Nanaimo and the Islands

Nanaimo and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands.

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Victor Birch Harrison	1,208	24.17%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas O'Connor	1,615	32.31%		unknown
	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	2,175	43.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,998	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			62
Turnout			%

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit Alliance	George Henry Broughton	89	1.55%	–	unknown
	Coalition	George Sharratt Pearson	3,124	54.24%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Joseph White	2,547	44.22%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,760	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			66
Turnout			63.19%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	George Sharratt Pearson	5,860	61.50%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,564	37.41%		unknown
	Union of Electors	Herbert William Summers	104	1.09%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,528	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952^1
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	2,263	21.59%	-	- %		unknown
	Social Credit League	Edward Joseph Brewster	951	9.07%
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Giovando	3,346	31.92%	5,144	52.89%		unknown
	Labor-Progressive	Nigel Morgan	207	1.97%	-	-%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,715	35.44%	4,581	47.11%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,482	100.00%	9,725	%
Total rejected ballots			207
Turnout			%
^1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	1,375	13.99%	-	- %		unknown
	Independent	Edward Joseph Brewster	32	0.33%	-	- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Giovando	2,046	20.82%	4,376	50.10%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,631	36.96%	4,358	49.90%		unknown
	Labor-Progressive	Grace Ellen Tickson	115	1.17%	-	-%		unknown
	Social Credit	Earle Cathers Westwood	2,626	26.73%
Total valid votes			9,825	100.00%	8,734	%
Total rejected ballots			363
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 5) not shown

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Edward Joseph Brewster	69	0.77%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roderick Glen	2,963	32.92%		unknown
	Liberal	Peter Maffeo	2,142	23.80%		unknown
	Social Credit	Earle Cathers Westwood	3,827	45.52%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,001	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			109
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	4,548	41.87%		unknown
	Liberal	Hugh Basil Heath	1,036	9.54%		unknown
	Communist	Irving Floyd Mortensen	72	0.66%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Drewry Strongitharm	607	5.59%		unknown
	Social Credit	Earle Cathers Westwood	4,599	42.34%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			10,862	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			151
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	4,278	42.44%		unknown
	Liberal	Robert Clayton Weir	960	9.52%		unknown
	Social Credit	Earle Cathers Westwood	4,259	42.26%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman	582	5.77%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,079	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			79
Turnout			65.33%

After 1963 the riding was redistributed. In the 1966 election Nanaimo and the Islands was succeeded by the restored Nanaimo and by Saanich and the Islands, which was later succeeded by Saanich North and the Islands

References

Elections BC Historical Returns