Prince Rupert (electoral district)

Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election. Its main successor ridings are North Coast and Skeena.

Notable MLAs

The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia, 1933-1941.

Political geography

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,062	52.89%		unknown
	Conservative	William Manson	946	47.11%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,008	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,501	43.70%		unknown
	Independent Conservative	Seville Martineau Newton	697	20.29%
	Socialist	John Henry Burrough	676	19.68%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Charles B. Formby	561	16.33%
Total valid votes			3,435	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.

16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	920	55.89%		unknown
	Independent Conservative	Seville Martineau Newton^2	665	40.40
	Provincial	John Henry Burrough	61	3.71%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			1,646	100.00%
^2 Endorsed by Conservative Party.

17th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,370	51.78%		unknown
	Conservative	James Henry Thompson	1,276	48.22%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,646	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			60
Turnout			80.28%

18th British Columbia election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,725	64.90%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Weston Rudderham	665	25.02%		unknown
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Charles Chapman	268	10.08%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,658	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			70
Turnout			66.29%

19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,446	49.55%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George William Weaver	796	27.28%		unknown
	Conservative	Charles Vernon Evitt	662	22.69%		unknown
	BC Social Credit League	Robert Purvis Armstrong	14	0.48%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,918	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			83
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1,681	51.82%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George William Weaver	1,563	48.18%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,244	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96
Turnout			%

21st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Henry Brett	1,873	49.83%		unknown
	Independent	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo ^3	1,348	35.86%		unknown
	Labour Progressive	Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh	538	14.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,759	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			52
Turnout			63.19%
^3 T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such.

22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	John Duncan McRae	2,971	56.41%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Henry Brett	2,296	43.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,267	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			53
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952^4
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Edwin Hills	2,292	37.67%	2,903	51.32%		unknown
	Liberal	John Duncan McRae	2,001	32.89%	2,754	48.68		unknown
	Social Credit League	Arthur Murray	1,104	18.15%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Melbourne Christie	687	11.29%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			6,084	100.00%	5,657	%
Total rejected ballots			153
Turnout			%
^4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^5
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Bruce Brown	1,864	32.88%	2,611	50.32%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Edwin Hills	2,074	36.59%	2,578	49.68%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	1,731	30.53%
Total valid votes			5,669	100.00%	5,189	%
Total rejected ballots			299
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
^5 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.

25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	2,151	42.39%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Arthur Bruce Brown	1,664	32.79%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Edwin Hills	1,259	24.81%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,074	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			83
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	2,367	40.87%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Angus MacPhee	2,139	36.93%		unknown
	Liberal	Arthur Bruce Brown	1,087	18.77%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Horace L.G. Kelly	199	3.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,792	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			134
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	2,357	42.07%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	William (Bill) Toderas	1,918	34.23%		unknown
	Liberal	Neil Fergus MacDonald	1,328	23.70%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,603	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			59
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	2,647	52.90%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	John E. Lennox	1,813	36.23%		unknown
	Liberal	Neil Fergus MacDonald	544	10.87%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,004	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	3,114	41.42%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	James Douglas Manly	2,853	37.94%		unknown
	Liberal	Peter James Lester	1,488	19.79%		unknown
	Independent	Roderick Douglas Falconer	64	0.85%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,519	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graham Lea	3,152	41.64%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	2,715	35.87%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Odd Inge Eidsvik	1,416	18.71%		unknown
	Independent	Robert Graham Porter	287	3.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,570	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			103
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graham Lea	4,412	52.73%		unknown
	Social Credit	Roy Barclay Last	3,527	42.15%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Charles Michael Emes	428	5.12%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,367	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			78
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graham Lea	5,129	61.80%		unknown
	Social Credit	Hugh John Robins	3,171	38.20%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			8,300	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graham Lea	5,890	56.89%		unknown
	Social Credit	Roy Arne Clarence Webber	3,718	35.92%	–	unknown
	Liberal	James Grant Carr	745	7.19%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,353	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			160
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Arthur Daniel Miller	5,697	57.77%		unknown
	Social Credit	Roy Arne Clarence Webber	3,844	38.98%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John D. Whyte	320	3.25%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,861	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			214
Turnout			%

The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election. Successor ridings are:

• North Coast
• Skeena
• Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data