Yale (provincial electoral district)
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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 Yale-West
; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie
, Ymir
, Grand Forks
, which were later emerged or rearranged into the various Kootenay
and Okanagan
ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West
. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet
, which is still extant.
, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.
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|Independent
|George Coxon 1
|align="right"|29
|align="right"|16.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|William H. Kay
|align="right"|8
|align="right"|4.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Moses Lumby
|align="right"|17
|align="right"|9.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|James Robinson
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|20.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|29
|align="right"|16.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Robert Smith
|align="right"|53
|align="right"|30.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|171
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes.
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|Reform
|John F. Allison
|align="right"|100
|align="right"|15.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Reform caucus
|John Andrew Mara
|align="right"|130
|align="right"|20.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|James Robinson
|align="right"|59
|align="right"|9.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|James Ross
|align="right"|7
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|94
|align="right"|14.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|Robert Smith
|align="right"|117
|align="right"|18.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Reform caucus
|Forbes George Vernon
|align="right"|125
|align="right"|19.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|632
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Government
|Preston Bennett
|align="right"|158
|align="right"|20.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|Dixon Joseph Lauder
|align="right"|87
|align="right"|11.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|William McCormack
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|11.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|John Andrew Mara
|align="right"|172
|align="right"|21.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|120
|align="right"|15.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
|align="right"|158
|align="right"|20.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|788
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Government
|Preston Bennett
|align="right"|194
|align="right"|19.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Henry Dodson Green-Armytage
|align="right"|98
|align="right"|9.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|William McGirr
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|6.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|John Andrew Mara
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|24.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Edward Peason
|align="right"|78
|align="right"|7.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|254
|align="right"|25.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Gilbert Malcolm Sproat
|align="right"|68
|align="right"|6.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Government
|Thomas Basil Humphreys
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|39.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|George Bohun Martin
|align="right"|244
|align="right"|60.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|401
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Death of Preston Bennett August 9, 1882.
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|Government
|Archibald Irwin
|align="right"|196
|align="right"|14.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|George Bohun Martin
|align="right"|283
|align="right"|21.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|(Opposition ?)
|Henry Nicholson
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|7.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|(Opposition ?)
|Thomas Roadley
|align="right"|88
|align="right"|6.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|364
|align="right"|27.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
|align="right"|290
|align="right"|22.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,314
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Opposition
|Irwin Archibald
|align="right"|256
|align="right"|13.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|George Bohun Martin
|align="right"|445
|align="right"|22.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|396
|align="right"|20.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
|align="right"|496
|align="right"|25.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|James Wardle
|align="right"|351
|align="right"|18.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,944
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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7th British Columbia general election, 1894
split to three ridings:
8th British Columbia general election, 1898
9th British Columbia general election, 1900
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|Liberal
|Stuart Alexander Henderson
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|60.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Thomas Gray McManamon
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|39.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|510
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=6|4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West
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|-
|Liberal
|Stuart Alexander Henderson
|align="right"|289
|align="right"|58.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Charles Augustus Semlin
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|41.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|496
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Stuart Richard Henderson
|align="right"|265
|align="right"|36.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Richard McBride
|align="right"|455
|align="right"|63.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|720
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Conservative
|Alexander Lucas
|align="right"|524
|align="right"|65.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John P. McConnell
|align="right"|279
|align="right"|34.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|281
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|71.98%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
|Alexander Lucas
|align="right"|609
|align="right"|42.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Joseph Walters
|align="right"|809
|align="right"|57.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,418
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Liberal
|James Robert Cameron
|align="right"|737
|align="right"|31.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|John McRae
|align="right"|913
|align="right"|39.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent Liberal
|Joseph Walters
|align="right"|657
|align="right"|28.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,307
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Provincial Party
|James Sugrue Fagan
|align="right"|578
|align="right"|23.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John Duncan MacLean
|align="right"|1,148
|align="right"|46.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|John McRae
|align="right"|756
|align="right"|30.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,491
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Liberal
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|1,514
|align="right"|57.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Romald Helmerow Helmer
|align="right"|1,132
|align="right"|42.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,648
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|27
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Liberal
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|1,193
|align="right"|68.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Non-Partisan Independent Group
|Romald Helmerow Helmer
|align="right"|312
|align="right"|17.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Wise Langley
|align="right"|233
|align="right"|13.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,738
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|23
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|968
|align="right"|59.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Wise Langley
|align="right"|422
|align="right"|26.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|John Wilson North
|align="right"|225
|align="right"|13.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,615
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|40
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
|Alexander Rennie Ross Craig
|align="right"|616
|align="right"|34.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|1,148
|align="right"|65.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,764
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|55
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|616
|align="right"|34.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|536
|align="right"|33.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,613
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Coalition
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="right"|1,417
|align="right"|46.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|865
|align="right"|28.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|728
|align="right"|24.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,000
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|42
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Progressive Conservative
|Bernard (Ben) Cherry
|align="right"|338
|align="right"|10.74%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|BC Social Credit League
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,024
|align="right"|32.53%
|align="right"|1,390
|align="right"|51.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John Joseph Allan Gillis
|align="right"|1,067
|align="right"|33.89%
|align="right"|1,311
|align="right"|48.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|659
|align="right"|20.93%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"| -%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|George Murray
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|1.91%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,148
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|2,701
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|98
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,177
|align="right"|39.86%
|align="right"|1,354
|align="right"|54.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
|Evan Donald MacDougall
|align="right"|835
|align="right"|28.28%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,953
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|2,491
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|278
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|5,933 (1952 list)
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|70.15%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,315
|align="right"|47.34
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Joe Madden
|align="right"|599
|align="right"|21.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Olga McLean
|align="right"|703
|align="right"|25.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Kenneth Moyes
|align="right"|161
|align="right"|5.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,778
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|61
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|John Allan Collett
|align="right"|964
|align="right"|27.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,103
|align="right"|31.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|William Joseph Lauder
|align="right"|390
|align="right"|11.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Evan Donald MacDougall
|align="right"|1,074
|align="right"|30.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,531
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|107
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|John Allan Collett
|align="right"|599
|align="right"|13.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,691
|align="right"|36.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|584
|align="right"|12.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|William Leonard Hartley
|align="right"|1,697
|align="right"|37.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,571
!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"|
|}
Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet
, which survives to the present.
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 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-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...
, Yale-North
Yale-North
Yale-North 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
and Yale-West
Yale-West
Yale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie
Fernie (electoral district)
Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...
, Ymir
Ymir (electoral district)
Ymir was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after Ymir, a village east of Trail, B.C. and south of Nelson, B.C....
, Grand Forks
Grand Forks (electoral district)
Grand Forks was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries...
, which were later emerged or rearranged into the various Kootenay
Kootenay (electoral districts)
Kootenay is a name found in various provincial and federal electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia. This page lists ridings with the name Kootenay in them, and also other ridings within the Kootenay region....
and Okanagan
Okanagan
The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a region located in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. As of 2009, the region's population is approximately 350,927. The...
ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West
Yale-West
Yale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new 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,...
, which is still extant.
Demographics
| Population | |
| Population Change, | % |
| Area (km²) | |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) |
Geography
The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original core in the Fraser Canyon, south from and including Lytton. The riding's name is from the town of Yale, British ColumbiaYale, British Columbia
Yale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then Chief Factor of the Columbia District...
, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.
Notable MLAs
- Charles Augustus SemlinCharles Augustus SemlinCharles 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...
(12th Premier 1915-1928, first elected 1871) - John Andrew MaraJohn Andrew MaraJohn Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....
- Forbes George VernonForbes George VernonForbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
(namesake of the city of VernonVernon, British ColumbiaVernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while...
) - Richard McBrideRichard McBrideSir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...
(1909, incumbent/16th Premier 1903-1915) - John Duncan MacLeanJohn Duncan MacLeanJohn Duncan MacLean was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th Premier of British Columbia, Canada....
(20th Premier, 1920–1921) - William Leonard Hartley
Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|Independent
|George Coxon 1
|align="right"|29
|align="right"|16.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|William H. Kay
|align="right"|8
|align="right"|4.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Moses Lumby
|align="right"|17
|align="right"|9.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|James Robinson
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|20.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|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"|29
|align="right"|16.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Robert Smith
Robert Smith (British Columbia politician)
Robert Smith was an Irish-born Member of the Legislative Assembly of the province of British Columbia, Canada from its entry into Confederation in 1871 until the provincial election of 1878. Smith represented the Fraser Canyon-Interior riding of Yale...
|align="right"|53
|align="right"|30.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|171
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes.
|}
|-
|Reform
|John F. Allison
|align="right"|100
|align="right"|15.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Reform caucus
|John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....
|align="right"|130
|align="right"|20.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|James Robinson
|align="right"|59
|align="right"|9.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|James Ross
|align="right"|7
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|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"|94
|align="right"|14.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent/Government
|Robert Smith
Robert Smith (British Columbia politician)
Robert Smith was an Irish-born Member of the Legislative Assembly of the province of British Columbia, Canada from its entry into Confederation in 1871 until the provincial election of 1878. Smith represented the Fraser Canyon-Interior riding of Yale...
|align="right"|117
|align="right"|18.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Reform caucus
|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
|align="right"|125
|align="right"|19.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|632
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Government
|Preston Bennett
|align="right"|158
|align="right"|20.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|Dixon Joseph Lauder
|align="right"|87
|align="right"|11.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|William McCormack
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|11.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....
|align="right"|172
|align="right"|21.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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"|120
|align="right"|15.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
|align="right"|158
|align="right"|20.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|788
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Government
|Preston Bennett
|align="right"|194
|align="right"|19.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Henry Dodson Green-Armytage
|align="right"|98
|align="right"|9.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|William McGirr
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|6.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|24.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Edward Peason
|align="right"|78
|align="right"|7.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|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"|254
|align="right"|25.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Gilbert Malcolm Sproat
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author. Arriving on Vancouver Island in 1860, he helped to found the first sawmill in Port Alberni, British Columbia. On 24 July. 1863 he was made the justice of the peace for the Colony of Vancouver Island...
|align="right"|68
|align="right"|6.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Government
|Thomas Basil Humphreys
Thomas Basil Humphreys
Thomas Basil Humphreys was an English-born miner, auctioneer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1871 to 1875, Victoria District from 1875 to 1882 and Comox from 1887 to 1890 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Liverpool, the son of...
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|39.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Opposition
|George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin was an English-born farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia, Canada...
|align="right"|244
|align="right"|60.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|401
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Death of Preston Bennett August 9, 1882.
|}
|-
|Government
|Archibald Irwin
|align="right"|196
|align="right"|14.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin was an English-born farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia, Canada...
|align="right"|283
|align="right"|21.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|(Opposition ?)
|Henry Nicholson
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|7.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|(Opposition ?)
|Thomas Roadley
|align="right"|88
|align="right"|6.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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"|364
|align="right"|27.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
|align="right"|290
|align="right"|22.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,314
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Opposition
|Irwin Archibald
|align="right"|256
|align="right"|13.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin was an English-born farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia, Canada...
|align="right"|445
|align="right"|22.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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"|396
|align="right"|20.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
|align="right"|496
|align="right"|25.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Government
|James Wardle
|align="right"|351
|align="right"|18.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,944
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
7th British Columbia general election, 1894
British Columbia general election, 1894
This was the seventh election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings....
split to three ridings:
- Yale-EastYale-EastYale-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...
- Yale-WestYale-WestYale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
- Yale-NorthYale-NorthYale-North 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
8th British Columbia general election, 1898
British Columbia general election, 1898
The British Columbia general election of 1898 was the eighth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.-Party politics:...
- Yale-EastYale-EastYale-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...
- Yale-WestYale-WestYale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
- Yale-NorthYale-NorthYale-North 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
9th British Columbia general election, 1900
British Columbia general election, 1900
The British Columbia general election of 1900 was the ninth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900...
- Yale-EastYale-EastYale-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...
- Yale-WestYale-WestYale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
- Yale-NorthYale-NorthYale-North 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
|-
|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...
|Stuart Alexander Henderson
Stuart Alexander Henderson
Stuart Alexander Henderson was a Scottish-born lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale from 1903 to 1909 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal....
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|60.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Thomas Gray McManamon
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|39.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|510
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=6|4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West
Yale-West
Yale-West 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-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
|}
|-
|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...
|Stuart Alexander Henderson
Stuart Alexander Henderson
Stuart Alexander Henderson was a Scottish-born lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale from 1903 to 1909 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal....
|align="right"|289
|align="right"|58.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|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"|207
|align="right"|41.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|496
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!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...
|Stuart Richard Henderson
|align="right"|265
|align="right"|36.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Richard McBride
Richard McBride
Sir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...
|align="right"|455
|align="right"|63.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|720
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Alexander Lucas
Alexander Lucas
Alexander Lucas was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was the seventh mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta and spent six years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia....
|align="right"|524
|align="right"|65.26%
|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...
|John P. McConnell
|align="right"|279
|align="right"|34.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|281
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|71.98%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Alexander Lucas
|align="right"|609
|align="right"|42.95%
|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...
|Joseph Walters
|align="right"|809
|align="right"|57.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,418
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!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...
|James Robert Cameron
|align="right"|737
|align="right"|31.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John McRae
|align="right"|913
|align="right"|39.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent Liberal
|Joseph Walters
|align="right"|657
|align="right"|28.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,307
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Provincial Party
|James Sugrue Fagan
|align="right"|578
|align="right"|23.20%
|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...
|John Duncan MacLean
John Duncan MacLean
John Duncan MacLean was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th Premier of British Columbia, Canada....
|align="right"|1,148
|align="right"|46.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John McRae
|align="right"|756
|align="right"|30.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,491
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!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...
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|1,514
|align="right"|57.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Romald Helmerow Helmer
|align="right"|1,132
|align="right"|42.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,648
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|27
!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...
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|1,193
|align="right"|68.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Non-Partisan Independent Group
|Romald Helmerow Helmer
|align="right"|312
|align="right"|17.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Wise Langley
|align="right"|233
|align="right"|13.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,738
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|23
!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...
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|968
|align="right"|59.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Wise Langley
|align="right"|422
|align="right"|26.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John Wilson North
|align="right"|225
|align="right"|13.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,615
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|40
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Alexander Rennie Ross Craig
|align="right"|616
|align="right"|34.92%
|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...
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|1,148
|align="right"|65.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,764
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|55
!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...
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|616
|align="right"|34.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|536
|align="right"|33.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,613
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Coalition
|John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis
John Joseph Alban Gillis was a physician, surgeon and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1952 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|1,417
|align="right"|46.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|865
|align="right"|28.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|728
|align="right"|24.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,000
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|42
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Bernard (Ben) Cherry
|align="right"|338
|align="right"|10.74%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|BC 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...
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,024
|align="right"|32.53%
|align="right"|1,390
|align="right"|51.46%
|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...
|John Joseph Allan Gillis
|align="right"|1,067
|align="right"|33.89%
|align="right"|1,311
|align="right"|48.54%
|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...
|Angus Hugh MacIsaac
|align="right"|659
|align="right"|20.93%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"| -%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|George Murray
George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century. Originally a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen he was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the...
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|1.91%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,148
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|2,701
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|98
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
|}
|-
|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...
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,177
|align="right"|39.86%
|align="right"|1,354
|align="right"|54.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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...
|Evan Donald MacDougall
|align="right"|835
|align="right"|28.28%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,953
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|2,491
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|278
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|5,933 (1952 list)
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|70.15%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,315
|align="right"|47.34
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Joe Madden
|align="right"|599
|align="right"|21.56%
|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...
|Olga McLean
|align="right"|703
|align="right"|25.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Kenneth Moyes
|align="right"|161
|align="right"|5.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,778
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|61
!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...
|John Allan Collett
|align="right"|964
|align="right"|27.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,103
|align="right"|31.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|William Joseph Lauder
|align="right"|390
|align="right"|11.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Evan Donald MacDougall
|align="right"|1,074
|align="right"|30.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,531
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|107
!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...
|John Allan Collett
|align="right"|599
|align="right"|13.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="right"|1,691
|align="right"|36.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|584
|align="right"|12.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|William Leonard Hartley
|align="right"|1,697
|align="right"|37.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,571
!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"|
|}
Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new 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,...
, which survives to the present.