Nanaimo (electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

For the city, see Nanaimo, British Columbia. For other current and historical electoral districts, federal and provincial, see Nanaimo (electoral districts).

Nanaimo British Columbia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1904
District abolished| 1962
First contested| 1904
Last contested| 1958

Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979.

This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings.

Its legal description when it was created was: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands."

Nanaimo electoral district was renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands in 1962.

## Members of Parliament

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Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Riding created from Vancouver and Victoria
10th |  1904–1908 |      | Ralph Smith | Liberal
11th |  1908–1911
12th |  1911–1917 |      | Francis Henry Shepherd | Conservative
13th |  1917–1921 |      | John Charles McIntosh | Government (Unionist)
14th |  1921–1925 |      | Charles Dickie | Conservative
15th |  1925–1926
16th |  1926–1930
17th |  1930–1935
18th |  1935–1940 |      | James Samuel Taylor | Co-operative Commonwealth
19th |  1940–1945 |      | Alan Chambers | Liberal
20th |  1945–1949 |      | George Pearkes | Progressive Conservative
21st |  1949–1953
22nd |  1953–1957 |      | Colin Cameron | Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd |  1957–1958
24th |  1958–1962 |      | Walter Matthews | Progressive Conservative
Riding renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

## Election results

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1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Walter F. Matthews | 10,734 | 43.91 | +17.25
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colin Cameron | 10,029 | 41.03 | +3.41
| Liberal | Ernest W.H. Miller | 2,606 | 10.66 | -4.33
| Social Credit | Roy Arthur Folz | 1,077 | 4.41 | -16.32
Total valid votes  | 24,446 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +6.92
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colin Cameron | 8,650 | 37.62 | -0.94
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Franklyn Matthews | 6,131 | 26.66 | +8.57
| Social Credit | Harold Hine | 4,766 | 20.73 | +6.02
| Liberal | Frank William Wilfert | 3,448 | 14.99 | -10.91
Total valid votes  | 22,995 | 100.0
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | -4.76
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colin Cameron | 7,272 | 38.56 | +11.77
| Liberal | Gavin Colvin Mouat | 4,884 | 25.90 | +0.69
| Progressive Conservative | Douglas Deane Finlayson | 3,412 | 18.09 | -29.91
| Social Credit | Leonard Francis Hodgson | 2,773 | 14.71 | –
| Labor–Progressive | Ernest Leon Knott | 516 | 2.74 | –
Total valid votes  | 18,857 | 100.0
| Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +5.54
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | George Randolph Pearkes | 17,507 | 48.00 | +12.68
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Martin Strachan | 9,772 | 26.79 | -3.36
| Liberal | William Edmond Poupore | 9,196 | 25.21 | -0.77
Total valid votes  | 36,475 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.02
A redistribution in 1952 (S.C. 1952, c.48) reduced the area and population of the riding.
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | George Randolph Pearkes | 11,181 | 35.32 | +5.40
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Morris Thomas | 9,542 | 30.15 | +5.27
| Liberal | Alan Chambers | 8,223 | 25.98 | -16.48
| Labor–Progressive | George Thomas Greenwell | 2,707 | 8.56 | –
Total valid votes  | 31,653 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.12
Change for the Progressive Conservatives is based on the National Government results in the last election.
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Alan Chambers | 10,668 | 42.46 | +11.81
| National Government | Frank Stigant Cuncliffe | 7,518 | 29.92 | -1.89
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ronald Grantham | 6,252 | 24.88 | -9.96
| New Democracy | Andrew Henry Jukes | 506 | 2.01 | –
| Independent | William Frederick Povah | 181 | 0.72 | –
Total valid votes  | 25,125 | 100.0
| Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +6.85
Change for the National Government is based on the Conservative results in the last election.
1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Samuel Taylor | 7,053 | 34.84 | –
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Dickie | 6,440 | 31.81 | -26.01
| Liberal | Alan Chambers | 6,204 | 30.65 | -11.44
| Reconstruction | Ashton Aubrey Burnet Matthew Clark | 546 | 2.70 | –
Total valid votes  | 20,243 | 100.0
| Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Conservative | Swing | +30.42
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Dickie | 11,827 | 57.91 | -8.58
| Liberal | Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran | 8,596 | 42.09 | +8.58
Total valid votes  | 20,423 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -8.58
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Dickie | 10,464 | 66.49 | +12.00
| Liberal | Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran | 5,274 | 33.51 | -1.27
Total valid votes  | 15,738 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.64
1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Dickie | 9,584 | 54.49 | +8.55
| Liberal | Thomas Banks Booth | 6,117 | 34.78 | +7.08
| Labour | William Turner Grieves | 1,888 | 10.73 | -15.63
Total valid votes  | 17,589 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.74
1921 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Dickie | 6,897 | 45.94 | -27.49
| Liberal | Thomas Banks Booth | 4,159 | 27.70 | +11.89
| Labour | William Arthur Pritchard | 3,958 | 26.36 | +15.60
Total valid votes  | 15,014 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.69
1917 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Government (Unionist) | John Charles McIntosh | 9,175 | 73.43 | +15.22
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Hector Allen Stewart | 1,976 | 15.81 | -25.98
| Labour | Joseph Taylor | 1,344 | 10.76 | –
Total valid votes  | 12,495 | 100.0
| Government (Unionist) hold | Swing | +20.60
1911 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Francis Henry Shepherd | 2,438 | 58.21 | +25.97
| Liberal | Ralph Smith | 1,750 | 41.79 | +5.71
Total valid votes  | 4,188 | 100.0
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.13
1908 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Ralph Smith | 1,494 | 36.08 | -7.23
| Conservative | Francis Henry Shepherd | 1,335 | 32.24 | -2.14
| Socialist | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | 1,312 | 31.68 | +9.37
Total valid votes  | 4,141 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.54
1904 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Ralph Smith | 1,392 | 43.31
| Conservative | ? Wolley | 1,105 | 34.38
| Socialist | ? Fenton | 717 | 22.31
Total valid votes  | 3,214 | 100.00
This riding was created from Vancouver and Victoria, both of which elected a Liberal in the previous election. Ralph Smith was the incumbent from Vancouver.

## See also

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* List of Canadian electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## References

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## External links

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

* Nanaimo 1904-1952
* Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands
* Website of the Parliament of Canada

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List of federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior|

* Cariboo—Prince George
* Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
* Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
* Kelowna
* Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna
* Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
* Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay
* Skeena—Bulkley Valley
* Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Fraser Valley and
the Southern Lower Mainland|

* Abbotsford—South Langley
* Chilliwack—Hope
* Cloverdale—Langley City
* Delta
* Fleetwood—Port Kells
* Langley Township—Fraser Heights
* Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford
* Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
* Richmond Centre—Marpole
* Richmond East—Steveston
* South Surrey—White Rock
* Surrey Centre
* Surrey Newton

Vancouver and
the Northern Lower Mainland|

* Burnaby Central
* Burnaby North—Seymour
* Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
* New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
* North Vancouver—Capilano
* Port Moody—Coquitlam
* Vancouver Centre
* Vancouver East
* Vancouver Granville
* Vancouver Kingsway
* Vancouver Quadra
* Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby
* West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island|

* Courtenay—Alberni
* Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
* Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
* Nanaimo—Ladysmith
* North Island—Powell River
* Saanich—Gulf Islands
* Victoria

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Historical federal ridings in British Columbia

Until 2025|

* Burnaby South
* Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
* Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
* Kelowna—Lake Country
* North Okanagan—Shuswap
* Vancouver South

Until 2015|

* British Columbia Southern Interior
* Burnaby—Douglas
* Burnaby—New Westminster
* Delta—Richmond East
* Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
* Langley
* Nanaimo—Alberni
* Nanaimo—Cowichan
* New Westminster—Coquitlam
* Newton—North Delta
* Okanagan—Coquihalla
* Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
* Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
* South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
* Surrey North
* Vancouver Island North

Until 2004|

* Cariboo—Chilcotin
* Delta—South Richmond
* Fraser Valley
* Kamloops / Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys
* Langley—Abbotsford
* New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby
* Prince George—Bulkley Valley
* Skeena
* South Surrey—White Rock—Langley
* Surrey Central
* Vancouver South—Burnaby

Until 1997|

* Burnaby—Kingsway
* Capilano—Howe Sound
* Comox—Alberni
* Fraser Valley East
* Fraser Valley West
* Kootenay West—Revelstoke
* Mission—Coquitlam
* Okanagan Centre
* Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
* Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

Until 1988|

* Burnaby
* Capilano
* Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
* Esquimalt—Saanich
* Kamloops—Shuswap
* Kootenay West
* Mission—Port Moody
* North Vancouver—Burnaby
* Okanagan North
* Okanagan—Similkameen
* Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
* Comox—Powell River

Until 1979|

* Burnaby—Richmond
* Burnaby—Seymour
* Coast Chilcotin
* Nanaimo (electoral district)
* Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands
* New Westminster
* Okanagan Boundary
* Okanagan—Kootenay
* Kamloops—Cariboo

Until 1968|

* Burnaby—Coquitlam
* Coast—Capilano
* Okanagan—Revelstoke
* Vancouver—Burrard

Until 1953|

* Yale

Until 1949|

* Vancouver North

Until 1925|

* Burrard
* Victoria City

Until 1917|

* Comox—Atlin
* Kootenay
* Vancouver City
* Yale—Cariboo

Until 1904|

* Vancouver (electoral district)

Until 1872|

* Cariboo District
* New Westminster District
* Vancouver Island
* Victoria District
* Yale District

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