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1886 British Columbia Election

Overview

The 1886 British Columbia Election was held on July 7th, 1886.

Result

Government won the most seats in the election

Held on

July 7th, 1886

Writ day

June 3rd, 1886

Number of Electoral Districts

Fixed Date

Election Notes

Sources : Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library [of British Columbia], An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986, Victoria, BC: n.d. ISBN 0771886772.

Results
Districts
Charts
Legislature

Result

Total Electors	Valid Ballots	Valid Votes	Invalid Votes	Turnout Rate
6,819	11,211	11,211	Unavailable	164.41%

Total Electors

Valid Ballots

Valid Votes

Invalid Votes

Turnout Rate

6,819

11,211

Unavailable

164.41%

Party	Candidates	Seats Won	% of Seats Won	% of Vote
Government	28	19	70.37%	50.00%
Opposition	27	8	29.63%	40.42%
Independent	9	0	0%	5.62%
Labour Party	4	0	0%	3.95%

Legislature Composition

Vote Share by Political Parties

Seats Won by Political Parties

Seats Share by Political Parties

Cariboo (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
755		755		456

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

755

456

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Opposition	Neil Campbell	39
Government	George Cowan	111
Opposition	George Ferguson	90
Government	Joseph Mason	125
Opposition	Robert McLeese	113
Opposition	Denis Murphy	88
Opposition	Robert Shaw	38
Independent	Samuel Walker	61
Government	Charles Wilson	90

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

111

125

113

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	TMP
District Magnitude	3

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

TMP

District Magnitude

Cassiar

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
				221

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

221

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
Government	John Dempsey		0
Opposition	John Grant (BC)		0

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

Election Result Notes

Note : No count available. Returning Officer reported 'John Grant elected by a majority of 3.' See note 7, ELECTORAL HISTORY OF BC 1871-1986, Elections BC and the BC Legislature, 1988, pp 46.

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	SMP
District Magnitude	1

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

SMP

District Magnitude

Comox

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
128		128		112

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

128

112

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Government	William Dingwall	40
Government	Stafford McKelvey	10
Opposition	James Robb	33
Opposition	Anthony Stenhouse	45

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	SMP
District Magnitude	1

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

SMP

District Magnitude

Cowichan

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
				322

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

322

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
Government	Henry Croft		0
Government	William Smithe		0

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

Attributes

Acclamation	Yes
Incomplete Data	No
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Yes

Incomplete Data

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Esquimalt

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
415		415		273

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

415

273

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Opposition	Hans Helgesen	70
Opposition	John Hett	72
Government	David Higgins	123
Government	Charles Pooley	150

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

123

150

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Kootenay

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
185		185		36

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

185

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
Government	James Baker		111
Opposition	William Brown		74

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

111

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	SMP
District Magnitude	1

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

SMP

District Magnitude

Lillooet

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
309		309		200

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

309

200

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Government	Edward Allen	65
Government	Alexander Davie	93
Opposition	William Livingston	45
Independent	William Morrison	57
Opposition	William Saul	49

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Nanaimo (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
1157		1157		764

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

1157

764

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Government	Robert Dunsmuir	366
Labour Party	James Lewis	78
Opposition	Colin McKenzie	134
Labour Party	Samuel Myers	30
Independent	Robert O'Brian	192
Government	William Raybould	267
Independent	George Thomson	90

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

366

134

192

267

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

New Westminster (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
2249		2249		1377

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

2249

1377

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Lewis Agassiz	142
Independent	Henry Dawson	11
Independent	William Isaac	17
Independent	James Kennedy	7
Government	Herbert Kirkland	348
Opposition	William Ladner	365
Opposition	Donald McGillivray	331
Opposition	James Orr	358
Government	John Robson	420
Government	Allen Wells	250

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

142

348

365

331

358

420

250

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	TMP
District Magnitude	3

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

TMP

District Magnitude

New Westminster City

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
249		249		443

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

249

443

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
Opposition	William Bole		212
Government	William Ferris		37

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

212

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	SMP
District Magnitude	1

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

SMP

District Magnitude

Victoria City (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
495		495		322

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

495

322

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Government	George Anderson	134
Opposition	Thomas Humphreys	113
Government	Robert John	166
Opposition	John Sluggett	82

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

134

113

166

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Victoria City (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
3955		3955		1360

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

3955

1360

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Opposition	Robert Beaven	540
Independent	Joseph Carey	53
Government	Theodore Davie	463
Government	Simeon Duck	456
Labour Party	John Duval	127
Opposition	Robert Lipsett	362
Government	Edward Prior	540
Labour Party	Andrew Smith	208
Government	John Turner	472
Opposition	Robert Williams	413
Opposition	Joseph Wriglesworth	321

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

540

463

456

127

362

540

208

472

413

321

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	QMP
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

QMP

District Magnitude

Yale (BC)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
1314		1314		933

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

1314

933

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
Government	Archibald Irwin	196
Government	George Martin	283
Opposition	Henry Nicholson	93
Opposition	Thomas Roadley	88
Opposition	Charles Semlin	364
Government	Forbes Vernon	290

Party Name

Candidate

Elected

Votes

196

283