# Cassiar (electoral district)

Cassiar was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the British Columbia general election of 1882.

## Demographics

* Population, 1881
* Population change, 1881-190x
* Area (km$^2$)
* Population density (people per km$^2$)

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
4th 1882 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | William V. Brown | 18 | 31.58% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Grant | 39 | 68.42% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 57 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
5th 1886 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | John Dempsey $^1$ | n/a | - % | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Grant $^1$ | n/a | - % | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$ "No strictly accurate return available - the Returning Officer merely stating: 'John Grant elected by a majority of 3'." |||||||
6th 1890 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Robert Cunningham | 46 | 42.59% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Robert Hanley Hall | 62 | 57.41% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 108 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
7th 1894 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Independent (Government?) | William Dalby | 45 | 30.61% | | unknown |
| | Government | John Irving | 102 | 69.39% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 147 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
8th 1898 British Columbia general election $^2$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | Charles William Digby Clifford | 148 | 46.54% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Irving | 125 | 39.31% | – | unknown |
| | Independents | George Simpson McTavish | 45 | 14.15% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 318 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$ Increased to a two-member seat from one. |||||||
vte1900 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Conservative-Opposition | Charles William Digby Clifford | 318 | 30.67 | Y |
| | Unknown | James Stables$^3$ | 277 | 26.71 | Y |
| | Independent Opposition | John Irving | 244 | 23.53 |
| | Unknown | Alexander Godfrey$^3$ | 198 | 19.09 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,037 | 100.00 |
| $^3$ Neither Godfrey nor Stables' affiliation were mentioned in the newspapers. Stables may have been an Independent Government supporter. |||||||
Cassiar riding was eliminated in the redistribution after the 1900 election. In the 1903 election, this region was represented by the new Atlin and Skeena ridings.

## Sources

* Elections BC historical returns