Comox—Alberni

Comox—Alberni
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	1996
First contested	1988
Last contested	1993

Comox—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1993.

History

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin riding.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of:

the Town of Comox;
the City of Courtenay;
Electoral Areas A, B and C of Comox-Strathcona Regional District;
the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District;
Electoral Areas E, F, G and H of Nanaimo Regional District;
that part of Electoral Area C of Nanaimo Regional District lying west of the east boundary of Dunsmuir Land District;
Electoral Area E of Powell River Regional District;
the Village of Cumberland; and
the Towns of Parksville and Qualicum Beach.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Nanaimo—Alberni riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Comox—Atlin
13th	1917–1921	Herbert Sylvester Clements	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Alan Webster Neill	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Independent
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949	John Lambert Gibson	Independent Liberal
21st	1949–1953	John Lambert Gibson	Independent
22nd	1953–1957	Thomas Speakman Barnett	Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd	1957–1958	Thomas Speakman Barnett	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1958–1962	Henry McQuillan	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Thomas Speakman Barnett	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1969	Richard Durante	Liberal
28th	1969–1972	Thomas Speakman Barnett	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974	Thomas Speakman Barnett	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979	Hugh Alan Anderson	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni
Riding re-created from Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni
34th	1988–1993	Bob Skelly	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Bill Gilmour	Reform
Riding dissolved into Nanaimo—Alberni

Election results

Comox—Alberni, 1988–1993

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Bill Gilmour	22,573	43.78	+33.84
	Liberal	Lonnie W. Hindle	10,610	20.58	+3.99
	New Democratic	Bob Skelly	8,560	16.60	-26.23
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Hicks	4,831	9.37	-18.93
	National	Ernest Daley	3,120	6.05	–
	Green	Richard Porter	1,261	2.45	+1.38
	Natural Law	Kathleen Lapeyrouse	287	0.56	–
	Independent	Kenneth R. Foster	252	0.49	–
	Canada Party	Genther Heinrich Smuda	68	0.13	–
Total valid votes			51,562	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.92

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Bob Skelly	21,128	42.83
	Progressive Conservative	Darlene Weir	13,959	28.30
	Liberal	Ray J. Rogers	8,182	16.59
	Reform	Gary Hein	4,905	9.94
	Green	Jim Bohlen	528	1.07
	Christian Heritage	Ivan R. Zalinko	478	0.97
	Communist	Gary William Swann	151	0.31
Total valid votes			49,331	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Neither of the incumbents ran in this election.

Comox—Alberni, 1917–1974

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Alan Anderson	13,594	35.74	+8.73
	Progressive Conservative	Al Lazerte	12,683	33.34	+15.03
	New Democratic	Don Barker	11,158	29.33	-20.35
	Communist	Mark F. Mosher	605	1.59	–
Total valid votes			38,040	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		-3.15

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	17,477	49.68	+3.51
	Liberal	Bob Chown	9,501	27.01	-18.22
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Sinnott	6,440	18.31	+9.71
	Social Credit	Delbert Keith Doll	1,276	3.63	–
	Independent	Mark F. Mosher	483	1.37	–
Total valid votes			35,177	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+10.86

Canadian federal by-election, 8 April 1969 On election being declared void, 14 February 1969
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	12,612	46.17	+6.84
	Liberal	Richard J.J. Durante	12,357	45.23	+5.87
	Progressive Conservative	Blair McLean	2,350	8.60	-8.39
Total valid votes			27,319	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+0.48

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard J.J. Durante	11,939	39.36	+15.34
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	11,930	39.33	-5.84
	Progressive Conservative	Blair McLean	5,154	16.99	+3.26
	Social Credit	Jean-M.-Joseph Gagnon	997	3.29	-10.82
	Communist	Mark Mosher	311	1.03	–
Total valid votes			30,331	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+10.59

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	13,393	45.17	+2.05
	Liberal	Loran K. Jordon	7,122	24.02	-5.53
	Social Credit	Jean M. Gagnon	4,183	14.11	+6.33
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacAdam	4,072	13.73	-5.82
	Independent	John Alexander McKenzie	878	2.96	–
Total valid votes			29,648	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.79

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	13,449	43.12	+6.27
	Liberal	William C. Moore	9,217	29.55	+2.50
	Progressive Conservative	Alex W. Crouch	6,099	19.55	-3.24
	Social Credit	Hazel Fee	2,428	7.78	-3.54
Total valid votes			31,193	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.88

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Speakman Barnett	10,474	36.85	-1.71
	Liberal	William C. Moore	7,689	27.05	+17.13
	Progressive Conservative	Henry McQuillan	6,478	22.79	-23.30
	Social Credit	Jack Finnerty	3,219	11.32	+5.89
	Communist	Mark Fulmore Mosher	567	1.99	–
Total valid votes			28,427	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-9.42
Change for the New Democrats is based on the 1958 results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Henry McQuillan	11,483	46.09	+15.10
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	9,607	38.56	-0.03
	Liberal	M. Stelling	2,472	9.92	-3.21
	Social Credit	William S. Mullett	1,354	5.43	-14.56
Total valid votes			24,916	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+7.56

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	8,598	35.89	+1.22
	Progressive Conservative	Henry C. McQuillan	7,423	30.99	+20.84
	Social Credit	Benjamin F. Wright	4,789	19.99	-4.25
	Liberal	Alfred Carl Fillinger	3,146	13.13	-13.00
Total valid votes			23,956	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		-9.81

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	6,115	34.67	-5.91
	Liberal	Irving Wilson	4,609	26.13	–
	Social Credit	Robert Harry Watson	4,275	24.24	–
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Frederick Duncan	1,790	10.15	–
	Labor–Progressive	William Stuart E. Morrison	850	4.82	–
Total valid votes			17,639	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Independent		Swing		-16.02

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lambert Gibson	11,397	59.42	+15.47
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Herdman Cameron	7,785	40.58	+12.52
Total valid votes			19,182	100.0
	Independent gain from Independent Liberal		Swing		+1.48

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	John Lambert Gibson	7,348	43.95	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Speakman Barnett	4,692	28.06	+0.65
	Trade Union	Nigel Morgan	4,679	27.99	–
Total valid votes			16,719	100.0
	Independent Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		+21.65

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	10,156	72.59	+25.35
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Harrison Brown	3,835	27.41	+1.81
Total valid votes			13,991	100.0
	Independent hold		Swing		+11.77

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,497	47.24	-16.10
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Colin Cameron	2,437	25.60	–
	Conservative	Reece Hague	1,509	15.85	-20.81
	Labour	Malcolm MacKinnon	999	10.49	–
	Reconstruction	Ernest Richard Tarling	78	0.82	–
Total valid votes			9,520	100.0
	Independent hold		Swing		-20.85

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	5,651	63.34	+4.53
	Conservative	Thomas Graham	3,270	36.66	-2.00
Total valid votes			8,921	100.0
	Independent hold		Swing		+3.26

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,307	58.81	-9.28
	Conservative	Donald Robert MacDonald	2,831	38.66	+6.75
	Labour	John Edward Armishaw	185	2.53	–
Total valid votes			7,323	100.0
	Independent hold		Swing		-8.02

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Webster Neill	4,794	68.09	–
	Conservative	Thomas Davis Coldicutt	2,247	31.91	-6.29
Total valid votes			7,041	100.0
	Independent gain from Progressive		Swing		+37.19
Independent candidate Alan Webster Neill gained 13.82 percentage points from his 1921 performance running as a Progressive candidate.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Alan Webster Neill	4,170	54.27	–
	Conservative	Herbert Sylvester Clements	2,935	38.20	-24.61
	United Farmers	John Edward Armishaw	579	7.54	–
Total valid votes			7,684	100.0
	Progressive gain from Government (Unionist)		Swing		+39.44
Conservative change is based on the results of the Unionists in the 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	Herbert Sylvester Clements	3,652	62.81
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Wallace Burns McInnes	2,162	37.19
Total valid votes			5,814	100.0
This riding was created from Comox—Atlin, which elected Conservative member Herbert Sylvester Clements in the previous election.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament: