The Islands

Template:For other usesTemplate:Short description The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands at the 1941 election.

Notable MLAs

This Nanaimo-Gulf Islands area 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 to 1963, or in other Nanaimo-area electoral districts.

Parts of the area covered by The Islands are currently represented by various newer ridings:

• Nanaimo 1996–present
• Saanich North and the Islands (current)
• Saanich and the Islands (past)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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10th British Columbia election, 1890

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			115	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between North Nanaimo, South Nanaimo and Cowichan-Alberni. It did not appear again until 1903:

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10th British Columbia election, 1903

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Thomas Wilson Paterson	221	58.93%		unknown
Total valid votes			375	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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11th British Columbia election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Thomas Wilson Paterson	173	47.66%		unknown
Total valid votes			363	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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12th British Columbia election, 1909

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Percy Purvis	207	43.40%		unknown
Total valid votes			477	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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13th British Columbia election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Total valid votes			456	100.00%

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14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Jackson	358	50.28%		unknown
Total valid votes			712	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Jackson	463	38.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,706	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

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17th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Jackson	683	37.30%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,831	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44
Turnout			%

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18th British Columbia election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Ellis	400	19.47%	Independent	William Henry Russell Humber	26	1.27%		unknown	Liberal	Alexander McDonald	726	35.35%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,284	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

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19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Grace E. Burtt Martin	414	19.60%		unknown	Liberal	Alexander McDonald	694	32.86%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,112	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			21
Turnout			%

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

Elections BC Historical Returns