South Nanaimo

South Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.

For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).

Demographics

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Labour	Tully Boyce¹	120	45.11%		unknown
	Government	William Wymond Walkem	146	54.89%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			266	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).)

8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Labour	Ralph Smith²	193	78.46%		unknown
	Government	William Wymond Walkem	53	21.54%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			246	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
² Ran as a "Labour-Oppositionist, i.e. as a Labour candidate but with Opposition support (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labour Movement and Political Action in British Columbia, 1879-1906", 1954, p. 92).

9th British Columbia election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	James Dunsmuir	249	52.53%	–	unknown
	Labour	John Radcliffe³	225	47.47%		unknown
Total valid votes			474	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
³ N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. (See note 6.) His name was also spelled Ratcliff and Ratcliffe by the press.

The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle and The Islands.

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Vancouver City	Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia 1900–1902	Succeeded by Victoria City