Yale (provincial electoral district)

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Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and Yale-West; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie, Ymir, Grand Forks, which were later emerged or rearranged into the various Kootenay and Okanagan ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which is still extant.

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[edit] Demographics

Population
Population Change,  %
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original core in the Fraser Canyon, south from and including Lytton. The riding's name is from the town of Yale, British Columbia, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.

[edit] History

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Notable candidates

[edit] Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia general election, 1871
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent George Coxon 1 29 16.96% unknown
     Independent William H. Kay 8 4.68% unknown
     Independent Moses Lumby 17 9.94% unknown
     Independent James Robinson 35 20.47% unknown
     Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 29 16.96% unknown
     Independent Robert Smith 53 30.99% unknown
Total valid votes 171 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes.


2nd British Columbia general election, 1875
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Reform John F. Allison 100 15.82% unknown
     Reform caucus John Andrew Mara 130 20.57% unknown
     Independent/Government James Robinson 59 9.34% unknown
     Independent James Ross 7 1.1% unknown
     Independent/Government Charles Augustus Semlin 94 14.87% unknown
     Independent/Government Robert Smith 117 18.57% unknown
     Reform caucus Forbes George Vernon 125 19.78% unknown
Total valid votes 632 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
3rd British Columbia general election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government Preston Bennett 158 20.05% unknown
     Opposition Dixon Joseph Lauder 87 11.04% unknown
     Opposition William McCormack 93 11.80% unknown
     Government John Andrew Mara 172 21.83% unknown
     Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 120 15.23% unknown
     Government Forbes George Vernon 158 20.05% unknown
Total valid votes 788 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4th British Columbia general election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government Preston Bennett 194 19.56% unknown
     Independent Henry Dodson Green-Armytage 98 9.88% unknown
     Government William McGirr 60 6.05% unknown
     Government John Andrew Mara 240 24.19% unknown
     Government Edward Peason 78 7.86% unknown
     Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 254 25.60% unknown
     Independent Gilbert Malcolm Sproat 68 6.86% unknown
Total valid votes 992 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


British Columbia Gyelection: Yale November 15, 1882 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government Thomas Basil Humphreys 157 39.15% unknown
     Opposition George Bohun Martin 244 60.05% unknown
Total valid votes 401 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
2 Death of Preston Bennett August 9 1882.


5th British Columbia general election, 1886
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Government Archibald Irwin 196 14.91% unknown
     Government George Bohun Martin 283 21.54% unknown
     (Opposition ?) Henry Nicholson 93 7.08% unknown
     (Opposition ?) Thomas Roadley 88 6.77% unknown
     Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 364 27.70% unknown
     Government Forbes George Vernon 290 22.07% unknown
Total valid votes 1,314 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6th British Columbia general election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Opposition Irwin Archibald 256 13.17% unknown
     Government George Bohun Martin 445 22.89% unknown
     Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 396 20.37% unknown
     Government Forbes George Vernon 496 25.51% unknown
     Government James Wardle 351 18.06% unknown
Total valid votes 1,944 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

7th British Columbia general election, 1894

split to three ridings:

8th British Columbia general election, 1898

9th British Columbia general election, 1900


10th British Columbia general election, 1903 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 309 60.59% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Gray McManamon 201 39.41% unknown
Total valid votes 510 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West


11th British Columbia general election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 289 58.27% unknown
     Conservative Charles Augustus Semlin 207 41.73% unknown
Total valid votes 496 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia general election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Stuart Richard Henderson 265 36.81% unknown
     Conservative Richard McBride 455 63.19% unknown
Total valid votes 720 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia general election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Alexander Lucas 524 65.26% unknown
     Liberal John P. McConnell 279 34.74% unknown
Total valid votes 281 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 71.98%
14th British Columbia general election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Alexander Lucas 609 42.95% unknown
     Liberal Joseph Walters 809 57.05% unknown
Total valid votes 1,418 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia general election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal James Robert Cameron 737 31.95% unknown
     Conservative John McRae 913 39.58% unknown
     Independent Liberal Joseph Walters 657 28.48% unknown
Total valid votes 2,307 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
16th British Columbia general election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Provincial Party James Sugrue Fagan 578 23.20% unknown
     Liberal John Duncan MacLean 1,148 46.09% unknown
     Conservative John McRae 756 30.71% unknown
Total valid votes 2,491 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia general election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,514 57.22% unknown
     Conservative Romald Helmerow Helmer 1,132 42.78% unknown
Total valid votes 2,648 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout %
18th British Columbia general election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,193 68.64% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Romald Helmerow Helmer 312 17.95% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley 233 13.41% unknown
Total valid votes 1,738 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 23
Turnout %
19th British Columbia general election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 968 59.94% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley 422 26.13% unknown
     Conservative John Wilson North 225 13.93% unknown
Total valid votes 1,615 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %
20th British Columbia general election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Alexander Rennie Ross Craig 616 34.92% unknown
     Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,148 65.08% unknown
Total valid votes 1,764 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 55
Turnout %
21st British Columbia general election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 616 34.92% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 536 33.23% unknown
Total valid votes 1,613 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 63
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia general election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Coalition John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,417 46.90% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 865 28.83% unknown
     Independent Hugh MacIsaac 728 24.27% unknown
Total valid votes 3,000 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 42
Turnout %


23rd British Columbia election, 19522
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Bernard (Ben) Cherry 338 10.74% - -% unknown
     BC Social Credit League Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,024 32.53% 1,390 51.46% unknown
     Liberal John Joseph Allan Gillis 1,067 33.89% 1,311 48.54% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 659 20.93% - -% unknown
     Independent George Murray 60 1.91% - -% unknown
Total valid votes 3,148 % 2,701 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 98
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.


24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,177 39.86% 1,354 54.36% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Evan Donald MacDougall 835 28.28% - - % unknown
Total valid votes 2,953 100.00% 2,491 %
Total rejected ballots 278
Total Registered Voters 5,933 (1952 list)
Turnout 70.15%
3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown


25th British Columbia general election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,315 47.34 unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Joe Madden 599 21.56% unknown
     Liberal Olga McLean 703 25.31% unknown
     Conservative Kenneth Moyes 161 5.80% unknown
Total valid votes 2,778 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 61
Turnout %
26th British Columbia general election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Allan Collett 964 27.30% unknown
     Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,103 31.24% unknown
     Conservative William Joseph Lauder 390 11.05% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Evan Donald MacDougall 1,074 30.42% unknown
Total valid votes 3,531 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 107
Turnout %
27th British Columbia general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Allan Collett 599 13.10% unknown
     Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,691 36.99% unknown
     Conservative John Willison Green 584 12.78% unknown
     New Democrat William Leonard Hartley 1,697 37.43% unknown
Total valid votes 4,571 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 58
Turnout %

Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which survives to the present.

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