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Reason for byelection was the resignation of
William Smithe upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) January 29, 1883. Date of election is date of return of writs, as no polling day was
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electoral district. It resumed by the name
Cowichan the next election after that, in 1898:
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27:
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606:
518:
224:
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1311:
1153:
1025:
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665:
442:
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Columbia Byelection: Cowichan March 31, 1883
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1711:
1698:
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1589:
1576:
1479:
1468:
1455:
1358:
1347:
1334:
1219:
1208:
1195:
1072:
1061:
1048:
947:
935:
924:
911:
845:
833:
822:
809:
712:
701:
688:
2250:
414:1875 British Columbia general election
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1865:
1743:
1621:
1500:
1379:
1258:
1093:
964:
859:
733:
554:
194:
2102:15th British Columbia election, 1920
1980:14th British Columbia election, 1916
1860:13th British Columbia election, 1912
1738:12th British Columbia election, 1909
1616:11th British Columbia election, 1907
1495:10th British Columbia election, 1903
1242:, the Cowichan area was part of the
130:
91:
79:Population density (people per km²)
30:in 1871. It was located on southern
1374:9th British Columbia election, 1900
1253:8th British Columbia election, 1898
1088:6th British Columbia election, 1890
959:5th British Columbia election, 1886
728:4th British Columbia election, 1882
549:3rd British Columbia election, 1878
189:1st British Columbia election, 1871
182:
13:
14:
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481:
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134:
95:
165:
49:
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1:
2205:
2194:
2181:
2086:
2075:
2062:
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1952:
1939:
1843:
1832:
1819:
1721:
1710:
1697:
1599:
1588:
1575:
1478:
1467:
1454:
1357:
1346:
1333:
1218:
1207:
1194:
1071:
1060:
1047:
946:
934:
923:
910:
844:
832:
821:
808:
711:
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687:
34:. Its last appearance on the
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7:
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2212:
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2191:
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2185:
2177:
2175:
2170:
2165:
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2058:
2056:
2051:
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1701:
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1487:
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1461:
1458:
1366:
1364:
1361:
1354:
1352:
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1343:
1340:
1337:
1227:
1225:
1222:
1215:
1213:
1211:
1204:
1201:
1198:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1068:
1066:
1064:
1057:
1054:
1051:
943:
941:
938:
931:
929:
927:
920:
917:
914:
841:
839:
836:
829:
827:
825:
818:
815:
812:
720:
718:
715:
708:
706:
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697:
694:
691:
422:
363:
361:
356:
351:
331:
329:
326:
323:
309:
307:
304:
301:
287:
285:
282:
279:
263:
261:
258:
255:
241:
239:
234:
229:
10:
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2236:
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428:
425:
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2119:
2116:
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1880:
1877:
1874:
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1758:
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1749:
1746:
1636:
1633:
1630:
1627:
1624:
1515:
1512:
1509:
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1394:
1391:
1388:
1385:
1382:
1273:
1270:
1267:
1264:
1261:
1108:
1105:
1102:
1099:
1096:
979:
976:
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967:
874:
871:
868:
865:
862:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
569:
566:
563:
560:
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530:
387:
368:
209:
206:
203:
200:
197:
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1834:Total rejected ballots
1712:Total rejected ballots
1590:Total rejected ballots
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1209:Total rejected ballots
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2014:Kenneth Forrest Duncan
1409:Charles Herbert Dickie
495:Independent Government
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1799:William Henry Hayward
1677:William Henry Hayward
1560:Ernest Meeson Skinner
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1740:
1618:
1497:
1376:
1255:
1090:
961:
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730:
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2064:Total valid votes
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1858:
1821:Total valid votes
1736:
1699:Total valid votes
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1577:Total valid votes
1493:
1456:Total valid votes
1372:
1335:Total valid votes
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1196:Total valid votes
1086:
1049:Total valid votes
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689:Total valid votes
547:
531:Total valid votes
369:Total valid votes
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1018:
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1015:
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989:
986:
984:
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963:
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906:
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749:Expenditures
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683:
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631:
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471:Edwin Pimbury
469:
467:Reform caucus
466:
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439:Reform caucus
438:
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210:Expenditures
193:
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176:Premier of BC
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2171:
2166:
2159:
2154:
2131:Conservative
2052:
2047:
2040:
2035:
1905:
1900:
1893:
1889:Conservative
1809:
1804:
1797:
1793:Conservative
1687:
1682:
1675:
1671:Conservative
1540:
1535:
1528:
1419:
1414:
1407:
1322:
1317:
1310:
1286:William Herd
1243:
1237:
1233:
1232:
1133:
1128:
1121:
1036:
1031:
1024:
1004:
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899:
894:
887:
797:
792:
785:
676:
671:
664:
644:
639:
632:
357:
352:
345:
340:
318:Independent
296:Independent
272:Independent
250:Independent
235:
230:
223:
218:
166:Notable MLAs
151:
147:adding to it
142:
112:
108:adding to it
103:
50:Demographics
19:
18:
2155:Independent
2036:Independent
1439:Walter Ford
1123:Henry Croft
994:Henry Croft
918:-.- %
341:Independent
219:Independent
72:Area (km²)
2111:Candidate
1989:Candidate
1869:Candidate
1747:Candidate
1625:Candidate
1556:Government
1524:Opposition
1504:Candidate
1435:Government
1403:Opposition
1383:Candidate
1306:Government
1282:Opposition
1262:Candidate
1175:Government
1149:Government
1117:Government
1097:Candidate
1020:Government
988:Government
968:Candidate
900:-.- %
883:Government
863:Candidate
781:Opposition
757:Government
737:Candidate
660:Government
628:Government
602:Opposition
578:Opposition
558:Candidate
514:Government
423:Candidate
198:Candidate
950:required.
895:Acclaimed
276:Henry Fry
154:July 2010
115:July 2010
88:Geography
26:became a
2252:Category
2233:riding.
2207:Turnout
2189:100.00%
2178:unknown
2146:unknown
2088:Turnout
2070:100.00%
2059:unknown
2027:unknown
1965:Turnout
1947:100.00%
1936:unknown
1912:unknown
1845:Turnout
1827:100.00%
1816:unknown
1785:unknown
1723:Turnout
1705:100.00%
1694:unknown
1663:unknown
1601:Turnout
1583:100.00%
1572:unknown
1548:unknown
1480:Turnout
1462:100.00%
1451:unknown
1427:unknown
1359:Turnout
1341:100.00%
1330:unknown
1298:unknown
1238:For the
1220:Turnout
1202:100.00%
1191:unknown
1167:unknown
1141:unknown
1073:Turnout
1055:100.00%
1044:unknown
1012:unknown
936:Turnout
907:unknown
834:Turnout
816:100.00%
805:unknown
773:unknown
713:Turnout
695:100.00%
684:unknown
652:unknown
620:unknown
594:unknown
432:Elected
364:unknown
332:unknown
310:unknown
288:unknown
264:unknown
242:unknown
20:Cowichan
2237:Sources
2225:In the
2151:
2032:
2024:–
2009:Liberal
1933:–
1920:Liberal
1782:–
1767:Liberal
1660:–
1645:Liberal
1569:–
1545:–
1448:–
1424:–
1327:–
1295:–
1188:–
1164:–
1138:–
1076:77.25%
1041:–
1009:–
904:–
802:–
770:–
681:–
649:–
617:–
591:–
378:100.00%
337:
315:
305:12.24%
293:
269:
259:19.39%
247:
215:
127:History
36:husting
2186:2,177
2172:52.60%
2141:47.40%
2114:Votes
2108:Party
2053:56.92%
2021:43.08%
1992:Votes
1986:Party
1930:19.96%
1906:80.04%
1872:Votes
1866:Party
1810:67.59%
1779:32.41%
1750:Votes
1744:Party
1688:53.95%
1657:46.05%
1628:Votes
1622:Party
1566:48.84%
1541:51.14%
1507:Votes
1501:Party
1445:32.33%
1420:67.67%
1386:Votes
1380:Party
1323:61.51%
1292:38.49%
1265:Votes
1259:Party
1185:23.94%
1161:41.78%
1134:34.27%
1100:Votes
1094:Party
971:Votes
965:Party
866:Votes
860:Party
798:71.33%
767:28.67%
740:Votes
734:Party
677:33.22%
645:28.77%
614:22.60%
588:15.41%
561:Votes
555:Party
540:100.00
526:17.07
506:21.95
420:Party
358:29.59%
327:9.69%
283:5.10%
236:23.98%
201:Votes
195:Party
2167:1,145
2138:1,032
1032:Accl.
1000:Accl.
478:29.27
450:31.71
426:Votes
2067:947
1944:551
1824:540
1702:228
1580:440
1459:331
1338:291
1199:426
1052:309
1037:--%
1005:--%
915:n/a
813:143
692:292
535:246
373:195
2048:539
2018:408
1927:110
1901:441
1805:365
1776:175
1683:123
1654:105
1563:215
1536:225
1442:107
1415:224
1318:179
1289:112
1182:102
1158:178
1129:146
793:102
324:10
302:24
280:10
256:38
149:.
110:.
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2117:%
1998:±
1995:%
1968:%
1878:±
1875:%
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611:66
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567:±
564:%
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503:54
475:72
447:78
353:58
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207:±
204:%
67:%
46:.
487:Y
459:Y
429:%
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