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South Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.
For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).
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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| 7th British Columbia election, 1894 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Labour |
Tully Boyce1 |
120 |
45.11% |
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Government |
William Wymond Walkem |
146 |
54.89% |
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| Total valid votes |
266 |
100.00% |
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| 1 Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p.67(2).) |
| 8th British Columbia election, 1898 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Expenditures |
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Labour |
Ralph Smith2 |
193 |
78.46% |
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Government |
William Wymond Walkem |
53 |
21.54% |
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| Total valid votes |
246 |
100.00% |
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| 2 Ran as a "Labour-Oppositionist, i.e. as a Labour candidate but with Opposition support (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labour Movement and Political Action in British Columbia, 1879-1906", 1954, p. 92). |
| 9th British Columbia election, 1900 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Expenditures |
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Opposition |
James Dunsmuir |
249 |
52.53% |
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Labour |
John Radcliffe3 |
225 |
47.47% |
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474 |
100.00% |
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| 3 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. (See note 6.) His name was also spelled Ratcliff and Ratcliffe by the press. |
The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle and The Islands.
