Ymir (electoral district)

Ymir was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after Ymir, a village east of Trail, B.C. and south of Nelson, B.C.. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted only until 1912, after which the area was represented by Nelson riding.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1911
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Alfred Parr ¹	323	40.07%	unknown
	Conservative	Harry Wright	483	59.93%	unknown
Total valid votes			806	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both.

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	John Houston	147	20.68%	unknown
	Liberal	John Frederick Hume	239	33.61%	unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	325	45.71%	unknown
Total valid votes			711	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	Alexander M. Oliver	366	34.37%	–	unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	699	65.63%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,065	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	Richard Parmater Pettipiece	261	20.31%	–	unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	1,024	79.69%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,285	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

Following the 1912 election most of the area of the Ymir riding was incorporated into the new riding of Nelson.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns