Cassiar (electoral district)

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Cassiar was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the British Columbia general election of 1882.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Political geography 3 Notable elections 4 First Nations 5 Notable MLAs 6 Electoral history 7 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1881
Population change, 1881-190x
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] First Nations

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

4th British Columbia general election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government (?)	William V. Brown	18	31.58%		unknown
	Opposition	John Grant	39	68.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			57	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

5th British Columbia general election, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	John Dempsey 1	n/a	- %		unknown
	Opposition	John Grant 1	n/a	- %		unknown
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
1 "No strictly accurate return available - the Returning Officer merely stating: 'John Grant elected by a majority of 3'."

6th British Columbia general election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Cunningham	46	42.59%		unknown
	Government	Robert Hanley Hall	62	57.41%		unknown
Total valid votes			108	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

7th British Columbia general election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent (Government?)	William Dalby	45	30.61%		unknown
	Government	John Irving	102	69.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			147	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

8th British Columbia general election, 1898 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	Charles William Digby Clifford	148	46.54%		unknown
	Government	John Irving	125	39.31%		unknown
	Independents	George Simpson McTavish	45	14.15%		unknown
Total valid votes			318	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
2 Increased to a two member seat from one.

9th British Columbia general election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative-Opposition	Charles William Digby Clifford	318	30.67%		unknown
	Unknown 3	Alexander Godfrey	198	19.09%		unknown
	Independent-Opposition	John Irving	244	23.53%		unknown
	(Independent-Government?) 3	James Stables	277	26.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,037	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
3 Neither Godfrey nor Stables' affiliation were mentioned in the newspapers. Stables may have been an Independent Government supporter.

Cassiar riding was eliminated in the redistribution after the 1900 election. In the 1903 election, this region was represented by the new Atlin and Skeena ridings.

[edit] Source

Elections BC historical returns