Yale-West was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

 that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-East

Yale-East

Yale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...

 were created from the older three-member Yale

Yale (provincial electoral district)

Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...

 riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871. For the 1903 election the riding-name Yale was restored on an adapted version of Yale-West. The area of Yale-West is now part of the riding of Yale-Lillooet

Yale-Lillooet

Yale—Lillooet was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.It first appeared in the 1966 General Election, when it superseded the older Lillooet riding, which was one of the province's original twelve ridings, as well as the equally-old Yale riding,...

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Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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|Opposition
|Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin was a British Columbia politician.Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the gold rush to become a prospector. In 1869 he purchased the Dominion Ranch and became a rancher...

|align="right"|198
|align="right"|61.88%
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|Government
|James Wardle
|align="right"|122
|align="right"|38.38%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|320
!align="right"|100.00%
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|Government
|John James Mackay
|align="right"|88
|align="right"|30.24%
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|Opposition
|Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin was a British Columbia politician.Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the gold rush to become a prospector. In 1869 he purchased the Dominion Ranch and became a rancher...

|align="right"|423
|align="right"|49.76%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|291
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|Government
|George Washington Beebe
|align="right"|149
|align="right"|29.74%
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|Opposition-Progressive
|Denis Murphy

Denis Murphy (Canadian politician)

Denis Murphy was a lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-West in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1900 to 1903....

|align="right"|352
|align="right"|70.26%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|501
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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