 , align="right", 1.91% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,148 !align="right", % !align="right", 2,701 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 98 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ² Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown. ,

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

, Evan Donald MacDougall , align="right", 835 , align="right", 28.28% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,953 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 2,491 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 278 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", 5,933 (1952 list) !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 70.15% !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ³ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Joe Madden , align="right", 599 , align="right", 21.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Olga McLean , align="right", 703 , align="right", 25.31% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Kenneth Moyes , align="right", 161 , align="right", 5.80% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,778 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 61 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John Allan Collett , align="right", 964 , align="right", 27.30% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William Joseph Lauder , align="right", 390 , align="right", 11.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Evan Donald MacDougall , align="right", 1,074 , align="right", 30.42% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,531 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 107 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John Allan Collett , align="right", 599 , align="right", 13.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Willison Green , align="right", 584 , align="right", 12.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

New Democrat New Democrats, also known as centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats, or moderate Democrats, are a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States. As the Third Way faction of the party, they are seen as culturall ...

, align="right", 1,697 , align="right", 37.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,571 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 58 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of

, which survives to the present.

References

External links

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