Alberni-Nanaimo

Alberni-Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia which was used only in the general elections of 1933 and 1937.[1]

For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts)..

Demographics

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Alexander Cramb	185	2.79%	–	unknown
	Independent	Roy Branwood Dier	162	2.44%		unknown
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	George Arthur Benjamin Hall	781	11.79%	–	unknown
	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	3,146	47.47%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Lyle Telford	2,353	35.51%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,627	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			76
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Social Constructive	Frederick Henry Giles	397	4.87%
	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	3,616	44.34 %	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Alexander Maitland Stephen ¹	3,129	38.36%	unknown
	Conservative	Nicholas Wright	1,014	12.43%	unknown
Total valid votes			8,156	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			100
Turnout			%
¹ Although suspended and repudiated by the provincial executive, Stephen was nominated by the Alberni-Nanaimo CCF Club, and ran as a CCF candidate.

The riding was redistributed after the 1937 election. In the 1941 general election the successor ridings to Alberni-Nanaimo were:

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