Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It was created in 1903,[1] and lasted until 1924, when it was largely replaced by Cowichan-Newcastle.[2]

MLAs elected

ParliamentTermMLA
10th1903–1907Parker Williams
11th1907–1909
12th1909–1912
13th1912–1916
14th1916–1920
15th1920–1924Samuel Guthrie

Electoral history

Elections

10th British Columbia election, 1903[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams28840.06–
ConservativeAlexander Bryden20730.18–
LiberalDavid W. Murray21429.76–
Total valid votes 709 100.00
11th British Columbia election, 1907[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams25946.676.61
Independent LabourDavid James Thomas19735.50New
ConservativeJohn Sebastian Cairns9917.84(12.34)
Total valid votes 555 100.00
12th British Columbia election, 1909[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams37952.645.97
ConservativeJohn Stewart27438.0620.22
IndependentDavid James Thomas679.31(26.19)
Total valid votes 720 100.00
13th British Columbia election, 1912[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SocialistParker Williams[7]38650.86(1.78)
ConservativeRoy Branwood Dier37349.1411.08
Total valid votes 759 100.00
14th British Columbia election, 1916[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent SocialistParker Williams55156.115.25
ConservativeRoy Branwood Dier1,18643.89(5.25)
Total valid votes 982 100.00
1920 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Federated LabourSamuel Guthrie70442.00New
CoalitionWilliam Gilbert Fraser42425.30(18.59)
Independent SocialistJames Hurst Hawthornthwaite41925.00(31.11)
Independent SoldierJohn Bickle1297.70New
Total votes 1,676100.00
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 142. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

Timeline (1903-1920)

Graph of Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1903–1920

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
  2. ↑ Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923, S.B.C. 1923, c. 6
  3. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 94.
  4. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 102.
  5. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 112.
  6. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 118.
  7. ↑ expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada
  8. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 126.

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