Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election. In 1933 it was briefly merged into Columbia–Revelstoke, but was restored for the 1937 election and lasted until 1963.

In 1966 Revelstoke was merged with Kaslo-Slocan to form Revelstoke-Slocan, and in 1979 was merged with Shuswap to form Shuswap-Revelstoke. Since 1991 Revelstoke has been part of Columbia River-Revelstoke.

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

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	John William Bennett	186	22.04%	–	unknown
	Liberal	James M. Kellie	316	37.44%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	342	40.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			844	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Caley	269	33.50%		unknown
	Socialist	Wallis Walter LeFeaux	94	11.71%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	440	54.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			803	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Adam Wightman Bell	594	31.92%		unknown
	Provincial	John McGivern Humphrey	168	9.03%	–	unknown
	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	1,099	59.05%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,861	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

After the 1928 election there was a redistribution. The Revelstoke riding was merged with the Columbia riding to form Columbia-Revelstoke, which appeared in the 1933 general election. In the following election, they were separate ridings again. For results, see Columbia-Revelstoke.

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harry Johnston	1,162	61.2%	unknown
	Conservative	Sturdy	533	28.1%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Almen	205	10.8%	unknown
Total valid votes			1900	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			73
Turnout			86.7%

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harry Johnston	1065	49.1%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	McKenzie	678	31.2%	unknown
	Conservative	W. Johnson	427	19.8%	unknown
Total valid votes			2170	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			27
Turnout			77.6%

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	William James Johnson	1089	51.2%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vincent Segur	1039	48.8%		unknown
Total valid votes			2128	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			22
Turnout			74.9%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Coalition	Arvid Lundell	1311	51.0%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vincent Segur	1262	49.0%		unknown
Total valid votes			2573	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			70
Turnout			83.5%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952¹
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vincent Segur	942	34.5%	1320	56.5%		unknown
	Liberal	Rutherford	636	23.3%	1015	43.5%		unknown
	Social Credit	Paynter	598	21.9%
	Conservative	Arvid Lundell	555	20.3%	-	-.- %
Total valid votes			2731	100.00%	2335	%
Total rejected ballots			153
Turnout			79.1%
¹ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953²
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vincent Segur	1009	37.1%	1284	55.9%		unknown
	Liberal	Stoodley	551	20.2%	1012	44.1%		unknown
	Social Credit	Francis	639	23.5%
	Independent	Arvid Lundell	522	19.2%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			2721	100.00%	2296	%
Total rejected ballots			116
Turnout			79.4%
² Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Arvid Lundell	1339	49.8%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Hobbs	985	36.6%		unknown
	Liberal	Delacherois	364	13.5%		unknown
Total valid votes			2688	%
Total rejected ballots			30
Turnout			68.5%

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Arvid Lundell	1339	49.8%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Hobbs	985	36.6%		unknown
	Liberal	Delacherois	364	13.5%		unknown
Total valid votes			2688	%
Total rejected ballots			30
Turnout			68.5%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	George Hobbs	1417	44.1%		unknown
	Social Credit	Arvid Lundell	945	29.4%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Hardman	585	18.2%		unknown
	Conservative	McFadden	265	8.3%		unknown
Total valid votes			3212	%
Total rejected ballots			30
Turnout			79.0%

v t e British Columbia provincial by-election, September 4, 1962
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP-CCF	Margaret Hobbs	1,127	42.12
	Social Credit	Arvid Lundell	1,066	39.84
	Liberal	John Wallace Johnston	483	18.05
Total valid votes			2,676
Total rejected ballots			15
Called upon the death of G. Hobbs on 30 January 1962.
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf

v t e 1963 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	Arvid Lundell	1,176	41.3
	New Democratic	Margaret Hobbs	1,071	37.8
	Liberal	William James Burnett	385	13.5
	Progressive Conservative	Owen Orlando Williams	211	7.4
Total valid votes			2,843
Total rejected ballots			15
Turnout			77.2
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf

For successive election results see Revelstoke-Slocan.