South Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections only.

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
LabourTully Boyce112045.11%unknown
GovernmentWilliam Wymond Walkem14654.89%–unknown
Total valid votes266100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1 Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).)
8th British Columbia election, 1898
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
LabourRalph Smith219378.46%unknown
GovernmentWilliam Wymond Walkem5321.54%–unknown
Total valid votes246100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
2 Ran as a "Labour-Oppositionist, i.e. as a Labour candidate but with Opposition support (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labour Movement and Political Action in British Columbia, 1879-1906", 1954, p. 92).
9th British Columbia election, 1900
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
OppositionJames Dunsmuir24952.53%–unknown
LabourJohn Radcliffe322547.47%unknown
Total valid votes474100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
3 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. (See note 6.) His name was also spelled Ratcliff and Ratcliffe by the press.

The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle, and The Islands.

See also

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded byVancouver CityConstituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia 1900–1902Succeeded byVictoria City