Kaslo (electoral district)
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Kaslo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.
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, 1901-1921 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political Geography
[edit] Notable Elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 10th British Columbia election, 1903 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Robert Francis Green | 268 | 40.42% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | John Ley Retallack | 231 | 34.84% | unknown | ||
| Socialist | Samuel Shannon | 164 | 24.74% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 663 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 11th British Columbia election, 1907 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | John Keen | 189 | 44.79% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Neil Franklin MacKay | 233 | 55.21% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 422 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 12th British Columbia election, 1909 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | John Keen | 134 | 31.38% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Neil Franklin MacKay | 293 | 68.62% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 427 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 13th British Columbia election, 1912 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Neil Franklin MacKay | Accl. | -.-% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | n/a | -.-% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 14th British Columbia election, 1916 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | John Keen | 456 | 54.94% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Robert John Long | 374 | 45.06% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 830 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 15th British Columbia election, 1920 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | John Keen | 744 | 49.47% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Fred W. Lister 1 | 760 | 50.53% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,504 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| % | ||||||
| 1 Also referred to as "Conservative-United Farmer" candidate. | ||||||
The 1920 election was the last appearance of the Kaslo riding. For the 1924 election it was merged with Slocan to form Kaslo-Slocan.
