Cranbrook (electoral district)

Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench.

Cranbrook riding made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 435 46.52% unknown
     Liberal James Horace King 500 53.48% unknown
Total valid votes 935 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Albert Harvey 378 35.59 % unknown
Independent SocialistEdward Kelley 211 19.87% unknown
     Liberal James Horace King 473 44.54% unknown
Total valid votes 1,062 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 761 54.16% unknown
SocialistJohn William Fitch 143 10.18% – unknown
     Liberal Malcolm Archibald MacDonald 501 35.66% unknown
Total valid votes 1,405 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Donald Caven Accl. -.- % unknown
Total valid votes n/a -.-%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 504 40.94% unknown
     Liberal James Horace King 727 59.06% unknown
Total valid votes 1,231 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent ConservativeThomas Donald Caven 905 49.02%
     Liberal James Horace King 941 50.98%
Total valid votes 1,846 100.00%
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Taylor 1,062 44.47% unknown
     Conservative Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger 1,326 55.53% unknown
Total valid votes 2,388 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 1,833 52.46% unknown
     Conservative Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger 1,661 47.54% unknown
Total valid votes 3,494 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 55
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Robert Adams 62 1.46% – unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Bennett 1,231 29.01% unknown
     Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 2,951 69.53% unknown
Total valid votes 4,244 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 33
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 3,110 76.73% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Smith Shearer 943 23.27% unknown
Total valid votes 4,053 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 79
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Oscar Albin Eliasin 1,548 33.89% unknown
     Conservative Frank William Green 1,615 35.35% unknown
     Liberal Arnold Joseph McGrath 1,405 30.76% unknown
Total valid votes 4,568 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Labour Progressive Party William Brown 193 4.56% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Henry Gammon 1,965 46.40% unknown
CoalitionFrank William Green 2,077 49.04% – unknown
Total valid votes 4,235 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 3,026 50.53% unknown
CoalitionClifford Swan 2,963 49.47% – unknown
Total valid votes 5,989 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 87
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1952 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±%
     B.C. Social Credit League Howard Cressman King 2,328 34.23% 3,044 48.67% unknown
     Liberal Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer 1,111 16.33% - -.- % unknown
     Conservative George England Kerr MacDonald 675 9.92% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,688 39.52% 3,210 51.33% unknown
Total valid votes 6,802 100.00% 6,254
Total rejected ballots 168
Turnout %
3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
22nd British Columbia election, 1953 4
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±%
     Liberal George Wayne Haddad 1,615 23.79% - -.- % unknown
Social CreditHoward Cressman King 2,219 32.69% 2,756 44.34%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,955 43.52% 3,460 555.66% unknown
Total valid votes 6,789 100.00% 6,216
Total rejected ballots 238
Turnout %
4 Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Francis Vincent Downey 902 14.47% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 3,321 53.26%
Social CreditRobert Earl Sang 2,012 32.27% – unknown
Total valid votes 6,235 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 54
Turnout %
24th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jack Glennie 1,475 23.39 % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,786 44.18% unknown
Social CreditFrank Joseph Butala 1,700 26.96% – unknown
     Progressive Conservative Willie Harvey Webber 345 5.47% unknown
Total valid votes 6,306 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 67
Turnout %
25th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William Otis Green 1,526 23.27% unknown
     Liberal Lloyd James Hoole 835 12.73% unknown
Social CreditRobert Owen Jones 1,633 24.90% – unknown
     New Democrat Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,563 39.09% unknown
Total valid votes 6,557 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 35
Turnout %

Following the 1963 election the Cranbrook riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Cranbrook with the riding of Fernie and parts of the Columbia ridings.