Английская Википедия:1898 British Columbia general election

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates The 1898 British Columbia general election was held in 1898. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Unlike in the previous BC general election, in 1898 of the 38 MLAs 24 were elected in single member districts. There were also three 2-member districts and two 4-member districts. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district.[1]

Party politics

There were no political parties in this election — until the 1903 election, British Columbia politics were officially non-partisan and political parties were not part of the process. This trend began to change in the 1898 and 1900 elections with the appearance of party-designated candidates and some party-declared members; for example, Ralph Smith in South Nanaimo. The political alignments designated at the time of the dropping of the writ did not necessarily have anything to do with the jockeying for power and support once the election returns were in. Therefore, members shown as "Government" or "Opposition" only ran under that slate and had no necessary allegiances or party loyalties to follow. If a new government formed from the "Opposition" slate, as here with Charles Augustus Semlin, there was nothing to say that someone who'd run under the "Government" banner might not cross the floor either to join the governing caucus, or actually be invited over to take a cabinet position.

In the table below, the seating is only as it was when the House convened. The failure of Semlin's government fell on the shoulders of an over-ambitious Joseph Martin by early 1900. He held on to power despite a petition from Members of the House to the Lieutenant-Governor, but the Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Robert McInnes, continued to support Martin so long as there was no sitting of the House, such that a situation of non-confidence could be proven, even though Martin had only himself and one other member in his caucus. Martin held out for six months, but the inevitable sitting of the House and immediate vote of non-confidence and subsequent election removed him from power and brought in James Dunsmuir.

It was because of this debacle, born in this election and the ones that preceded it, that party politics was finally introduced to British Columbia for the 1903 election.

Results by riding

Шаблон:LegSeats3 |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Charles William Digby Clifford |align="center" rowspan=2|Cassiar
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Alberni
Opposition
|align="center"|Alan Webster Neill |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|John Irving |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" rowspan=2|Cariboo
Opposition
|align="center"|Hans Lars Helgesen |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|James Dunsmuir |align="center" |Comox
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|John Charlton Kinchant |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley |align="center" |Esquimalt
Opposition
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Esquimalt
Opposition
|align="center"|David Williams Higgins |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|William Russell Robertson |align="center" |Cowichan
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Lillooet East
Opposition
|align="center"|James Douglas Prentice |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|William George Nielson |align="center" |East Kootenay (north riding)
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Nanaimo City
Opposition
|align="center"|Robert Edward McKechnie |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|James Baker |align="center" |East Kootenay (south riding)
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |South Nanaimo
Labour
|align="center"|Ralph Smith |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Alfred Wellington Smith |align="center" |Lillooet West
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" rowspan=4 |Vancouver City
Opposition
|align="center"|Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Alexander Henderson |align="center" |New Westminster City
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Robert Macpherson |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|John Bryden |align="center" |North Nanaimo
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Joseph Martin |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|John Paton Booth |align="center" |North Victoria
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Charles Edward Tisdall |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|David McEwen Eberts |align="center" |South Victoria
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |West Kootenay-Nelson
Opposition
|align="center"|John Frederick Hume |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Richard Hall |align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |West Kootenay-Revelstoke
Opposition
|align="center"|James M. Kellie |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |West Kootenay-Rossland
Opposition
|align="center"|James Morris Martin |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |West Kootenay-Slocan
Opposition
|align="center"|Robert Francis Green |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|John Herbert Turner1 |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Westminster-Chilliwhack
Opposition
|align="center"|Charles William Munro |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Richard McBride |align="center" |Westminster-Dewdney
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Westminster-Delta
Opposition
|align="center"|Thomas William Forster |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center"|Price Ellison |align="center" |Yale-East
Government
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Westminster-Richmond
Opposition
|align="center"|Thomas Kidd |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- | | | | |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Yale-North
Opposition
|align="center"|Francis John Deane |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- | | | | |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |align="center" |Yale-West
Opposition
|align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin2 |Шаблон:Canadian party colour|     |- | |align-left"|1 Incumbent Premier | | | | |align-left"|2 Premier-Elect |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: Elections BC |- |}

References

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Шаблон:British Columbia elections

  1. Electoral History of BC, 1871-1986, p. 545