Comox (electoral district)

Template:Short description Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named Comox Valley.

Demographics

Population, 1986
Population change, 1903–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Nominally this riding included most of the Central Coast as well as all of northern Vancouver Island, but in practicality there were very few eligible voters as the vast majority of the area's population was from one of the many First Nations in the district.

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

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1st British Columbia election, 1871

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Independent	John Ash	16	66.67%		unknown	Independent	Robert Cameron Coleman	8	33.33%		unknown
Total valid votes			24	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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British Columbia Byelection: Comox January 11, 1873¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Independent	John Ash	Acclaimed	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
1 The byelection was called due to J. Ash's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.

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2nd 1875 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			46	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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3rd 1878 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			52	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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4th 1882 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			83
2 Withdrew before polling day.

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5th 1886 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			128	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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6th 1890 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			188	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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7th 1894 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			368	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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8th 1898 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			459	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
3 Later 14th Premier of British Columbia 1900-1902

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9th 1900 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			617	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
4 3. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government.

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10th 1903 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Frederick McBain Young	317	46.76%		unknown
Total valid votes			678	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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11th British Columbia election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	John Bertram Bennett	292	43.98%		unknown
Total valid votes			664	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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12th British Columbia election, 1909

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	James McKelvey Forrest	172	17.50%		unknown
Total valid votes			983	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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13th British Columbia election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			1,049	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Hugh Stewart	916	43.07%		unknown
Total valid votes			812	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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15th British Columbia election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour)	Thomas Menzies	1,354	32.83%		unknown	Liberal	Patrick Daly	806	19.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,124	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			2,869	100.00%

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18th British Columbia election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Tuttle Allen	1,590	36.03%		unknown	Liberal	Laurence Arnold Hanna	2,204	49.94%		unknown	Independent	Ernest Richard Tarling	84	1.90%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,413	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

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19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	2,336	44.83%		unknown	Liberal	Laurence Arnold Hanna	1,876	36.00%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,211	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			80
Turnout			%

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20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	3,126	45.31%		unknown	Liberal	William Edward Mantle	2,158	31.28%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,899	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			166
Turnout			%

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21st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	3,362	44.69%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,523	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			161
Turnout			%

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22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	5,238	40.81%		unknown
Total valid votes			12,834	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			435
Turnout			%

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23rd British Columbia election, 1952 5
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	W. Bruce Gordon	1,868	13.58%	--	--.--%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Campbell Moore	5,369	39.03%	7,098	57.67%		unknown	Liberal	Herbert John Welch	3,532	25.68%	5,210	42.33%		unknown
Total valid votes			13,756	100.00%	12,308	%
Total rejected ballots			446
Turnout			77.94%
5(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only)

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24th British Columbia election, 1953 6
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
Liberal	John Wesley Baikie	2,944	21.71%	-	-.-%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Campbell Moore	5,462	40.28%	6,717	53.83%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Nugent Watson Spinks	378	2.79%	--	--.--%		unknown
Total valid votes			13,561	100.00%	12,479	%
Total rejected ballots			717
Turnout			77.94%
6Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only)

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25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Robert George McPhee	2,339	19.81%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Cyril Newman	4,555	38.57%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,810	100.00%
Total valid votes			11,810	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			183
Turnout			%

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26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	William Wallace Baikie	2,759	17.47%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Alan Gray	653	4.14%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frederick Charles Wood	6,072	38.45%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,791	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			248
Turnout			%

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27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	David Alexander Elrix	1,259	8.09%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Duncan McIntyre Fraser	1,475	9.47%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,570	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			150
Turnout			%

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28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Joseph J. Cvetkovich	1,276	11.57%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,033	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			104
Turnout			%

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29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown	2,303	13.28%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,344	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			194
Turnout			%

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30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Foort	1,166	5.30%		unknown	Liberal	Patrick Melvin Thompson	1,903	8.66%		unknown
Total valid votes			21,985	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			135
Turnout			%

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31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Norman L. McLaren	1,381	5.28%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Victor Albert Stephens	3,906	15.09%		unknown
Total valid votes			26,148	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			454
Turnout			%

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32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Progressive Conservative	Eric Harry Kellow	2,251	10.20%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,061	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			315
Turnout			%

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33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Thomas John Finnie	502	1.71%		unknown	Independent	Victor Albert Stephens	705	2.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			29,452	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			258
Turnout			%

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44th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	John G. (Jack) Setter	985	3.18%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Terry Ian	573	1.85%		unknown
Total valid votes			30,953	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			276
Turnout			%

Sources

Elections BC historical returns