North Nanaimo

North Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only.

For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).

Demographics

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Bryden	411	74.73%	–	unknown
	Labour	Ralph Smith¹	139	25.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			550	100.00%
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Bryden	249	61.94%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Walter James G. Hellier	153	38.06%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			402	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

1900 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Wallace Burns McInnes³	238	47.04
	Opposition	John Bryden	195	38.54
	Independent Labour	John D. Dixon²	73	14.43
Total valid votes			506	100.00
² N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. ³ Son of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Thomas Robert McInnes.

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