Slocan (electoral district)
Slocan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.
For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
Demographics
| Population, 1901 | |
| Population Change, 1901–1921 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) |
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour 1 | William Davidson | 358 | 55.33% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | William Hunter | 289 | 44.67% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 647 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Nominated by the Slocan Labour Party, which was based on the Provincial Progressive Party of 1902, and supported by the Socialists | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | William Davidson | 119 | 30.28% | – | unknown | |
| Liberal | Archibald B. Docksteader | 81 | 20.61% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | William Hunter | 193 | 49.11% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 393 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1909 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Hunter | 309 | 57.43 | |||||
| Socialist | John William Bennett | 172 | 31.97 | |||||
| Independent Labour | Joseph Colebrook Harris | 57 | 10.59 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 538 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hunter | 373 | 65.32% | unknown | ||
| Socialist | Anthony Shilland | 198 | 34.68% | – | unknown | |
| Total valid votes | 571 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hunter | 447 | 49.94% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Charles Franklin Nelson | 448 | 50.06% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 895 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Hunter | 568 | 41.55% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Charles Franklin Nelson | 471 | 34.46% | unknown | ||
| Federated Labour Party 2 | Alfred Harvey Smith | 328 | 23.99% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,367 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| 76.94% | ||||||
| 2 Also referred to as "O.B.U." (One Big Union) candidate | ||||||
Sources
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