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Alberni-Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

which was used only in the general elections of 1933

British Columbia general election, 1933

The British Columbia general election of 1933 was the eighteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 13, 1933, and held on November 2, 1933...

and 1937

British Columbia general election, 1937

The British Columbia general election of 1937 was the nineteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 14, 1937, and held on June 1, 1937...

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For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts)

Vancouver Island (electoral districts)

This page lists all historical and current federal and provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island.-Historical:All Vancouver Island ridings other than those immediately in and around Victoria are descended from the original Vancouver Island riding, which existed only as a temporary measure...

Demographics

Population, 1936
Population Change, 1931–1941	%
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

George Arthur Benjamin Hall

George Arthur Benjamin Hall was a physician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nelson City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1907 to 1909 as a Liberal....

|align="right"|781
|align="right"|11.79%
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|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson was an English-born wholesale grocer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo from 1928 to 1933, Alberni-Nanaimo from 1933 to 1941 and Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.He was born...

|align="right"|3,146
|align="right"|47.47%
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|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|James Lyle Telford

James Lyle Telford

James Lyle Telford was the 24th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1939 to 1940 and a founder of the British Columbia branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation . He was born in Valens, Ontario....

|align="right"|2,353
|align="right"|35.51%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,627
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|76
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Constructivist
|Frederick Henry Giles
|align="right"|397
|align="right"|4.87%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson was an English-born wholesale grocer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo from 1928 to 1933, Alberni-Nanaimo from 1933 to 1941 and Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.He was born...

|align="right"|3,616
|align="right"|44.34 %
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|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Nicholas Wright
|align="right"|1,014
|align="right"|12.43%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,156
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|100
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right" colspan=7|¹ Although suspended and repudiated by the provincial executive, Stephen was nominated by the Alberni-Nanaimo CCF Club, and ran as a CCF candidate.
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The riding was redistributed after the 1937 election. In the 1941 general election

British Columbia general election, 1941

The British Columbia general election, 1941 was the twentieth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.After the election, a...

the successor ridings to Alberni-Nanaimo were:

Alberni
Alberni (electoral district)
Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the British Columbia general election, 1890 and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding...
Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became...

External links

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