Cowichan-Alberni

Electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Cowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1894 general election only. It was formed by combining the Alberni riding and parts of the older Cowichan riding. Alberni riding and Cowichan riding were restored for the 1898 election.

## Demographics

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## Political geography

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## Notable elections

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## First Nations

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## Notable MLAs

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## Electoral history

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Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

7th 1894 British Columbia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Government | Theodore Davie | Accl. |  - %  | - | unknown
| Government | James Mitchell Mutter | Accl. |  - % | - | unknown
Total valid votes  | \-  | - %  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
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8th 1898 British Columbia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Government | James Dunsmuir2 | 297 | 64.71%  | - | unknown
| Opposition | William James McAllan | 162 | 35.29% | - | unknown
Total valid votes  | 459  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
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2\. Later 14th Premier of British Columbia 1900-1902

9th 1900 British Columbia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Government | Joseph McPhee3 | 279 | 45.22% | - | unknown
| Opposition | Lewis Alfred Mounce | 338 | 54.78% | - | unknown
Total valid votes  | 188  | 100.00%  |
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3\. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government.

10th 1903 British Columbia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Conservative | Robert Grant | 361 | 53.24% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Frederick McBain Young  | 317  | 46.76%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 678  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
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11th British Columbia election, 1907 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Liberal | John Bertram Bennett  | 292  | 43.98%  |  | unknown
| Conservative | Robert Grant | 372 | 56.02% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 664  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
12th British Columbia election, 1909 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Socialist | James Cartwright | 206 | 20.96% | - | unknown
| Independent Conservative | Henry Essen Young | 154 | 15.67%
| Liberal | James McKelvey Forrest  | 172  | 17.50%  |  | unknown
| Conservative | Michael Manson | 451 | 45.88% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 983  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Socialist | Wallis Walter Lefeaux | 355 | 33.84% | - | unknown
| Conservative | Michael Manson | 694 | 66.16% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 1,049  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
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14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Conservative | Michael Manson | 882 | 41.47% |  | unknown
| Socialist | William Arthur Pritchard | 246 | 11.57% | - | unknown
| Liberal | Hugh Stewart | 916 | 43.07% |  | unknown
| Social Democratic | George Edgar Winkler | 83 | 3.90%
Total valid votes  | 812  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
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15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Conservative | William Edward Anderson | 1,233 | 29.90% |  | unknown
| Independent Liberal | William Wallace Burns McInnes | 731 | 17.73%
| Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour) | Thomas Menzies | 1,354 | 32.83% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Patrick Daly  | 806  | 19.54%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 4,124  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Conservative | William Duncan | 815 | 28.41%
| Provincial | George Every-Clayton | 793 | 27.64%
| Independent Liberal | Paul Phillips Harrison | 1,261 | 43.95%
Total valid votes  | 2,869  | 100.00%

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1928 British Columbia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Conservative | George Kerr McNaughton | 2,058 | 53.85
| Liberal | John William McKenzie | 1,497 | 39.17
| Independent Labour | William Law | 267 | 6.99
Total valid votes  | 3,822 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 70
18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Harold Tuttle Allen  | 1,590  | 36.03%  |  | unknown
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | George Robert Bates | 276 | 6.25% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Laurence Arnold Hanna | 2,204  | 49.94%  |  | unknown
| United Front (Workers and Farmers) | Hugh Gray Russell | 259 | 5.87%
| Independent  | Ernest Richard Tarling  | 84  | 1.90%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 4,413  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 34  |  |
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19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 2,336 | 44.83% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Laurence Arnold Hanna | 1,876  | 36.00%  |  | unknown
| Conservative | Gordon Noel Money | 999 | 19.17% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 5,211  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 80  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 3,126 | 45.31% |  | unknown
| Liberal | William Edward Mantle  | 2,158  | 31.28%  |  | unknown
| Conservative | Edward Roger Gibson Richardson | 1,615 | 23.41% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 6,899  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 166  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 3,362  | 44.69%  |  | unknown
| Labor-Progressive | Thomas McEwen | 729 | 9.69% |  | unknown
| Coalition | Herbert John Welch | 3,432 | 45.62% | - | unknown
Total valid votes  | 7,523  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 161  |  |
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22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Colin Cameron | 5,238  | 40.81%  |  | unknown
| Coalition | Herbert John Welch | 7,596 | 59.19% | - | unknown
Total valid votes  | 12,834  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 435  |  |
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23rd British Columbia election, 1952 1

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
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| Progressive Conservative | W. Bruce Gordon  | 1,868  | 13.58%  | \--  | \--.--%  |  | unknown
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Campbell Moore | 5,369 | 39.03% | 7,098  | 57.67%  |  | unknown
| Social Credit League | Cyril Hugh Poole | 2,987 | 21.71%
| Liberal | Herbert John Welch | 3,532  | 25.68%  | 5,210  | 42.33%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 13,756  | 100.00%  | 12,308  | %  |
Total rejected ballots  | 446  |  |
Turnout  | 77.94%  |  |
1(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only)
24th British Columbia election, 1953 2

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
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| Liberal | John Wesley Baikie  | 2,944  | 21.71%  | \-  | -.-%  |  | unknown
| Labour Progressive Party  | John Higgin  | 357  | 2.63%  | \-  | -.-%  |  | unknown
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Campbell Moore | 5,462 | 40.28% | 6,717  | 53.83%  |  | unknown
| Social Credit League | Cyril Hugh Poole | 4,420 | 32.59% | 5,762 | 46.17%
| Progressive Conservative | Nugent Watson Spinks  | 378  | 2.79%  | \--  | \--.--%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 13,561  | 100.00%  | 12,479  | %  |
Total rejected ballots  | 717  |  |
Turnout  | 77.94%  |  |
2Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only)
25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 4,916 | 41.63% | - | unknown
| Liberal | Robert George McPhee  | 2,339  | 19.81%  |  | unknown
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Cyril Newman  | 4,555  | 38.57%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 11,810  | 100.00%  |
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Total rejected ballots  | 183  |  |
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26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Liberal | William Wallace Baikie  | 2,759  | 17.47%  |  | unknown
| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 6,100 | 38.63% | - | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Alan Gray  | 653  | 4.14%  |  | unknown
| Communist | John Higgin | 207 | 1.31% |  | unknown
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frederick Charles Wood  | 6,072  | 38.45%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 15,791  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 248  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 6,598 | 42.38% | - | unknown
| Liberal | David Alexander Elrix  | 1,259  | 8.09%  |  | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Duncan McIntyre Fraser  | 1,475  | 9.47%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Frederick Sidney Williams | 6,238 | 40.06% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 15,570  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 150  |  |
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28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 5,449 | 49.39% | - | unknown
| Liberal | Joseph J. Cvetkovich  | 1,276  | 11.57%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Neville Shanks | 4,308 | 39.05% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 11,033  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 104  |  |
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29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 7,910 | 45.61% | - | unknown
| Liberal | Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown  | 2,303  | 13.28%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Harry Harris | 7,131 | 41.12% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 17,344  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 194  |  |
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30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Robert John Campbell | 6,376 | 29.00% | - | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Foort  | 1,166  | 5.30%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | 12,540 | 57.40% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Patrick Melvin Thompson  | 1,903  | 8.66%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 21,985  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 135  |  |
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31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Daniel Edgard Hanuse | 10,171 | 38.90% | - | unknown
| Liberal | Norman L. McLaren  | 1,381  | 5.28%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | 10,650 | 40.73% |  | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Albert Stephens  | 3,906  | 15.09%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 26,148  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 454  |  |
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32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Delbert Keith Doll | 9,390 | 42.57% | - | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Harry Kellow  | 2,251  | 10.20%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | 10,420 | 47.23% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 22,061  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 315  |  |
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33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Liberal | Thomas John Finnie  | 502  | 1.71%  |  | unknown
| Western Canada Concept | Allan Wayne Griffiths | 1,104 | 3.75% |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | 13,719 | 46.58% |  | unknown
| Social Credit | George Herbert Parke Smith | 13,422 | 45.57% | - | unknown
| Independent  | Victor Albert Stephens  | 705  | 2.39%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 29,452  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 258  |  |
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44th British Columbia election, 1986 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Stanley Brian Hagen | 15,833 | 51.15
| New Democratic | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | 13,562 | 43.82% |  | unknown
| Liberal | John G. (Jack) Setter  | 985  | 3.18%  |  | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Ian  | 573  | 1.85%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 30,953  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 276  |  |
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