Revelstoke (electoral district)

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Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan. The riding has since been represented by Shuswap-Revelstoke and is currently represented by Columbia River-Revelstoke.

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

1 Demographics
2 Political geography
3 Notable elections
4 Notable MLAs
5 Electoral history
6 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901-1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Socialist Party of B.C.	John William Bennett	186	22.04%		unknown
	Liberal	James M. Kellie	316	37.44%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	342	40.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			844	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Caley	269	33.50%		unknown
	Socialist	Wallis Walter Lefeaux	94	11.71%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	440	54.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			803	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Socialist	Henry Kempster	121	9.93%		unknown
	Independent ¹	Robert Caley	340	27.89%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	758	62.18%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,219	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ Endorsed by Liberals.

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	Accl.	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	802	60.62%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	521	39.38%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,323	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	Accl.	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Adam Wightman Bell	594	31.92%		unknown
	Provincial	John McGivern Humphrey	168	9.03%		unknown
	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	1,099	59.05%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,861	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Adam Wightman Bell	906	43.64%		unknown
	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	1,170	56.36%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,076	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			52
Turnout			%

After the 1928 election there was a redistribution. The Revelstoke riding was merged with the Revelstoke riding to form Columbia-Revelstoke, which first appeared in the 1933 general election.

[edit] Source

Elections BC Historical Returns

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