Nelson (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial riding in British Columbia. For the federal riding in Manitoba, see Nelson (federal electoral district).

Nelson was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916 in place of the former riding of Nelson City. Its last appearance was in the 1928 election. Following redistribution, the Nelson area was combined with the Creston riding to create Nelson-Creston, which first appeared in the 1933 election.

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

Demographics

Population, 1916
Population change, 1916–1931
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent Liberal 1	George Bell	125	10.09%		unknown
	Liberal	Archie Mainwaring Johnson	507	40.92%		unknown
	Conservative	William Oliver Rose	607	48.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,239	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
1 When identified as a "Socialist" in the election results printed in a Vancouver daily, Bloomer wrote a letter to object and called himself an Independent

15th British Columbia election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	James O'Shea	763	38.25%		unknown
	Conservative	William Oliver Rose	1,232	61.75%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,995	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kenneth Campbell	902	43.14%		unknown
	Conservative	Charles Forbes McHardy	711	34.00%		unknown
	Farmer–Labour	George Turner ²	478	22.86%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,091	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
² Endorsed by Provincial Party.

17th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lorris E. Borden	1,338	53.07%		unknown
	Liberal	Duncan Daniel McLean	1,183	46.93%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,521	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			48
Turnout			%

The Nelson riding was redistributed after the 1928 election. In the 1933 election the Nelson-Kootenay Lake area was represented by the new riding of Nelson-Creston.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns