Kaslo-Slocan

Kaslo-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Kaslo on Kootenay Lake as well as the mining towns of the "Silvery Slocan". The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Kaslo and Slocan, and lasted until the 1963 election.

For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 799 39.11% unknown
     Conservative William Ernest Marshall 384 18.80% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party George Faulds Stirling 260 12.73% unknown
ProvincialJoseph James Threlkeld 600 29.37% – unknown
Total valid votes 2,043 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative James Fitzsimmons 1,169 51.23% unknown
     Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,113 48.77% unknown
Total valid votes 2,282 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 69
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Non-Partisan Independent Group James Fitzsimmons 951 34.27% unknown
     Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,250 45.05% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Walton 574 20.68% unknown
Total valid votes 2,775 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 31
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social Credit LeagueAmos Craven 30 31.10 – unknown
     Conservative James Fitzsimmons 715 26.11% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Amos Craven 929 33.93% unknown
     Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 1,064 38.86 % unknown
     Conservative Thomas Alfred Love 703 40.82%
Social ConstructiveAnthony Whitehead 133 7.72%
Total valid votes 2,738 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 30
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Arthur Ewart (John) Jukes 754 33.80% unknown
     Liberal Charles Sidney Leary 941 42.18% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Hugh Earl Nelson 536 24.03% unknown
Total valid votes 2,231 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,098 53.12% unknown
CoalitionCharles Sidney Leary 969 46.88% – unknown
Total valid votes 2,067 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,633 53.19% unknown
CoalitionThomas Melville Leask 1,437 46.81% – unknown
Total valid votes 3,070 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 38
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±%
     B.C. Social Credit League Edward Wilbert Bourque 597 18.97 - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,411 44.84% 1,792 64.18% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Melville Leask 617 19.61% 1,000 35.82% unknown
     Conservative Howard Milward Parker 522 16.59% - - % unknown
Total valid votes 3,147 100.00% 2,792 - %
Total rejected ballots 82
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,481 47.17% 1,692 59.22% unknown
Social CreditAlexander Bradshaw Jacobs 867 27.61% 1,165 40.78%
     Liberal Bessie Florence Leary 792 25.22% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 3,140 100.00% 2,027 - %
Total rejected ballots 108
Turnout %
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Frank Harold Abey 297 10.67% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,512 54.31% unknown
Social CreditMichael Ernest Moran 975 35.02% – unknown
Total valid votes 2,784 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 50
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Randolph Harding 1,298 50.35 % unknown
     Progressive Conservative John Verdner Humphries 244 9.46% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Melville Leask 303 11.75% unknown
Social CreditHenry Edgar Parkyn 733 28.43% – unknown
Total valid votes 2,578 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 23
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditBurton Peter Campbell 1,093 39.66% – unknown
     New Democrat Randolph Harding 1,242 45.07% unknown
     Liberal Onni Matt Maja 301 10.92% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Donald Walter Williams 120 4.35% unknown
Total valid votes 2,756 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout %

The area was redistributed after the 1963 election. For the 1966 election, the Slocan area became part of Revelstoke-Slocan, while the Kaslo area became part of Nelson-Creston. The original riding name of Kootenay was re-established in this redistribution, but the new electoral district by that name was limited to the East Kootenay.

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