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{{For other uses|The Island (disambiguation)}}{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia}}
'''The Islands''' was a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]].  It first appeared on the [[hustings]] in the [[1890 British Columbia general election|1890 provincial election]] and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding [[Nanaimo and The Islands]] at the [[1941 British Columbia general election|1941 election]].

==Notable MLAs==

This [[Nanaimo, British Columbia|Nanaimo]]-[[Gulf Islands]] area [[Riding (division)|riding]]'s first appearance was in 1903.  It was originally created for the 1890 election, but was redistributed and done away with for the 1894 election, but it was brought back again in the large redistribution that set the stage for the watershed 1903 election, which ended the no-party era in the BC House.  The Islands then lasted until the 1937 election, and subsequently parts of it became [[Nanaimo and the Islands]], which was a riding in elections from [[1941 British Columbia general election|1941]] to [[1963 British Columbia general election|1963]], or in other [[Nanaimo (electoral districts)|Nanaimo-area electoral districts]].

Parts of the area covered by '''The Islands''' are currently represented by various newer ridings:
*[[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]] 1996–present
*[[Saanich North and the Islands]] (current)
*[[Saanich and the Islands]] (past)

==Electoral history==
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' '''bold'''.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1903 British Columbia general election|10th British Columbia election, 1890]]}}
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{{CANelec |BC |Government |'''[[John Paton Booth]]''' |'''57''' 	 |'''49.57%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Government |[[Frederick Foord]] |28 	 |24.35% |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |[[Horatio John Robertson]] |30 		 |26.09% |&ndash; |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|115
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|%
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For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between [[North Nanaimo]], [[South Nanaimo]] and [[Cowichan-Alberni]].  It did not appear again until 1903:
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1903 British Columbia general election|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|[[Henry Wright Bullock]]|154|41.07%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Thomas Wilson Paterson]]'''
|align="right"|'''221'''
|align="right"|'''58.93%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|375
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1907 British Columbia general election|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Socialist |William John Ledingham |11 |3.03% |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Albert Edward McPhillips]]''' |'''179'''|'''49.31%'''||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Thomas Wilson Paterson]]
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|47.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|363
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1909 British Columbia general election|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Albert Edward McPhillips]]''' |'''270'''|'''56.60%'''||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Percy Purvis
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|43.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|477
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1912 British Columbia general election|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Albert Edward McPhillips]]'''|'''345'''|'''75.66%'''}}
{{CANelec |BC |Independent Conservative |Percy Kent Winch |111 |24.34%}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|456
!align="right"|100.00%
{{end}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1916 British Columbia general election|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|[[William Wasbrough Foster]]|354|49.72%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Malcolm Bruce Jackson]]'''
|align="right"|'''358'''
|align="right"|'''50.28%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|712
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1920/The Islands}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1924 British Columbia general election|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Malcolm Bruce Jackson]]
|align="right"|463
|align="right"|38.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Provincial|John William McIntosh|581|34.06%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Cyrus Wesley Peck]]'''|'''583'''|'''34.17%'''||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,706
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1928 British Columbia general election|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Malcolm Bruce Jackson]]
|align="right"|683
|align="right"|37.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Cyrus Wesley Peck]]'''|'''1,148'''|'''62.70%'''||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,831
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|44
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1933 British Columbia general election|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
|-

{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|William Ellis
|align="right"|400
|align="right"|19.47%
{{CANelec |BC |Independent Conservative |William Wasbrough Foster |669 |32.57%}}
{{CANelec |BC |NPIG |John Bayley Hardinge |233 |11.34%}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Henry Russell Humber
|align="right"|26
|align="right"|1.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}} 
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Alexander McDonald (British Columbia politician)|Alexander McDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''726'''
|align="right"|'''35.35%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,284
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|34
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1937 British Columbia general election|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit League|Gordon Hay Brown|51|2.41%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|'''[[Macgregor Fullarton MacIntosh]]''' |'''953'''|'''45.12%'''||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Grace E. Burtt Martin 
|align="right"|414
|align="right"|19.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Alexander McDonald (British Columbia politician)|Alexander McDonald]]
|align="right"|694
|align="right"|32.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,112
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|21
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

In 1941, the area was redistributed into the new [[Nanaimo and the Islands]] riding.  Parts of it are now in [[Saanich North and the Islands]].

==References==
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC Historical Returns]

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