Newcastle_(electoral_district)

Newcastle (electoral district)

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Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It was created in 1903,^[1] and lasted until 1924, when it was largely replaced by Cowichan-Newcastle.^[2]

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Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58

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Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923, S.B.C. 1923, c. 6

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Elections BC 1988, p. 94.

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Elections BC 1988, p. 102.

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Elections BC 1988, p. 112.

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Elections BC 1988, p. 118.

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expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada

[FOOTNOTEElections_BC1988126-8] [8]
Elections BC 1988, p. 126.

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Parliament	Term
10th	1903–1907	Parker Williams
11th	1907–1909
12th	1909–1912
13th	1912–1916
14th	1916–1920
15th	1920–1924	Samuel Guthrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Parker Williams	288	40.06	–
	Conservative	Alexander Bryden	207	30.18	–
	Liberal	David W. Murray	214	29.76	–
Total valid votes			709	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Parker Williams	259	46.67	6.61
	Independent Labour	David James Thomas	197	35.50	New
	Conservative	John Sebastian Cairns	99	17.84	(12.34)
Total valid votes			555	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Parker Williams	379	52.64	5.97
	Conservative	John Stewart	274	38.06	20.22
	Independent	David James Thomas	67	9.31	(26.19)
Total valid votes			720	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Parker Williams^[7]	386	50.86	(1.78)
	Conservative	Roy Branwood Dier	373	49.14	11.08
Total valid votes			759	100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Socialist	Parker Williams	551	56.11	5.25
	Conservative	Roy Branwood Dier	1,186	43.89	(5.25)
Total valid votes			982	100.00

v t e 1920 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Federated Labour	Samuel Guthrie	704	42.00	New
	Coalition	William Gilbert Fraser	424	25.30	(18.59)
	Independent Socialist	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	419	25.00	(31.11)
	Independent Soldier	John Bickle	129	7.70	New
Total votes			1,676	100.00
Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 142. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.