Newcastle (electoral district)

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]

MLAs elected

Electoral history

Elections

Timeline (1903-1920)

Graph of Newcastle election results by share of votes, 1903–1920

Further reading

• An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

References

1. Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
2. Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923, S.B.C. 1923, c. 6
3. Elections BC 1988, p. 94.
4. Elections BC 1988, p. 102.
5. Elections BC 1988, p. 112.
6. Elections BC 1988, p. 118.
7. expelled from the Socialist Party after the election, for having dual membership with the Social Democratic Party of Canada
8. Elections BC 1988, p. 126.