Cowichan-Newcastle

Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections.

Demographics[]

Population, 1986
Population change, 1903–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography[]

Notable elections[]

First Nations[]

Notable MLAs[]

Electoral history[]

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	1,246	31.26%		unknown
	Provincial	Kenneth Forrest Duncan	870	21.83%	–	unknown
	Canadian Labour Party (B.C. Section)	Samuel Guthrie	1,132	28.40%		unknown
	Liberal		738	18.51%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,986	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	2,360	58.17%	unknown
	Independent	St. George Gray	90	2.22%	unknown
	Independent Labour Party	Samuel Guthrie	1,607	39.61%	unknown
Total valid votes			4,057	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			108
Turnout			%

v t 1933 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Oxford Group	Hugh George Egioke Savage	1,655	40.88
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Samuel Guthrie	1,288	31.82
	Independent Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	585	14.45
	Liberal	David Ramsay	520	12.85
Total valid votes			4,048	100.00
Total rejected ballots			6

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Clement Pemberton Deykin	639	13.76%	unknown
	Liberal	Arnold Christmas Flett	1,224	26.35%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	1,560	33.58%	unknown
	Independent	Hugh George Egioke Savage	1,222	26.31%	unknown
Total valid votes			4,645	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			42
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnold Christmas Flett	1,739	29.78	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	2,757	47.22%	unknown
	Conservative	Edmund William Neel	1,343	23.00%	unknown
Total valid votes			5,839	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			61
Turnout			%

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	3,768	55.33%	unknown
	Conservative	Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh	3,042	44.67%	unknown
Total valid votes			6,810	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			68
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independents	Thomas James Boyles	60	0.61%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	4,194	42.81%		unknown
	Union of Electors	Norman Webster Joyce	38	0.39%	–	unknown
	Coalition	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	5,505	56.19%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,797	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ¹
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	BC Social Credit League	William Hindle Bryant	1,886	17.63%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	4,636	43.34%	5,697	58.36%		unknown
	Liberal	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	2,711	25.35%	4,064	41.64%		unknown
	Conservative	James Chesterfield Wragg	1,463	13.68%
Total valid votes			10,696	100.00%	9,761
Total rejected ballots			334
Turnout			%
¹ Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of three (3).

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Independent	William Hindle Bryant	118	1.14%				unknown
	Labour Progressive	Myrtle Woodward Bergren	168	1.63%
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Grey English	510	4.94%				unknown
	BC Social Credit League	Percy Hawkings	2,686	26.00%	3,878	42.05%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	4,517	43.73%	5,345	57.95%		unknown
	Liberal	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	2,330	22.56%	-	- %		unknown
Total valid votes			10,329	100.00%	9,223
Total rejected ballots			500
Turnout			%
² Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of five (5).

27th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert James Harvey	1,611	16.44%		unknown
	Social Credit	Charles William Parker	3,173	32.38%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	5,015	51.18%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,799	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			91
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Communist	Hjalmar Peter Bergren	170	1.59%		unknown
	Social Credit	Hazel Viola Fee	3,033	28.43%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Joseph Kerrone	1,206	11.30%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	6,261	58.68%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			115
Turnout			66.77%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Craig	840	7.82%		unknown
	New Democrat	Robert Martin Strachan	5,422	50.47%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald Christopher Morton	3,576	33.29%	–	unknown
	Liberal	George Wilfrid Whittaker	904	8.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,742	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92
Turnout			%

After the 1963 election, Cowichan-Newcastle was redistributed. It was absorbed into the Cowichan-Malahat and Nanaimo ridings.

Sources[]

Elections BC website - historical election data