Nanaimo and The Islands

Nanaimo and The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. Parts of it which were outside the city of Nanaimo are now in Saanich North and the Islands and other ridings. For other ridings with the name Nanaimo, see Nanaimo (electoral districts).

[edit] Demographics

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	53.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,998	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			62
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
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			58
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952¹
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	2,263	21.59%	-	-%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Edward Joseph Brewster	951	9.07%	-	-%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando	3,346	31.92%	5,144	52.89%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Nigel Morgan	207	1.97%	-	-%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Daniel Stupich	3,715	35.44%	4,581	47.11%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,482	100.00%	9,725	%
Total rejected ballots			207
Turnout			77.94%
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	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	1,375	13.99%	-	-%		unknown
	Independent	Edward Joseph Brewster	32	0.33%	-	-%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando	2,046	20.82%	4,376	50.10%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Daniel Stupich	3,631	36.96%	4,358	49.90%		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Grace Ellen Tickson	115	1.17%	-	-%		unknown
	Social Credit League	Earle Cathers Westwood	2,626	26.73%	-	-%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,825	100.00%	8,734	%
Total rejected ballots			363
Total Registered Voters			5,933 (1952 list)
Turnout			70.15%
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
	Liberal	Earl 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 Mortenson	72	0.66%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Drewry Strongitharm	607	5.59%		unknown
	Liberal	Earl 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
	New Democrat	David Daniel Stupich (elected)	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			%

For the 1966 general election the riding name Nanaimo was restored.