# Omineca (electoral district)

Omineca was a provincial electoral district of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916.

## Demographics

* Population, 1916
* Population Change, 1916–61
* Area (km$^2$)
* Pop. Density (people per km$^2$)

## Electoral history

14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Alexander Malcolm Manson | 473 | 62.16% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Frank Maurice Dockrill | 288 | 37.84% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 761 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
15th British Columbia election, 1920 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Alexander Malcolm Manson | 630 | 60.87% | unknown |
| | Conservative | George L. Murray | 273 | 26.38% | unknown |
| | Independent | Alexander James Prudhomme | 78 | 7.54% | unknown |
| | Independent | Joseph S. Kelly | 54 | 5.22% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,035 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Alexander Malcolm Manson | 592 | 44.08% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | Arthur Shelford | 453 | 33.73% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Samuel Williams Cocker | 298 | 22.19% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,343 | 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 | Alexander Malcolm Manson | 889 | 57.21% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Arthur Shelford | 665 | 42.79% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,554 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Alexander Malcolm Manson | 1,079 | 52.23% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Arthur Edward Windle | 538 | 26.04% | | unknown |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Samuel Williams Cocker | 355 | 17.18% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Louis Denison Taylor | 94 | 4.55% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,066 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 35 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
British Columbia by-election, June 22, 1936 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Mark Matthew Connelly | 899 | 48.75% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Sidney Godwin | 697 | 37.80% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Alfred Thompson | 248 | 13.45% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,844 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
Reason for by-election: Resignation of A. M. Manson on September 14, 1935 to contest federal election (Vancouver South, October 14, 1935).
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Mark Matthew Connelly | 1,013 | 50.90% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Sidney Godwin | 783 | 39.35% | unknown |
| | Conservative | George Samuel Belsham | 194 | 9.75% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,990 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Mark Matthew Connelly | 839 | 49.50% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William David Menzies | 554 | 32.68% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Albert Kenzie Hemstreet | 302 | 17.82% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,695 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Edward Fraser Rowland | 932 | 51.58% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Mark Matthew Connelly | 875 | 48.42% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,807 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 36 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Robert Cecil Steele | 1,885 | 61.60% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Edward Fraser Rowland | 1,175 | 38.40% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,060 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 83 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 $^1$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit League | Cyril Morley Shelford | 1,137 | 31.17% | 1,607 | 52.79% |
| | Liberal | Robert Cecil Steele | 1,099 | 30.13% | 1,437 | 47.21% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Warden Randle Taylor | 838 | 22.97% | - | - % |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Ogston | 574 | 15.73% | -- | --.--% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,648 | 100.00% | 3,044 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 132 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^2$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit League | Cyril Morley Shelford | 1,390 | 37.99% | 1,612 | 53.90% |
| | Liberal | Robert Cecil Steele | 1,145 | 31.29% | 1,379 | 46.10% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Edward Fraser Rowland | 952 | 26.02% | - | - % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Samuel Williams Cocker | 172 | 4.70% | -- | --.--% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,659 | 100.00% | 2,991 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 175 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of Three shown only) |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 1,685 | 54.06% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Joseph Norman Leslie | 847 | 27.17% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | George Johnson McInnis | 585 | 18.77% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,117 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 52 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 1,633 | 45.88% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Ivan Everett Holmes | 1,119 | 31.44% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Marguerite Clarice Deeder | 529 | 14.86% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Karl Peter Frederiksen | 278 | 7.81% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,559 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 64 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 1,936 | 55.09% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Robert Fred Langford | 779 | 22.17% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Richard M. McCallum | 528 | 15.03% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Philip Pickering | 271 | 7.71% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,514 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 51 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 2,337 | 70.16% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Cornelius Bergen | 994 | 29.84% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,331 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 172 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 3,252 | 61.00% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Douglas Tynwald Kelly | 1,607 | 30.14% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Michael Chunys | 472 | 8.85% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,331 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 72 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democrat | Douglas Tynwald Kelly | 2,600 | 39.68% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 2,418 | 36.90% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Charles Irving Beck | 1,018 | 15.53% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Darrell Frederick Cursons | 517 | 7.89% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,553 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 101 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Jack Joseph Kempf | 5,228 | 58.04% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Douglas Tynwald Kelly | 2,776 | 30.82% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Basil Edward Studer | 1,003 | 11.14% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,007 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 111 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Jack Joseph Kempf | 5,830 | 58.34% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Russell Frederick Anderson | 4,163 | 41.66% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,993 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 199 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Jack Joseph Kempf | 6,722 | 55.77% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Bruce Thomas Kanary | 4,164 | 34.54% | | unknown |
| | Western Canada Concept | Clyde William Nunn | 1,006 | 8.35% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | David Anthony Seiler | 162 | 1.34% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,054 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 168 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
44th British Columbia election, 1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Jack Joseph Kempf | 6,586 | 60.53% | – | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Louise B. Kilby | 4,295 | 39.47% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,881 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |

## Sources

Elections BC historical returns