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Nelson City
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'''Nelson City''' may either be:
* the city of
Nelson, New Zealand.
*
Nelson City a defunct provincial
electoral district in the
Canadian province of
British Columbia.
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'''Nelson City''' was a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province of
British Columbia. It first appeared on the
hustings in the
British Columbia general election, 1903 1903 election and lasted until 1912, after which the area of Nelson, B.C. was represented by the
Nelson (provincial electoral district) Nelson riding. For other current and historical electoral districts in the
Kootenay region, please see
Kootenay (electoral districts).
Demographics
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|Population, 1901
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Political geography
Notable elections
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
''Note: Winners in each election are in''
bold.
{{Template:Election FPTP begin | title=
British Columbia general election, 1903 10th British Columbia election, 1903}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|
British Columbia Conservative Party Conservative
|John Houston
|align="right"|424
|align="right"|54.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|British Columbia Liberal Party Liberal
|Sidney Stockton Taylor
|align="right"|357
|align="right"|45.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|781
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Template:Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia general election, 1907 11th British Columbia election, 1907}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|British Columbia Liberal Party Liberal
|George Arthur Benjamin Hall
|align="right"|314
|align="right"|43.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|British Columbia Conservative Party Conservative
|John Andrew Kirkpatrick
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|42.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|Socialist Party of Canada Socialist
|Edward Francis (Frank) Phillips
|align="right"|96
|align="right"|13.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|719
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Template:Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia general election, 1909 12th British Columbia election, 1909}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|British Columbia Liberal Party Liberal
|Albert Edward Crease
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|31.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|Socialist Party of Canada Socialist
|John Henry Matheson
|align="right"|148
|align="right"|14.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|British Columbia Conservative Party Conservative
|Harry Wright
|align="right"|565
|align="right"|54.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,036
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Template:Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia general election, 1912 13th British Columbia election, 1912}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|Socialist Party of Canada Socialist
|Henry Frederick William Behnsen
|align="right"|177
|align="right"|19.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|British Columbia Conservative Party Conservative
|William Ross MacLean
|align="right"|527
|align="right"|59.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative
|Harry Wright
|align="right"|188
|align="right"|21.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|892
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
The Nelson City riding made its last appearance in the 1912 election. Following redistribution, the new riding covering this area in the 1916 election was Nelson (provincial electoral district) Nelson.
Source
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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