Kaslo (electoral district)

Kaslo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920. It was succeeded by the Kaslo-Slocan riding in the 1924 election.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population Change, 1901–1921
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Political Geography

Notable Elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Francis Green	268	40.42%
	Liberal	John Ley Retallack	231	34.84%
	Socialist	Samuel Shannon	164	24.74%
Total valid votes			663	100.00%

11th British Columbia election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Keen	189	44.79%		unknown
	Conservative	Neil Franklin MacKay	233	55.21%		unknown
Total valid votes			422	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Keen	134	31.38%		unknown
	Conservative	Neil Franklin MacKay	293	68.62%		unknown
Total valid votes			427	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Neil Franklin MacKay	Accl.	-.-%		unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.-%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Keen	456	54.94%		unknown
	Conservative	Robert John Long	374	45.06%		unknown
Total valid votes			830	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Keen	744	49.47%		unknown
	Conservative	Fred W. Lister ^1	760	50.53%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,504	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
			%
^1 Also referred to as "Conservative-United Farmer" candidate.

The 1920 election was the last appearance of the Kaslo riding. For the 1924 election it was merged with Slocan to form Kaslo-Slocan.

Sources

Elections BC historical returns