# Cowichan-Newcastle

Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared for the 1924 provincial election, and was later redistributed into Cowichan-Malahat and Nanaimo for the 1966 election.

## MLAs elected

| Parliament | Term | MLA |
| 16th | 1924–1928 | Cyril Francis Davie |
| 17th | 1928–1933 | Cyril Francis Davie |
| 18th | 1933–1937 | Hugh George Egioke Savage |
| 19th | 1937–1941 | Samuel Guthrie |
| 20th | 1941–1945 | Samuel Guthrie |
| 21st | 1945–1949 | Samuel Guthrie |
| 22nd | 1949–1952 | Andrew Mowatt Whisker |
| 23rd | 1952–1953 | Robert Martin Strachan |
| 24th | 1953–1956 | Robert Martin Strachan |
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Robert Martin Strachan |
| 26th | 1960–1963 | Robert Martin Strachan |
| 27th | 1963–1966 | Robert Martin Strachan |

## Electoral history
### Elections

vte1924 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cyril Francis Davie | 1,246 | 31.26 | – |
| | Labour | Samuel Guthrie | 1,132 | 28.40 | – |
| | Provincial | Kenneth Forrest Duncan | 870 | 21.83 | – |
| | Liberal | Wymond Wolverton Walkem | 738 | 18.51 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,986 | 100.00 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 151. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1928 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cyril Francis Davie | 2,360 | 58.17 | 26.91 |
| | Independent Labour | Samuel Guthrie | 1,607 | 39.61 | 11.21 |
| | Independent | St. George Gray | 90 | 2.22 | New |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,057 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 108 | 2.59 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 161. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1933 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Oxford Group | Hugh George Egioke Savage | 1,655 | 40.88 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Samuel Guthrie | 1,288 | 31.82 |
| | Independent Conservative | Cyril Francis Davie | 585 | 14.45 |
| | Liberal | David Ramsay | 520 | 12.85 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,048 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 6 |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 175. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1937 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Samuel Guthrie | 1,560 | 33.58 | 1.76 |
| | Liberal | Arnold Christmas Flett | 1,224 | 26.35 | 13.50 |
| | Independent | Hugh George Egioke Savage | 1,222 | 26.31 | -14.57 |
| | Conservative | Clement Pemberton Deykin | 639 | 13.76 | Returned |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,645 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.90 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 185. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1941 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Samuel Guthrie | 2,757 | 47.22 | 13.64 |
| | Liberal | Arnold Christmas Flett | 1,739 | 29.78 | 3.43 |
| | Conservative | Edmund William Neel | 1,343 | 23.00 | 9.24 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,839 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 61 | 1.03 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 195. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1945 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Samuel Guthrie | 3,768 | 55.33 | 8.11 |
| | Coalition | Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh | 3,042 | 44.67 | 21.67 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,810 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 68 | 0.99 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 205. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1949 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition | Andrew Mowatt Whisker | 5,505 | 56.19 | New |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Samuel Guthrie | 4,194 | 42.81 | 8.11 |
| | Independent | Thomas James Boyles | 60 | 0.61 | New |
| | Union of Electors | Norman Webster Joyce | 38 | 0.39 | New |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,797 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 217 | 2.17 | |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 215. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
1952 British Columbia general election Three counts undertaken :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Martin Strachan | 4,636 | 43.34 | 5,697 | 58.36 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Mowatt Whisker | 2,711 | 25.35 | 4,064 | 41.64 |
| | Social Credit | William Hindle Bryant | 1,886 | 17.63 | | |
| | Conservative | James Chesterfield Wragg | 1,463 | 13.68 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,696 | 100.00 | 9,761 | 91.26 |
| Total rejected/exhausted ballots | Total rejected/exhausted ballots | Total rejected/exhausted ballots | 334 | 3.03 | 935 | 8.74 |
1953 British Columbia general election Five counts undertaken :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Martin Strachan | 4,517 | 43.73 | 5,345 | 57.95 |
| | Social Credit | Percy Hawkings | 2,686 | 26.00 | 3,878 | 42.05 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Mowatt Whisker | 2,330 | 22.56 | | |
| | Progressive Conservative | James Chesterfield Wragg | 510 | 4.94 | | |
| | Labor-Progressive | Myrtle Woodward Bergren | 168 | 1.63 | | |
| | Independent | William Hindle Bryant | 118 | 1.14 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,329 | 100.00 | 9,223 | 89.29 |
| Total rejected/exhausted ballots | Total rejected/exhausted ballots | Total rejected/exhausted ballots | 500 | 4.62 | 1,106 | 10.71 |
1956 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Martin Strachan | 5,015 | 51.18 | 7.45 |
| | Social Credit | Charles William Parker | 3,173 | 32.38 | 6.38 |
| | Liberal | Robert James Harvey | 1,611 | 16.44 | -6.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,799 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 91 | 0.92 | |
1960 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Martin Strachan | 6,261 | 58.68 | 7.50 |
| | Social Credit | Hazel Viola Fee | 3,033 | 28.43 | -3.95 |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Joseph Kerrone | 1,206 | 11.30 | Returned |
| | Communist | Hjalmar Peter Bergren | 170 | 1.59 | New |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,670 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 115 | 1.07 | |
1963 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Robert Martin Strachan | 5,422 | 50.47 | -8.21 |
| | Social Credit | Donald Christopher Morton | 3,576 | 33.29 | 4.86 |
| | Liberal | George Wilfrid Whittaker | 904 | 8.42 | Returned |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cyril Craig | 840 | 7.82 | -3.48 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,742 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 92 | 0.85 | |