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

Population, 1986
Population change, 1903–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

First Nations

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	1,246	31.26%		unknown
	Provincial	Kenneth Forrest Duncan	870	21.83%	–	unknown
	Canadian Labour Party (B.C. Section)	Samuel Guthrie	1,132	28.40%		unknown
	Liberal	Wymond Wolverton Walkem	738	18.51%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,986	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	2,360	58.17%		unknown
	Independent	St. George Gray	90	2.22%		unknown
	Independent Labour Party	Samuel Guthrie	1,607	39.61%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,057	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			108
Turnout			%

1933 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Oxford Group	Hugh George Egioke Savage	1,655	40.88
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Samuel Guthrie	1,288	31.82
	Independent Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie	585	14.45
	Liberal	David Ramsay	520	12.85
Total valid votes			4,048	100.00
Total rejected ballots			6

19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Clement Pemberton Deykin	639	13.76%		unknown
	Liberal	Arnold Christmas Flett	1,224	26.35%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	1,560	33.58%		unknown
	Independent	Hugh George Egioke Savage	1,222	26.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,645	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			42
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnold Christmas Flett	1,739	29.78		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	2,757	47.22%		unknown
	Conservative	Edmund William Neel	1,343	23.00%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,839	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			61
Turnout			%

21st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	3,768	55.33%		unknown
	Conservative	Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh	3,042	44.67%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,810	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			68
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independents	Thomas James Boyles	60	0.61%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Guthrie	4,194	42.81%		unknown
	Union of Electors	Norman Webster Joyce	38	0.39%	–	unknown
	Coalition	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	5,505	56.19%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,797	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^1
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	BC Social Credit League	William Hindle Bryant	1,886	17.63%				unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	4,636	43.34%	5,697	58.36%		unknown
	Liberal	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	2,711	25.35%	4,064	41.64%		unknown
	Conservative	James Chesterfield Wragg	1,463	13.68%
Total valid votes			10,696	100.00%	9,761
Total rejected ballots			334
Turnout			%
^1 Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of three (3).

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Independent	William Hindle Bryant	118	1.14%				unknown
	Labour Progressive	Myrtle Woodward Bergren	168	1.63%
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Grey English	510	4.94%				unknown
	BC Social Credit League	Percy Hawkings	2,686	26.00%	3,878	42.05%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	4,517	43.73%	5,345	57.95%		unknown
	Liberal	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	2,330	22.56%	-	- %		unknown
Total valid votes			10,329	100.00%	9,223
Total rejected ballots			500
Turnout			%
^2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts shown only, of five (5).

27th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert James Harvey	1,611	16.44%		unknown
	Social Credit	Charles William Parker	3,173	32.38%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	5,015	51.18%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,799	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			91
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Communist	Hjalmar Peter Bergren	170	1.59%		unknown
	Social Credit	Hazel Viola Fee	3,033	28.43%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Joseph Kerrone	1,206	11.30%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Robert Martin Strachan	6,261	58.68%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			115
Turnout			66.77%

27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Craig	840	7.82%		unknown
	New Democrat	Robert Martin Strachan	5,422	50.47%		unknown
	Social Credit	Donald Christopher Morton	3,576	33.29%	–	unknown
	Liberal	George Wilfrid Whittaker	904	8.42%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,742	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92
Turnout			%

After the 1963 election, Cowichan-Newcastle was redistributed. It was absorbed into the Cowichan-Malahat and Nanaimo ridings.

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data