Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia

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...

 to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo

Nanaimo, British Columbia

Nanaimo is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown...

. It appeared in the 1916 and 1920 elections only. In 1924, portions of it were incorporated into the new Cowichan-Newcastle

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 :- Electoral history :...

 riding. For other ridings in the Nanaimo area, please see Nanaimo (electoral districts)

Nanaimo (electoral districts)

Nanaimo is the same of several Canadian federal and British Columbia provincial electoral districts, both historical and current, in and around the Vancouver Island city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.-Current:...

.

Demographics

Population, 1921 Census
Population Change, 1916–1921	%
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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|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...

|Roy Branwood Dier
|align="right"|1,186
|align="right"|43.89%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent Socialist
|Parker Williams

Parker Williams

Parker Williams was a Welsh-born coal miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1903 to 1918 as a Socialist and later as an independent Socialist.He worked as a coal miner in Wales, Alberta and Washington state...

|align="right"|551
|align="right"|56.11%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|982
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|Independent Socialist
|John Bickle
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|7.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal-Conservative Coalition
|William Gilbert Fraser
|align="right"|424
|align="right"|25.30%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Federated Labour
|Samuel Guthrie

Samuel Guthrie (politician)

Samuel "Sam" Guthrie was a Scottish-born miner, farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Newcastle from 1920 to 1924 as a Federated Labour member and Cowichan-Newcastle from 1933 to 1949 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member in the Legislative Assembly of British...

|align="right"|704
|align="right"|42.00%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent Socialist
|James Hurst Hawthornthwaite
|align="right"|419
|align="right"|25.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,676
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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