Alberni-Nanaimo

Alberni-Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia which was used only in the general elections of 1933 and 1937.

For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts)..

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

18th British Columbia election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Alexander Cramb	185	2.79%	–	unknown
	Independent	Roy Branwood Dier	162	2.44%		unknown
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	George Arthur Benjamin Hall	781	11.79%	–	unknown
	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	3,146	47.47%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Lyle Telford	2,353	35.51%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,627	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			76
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Constructive	Frederick Henry Giles	397	4.87%
	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	3,616	44.34 %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Alexander Maitland Stephen 1	3,129	38.36%		unknown
	Conservative	Nicholas Wright	1,014	12.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,156	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			100
Turnout			%
1 Although suspended and repudiated by the provincial executive, Stephen was nominated by the Alberni-Nanaimo CCF Club, and ran as a CCF candidate.

The riding was redistributed after the 1937 election. In the 1941 general election the successor ridings to Alberni-Nanaimo were:

• Alberni
• Nanaimo and the Islands

See also

• Politics of Canada

External links

• Elections BC Historical Returns