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North Nanaimo was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections only.

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Bryden	411	74.73%	–	unknown
	Labour	Ralph Smith1	139	25.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			550	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
1 Nominated by the Nanaimo Reform Club, which had been set up by the Opposition but was dominated by the Miners' and Mine-Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA). The slate was described as "a labor ticket on a labor platform, but with outside support." (T.R. Loosmore, "The British Columbia Labor Movement and Political Action, 1878-1906", 1954, p. 67(2).)

8th British Columbia election, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Bryden	249	61.94%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Walter James G. Hellier	153	38.06%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			402	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

1900 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Wallace Burns McInnes3	238	47.04
	Opposition	John Bryden	195	38.54
	Independent Labour	John D. Dixon2	73	14.43
Total valid votes			506	100.00
2 N(I)LP candidate supported by Provincial Party. 3 Son of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Thomas Robert McInnes.

The riding was redistributed before the 1903 election. Successor ridings were (roughly) Nanaimo City, Newcastle, and The Islands.

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• List of electoral districts in Greater Nanaimo