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

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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | Accl. |  -.- % |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | n/a  | -.-%  |
Total rejected ballots  |  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| 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

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| Independent Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | 905 | 49.02%
| Liberal | James Horace King | 941  | 50.98%
Total valid votes  | 1,846  | 100.00%
16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| 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

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| 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

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| United Front (Workers and Farmers) | 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| Labor-Progressive | 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

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| 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%
| 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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 Democratic | 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.