Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan. The riding has since been represented by Shuswap-Revelstoke and is currently represented by Columbia River-Revelstoke.

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

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
SocialistJohn William Bennett 186 22.04% unknown
     Liberal James M. Kellie 316 37.44% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Taylor 342 40.52% unknown
Total valid votes 844 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Robert Caley 269 33.50% unknown
SocialistWallis Walter LeFeaux 94 11.71% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Taylor 440 54.79% unknown
Total valid votes 803 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
SocialistHenry Kempster 121 9.93% unknown
     Independent 1 Robert Caley 340 27.89% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Taylor 758 62.18% unknown
Total valid votes 1,219 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Endorsed by Liberals.
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Taylor Accl. -.- % unknown
Total valid votes n/a -.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal William Henry Sutherland 802 60.62% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Taylor 521 39.38% unknown
Total valid votes 1,323 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal William Henry Sutherland Accl. -.- % unknown
Total valid votes n/a -.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Adam Wightman Bell 594 31.92% unknown
ProvincialJohn McGivern Humphrey 168 9.03% unknown
     Liberal William Henry Sutherland 1,099 59.05% unknown
Total valid votes 1,861 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Adam Wightman Bell 906 43.64% unknown
     Liberal William Henry Sutherland 1,170 56.36% unknown
Total valid votes 2,076 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout %

After the 1928 election there was a redistribution. The Revelstoke riding was merged with the Columbia riding to form Columbia-Revelstoke, which appeared in the 1933 general election. In the following election, they were separate ridings again. For results, see Columbia-Revelstoke.

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Harry Johnston 1,162 61.2% unknown
     Conservative Sturdy 533 28.1% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Almen 205 10.8% unknown
Total valid votes 1900 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 73
Turnout 86.7%
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Harry Johnston 1065 49.1% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. McKenzie 678 31.2% unknown
     Conservative W. Johnson 427 19.8% unknown
Total valid votes 2170 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout 77.6%
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
CoalitionWilliam James Johnson 1089 51.2% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Vincent Segur 1039 48.8% unknown
Total valid votes 2128 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 22
Turnout 74.9%
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
CoalitionArvid Waldemar Lundell 1311 51.0% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Vincent Segur 1262 49.0% unknown
Total valid votes 2573 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 70
Turnout 83.5%
23rd British Columbia election, 19521
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Vincent Segur 942 34.5% 1320 56.5% unknown
     Liberal Rutherford 636 23.3% 1015 43.5% unknown
Social CreditPaynter 598 21.9%
     Conservative Arvid Waldemar Lundell 555 20.3% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 2731 100.00% 2335 %
Total rejected ballots 153
Turnout 79.1%
1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
24th British Columbia election, 19532
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Vincent Segur 1009 37.1% 1284 55.9% unknown
     Liberal Stoodley 551 20.2% 1012 44.1% unknown
Social CreditFrancis 639 23.5%
     Independent Arvid Waldemar Lundell 522 19.2% - -.- % unknown
Total valid votes 2721 100.00% 2296 %
Total rejected ballots 116
Turnout 79.4%
2 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditArvid Waldemar Lundell 1339 49.8% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Hobbs 985 36.6% unknown
     Liberal Delacherois 364 13.5% unknown
Total valid votes 2688 %
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 68.5%
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditArvid Waldemar Lundell 1339 49.8% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Hobbs 985 36.6% unknown
     Liberal Delacherois 364 13.5% unknown
Total valid votes 2688 %
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 68.5%
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Hobbs 1417 44.1% unknown
Social CreditArvid Waldemar Lundell 945 29.4% unknown
     Liberal Hardman 585 18.2% unknown
     Conservative McFadden 265 8.3% unknown
Total valid votes 3212 %
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 79.0%
British Columbia provincial by-election, September 4, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%
NDP-CCFMargaret Hobbs 1,127 42.12%
Social CreditArvid Waldemar Lundell 1,066 39.84%
LiberalJohn Wallace Johnston 483 18.05%
Total valid votes 2,676
Total rejected ballots 15
Called upon the death of G. Hobbs on 30 January 1962.
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf
British Columbia general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%
Social CreditArvid Waldemar Lundell 1,176 41.3%
New DemocraticMargaret Hobbs 1,071 37.8%
LiberalWilliam James Burnett 385 13.5%
Progressive ConservativeOwen Orlando Williams 211 7.4%
Total valid votes 2,843
Total rejected ballots 15
Turnout 77.2%
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf

For successive election results see Revelstoke-Slocan.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns