Omineca (electoral district)

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'Omineca was a provincial electoral district of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916.

Contents

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1916
Population Change, 1916-61
Area (km²)
Pop. 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.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Frank Maurice Dockrill 288 37.84% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 473 62.16% unknown
Total valid votes 761 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Joseph S. Kelly 54 5.22% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 630 60.87% unknown
     Conservative George L. Murray 273 26.38% unknown
     Independent Alexander James Prudhomme 78 7.54% unknown
Total valid votes 1,035 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Samuel Williams Cocker 298 22.19% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 592 44.08% unknown
     Provincial Arthur Shelford 453 33.73% unknown
Total valid votes 1,343 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 889 57.21% unknown
     Conservative Arthur Shelford 665 42.79% unknown
Total valid votes 1,554 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 20
Turnout %


18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Samuel Williams Cocker 355 17.18% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Malcolm Manson 1,079 52.23% unknown
     Independent Louis Denison Taylor 94 4.55% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Arthur Edward Windle 538 26.04% unknown
Total valid votes 2,066 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 35
Turnout %


19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative George Samuel Belsham 194 9.75% unknown
     Liberal Mark Matthew Connelly 1,013 50.90% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Sidney Godwin 783 39.35% unknown
Total valid votes 1,990 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 37
Turnout %


20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Mark Matthew Connelly 839 49.50% unknown
     Conservative Albert Kenzie Hemstreet 302 17.82% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William David Menzies 554 32.68% unknown
Total valid votes 1,695 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 48
Turnout %


21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Coalition Mark Matthew Connelly 875 48.42% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 932 51.58% unknown
Total valid votes 1,807 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 36
Turnout %


22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 1,175 38.40% unknown
     Coalition Robert Cecil Steele 1,885 61.60% unknown
Total valid votes 3,060 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 83
Turnout %


23rd British Columbia election, 1952 1
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative George Ogston 574 15.73% -- --.--% unknown
    
     BC Social Credit League Cyril Morley Shelford 1,137 31.17% 1,607 52.79% unknown
     Liberal Robert Cecil Steele 1,099 30.13% 1,437 47.21% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Warden Randle Taylor 838 22.97% - - % unknown
Total valid votes 3,648 100.00% 3,044 %
Total rejected ballots 132
Turnout %
1(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only)


24th British Columbia election, 1953 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Samuel Williams Cocker 172 4.70% -- --.--% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Edward Fraser Rowland 952 26.02% - - % unknown
     BC Social Credit League Cyril Morley Shelford 1,390 37.99% 1,612 53.90% unknown
     Liberal Robert Cecil Steele 1,145 31.29% 1,379 46.10% unknown
Total valid votes 3,659 100.00% 2,991 %
Total rejected ballots 175
Turnout %
2Preferential ballot: 1st and 3th counts of Three shown only)


25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Joseph Norman Leslie 847 27.17% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Johnson McInnis 585 18.77% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,685 54.06% unknown
Total valid votes 3,117 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout %


26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Marguerite Clarice Deeder 529 14.86% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Karl Peter Frederiksen 278 7.81% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Ivan Everett Holmes 1,119 31.44% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,633 45.88% unknown
Total valid votes 3,559 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 64
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Robert Fred Langford 779 22.17% unknown
     Liberal Richard M. McCallum 528 15.03% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Philip Pickering 271 7.71% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 1,936 55.09% unknown
Total valid votes 3,514 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 51
Turnout %


28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Cornelius Bergen 994 29.84% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 2,337 70.16% unknown
Total valid votes 3,331 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 172
Turnout %


29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Michael Chunys 472 8.85% unknown
     New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 1,607 30.14% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 3,252 61.00% unknown
Total valid votes 5,331 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 72
Turnout %


30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Charles Irving Beck 1,018 15.53% unknown
     Liberal Darrell Frederick Cursons 517 7.89% unknown
     New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 2,600 39.68% unknown
     Social Credit Cyril Morley Shelford 2,418 36.90% unknown
Total valid votes 6,553 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 101
Turnout %


31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Douglas Tynwald Kelly 2,776 30.82 unknown
     Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 5,228 58.04% unknown
     Liberal Basil Edward Studer 1,003 11.14% unknown
Total valid votes 9,007 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 111
Turnout %


32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Russell Frederick Anderson 4,163 41.66% unknown
     Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 5,830 58.34% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Eric Harry Kellow 2,251 10.20% unknown
Total valid votes 9,993 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 199
Turnout %


33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Bruce Thomas Kanary 4,164 34.54% unknown
     Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 6,722 55.77% unknown
     Western Canada Concept Clyde William Nunn 1,006 8.35% unknown
     Liberal David Anthony Seiler 162 1.34% unknown
     Independent Victor Albert Stephens 705 2.39% unknown
Total valid votes 12,054 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 168
Turnout %


44th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Jack Joseph Kempf 6,586 60.53 unknown
     New Democrat Louise B. Kilby 4,295 39.47% unknown
Total valid votes 10,881 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 154
Turnout %

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Elections BC historical returns