Fort George (electoral district)

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Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Political geography 3 Notable elections 4 Notable MLAs 5 Electoral history 6 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1916
Population change, 1916-1931
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

• Ray Gillis Williston (Social Credit, 1953-1972)

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent Progressive 1	William George Gillett	158	13.75%		unknown
	Independent Socialist	John McInnis	492	42.82%		unknown
	Conservative	William Roderick Ross	499	43.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,149	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
1 McInnis received the unofficial support of the Liberals after their candidate, C.A. Gaskill, withdrew in order to increase the chances of defeating Ross. Gillett was part of a breakaway Conservative group. Alleged irregularities led to a commission of inquiry which found the charges not substantiated.

15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Samuel Williams Cocker	787	38.09%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry Thomas George Perry	1,140	55.18%		unknown
	Independent-Farmer	John Samuel Ross	139	6.73%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,066	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	851	44.43%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,080	46.67%		unknown
	Provincial	John A. Shearer	206	8.90%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,314	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
2 Endorsed by Provincial Party.

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	1,487	51.61%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,394	48.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			47
Turnout			%

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NPIG	Roy Walter Alward	310	11.07%		unknown
	Independent-Labour	Clement Pemberton Deykin	96	3.43%		unknown
	Union of Electors	William Finnbar Mahoney	192	6.86%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,577	56.32%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Alexander Sinclair	625	22.32%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,800	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			28
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	234	8.08%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,170	40.39%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,493	51.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,897	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			57
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Warren Penberthy	928	35.58%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,334	51.15%		unknown
	Conservative	Alexander McBain Young	346	13.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,608	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			45
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,726	55.73%		unknown
	Coalition	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,371	44.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,097	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Coalition	Henry Robson Bowman	3,232	59.86%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	2,167	40.14%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,399	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			176
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Henry Robson Bowman	2,022	33.73%	2,468	47.21%		unknown
	Liberal	Llewellyn Leslie King	2,009	33.51%	2,760	52.79%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,593	26.57%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Conservative	Cyril Westaway	371	6.19%	-	- %		unknown
Total valid votes			5,995	100.00%	5,228	- %
Total rejected ballots			345
Turnout			%
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frank Bond	1,677	25.267%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Liberal	Garvin James Edward Dezell	1,802	27.14%	2,173	38.24%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	3,160	47.60%	3,509	61.76%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,639	100.00%	5,682	- %
Total rejected ballots			308
Turnout			%
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Carl Waldemar Kienzie	1,304	20.20%		unknown
	Liberal	Frank Samuel Perry	1,376	21.32%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	3,774	58.48%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,454	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			236
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Anthony Coates	346	3.78%		unknown
	Liberal	Holger Enemark	1,416	15.45%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Kenneth Rutherford	2,336	25.49%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	5,066	55.28%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,164	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Raymond Cullinane	961	11.00%		unknown
	New Democrat	William Kenneth Rutherford	1,725	19.75%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Dudley Erwin Sawley	739	8.46%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	5,308	60.78%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,733	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			72
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Patrick Ivan McConnell Denton	2,802	26.95%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry Allan Hope	1,313	12.63%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	6,282	60.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,397	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			101
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tex Cyril Enemark	1,291	8.26%		unknown
	New Democrat	John Lucas (Jack) Whittaker	4,196	26.83%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	10,152	64.91%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,639	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			159
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Allan Alfred Nunweiler	8,435	39.99%		unknown
	Liberal	Ronald L. Racette	710	3.37%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	8,194	38.85%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Galt Wilson	3,754	17.80%		unknown
Total valid votes			21,093	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			252
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Graham Anderton	1,273	4.41%		unknown
	Liberal	Frederick Joseph House	1,695	5.87%		unknown
	Social Credit	Howard John Lloyd	16,455	57.01%		unknown
	New Democrat	Allan Alfred Nunweiler	9,442	32.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,865	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			306
Turnout			%

[edit] Source

Elections BC Historical Returns