Cassiar (electoral district)

Cassiar was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the British Columbia general election of 1882.

Demographics

Population, 1881
Population change, 1881-190x
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

4th 1882 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	William V. Brown	18	31.58%	–	unknown
	Opposition	John Grant	39	68.42%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			57	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

5th 1886 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Dempsey ^1	n/a	- %	–	unknown
	Opposition	John Grant ^1	n/a	- %	–	unknown
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 "No strictly accurate return available - the Returning Officer merely stating: 'John Grant elected by a majority of 3'."

6th 1890 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	Robert Cunningham	46	42.59%	–	unknown
	Government	Robert Hanley Hall	62	57.41%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			108	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

7th 1894 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent (Government?)	William Dalby	45	30.61%		unknown
	Government	John Irving	102	69.39%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			147	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

8th 1898 British Columbia general election ²

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	Charles William Digby Clifford	148	46.54%	–	unknown
	Government	John Irving	125	39.31%	–	unknown
	Independents	George Simpson McTavish	45	14.15%		unknown
Total valid votes			318	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^2 Increased to a two-member seat from one.

1900 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative-Opposition	Charles William Digby Clifford	318	30.67	Y
	Unknown	James Stables^3	277	26.71	Y
	Independent Opposition	John Irving	244	23.53
	Unknown	Alexander Godfrey^3	198	19.09
Total valid votes			1,037	100.00
^3 Neither Godfrey nor Stables' affiliation were mentioned in the newspapers. Stables may have been an Independent Government supporter.

Cassiar riding was eliminated in the redistribution after the 1900 election. In the 1903 election, this region was represented by the new Atlin and Skeena ridings.

Sources

• Elections BC historical returns