Nanaimo (electoral district)

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

Nanaimo was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons. It was located in the province of British Columbia. This riding was first created in 1903 for the Canadian federal election of 1904.

Its legal description is: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands." These areas had previously been part of the Vancouver and Victoria ridings.

Election results

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Ralph Smith |align="right"|1,392 |align="right"|43.31% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Wolley ¹ |align="right"|1,105 |align="right"|34.38% |align="right"| |- |- | bgcolor="gold"| |Socialist |Fenton ¹ |align="right"|717 |align="right"|22.31% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,214 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=7|¹ Neither Wolley's nor Fenton's first names appear in the historical records on this riding. |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Ralph Smith |align="right"|1,494 |align="right"|36.08% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Francis Henry Shepherd |align="right"|1,335 |align="right"|32.24% |align="right"| |- |- | bgcolor="gold"| |Socialist |James Hurst Hawthornthwaite |align="right"|1,312 |align="right"|31.68% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,141 !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Francis Henry Shepherd |align="right"|2,438 |align="right"|58.21% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Ralph Smith |align="right"|1,750 |align="right"|41.79% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,188 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Government |John Charles McIntosh |align="right"|9,175 |align="right"|73.43% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Opposition |Hector Allen Stewart |align="right"|1,976 |align="right"|15.81% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor=#EEBBBB| |Labour |Joseph Taylor |align="right"|1,344 |align="right"|10.76% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|12,495 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Charles Herbert Dickie |align="right"|6,897 |align="right"|45.94% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Thomas Banks Booth |align="right"|4,159 |align="right"|27.70% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor=#EEBBBB| |Labour |William Arthur Pritchard |align="right"|3,958 |align="right"|26.36% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|15,014 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Charles Herbert Dickie |align="right"|9,584 |align="right"|54.49% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Thomas Banks Booth |align="right"|6,117 |align="right"|34.78% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor=#EEBBBB| |Labour |William Turner Grieves |align="right"|1,888 |align="right"|10.73% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|17,589 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Charles Herbert Dickie |align="right"|10,464 |align="right"|66.49% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran |align="right"|5,274 |align="right"|33.51% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|15,738 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Charles Herbert Dickie |align="right"|11,827 |align="right"|57.91% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran |align="right"|8,596 |align="right"|42.09% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|20,423 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |James Samuel Taylor |align="right"|7,053 |align="right"|34.84% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Conservative |Charles Herbert Dickie |align="right"|6,440 |align="right"|31.81% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Alan Chambers |align="right"|6,204 |align="right"|30.65% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Ashton Aubrey Burnet Matthew Clark |align="right"|546 |align="right"|2.70% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|20,243 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Alan Chambers |align="right"|10,668 |align="right"|42.46% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |National Government |Frank Stigant Cuncliffe |align="right"|7,518 |align="right"|29.92% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Ronald Grantham |align="right"|6,252 |align="right"|24.88% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |New Democracy |Andrew Henry Jukes |align="right"|506 |align="right"|2.01% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |William Frederick Povah |align="right"|181 |align="right"|0.72% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|25,125 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |George Randolph Pearkes ² |align="right"|11,181 |align="right"|35.32% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |John Morris Thomas |align="right"|9,542 |align="right"|30.15% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Alan Chambers |align="right"|8,223 |align="right"|25.98% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Labour Progressive Party |George Thomas Greenwell |align="right"|2,707 |align="right"|8.56% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|31,653 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=7|² Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 1960-1968 |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |George Randolph Pearkes |align="right"|17,507 |align="right"|48.00% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Robert Martin Strachan |align="right"|9,772 |align="right"|26.79% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |William Edmond Poupore |align="right"|9,196 |align="right"|25.21% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|36,475 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

A redistribution in 1952 (S.C. 1952, c.48) reduced the area and population of the riding.

|- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Colin Cameron |align="right"|7,272 |align="right"|38.56% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Gavin Colvin Mouat |align="right"|4,884 |align="right"|25.90% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Douglas Deane Finlayson |align="right"|3,412 |align="right"|18.09% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Douglas Deane Finlayson |align="right"|2,773 |align="right"|14.71% |align="right"| |-516 |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Labour Progressive Party |Ernest Leon Knott |align="right"|516 |align="right"|2.74% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|18,857 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Colin Cameron |align="right"|7,272 |align="right"|38.56% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Gavin Colvin Mouat |align="right"|4,884 |align="right"|25.90% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Douglas Deane Finlayson |align="right"|3,412 |align="right"|18.09% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Douglas Deane Finlayson |align="right"|2,773 |align="right"|14.71% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Labour Progressive Party |Ernest Leon Knott |align="right"|516 |align="right"|2.74% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|18,857 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Colin Cameron |align="right"|8,650 |align="right"|37.62% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Walter Franklyn Matthews |align="right"|6,131 |align="right"|26.66% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Harold Hine |align="right"|4,766 |align="right"|20.73% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Frank William Wilfert |align="right"|3,448 |align="right"|14.99% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|22,995 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Walter F. Matthews |align="right"|10,734 |align="right"|43.91% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Colin Cameron |align="right"|10,029 |align="right"|41.03% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Ernest W.H. Miller |align="right"|2,606 |align="right"|10.66% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Roy Arthur Folz |align="right"|1,077 |align="right"|4.41% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|24,446 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

Nanaimo (electoral district)

Election results

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