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Comox (electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named Comox Valley.
Geography
Nominally, this riding included most of the Central Coast as well as all of northern Vancouver Island, but in practicality there were very few eligible voters as the vast majority of the area's population was from one of the many First Nations in the district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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Electoral history
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|- |Independent |John Ash |Independent |Robert Cameron Coleman |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|24 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}
|- |Independent |John Ash |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 The byelection was called due to J. Ash's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |}
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|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|617 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|4 3. McPhee was nominated as a Liberal candidate in opposition to Mounce who campaigned as a Conservative Party supporter. According to the Nanaimo Herald both were anti-Martin but the Vancouver Province and Victoria Times listed both as Government. |}
|- |Liberal |Frederick McBain Young |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|678 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| John Bertram Bennett |
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| James McKelvey Forrest |
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|- |Liberal |**Hugh Stewart ** |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|812 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| Peoples Party (Farmer-Labour) |
| **Thomas Menzies ** |
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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
| Harold Tuttle Allen |
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| **Laurence Arnold Hanna ** |
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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
| **Colin Cameron ** |
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|- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |**Colin Cameron ** |Liberal |William Edward Mantle |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|6,899 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|166 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
| Colin Cameron |
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| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
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|- |Progressive Conservative |W. Bruce Gordon |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |William Campbell Moore |Liberal |Herbert John Welch |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,756 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|12,308 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|446 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|5(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) |}
|- |Liberal |John Wesley Baikie |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |William Campbell Moore |Progressive Conservative |Nugent Watson Spinks |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,561 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|12,479 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|717 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|77.94% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|6Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only) |}
|- |Liberal |Robert George McPhee |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Cyril Newman |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,810 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,810 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|183 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| Liberal |
| William Wallace Baikie |
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| Alan Gray |
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| David Alexander Elrix |
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| Liberal |
| Olga Ruth Henrietta Chown |
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| Progressive Conservative |
| Lawrence Foort |
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| Patrick Melvin Thompson |
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| Liberal |
| Norman L. McLaren |
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| Victor Albert Stephens |
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| Progressive Conservative |
| Eric Harry Kellow |
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| Liberal |
| Thomas John Finnie |
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| Victor Albert Stephens |
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| Liberal |
| John G. (Jack) Setter |
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| Terry Ian |
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