# The Islands

The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands at the 1941 election.

## Notable MLAs

This Nanaimo-Gulf Islands area riding's first appearance was in 1903. It was originally created for the 1890 election, but was redistributed and done away with for the 1894 election, but it was brought back again in the large redistribution that set the stage for the watershed 1903 election, which ended the no-party era in the BC House. The Islands then lasted until the 1937 election, and subsequently parts of it became Nanaimo and the Islands, which was a riding in elections from 1941 to 1963, or in other Nanaimo-area electoral districts.
Parts of the area covered by The Islands are currently represented by various newer ridings:
* Nanaimo 1996–present
* Saanich North and the Islands (current)
* Saanich and the Islands (past)

## Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
10th British Columbia election, 1890 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | John Paton Booth | 57 | 49.57% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Frederick Foord | 28 | 24.35% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Horatio John Robertson | 30 | 26.09% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 115 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between North Nanaimo, South Nanaimo and Cowichan-Alberni. It did not appear again until 1903:
10th British Columbia election, 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Henry Wright Bullock | 154 | 41.07% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Thomas Wilson Paterson | 221 | 58.93% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 375 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
11th British Columbia election, 1907 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Socialist | William John Ledingham | 11 | 3.03% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Albert Edward McPhillips | 179 | 49.31% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Thomas Wilson Paterson | 173 | 47.66% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 363 | 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 | Albert Edward McPhillips | 270 | 56.60% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Percy Purvis | 207 | 43.40% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 477 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Albert Edward McPhillips | 345 | 75.66% |
| | Independent Conservative | Percy Kent Winch | 111 | 24.34% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 456 | 100.00% |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | William Wasbrough Foster | 354 | 49.72% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Bruce Jackson | 358 | 50.28% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 712 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
vte1920 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Bruce Jackson | 581 | 40.86 |
| | Conservative | George Clark | 481 | 33.83 |
| | Soldier–Farmer | Lewis Adolphus de Vic Carey | 360 | 25.32 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,422 | 100.00 |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Bruce Jackson | 463 | 38.71% | unknown |
| | Provincial | John William McIntosh | 581 | 34.06% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Cyrus Wesley Peck | 583 | 34.17% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,706 | 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 | Malcolm Bruce Jackson | 683 | 37.30% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Cyrus Wesley Peck | 1,148 | 62.70% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,831 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Ellis | 400 | 19.47% |
| | Independent Conservative | William Wasbrough Foster | 669 | 32.57% |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | John Bayley Hardinge | 233 | 11.34% |
| | Independent | William Henry Russell Humber | 26 | 1.27% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Alexander McDonald | 726 | 35.35% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,284 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit League | Gordon Hay Brown | 51 | 2.41% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Macgregor Fullarton MacIntosh | 953 | 45.12% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Grace E. Burtt Martin | 414 | 19.60% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Alexander McDonald | 694 | 32.86% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,112 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
In 1941, the area was redistributed into the new Nanaimo and the Islands riding. Parts of it are now in Saanich North and the Islands.