- Cranbrook (electoral district)
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Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench.
Cranbrook riding made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).
For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
10th British Columbia election, 1903 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 435 46.52% unknown Liberal James Horace King 500 53.48% unknown Total valid votes 935 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 11th British Columbia election, 1907 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Albert Harvey 378 35.59 % unknown Independent Socialist Edward Kelley 211 19.87% unknown Liberal James Horace King 473 44.54% unknown Total valid votes 1,062 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 12th British Columbia election, 1909 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 761 54.16% unknown Socialist John William Fitch 143 10.18% unknown Liberal Malcolm Archibald MacDonald 501 35.66% unknown Total valid votes 1,405 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 13th British Columbia election, 1912 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Donald Caven Accl. -.- % unknown Total valid votes n/a -.-% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 504 40.94% unknown Liberal James Horace King 727 59.06% unknown Total valid votes 1,231 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Conservative Thomas Donald Caven 905 49.02% unknown Liberal James Horace King 941 50.98% unknown Total valid votes 1,846 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal John Taylor 1,062 44.47% unknown Conservative Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger 1,326 55.53% unknown Total valid votes 2,388 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 1,833 52.46% unknown Conservative Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger 1,661 47.54% unknown Total valid votes 3,494 100.00% Total rejected ballots 55 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party Robert Adams 62 1.46% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Bennett 1,231 29.01% unknown Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 2,951 69.53% unknown Total valid votes 4,244 100.00% Total rejected ballots 33 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Frank Mitchell MacPherson 3,110 76.73% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Samuel Smith Shearer 943 23.27% unknown Total valid votes 4,053 100.00% Total rejected ballots 79 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Oscar Albin Eliasin 1,548 33.89% unknown Conservative Frank William Green 1,615 35.35% unknown Liberal Arnold Joseph McGrath 1,405 30.76% unknown Total valid votes 4,568 100.00% Total rejected ballots 52 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Labour Progressive Party William Brown 193 4.56% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Henry Gammon 1,965 46.40% unknown Coalition Frank William Green 2,077 49.04% unknown Total valid votes 4,235 100.00% Total rejected ballots 40 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 3,026 50.53% unknown Coalition Clifford Swan 2,963 49.47% unknown Total valid votes 5,989 100.00% Total rejected ballots 87 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1952 3 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% B.C. Social Credit League Howard Cressman King 2,328 34.23% 3,044 48.67% unknown Liberal Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer 1,111 16.33% - -.- % unknown Conservative George England Kerr MacDonald 675 9.92% - -.- % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,688 39.52% 3,210 51.33% unknown Total valid votes 6,802 100.00% 6,254 Total rejected ballots 168 Turnout % 3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. 22nd British Columbia election, 1953 4 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Liberal George Wayne Haddad 1,615 23.79% - -.- % unknown Social Credit Howard Cressman King 2,219 32.69% 2,756 44.34% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,955 43.52% 3,460 555.66% unknown Total valid votes 6,789 100.00% 6,216 Total rejected ballots 238 Turnout % 4 Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown. 23rd British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Francis Vincent Downey 902 14.47% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 3,321 53.26% Social Credit Robert Earl Sang 2,012 32.27% unknown Total valid votes 6,235 100.00% Total rejected ballots 54 Turnout % 24th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Jack Glennie 1,475 23.39 % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,786 44.18% unknown Social Credit Frank Joseph Butala 1,700 26.96% unknown Progressive Conservative Willie Harvey Webber 345 5.47% unknown Total valid votes 6,306 100.00% Total rejected ballots 67 Turnout % 25th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William Otis Green 1,526 23.27% unknown Liberal Lloyd James Hoole 835 12.73% unknown Social Credit Robert Owen Jones 1,633 24.90% unknown New Democrat Leo Thomas Nimsick 2,563 39.09% unknown Total valid votes 6,557 100.00% Total rejected ballots 35 Turnout % Following the 1963 election the Cranbrook riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Cranbrook with the riding of Fernie and parts of the Columbia ridings.
Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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