Revelstoke (electoral district)
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Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan. The riding has since been represented by Shuswap-Revelstoke and is currently represented by Columbia River-Revelstoke.
For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1901 | |
| Population change, 1901-1911 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| 10th British Columbia election, 1903 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Socialist Party of B.C. | John William Bennett | 186 | 22.04% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | James M. Kellie | 316 | 37.44% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Taylor | 342 | 40.52% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 844 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 11th British Columbia election, 1907 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Robert Caley | 269 | 33.50% | unknown | ||
| Socialist | Wallis Walter Lefeaux | 94 | 11.71% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Taylor | 440 | 54.79% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 803 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 12th British Columbia election, 1909 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Socialist | Henry Kempster | 121 | 9.93% | unknown | ||
| Independent 1 | Robert Caley | 340 | 27.89% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Taylor | 758 | 62.18% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,219 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Endorsed by Liberals. | ||||||
| 13th British Columbia election, 1912 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Thomas Taylor | Accl. | -.- % | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 14th British Columbia election, 1916 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | William Henry Sutherland | 802 | 60.62% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Taylor | 521 | 39.38% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,323 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 15th British Columbia election, 1920 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | William Henry Sutherland | Accl. | -.- % | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 16th British Columbia election, 1924 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Adam Wightman Bell | 594 | 31.92% | unknown | ||
| Provincial | John McGivern Humphrey | 168 | 9.03% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Sutherland | 1,099 | 59.05% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,861 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 17th British Columbia election, 1928 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Adam Wightman Bell | 906 | 43.64% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Sutherland | 1,170 | 56.36% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,076 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
After the 1928 election there was a redistribution. The Revelstoke riding was merged with the Revelstoke riding to form Columbia-Revelstoke, which first appeared in the 1933 general election.
