Comox (electoral district)

Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named Comox Valley.

Demographics

Population, 1986
Population change, 1903–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Nominally this riding included most of the Central Coast as well as all of northern Vancouver Island, but in practicality there were very few eligible voters as the vast majority of the area's population was from one of the many First Nations in the district.

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia election, 1871
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Independent John Ash 16 66.67% unknown
  Independent Robert Cameron Coleman 8 33.33% unknown
Total valid votes 24 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia Byelection: Comox January 11, 18731
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Independent John Ash Acclaimed -.- % unknown
Total valid votes n/a -.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 The byelection was called due to J. Ash's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
2nd 1875 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJohn Ash3678.26%unknown
GovernmentRobb James1021.74%unknown
Total valid votes 46 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
3rd 1878 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
OppositionJohn Ash 3159.62%unknown
GovernmentReginald Terry Carwithen2140.38%unknown
Total valid votes 52 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4th 1882 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
OppositionAndrew Byron Crawford1416.87%
GovernmentWilliam Munro Dingwall6780.72%
UnknownThomas Robson222.41%
Total valid votes 83
2 Withdrew before polling day.
5th 1886 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentWilliam Munro Dingwall4031.25%unknown
GovernmentStafford McKelvey107.81%unknown
OppositionRobb James3325.78%unknown
OppositionAnthony Maitland Stenhouse4535.16%unknown
Total valid votes 128 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6th 1890 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJoseph Hunter 11561.17%unknown
OppositionJoseph McPhee7338.83%unknown
Total valid votes 108 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
7th 1894 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJoseph Hunter 23964.95%unknown
OppositionPercy Fremlin Scharschmidt12935.05%unknown
Total valid votes 368 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
8th 1898 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJames Dunsmuir3 29764.71%unknown
OppositionWilliam James McAllan16235.29%unknown
Total valid votes 459 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
3 Later 14th Premier of British Columbia 1900-1902
9th 1900 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJoseph McPhee427945.22%unknown
OppositionLewis Alfred Mounce33854.78%unknown
Total valid votes 188 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4 3. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government.
10th 1903 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ConservativeRobert Grant36153.24%unknown
  Liberal Frederick McBain Young 317 46.76% unknown
Total valid votes 678 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal John Bertram Bennett 292 43.98% unknown
ConservativeRobert Grant37256.02%unknown
Total valid votes 664 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
SocialistJames Cartwright20620.96%
Independent ConservativeHenry Essen Young15415.67%
  Liberal James McKelvey Forrest 172 17.50% unknown
ConservativeMichael Manson45145.88%unknown
Total valid votes 983 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
SocialistWallis Walter Lefeaux35533.84%unknown
ConservativeMichael Manson69466.16%unknown
Total valid votes 1,049 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ConservativeMichael Manson88241.47%unknown
SocialistWilliam Arthur Pritchard24611.57%unknown
  Liberal Hugh Stewart 916 43.07% unknown
Social DemocraticGeorge Edgar Winkler833.90%
Total valid votes 812 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ConservativeWilliam Edward Anderson1,23329.90%unknown
Independent LiberalWilliam Wallace Burns McInnes73117.73%
  Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour) Thomas Menzies 1,354 32.83% unknown
  Liberal Patrick Daly 806 19.54% unknown
Total valid votes 4,124 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ConservativeWilliam Duncan81528.41%unknown
ProvincialGeorge Every-Clayton79327.64%unknown
Independent LiberalPaul Phillips Harrison1,26143.95%
Total valid votes 2,869 100.00%
1928 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeGeorge Kerr McNaughton2,05853.85
LiberalJohn William McKenzie1,49739.17
Independent LabourWilliam Law2676.99
Total valid votes 3,822 100.00
Total rejected ballots 70
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harold Tuttle Allen 1,590 36.03% unknown
Independent Co-operative CommonwealthGeorge Robert Bates2766.25%unknown
  Liberal Laurence Arnold Hanna 2,204 49.94% unknown
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Hugh Gray Russell2595.87%
  Independent Ernest Richard Tarling 84 1.90% unknown
Total valid votes 4,413 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 2,336 44.83% unknown
  Liberal Laurence Arnold Hanna 1,876 36.00% unknown
ConservativeGordon Noel Money99919.17%unknown
Total valid votes 5,211 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 80
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 3,126 45.31% unknown
  Liberal William Edward Mantle 2,158 31.28% unknown
ConservativeEdward Roger Gibson Richardson1,61523.41%unknown
Total valid votes 6,899 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 166
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 3,362 44.69% unknown
Labour ProgressiveThomas McEwen7299.69%unknown
CoalitionHerbert John Welch 3,43245.62%unknown
Total valid votes 7,523 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 161
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Colin Cameron 5,238 40.81% unknown
CoalitionHerbert John Welch7,59659.19%unknown
Total valid votes 12,834 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 435
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 5
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Progressive Conservative W. Bruce Gordon 1,868 13.58% -- --.--% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Campbell Moore 5,369 39.03% 7,098 57.67% unknown
Social Credit LeagueCyril Hugh Poole2,98721.71%
  Liberal Herbert John Welch 3,532 25.68% 5,210 42.33% unknown
Total valid votes 13,756 100.00% 12,308 %
Total rejected ballots 446
Turnout 77.94%
5(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only)
24th British Columbia election, 1953 6
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Liberal John Wesley Baikie 2,944 21.71% - -.-% unknown
Labour ProgressiveJohn Higgin3572.63%--.-%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Campbell Moore 5,462 40.28% 6,717 53.83% unknown
Social Credit LeagueCyril Hugh Poole4,42032.59%5,76246.17%
  Progressive Conservative Nugent Watson Spinks 378 2.79% -- --.--% unknown
Total valid votes 13,561 100.00% 12,479 %
Total rejected ballots 717
Turnout 77.94%
6Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only)
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell4,91641.63%unknown
  Liberal Robert George McPhee 2,339 19.81% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Cyril Newman 4,555 38.57% unknown
Total valid votes 11,810 100.00%
Total valid votes 11,810 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 183
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal William Wallace Baikie 2,759 17.47% unknown
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell 6,10038.63%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Alan Gray 653 4.14% unknown
CommunistJohn Higgin2071.31%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frederick Charles Wood 6,072 38.45% unknown
Total valid votes 15,791 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 248
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell6,59842.38%unknown
  Liberal David Alexander Elrix 1,259 8.09% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Duncan McIntyre Fraser 1,475 9.47% unknown
New DemocraticFrederick Sidney Williams6,23840.06%unknown
Total valid votes 15,570 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 150
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell5,44949.39%unknown
  Liberal Joseph J. Cvetkovich 1,276 11.57% unknown
New DemocraticNeville Shanks4,30839.05%unknown
Total valid votes 11,033 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 104
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell7,91045.61%unknown
  Liberal Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown 2,303 13.28% unknown
New DemocraticHarry Harris7,13141.12%unknown
Total valid votes 17,344 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 194
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Robert John Campbell6,37629.00%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Lawrence Foort 1,166 5.30% unknown
New DemocraticKaren Sanford12,54057.40%unknown
  Liberal Patrick Melvin Thompson 1,903 8.66% unknown
Total valid votes 21,985 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 135
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDaniel Edgard Hanuse10,17138.90%unknown
  Liberal Norman L. McLaren 1,381 5.28% unknown
New DemocraticKaren Sanford10,65040.73%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Victor Albert Stephens 3,906 15.09% unknown
Total valid votes 26,148 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 454
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditDelbert Keith Doll9,39042.57%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Eric Harry Kellow 2,251 10.20% unknown
New DemocraticKaren Sanford10,42047.23%unknown
Total valid votes 22,061 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 315
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Thomas John Finnie 502 1.71% unknown
Western Canada ConceptAllan Wayne Griffiths1,1043.75%unknown
New DemocraticKaren Sanford13,71946.58%unknown
Social CreditGeorge Herbert Parke Smith13,42245.57%unknown
  Independent Victor Albert Stephens 705 2.39% unknown
Total valid votes 29,452 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 258
Turnout %
44th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditStan Hagen15,83351.15
New DemocraticKaren Sanford13,56243.82%unknown
  Liberal John G. (Jack) Setter 985 3.18% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Terry Ian 573 1.85% unknown
Total valid votes 30,953 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 276
Turnout %

Sources

Elections BC historical returns

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