# Fort George (electoral district)

Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.

## Demographics

* Population, 1916
* Population change, 1916–1931
* Area (km$^2$)
* Population density (people per km$^2$)

## Notable MLAs

* Ray Gillis Williston (Social Credit, 1953–1972)

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent Progressive $^1$ | William George Gillett | 158 | 13.75% | unknown |
| | Independent Socialist | John McInnis | 492 | 42.82% | unknown |
| | Conservative | William Roderick Ross | 499 | 43.43% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,149 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^1$ McInnis received the unofficial support of the Liberals after their candidate, C.A. Gaskill, withdrew in order to increase the chances of defeating Ross. Gillett was part of a breakaway Conservative group. Alleged irregularities led to a commission of inquiry which found the charges not substantiated. |||||||
vte1920 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Williams Cocker | 787 | 38.09 |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,140 | 55.18 |
| | Independent Farmer | John Samuel Ross | 139 | 6.73 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,066 | 100.00 |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 851 | 44.43% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,080 | 46.67% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | John A. Shearer | 206 | 8.90% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,314 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$ Endorsed by Provincial Party. |||||||
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 1,487 | 51.61% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,394 | 48.39% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,881 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
vte1933 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,577 | 56.32 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Alexander Sinclair | 625 | 22.32 |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Roy Walter Alward | 310 | 11.07 |
| | Union of Electors | William Finnbar Mahoney | 192 | 6.86 |
| | Independent Labour | Clement Pemberton Deykin | 96 | 3.43 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,800 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 28 |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Frederick Parker Burden | 234 | 8.08% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,170 | 40.39% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,493 | 51.54% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,897 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James Warren Penberthy | 928 | 35.58% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,334 | 51.15% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Alexander McBain Young | 346 | 13.27% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,608 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,726 | 55.73% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,371 | 44.27% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,097 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 58 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Henry Robson Bowman | 3,232 | 59.86% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 2,167 | 40.14% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,399 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 176 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 $^2$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henry Robson Bowman | 2,022 | 33.73% | 2,468 | 47.21% | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Llewellyn Leslie King | 2,009 | 33.51% | 2,760 | 52.79% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John McInnis | 1,593 | 26.57% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Conservative | Cyril Westaway | 371 | 6.19% | - | - % | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,995 | 100.00% | 5,228 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 345 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^3$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Bond | 1,677 | 25.267% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Liberal | Garvin James Edward Dezell | 1,802 | 27.14% | 2,173 | 38.24% | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 3,160 | 47.60% | 3,509 | 61.76% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,639 | 100.00% | 5,682 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 308 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^3$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two shown only. |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Carl Waldemar Kienzie | 1,304 | 20.20% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frank Samuel Perry | 1,376 | 21.32% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 3,774 | 58.48% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,454 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 236 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Anthony Coates | 346 | 3.78% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Holger Enemark | 1,416 | 15.45% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Kenneth Rutherford | 2,336 | 25.49% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 5,066 | 55.28% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,164 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 163 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Thomas Raymond Cullinane | 961 | 11.00% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | William Kenneth Rutherford | 1,725 | 19.75% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dudley Erwin Sawley | 739 | 8.46% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 5,308 | 60.78% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,733 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 72 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Patrick Ivan McConnell Denton | 2,802 | 26.95% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry Allan Hope | 1,313 | 12.63% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 6,282 | 60.42% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,397 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 101 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Tex Cyril Enemark | 1,291 | 8.26% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | John Lucas (Jack) Whittaker | 4,196 | 26.83% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 10,152 | 64.91% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,639 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 159 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Allan Alfred Nunweiler | 8,435 | 39.99% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ronald L. Racette | 710 | 3.37% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Ray Gillis Williston | 8,194 | 38.85% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Galt Wilson | 3,754 | 17.80% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,093 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 252 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Alan Graham Anderton | 1,273 | 4.41% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frederick Joseph House | 1,695 | 5.87% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Howard John Lloyd | 16,455 | 57.01% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Allan Alfred Nunweiler | 9,442 | 32.71% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,865 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 306 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

## Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns