Nanaimo and the Islands
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Nanaimo and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands
. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands
. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands
.
|-
|Conservative
|Victor Birch Harrison
|align="right"|1,208
|align="right"|24.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Thomas O'Connor
|align="right"|1,615
|align="right"|32.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|George Sharratt Pearson
|align="right"|2,175
|align="right"|43.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,998
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|62
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit Alliance
|George Henry Broughton
|align="right"|89
|align="right"|1.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Coalition
|George Sharratt Pearson
|align="right"|3,124
|align="right"|54.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Joseph White
|align="right"|2,547
|align="right"|44.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,760
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|66
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Coalition
|George Sharratt Pearson
|align="right"|5,860
|align="right"|61.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|David Stupich
|align="right"|3,564
|align="right"|37.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Union of Electors
|Herbert William Summers
|align="right"|104
|align="right"|1.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,528
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|58
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Elmer Pearce Bradshaw
|align="right"|2,263
|align="right"|21.59%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit League
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|951
|align="right"|9.07%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Larry Giovando
|align="right"|3,346
|align="right"|31.92%
|align="right"|5,144
|align="right"|52.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Labour Progressive
|Nigel Morgan
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|1.97%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|David Stupich
|align="right"|3,715
|align="right"|35.44%
|align="right"|4,581
|align="right"|47.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,482
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|9,725
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|207
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Elmer Pearce Bradshaw
|align="right"|1,375
|align="right"|13.99%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|32
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Larry Giovando
|align="right"|2,046
|align="right"|20.82%
|align="right"|4,376
|align="right"|50.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|David Stupich
|align="right"|3,631
|align="right"|36.96%
|align="right"|4,358
|align="right"|49.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Labour Progressive
|Grace Ellen Tickson
|align="right"|115
|align="right"|1.17%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|2,626
|align="right"|26.73%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,825
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|8,734
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|363
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 5) not shown
|}
|-
|Independent
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|69
|align="right"|0.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Arthur Roderick Glen
|align="right"|2,963
|align="right"|32.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Peter Maffeo
|align="right"|2,142
|align="right"|23.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|3,827
|align="right"|45.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,001
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|109
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Colin Cameron
|align="right"|4,548
|align="right"|41.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Hugh Basil Heath
|align="right"|1,036
|align="right"|9.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Communist
|Irving Floyd Mortensen
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|0.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Edward Drewry Strongitharm
|align="right"|607
|align="right"|5.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|4,599
|align="right"|42.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,862
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|David Stupich
|align="right"|4,278
|align="right"|42.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Robert Clayton Weir
|align="right"|960
|align="right"|9.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|4,259
|align="right"|42.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman
|align="right"|582
|align="right"|5.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,079
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|79
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|65.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
After 1963 the riding was redistributed. In the 1966 election Nanaimo and the Islands was succeeded by the restored Nanaimo and by Saanich and the Islands
, which was later succeeded by Saanich North and the Islands
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands
The Islands
The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands as of the 1941 election.- Demographics :-Notable MLAs:This...
. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands
Saanich and the Islands
Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South....
. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....
.
Demographics
| Population, 1961 | |
| Population change, 1871–1961 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Victor Birch Harrison
|align="right"|1,208
|align="right"|24.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Thomas O'Connor
|align="right"|1,615
|align="right"|32.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson was an English-born wholesale grocer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo from 1928 to 1933, Alberni-Nanaimo from 1933 to 1941 and Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.He was born...
|align="right"|2,175
|align="right"|43.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,998
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|62
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit Alliance
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|George Henry Broughton
|align="right"|89
|align="right"|1.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Coalition
|George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson was an English-born wholesale grocer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo from 1928 to 1933, Alberni-Nanaimo from 1933 to 1941 and Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.He was born...
|align="right"|3,124
|align="right"|54.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Joseph White
Joseph White
Joseph White may refer to:*Joseph White , American Civil War sailor* Joseph White , 'Godfather' of Black Psychology and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine...
|align="right"|2,547
|align="right"|44.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,760
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|66
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Coalition
|George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson
George Sharratt Pearson was an English-born wholesale grocer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo from 1928 to 1933, Alberni-Nanaimo from 1933 to 1941 and Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.He was born...
|align="right"|5,860
|align="right"|61.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...
|align="right"|3,564
|align="right"|37.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Union of Electors
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Herbert William Summers
|align="right"|104
|align="right"|1.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,528
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|58
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Elmer Pearce Bradshaw
|align="right"|2,263
|align="right"|21.59%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|951
|align="right"|9.07%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Larry Giovando
|align="right"|3,346
|align="right"|31.92%
|align="right"|5,144
|align="right"|52.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Labour Progressive
|Nigel Morgan
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|1.97%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...
|align="right"|3,715
|align="right"|35.44%
|align="right"|4,581
|align="right"|47.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,482
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|9,725
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|207
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown
|}
|-
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Elmer Pearce Bradshaw
|align="right"|1,375
|align="right"|13.99%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|32
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Larry Giovando
|align="right"|2,046
|align="right"|20.82%
|align="right"|4,376
|align="right"|50.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...
|align="right"|3,631
|align="right"|36.96%
|align="right"|4,358
|align="right"|49.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Labour Progressive
|Grace Ellen Tickson
|align="right"|115
|align="right"|1.17%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|2,626
|align="right"|26.73%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,825
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|8,734
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|363
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 5) not shown
|}
|-
|Independent
|Edward Joseph Brewster
|align="right"|69
|align="right"|0.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Arthur Roderick Glen
|align="right"|2,963
|align="right"|32.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Peter Maffeo
|align="right"|2,142
|align="right"|23.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|3,827
|align="right"|45.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,001
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|109
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Colin Cameron
Colin Cameron (politician)
Colin Cameron was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral districts of Nanaimo from 1953 to 1958 and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands from 1962 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons...
|align="right"|4,548
|align="right"|41.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Hugh Basil Heath
|align="right"|1,036
|align="right"|9.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...
|Irving Floyd Mortensen
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|0.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Edward Drewry Strongitharm
|align="right"|607
|align="right"|5.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|4,599
|align="right"|42.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,862
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...
|align="right"|4,278
|align="right"|42.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Robert Clayton Weir
|align="right"|960
|align="right"|9.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="right"|4,259
|align="right"|42.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman
|align="right"|582
|align="right"|5.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,079
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|79
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|65.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
After 1963 the riding was redistributed. In the 1966 election Nanaimo and the Islands was succeeded by the restored Nanaimo and by Saanich and the Islands
Saanich and the Islands
Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South....
, which was later succeeded by Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....