Fort George (electoral district)

Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.

Demographics

Population, 1916
Population change, 1916–1931
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Notable MLAs

• Ray Gillis Williston (Social Credit, 1953–1972)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent Progressive ^1	William George Gillett	158	13.75%		unknown
	Independent Socialist	John McInnis	492	42.82%		unknown
	Conservative	William Roderick Ross	499	43.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,149	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 McInnis received the unofficial support of the Liberals after their candidate, C.A. Gaskill, withdrew in order to increase the chances of defeating Ross. Gillett was part of a breakaway Conservative group. Alleged irregularities led to a commission of inquiry which found the charges not substantiated.

British Columbia general election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Williams Cocker	787	38.09%
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,140	55.18%
	Independent Farmer	John Samuel Ross	139	6.73%
Total valid votes			2,066	100.00%

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	851	44.43%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,080	46.67%		unknown
	Provincial	John A. Shearer	206	8.90%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,314	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^2 Endorsed by Provincial Party.

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	1,487	51.61%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,394	48.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			47
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,577	56.32%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Sinclair	625	22.32%
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	Roy Walter Alward	310	11.07%
	Union of Electors	William Finnbar Mahoney	192	6.86%
	Independent Labour	Clement Pemberton Deykin	96	3.43%
Total valid votes			2,800	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			28

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frederick Parker Burden	234	8.08%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,170	40.39%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,493	51.54%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,897	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			57
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James Warren Penberthy	928	35.58%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,334	51.15%		unknown
	Conservative	Alexander McBain Young	346	13.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,608	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			45
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,726	55.73%		unknown
	Coalition	Henry George Thomas Perry	1,371	44.27%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			3,097	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	Henry Robson Bowman	3,232	59.86%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	2,167	40.14%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,399	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			176
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Robson Bowman	2,022	33.73%	2,468	47.21%		unknown
	Social Credit	Llewellyn Leslie King	2,009	33.51%	2,760	52.79%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John McInnis	1,593	26.57%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Conservative	Cyril Westaway	371	6.19%	-	- %		unknown
Total valid votes			5,995	100.00%	5,228	- %
Total rejected ballots			345
Turnout			%
^2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^3
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frank Bond	1,677	25.267%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Liberal	Garvin James Edward Dezell	1,802	27.14%	2,173	38.24%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	3,160	47.60%	3,509	61.76%
Total valid votes			6,639	100.00%	5,682	- %
Total rejected ballots			308
Turnout			%
^3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Carl Waldemar Kienzie	1,304	20.20%		unknown
	Liberal	Frank Samuel Perry	1,376	21.32%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	3,774	58.48%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			6,454	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			236
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Anthony Coates	346	3.78%		unknown
	Liberal	Holger Enemark	1,416	15.45%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Kenneth Rutherford	2,336	25.49%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	5,066	55.28%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,164	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Raymond Cullinane	961	11.00%		unknown
	New Democratic	William Kenneth Rutherford	1,725	19.75%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Dudley Erwin Sawley	739	8.46%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	5,308	60.78%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			8,733	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			72
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Patrick Ivan McConnell Denton	2,802	26.95%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry Allan Hope	1,313	12.63%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	6,282	60.42%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			10,397	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			101
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tex Cyril Enemark	1,291	8.26%		unknown
	New Democratic	John Lucas (Jack) Whittaker	4,196	26.83%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	10,152	64.91%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			15,639	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			159
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Allan Alfred Nunweiler	8,435	39.99%		unknown
	Liberal	Ronald L. Racette	710	3.37%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	8,194	38.85%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Galt Wilson	3,754	17.80%		unknown
Total valid votes			21,093	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			252
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Graham Anderton	1,273	4.41%		unknown
	Liberal	Frederick Joseph House	1,695	5.87%		unknown
	Social Credit	Howard John Lloyd	16,455	57.01%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Allan Alfred Nunweiler	9,442	32.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,865	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			306
Turnout			%

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns