Fort George (electoral district)
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Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1916 | |
| Population change, 1916-1931 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
- Ray Gillis Williston (Social Credit, 1953-1972)
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 14th British Columbia election, 1916 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Independent Progressive 1 | William George Gillett | 158 | 13.75% | unknown | ||
| Independent Socialist | John McInnis | 492 | 42.82% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | William Roderick Ross | 499 | 43.43% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,149 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 McInnis received the unofficial support of the Liberals after their candidate, C.A. Gaskill, withdrew in order to increase the chances of defeating Ross. Gillett was part of a breakaway Conservative group. Alleged irregularities led to a commission of inquiry which found the charges not substantiated. | ||||||
| 15th British Columbia election, 1920 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Samuel Williams Cocker | 787 | 38.09% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry Thomas George Perry | 1,140 | 55.18% | unknown | ||
| Independent-Farmer | John Samuel Ross | 139 | 6.73% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,066 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 16th British Columbia election, 1924 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 851 | 44.43% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,080 | 46.67% | unknown | ||
| Provincial | John A. Shearer | 206 | 8.90% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,314 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 2 Endorsed by Provincial Party. | ||||||
| 17th British Columbia election, 1928 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 1,487 | 51.61% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,394 | 48.39% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,881 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 47 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 18th British Columbia election, 1933 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| NPIG | Roy Walter Alward | 310 | 11.07% | unknown | ||
| Independent-Labour | Clement Pemberton Deykin | 96 | 3.43% | unknown | ||
| Union of Electors | William Finnbar Mahoney | 192 | 6.86% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,577 | 56.32% | unknown | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Alexander Sinclair | 625 | 22.32% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,800 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 19th British Columbia election, 1937 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 234 | 8.08% | unknown | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,170 | 40.39% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,493 | 51.54% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,897 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 57 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 20th British Columbia election, 1941 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James Warren Penberthy | 928 | 35.58% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,334 | 51.15% | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Alexander McBain Young | 346 | 13.27% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,608 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 45 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1945 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,726 | 55.73% | unknown | ||
| Coalition | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,371 | 44.27% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,097 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 58 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Coalition | Henry Robson Bowman | 3,232 | 59.86% | unknown | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 2,167 | 40.14% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,399 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 176 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Henry Robson Bowman | 2,022 | 33.73% | 2,468 | 47.21% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Llewellyn Leslie King | 2,009 | 33.51% | 2,760 | 52.79% | unknown | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,593 | 26.57% | - | -.- % | unknown | ||
| Conservative | Cyril Westaway | 371 | 6.19% | - | - % | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,995 | 100.00% | 5,228 | - % | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 345 | |||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||||
| 2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only. | ||||||||
| 24th British Columbia election, 1953 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Bond | 1,677 | 25.267% | - | -.- % | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Garvin James Edward Dezell | 1,802 | 27.14% | 2,173 | 38.24% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 3,160 | 47.60% | 3,509 | 61.76% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,639 | 100.00% | 5,682 | - % | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 308 | |||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||||
| 3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only. | ||||||||
| 25th British Columbia election, 1956 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Carl Waldemar Kienzie | 1,304 | 20.20% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Frank Samuel Perry | 1,376 | 21.32% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 3,774 | 58.48% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,454 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 236 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 26th British Columbia election, 1960 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Anthony Coates | 346 | 3.78% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Holger Enemark | 1,416 | 15.45% | unknown | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Kenneth Rutherford | 2,336 | 25.49% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 5,066 | 55.28% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,164 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 163 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 27th British Columbia election, 1963 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Thomas Raymond Cullinane | 961 | 11.00% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | William Kenneth Rutherford | 1,725 | 19.75% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dudley Erwin Sawley | 739 | 8.46% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 5,308 | 60.78% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,733 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Patrick Ivan McConnell Denton | 2,802 | 26.95% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Henry Allan Hope | 1,313 | 12.63% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 6,282 | 60.42% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,397 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Tex Cyril Enemark | 1,291 | 8.26% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | John Lucas (Jack) Whittaker | 4,196 | 26.83% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 10,152 | 64.91% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,639 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 159 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Allan Alfred Nunweiler | 8,435 | 39.99% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Ronald L. Racette | 710 | 3.37% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 8,194 | 38.85% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | John Galt Wilson | 3,754 | 17.80% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,093 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 252 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | Alan Graham Anderton | 1,273 | 4.41% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Frederick Joseph House | 1,695 | 5.87% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Howard John Lloyd | 16,455 | 57.01% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Allan Alfred Nunweiler | 9,442 | 32.71% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 28,865 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 306 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
