Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election. Its main successor ridings are North Coast and Skeena .
Notable MLAs [ ]
The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo , 22nd Premier of British Columbia , 1933-1941.
Political geography [ ]
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Election results [ ]
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,062
52.89%
unknown
Conservative
William Manson
946
47.11%
unknown
Total valid votes
2,008
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,501
43.70%
unknown
Independent Conservative
Seville Martineau Newton
697
20.29%
Socialist
John Henry Burrough
676
19.68%
–
unknown
Conservative
561
16.33%
Total valid votes
3,435
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
920
55.89%
unknown
Independent Conservative
Seville Martineau Newton2
665
40.40
Provincial
John Henry Burrough
61
3.71%
–
unknown
Total valid votes
1,646
100.00%
2 Endorsed by Conservative Party.
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,370
51.78%
unknown
Conservative
James Henry Thompson
1,276
48.22%
unknown
Total valid votes
2,646
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
60
Turnout
80.28%
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,725
64.90%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Weston Rudderham
665
25.02%
unknown
United Front (Workers and Farmers)
Charles Chapman
268
10.08%
–
unknown
Total valid votes
2,658
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
70
Turnout
66.29%
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,446
49.55%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George William Weaver
796
27.28%
unknown
Conservative
Charles Vernon Evitt
662
22.69%
unknown
BC Social Credit League
Robert Purvis Armstrong
14
0.48%
unknown
Total valid votes
2,918
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
83
Turnout
%
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
1,681
51.82%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George William Weaver
1,563
48.18%
unknown
Total valid votes
3,244
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
96
Turnout
%
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Henry Brett
1,873
49.83%
unknown
Independent
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 3
1,348
35.86%
unknown
Labour Progressive
Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh
538
14.31%
unknown
Total valid votes
3,759
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
52
Turnout
63.19%
3 T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such.
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 4
Party
Candidate
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal count
%
±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Edwin Hills
2,292
37.67%
2,903
51.32%
unknown
Liberal
John Duncan McRae
2,001
32.89%
2,754
48.68
unknown
Social Credit League
Arthur Murray
1,104
18.15%
Progressive Conservative
Thomas Melbourne Christie
687
11.29%
-
-.- %
unknown
Total valid votes
6,084
100.00%
5,657
%
Total rejected ballots
153
Turnout
%
4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election . Successor ridings are:
Sources [ ]
Elections BC website - historical election data
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