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

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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:

Electoral history

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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1890
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 115 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
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 Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Henry Wright Bullock 154 41.07% unknown
  Liberal Thomas Wilson Paterson 221 58.93% unknown
Total valid votes 375 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
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 363 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Albert Edward McPhillips 270 56.60% unknown
  Liberal Percy Purvis 207 43.40% unknown
Total valid votes 477 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Albert Edward McPhillips 345 75.66%
Independent Conservative Percy Kent Winch 111 24.34%
Total valid votes 456 100.00%
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative William Wasbrough Foster 354 49.72% unknown
  Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 358 50.28% unknown
Total valid votes 712 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1920 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 1,422 100.00
16th British Columbia election, 1924
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 1,706 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 683 37.30% unknown
Conservative Cyrus Wesley Peck 1,148 62.70% unknown
Total valid votes 1,831 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 44
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
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 1,284 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
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 2,112 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 21
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.

References

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Elections BC Historical Returns