Comox–Alberni

Comox—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin riding.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of:

the Town of Comox;
the City of Courtenay;
Electoral Areas A, B and C of Comox-Strathcona Regional District;
the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District;
Electoral Areas E, F, G and H of Nanaimo Regional District;
that part of Electoral Area C of Nanaimo Regional District lying west of the east boundary of Dunsmuir Land District;
Electoral Area E of Powell River Regional District;
the Village of Cumberland; and
the Towns of Parksville and Qualicum Beach.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Nanaimo—Alberni riding.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Herbert Sylvester Clements	3,652
	Opposition	William Wallace Burns McInnes	2,162

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Alan Webster Neill	4,170
	Conservative	Herbert Sylvester Clements	2,935
	Unknown	John Edward Armishaw	579

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,794
	Conservative	Thomas Davis Coldicutt	2,247

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,307
	Conservative	Donald Robert MacDonald	2,831
	Labour	John Edward Armishaw	185

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	5,651
	Conservative	Thomas Graham	3,270

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,497
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Colin Cameron	2,437
	Conservative	Reece Hague	1,509
	Labour	Malcolm MacKinnon	999
	Reconstruction	Ernest Richard Tarling	78

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	10,156
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Harrison Brown	3,835

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Lambert Gibson	7,348
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	4,692
	Independent	Nigel Morgan §	4,679

§ Note: listed under the "Trade Union" party

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Lambert Gibson	11,397
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Herdman Cameron	7,785

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	6,115
	Liberal	Irving Wilson	4,609
	Social Credit	Robert Harry Watson	4,275
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Frederick Duncan	1,790
	Labour-Progressive	William Stuart E. Morrison	850

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	8,598
	Progressive Conservative	Henry C. McQuillan	7,423
	Social Credit	Benjamin F. Wright	4,789
	Liberal	Alfred Carl Fillinger	3,146

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henry McQuillan	11,483
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	9,607
	Liberal	M. Stelling	2,472
	Social Credit	William S. Mullett	1,354

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	10,474
	Liberal	William C. Moore	7,689
	Progressive Conservative	Henry McQuillan	6,478
	Social Credit	Jack Finnerty	3,219
	Communist	Mark Fulmore Mosher	567

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	13,449
	Liberal	William C. Moore	9,217
	Progressive Conservative	Alex W. Crouch	6,099
	Social Credit	Hazel Fee	2,428

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	13,393
	Liberal	Loran K. Jordon	7,122
	Social Credit	Jean M. Gagnon	4,183
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacAdam	4,072
	Independent	John Alexander McKenzie	878

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard J.J. Durante	11,939
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	11,930
	Progressive Conservative	Blair McLean	5,154
	Social Credit	Jean-M.-Joseph Gagnon	997
	Communist	Mark Mosher	311

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 8 April 1969 On election being declared void, 14 February 1969
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	12,612
	Liberal	Richard J.J. Durante	12,357
	Progressive Conservative	Blair McLean	2,350

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Thomas Speakman Barnett	17,477
	Liberal	Bob Chown	9,501
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Sinnott	6,440
	Social Credit	Delbert Keith Doll	1,276
	Independent	Mark F. Mosher	483

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh Alan Anderson	13,594
	Progressive Conservative	Al Lazerte	12,683
	New Democrat	Don Barker	11,158
	Communist	Mark F. Mosher	605

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Bob Skelly	21,128
	Progressive Conservative	Darlene Weir	13,959
	Liberal	Ray J. Rogers	8,182
	Reform	Gary Hein	4,905
	Green	Jim Bohlen	528
	Christian Heritage	Ivan R. Zalinko	478
	Communist	Gary William Swann	151

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Bill Gilmour	22,573
	Liberal	Lonnie W. Hindle	10,610
	New Democrat	Bob Skelly	8,560
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Hicks	4,831
	National	Ernest Daley	3,120
	Green	Richard Porter	1,261
	Natural Law	Kathleen Lapeyrouse	287
	Independent	Kenneth R. Foster	252
	Canada Party	Genther Heinrich Smuda	68

See also

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament: