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{{Short description|Electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
'''Cowichan-Newcastle''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]].  It first appeared for the [[1924 British Columbia general election|1924 provincial election]],<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923|abbr =S.B.C.|year =1923|chapter =6|link=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/554406640}}</ref> and was later redistributed into [[Cowichan-Malahat]] and [[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]] for the [[1966 British Columbia general election|1966 election]].<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1966|abbr =S.B.C.|year =1966|chapter =6|link=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/1728186856}}</ref>

==MLAs elected==

{| class="wikitable"
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!Parliament !!Term !!colspan="2" |MLA
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|[[16th Parliament of British Columbia|16th]] ||1924{{en dash}}1928 ||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#9999FF;" | ||rowspan="2" |[[Cyril Francis Davie]]
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|[[17th Parliament of British Columbia|17th]] ||1928{{en dash}}1933
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|[[18th Parliament of British Columbia|18th]] ||1933{{en dash}}1937 ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | ||[[Hugh George Egioke Savage]]
|-
|[[19th Parliament of British Columbia|19th]] ||1937{{en dash}}1941 ||rowspan="3" style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | ||rowspan="3" |[[Samuel Guthrie (politician)|Samuel Guthrie]]
|-
|[[20th Parliament of British Columbia|20th]] ||1941{{en dash}}1945
|-
|[[21st Parliament of British Columbia|21st]] ||1945{{en dash}}1949
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|[[22nd Parliament of British Columbia|22nd]] ||1949{{en dash}}1952 ||style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" | ||[[Andrew Mowatt Whisker]]
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|[[23rd Parliament of British Columbia|23rd]] ||1952{{en dash}}1953 ||rowspan="4" style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | ||rowspan="5" |[[Robert Martin Strachan]]
|-
|[[24th Parliament of British Columbia|24th]] ||1953{{en dash}}1956
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|[[25th Parliament of British Columbia|25th]] ||1956{{en dash}}1960
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|[[26th Parliament of British Columbia|26th]] ||1960{{en dash}}1963
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|[[27th Parliament of British Columbia|27th]] ||1963{{en dash}}1966 ||style="background-color:#F4A460;" |
|}

== Electoral history ==
===Elections===
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1924/Cowichan-Newcastle}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1928/Cowichan-Newcastle}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1933/Cowichan-Newcastle}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1937/Cowichan-Newcastle}}	 
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1941/Cowichan-Newcastle}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1945/Cowichan-Newcastle}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1949/Cowichan-Newcastle}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|1952|Cowichan-Newcastle|1st=yes|percent=yes|final=yes|percent2=yes|reason=Three counts undertaken}}
{{CANelec|BC|CCF|[[Robert Martin Strachan]] |4,636 |43.34 |5,697 |58.36 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal |[[Andrew Mowatt Whisker]] |2,711 |25.35 |4,064 |41.64 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit |William Hindle Bryant |1,886 |17.63 | | }}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative |James Chesterfield Wragg |1,463 |13.68 | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|10,696|100.00|9,761 |91.26}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected/exhausted ballots|334|3.03|935 |8.74}}
{{CANelec/source|{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=224}}}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|1953|Cowichan-Newcastle|1st=yes|percent=yes|final=yes|percent2=yes|reason=Five counts undertaken}}
{{CANelec|BC|CCF|[[Robert Martin Strachan]] |4,517 |43.73 |5,345 |57.95 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit |Percy Hawkings |2,686 |26.00 |3,878 |42.05 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal |[[Andrew Mowatt Whisker]] |2,330 |22.56 | | }}
{{CANelec|BC|PC |James Chesterfield Wragg |510 |4.94 | | }}
{{CANelec|BC|Labor-Progressive |Myrtle Woodward Bergren |168 |1.63 | | }}
{{CANelec|BC|Independent |William Hindle Bryant |118 |1.14 | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|10,329|100.00|9,223 |89.29}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected/exhausted ballots|500|4.62|1,106 |10.71}}
{{CANelec/source|{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=246}}}}
{{end}}  	  	  	  	

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|1956|Cowichan-Newcastle|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|CCF|[[Robert Martin Strachan]] |5,015 |51.18 |7.45 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit|[[Charles William Parker]]|3,173 |32.38 |6.38 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Robert James Harvey |1,611 |16.44 |-6.12 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|9,799|100.00|&nbsp;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|91|0.92|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/source|{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=267}}}}
{{end}}
  	  	  	  	 
{{Canadian election result/top|BC|1960|Cowichan-Newcastle|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|CCF|[[Robert Martin Strachan]] |6,261 |58.68 |7.50 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit|Hazel Viola Fee |3,033 |28.43 |-3.95 }}
{{CANelec|BC|PC|John Joseph Kerrone |1,206 |11.30 |''Returned'' }}
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Hjalmar Peter Bergren |170 |1.59 |''New'' }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|10,670|100.00|&nbsp;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|115|1.07|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/source|{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=277}}}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|BC|1963|Cowichan-Newcastle|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|[[Robert Martin Strachan]] |5,422 |50.47 |-8.21 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit|Donald Christopher Morton |3,576 |33.29 |4.86 }}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|George Wilfrid Whittaker |904 |8.42 |''Returned'' }}
{{CANelec|BC|PC|Cyril Craig |840 |7.82 |-3.48 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|10,742|100.00|&nbsp;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|92|0.85|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/source|{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=287}}}}
{{end}}

===Timelines (1924-1963)===
{{Image frame
 | width   = 900
 | content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width=700
 | height=300
 | type=line
 | xAxisTitle=Year
 | yAxisTitle=Vote share
 | xAxisMin=1920
 | xAxisMax=1965
 | yAxisMin=0
 | yAxisMax=0.55
 | yAxisFormat=%
 | legend=Legend
 | y1Title=Conservative/PC
 | y2Title=Provincial
 | y3Title=Canadian Labour/Independent Labour
 | y4Title=Liberal/Coalition
 | y5Title=Independent/Oxford Group
 | y6Title=CCF
 | y7Title=Independent Conservative
 | y8Title=Union of Electors/Social Credit
 | y9Title=Labour Progressive/Communist
 | y10Title=NDP
 | linewidth=2
 | x=1924,1928,1933,1937,1941,1945,1949,1952,1953,1956,1960,1963
 | y1=.3126,.5817,,.1376,.23,.4467,,.1368,.0494,,.113,.0782
 | y2=.2183,,,,,,,,,,,
 | y3=.284,.3961,,,,,,,,,,
 | y4=.1851,,.1285,.2635,.2978,,.5619,.2535,.2256,.1644,,.0842
 | y5=,.0222,.4088,.2631,.0061,,,,.0114,,,
 | y6=,,.3182,.3358,.4722,.5533,.4281,.4334,.4373,.5118,.5868,
 | y7=,,.1445,,,,,,,,,
 | y8=,,,,,,.0039,.1763,.26,.3238,.2843,.3329
 | y9=,,,,,,,,.0163,,.0159,
 | y10=,,,,,,,,,,,.5047
 | colors=#9999FF,#98CED6,#EEBBBB,#A51B12,#DCDCDC,#EEDDAA,#DCDCDC,#ADD8E6,#FF6347,#F4A460
 | showSymbols=1.5 }} 
| caption=Graph of Cowichan-Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1924–1963. First-preference results are noted for the 1952 and 1953 elections.
| align=center
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 1988|title= An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986|url= https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf|location= Victoria|publisher= [[Elections British Columbia]]|isbn= 0-7718-8677-2|ref={{harvid|Elections BC|1988}}}}

==References==
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[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia on Vancouver Island]]