Cranbrook (electoral district)
# Cranbrook (electoral district)

Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench.

Cranbrook riding made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).

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

## Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | 435 | 46.52% | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Horace King | 500 | 53.48% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 935 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

11th British Columbia election, 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Albert Harvey | 378 | 35.59 % | unknown |
| | Independent Socialist | Edward Kelley | 211 | 19.87% | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Horace King | 473 | 44.54% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,062 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

12th British Columbia election, 1909 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | 761 | 54.16% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | John William Fitch | 143 | 10.18% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Archibald MacDonald | 501 | 35.66% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,405 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

13th British Columbia election, 1912 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | Accl. | -.- % | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | n/a | -.-% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

14th British Columbia election, 1916 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | 504 | 40.94% | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Horace King | 727 | 59.06% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,231 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

15th British Columbia election, 1920 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent Conservative | Thomas Donald Caven | 905 | 49.02% |
| | Liberal | James Horace King | 941 | 50.98% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,846 | 100.00% |

16th British Columbia election, 1924 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Taylor | 1,062 | 44.47% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger | 1,326 | 55.53% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,388 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

17th British Columbia election, 1928 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Frank Mitchell MacPherson | 1,833 | 52.46% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger | 1,661 | 47.54% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,494 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

18th British Columbia election, 1933 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | United Front (Workers and Farmers) | Robert Adams | 62 | 1.46% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Charles Bennett | 1,231 | 29.01% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frank Mitchell MacPherson | 2,951 | 69.53% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,244 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 33 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

18th British Columbia election, 1937 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Frank Mitchell MacPherson | 3,110 | 76.73% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Samuel Smith Shearer | 943 | 23.27% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,053 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

19th British Columbia election, 1941 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Oscar Albin Eliasin | 1,548 | 33.89% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frank William Green | 1,615 | 35.35% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Arnold Joseph McGrath | 1,405 | 30.76% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,568 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |

19th British Columbia election, 1945 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Progressive | William Brown | 193 | 4.56% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Henry Gammon | 1,965 | 46.40% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Frank William Green | 2,077 | 49.04% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,235 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

20th British Columbia election, 1949 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 3,026 | 50.53% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Clifford Swan | 2,963 | 49.47% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,989 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 87 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

21st British Columbia election, 1952 $^3$ :

| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | B.C. Social Credit League | Howard Cressman King | 2,328 | 34.23% | 3,044 | 48.67% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Maurice Gregory Klinkhammer | 1,111 | 16.33% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Conservative | George England Kerr MacDonald | 675 | 9.92% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 2,688 | 39.52% | 3,210 | 51.33% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,802 | 100.00% | 6,254 | | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 168 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^3$ Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. |||||||

22nd British Columbia election, 1953 $^4$ :

| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | George Wayne Haddad | 1,615 | 23.79% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Howard Cressman King | 2,219 | 32.69% | 2,756 | 44.34% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 2,955 | 43.52% | 3,460 | 555.66% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,789 | 100.00% | 6,216 | | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 238 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^4$ Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown. |||||||

23rd British Columbia election, 1956 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Francis Vincent Downey | 902 | 14.47% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 3,321 | 53.26% | |
| | Social Credit | Robert Earl Sang | 2,012 | 32.27% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,235 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 54 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

24th British Columbia election, 1960 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Glennie | 1,475 | 23.39 % | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 2,786 | 44.18% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Frank Joseph Butala | 1,700 | 26.96% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Willie Harvey Webber | 345 | 5.47% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,306 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 67 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

25th British Columbia election, 1963 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | William Otis Green | 1,526 | 23.27% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Lloyd James Hoole | 835 | 12.73% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Robert Owen Jones | 1,633 | 24.90% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 2,563 | 39.09% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,557 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 35 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

Following the 1963 election the Cranbrook riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Cranbrook with the riding of Fernie and parts of the Columbia ridings.

