Lillooet West 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...

. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet

Lillooet (electoral district)

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

 into Lillooet East

Lillooet East (electoral district)

Lillooet East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...

 and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections. For the 1894 election Lillooet East

Lillooet East (electoral district)

Lillooet East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...

 was redistributed into Kamloops and Cariboo

Cariboo

The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia along a plateau stretching from the Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains. The name is a reference to the woodland caribou that were once abundant in the region...

-area ridings and Lillooet West was given the old Lillooet

Lillooet (electoral district)

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

 name, with both as one-member ridings.

Demographics

Population, 1891 census	Population, 1901 census
Population Change, 1871–1901
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

|Opposition
|William H. Keatley
|align="right"|36
|align="right"|37.11%
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|Government
|Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith was an English-born general merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1889 to 1894 and Lillooet West from 1894 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Bedford and educated at the Epworth Normal School...

 (elected)
|align="right"|61
|align="right"|62.89%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|97
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=7|The election was voided due to voting irregularities but Prentice sat for the first session.
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|}
|Opposition
|Eusebius S. Peters
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|36.06%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith was an English-born general merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1889 to 1894 and Lillooet West from 1894 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Bedford and educated at the Epworth Normal School...

 (elected)
|align="right"|133
|align="right"|63.94%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|205
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|}
|Government
|Alexander Lachore
|align="right"|7
|align="right"|3.17%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|Robert B. Skinner
|align="right"|80
|align="right"|36.20%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith

Alfred Wellington Smith was an English-born general merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1889 to 1894 and Lillooet West from 1894 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Bedford and educated at the Epworth Normal School...

(elected)
|align="right"|134
|align="right"|60.63%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|221
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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