# Samuel Guthrie (politician)

Samuel "Sam" Guthrie (1885 – January 25, 1960) was a Scottish-born miner, farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Newcastle from 1920 to 1924 as a Federated Labour member and Cowichan-Newcastle from 1937 to 1949 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
He was born in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire and worked as a boy in the Scottish coal mines. Guthrie came to Canada in 1911 and settled on Vancouver Island south of Nanaimo. He was once again employed in the coal mines. He was jailed for two years following a long strike. After his release, Guthrie began farming. He was elected to the assembly in 1920 and then defeated in 1924, 1928 and 1933. After his defeat in the 1949 provincial election, he retired from politics and lived in North Oyster. He died there at the age of 75.

## Election results

vte1920 British Columbia general election: Newcastle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Federated Labour | Samuel Guthrie | 704 | 42.00 | New |
| | Coalition | William Gilbert Fraser | 424 | 25.30 | (18.59) |
| | Independent Socialist | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | 419 | 25.00 | (31.11) |
| | Independent Soldier | John Bickle | 129 | 7.70 | New |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,676 | 100.00 |
| Source(s) An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 142. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2. |||||||
vte1924 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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: Cowichan-Newcastle :
| 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. |||||||