Fernie (electoral district)

Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding (same name but smaller than the original 1871-vintage Kootenay riding).

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Notable MLAs

 * William Roderick Ross
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill - represented Fernie as a Labour MLA for 40 years on behalf of a party named "Labour", of which he was the only successful candidate.

Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|846 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Edwin Clarke Smith
 * align="right"|309
 * align="right"|36.52%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * William Martin Dicken
 * align="right"|66
 * align="right"|9.42%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|701 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Alexander Ingram Fisher
 * align="right"|405
 * align="right"|21.90%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,849 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,830 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Alexander Ingram Fisher
 * align="right"|903
 * align="right"|46.38%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,947 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Alexander Ingram Fisher
 * align="right"|723
 * align="right"|29.77%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,429 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Federated Labour Party
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|932
 * align="right"|38.37%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,494 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * James McLean
 * align="right"|641
 * align="right"|25.70%
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 * align="right"|unknown
 * Federated Labour Party
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,002
 * align="right"|40.18%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,741 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|67 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|1 Labour in Summary of Votes.
 * Independent Labour Party 1
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,639
 * align="right"|59.80%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|26 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|2 i.e. "Labour" was the name of the party.
 * Liberal
 * Michael D. McLean
 * align="right"|1,299
 * align="right"|43.42%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Labour (Party) 2
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,693
 * align="right"|56.58%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,171 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|71 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Harry Wilfrid Colgan
 * align="right"|1,470
 * align="right"|46.36%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,701
 * align="right"|53.64%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,220 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|29 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Harry Wilfrid Colgan
 * align="right"|1,214
 * align="right"|37.70%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * James Lancaster
 * align="right"|287
 * align="right"|8.91%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,719
 * align="right"|53.39%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Kenneth Claude Minifie
 * align="right"|742
 * align="right"|24.34%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,049 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|10 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,289
 * align="right"|42.28%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Stephen Alexander Fleming
 * align="right"|837
 * align="right"|22.06%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,794 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,483
 * align="right"|39.09%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,732 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|3,087 !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|61 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Magnus Eliason
 * align="right"|612
 * align="right"|16.40%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * B.C. Social Credit League
 * John Mackenzie Patterson
 * align="right"|713
 * align="right"|19.11%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Liberal
 * Stewart Kenny Nash
 * align="right"|1,117
 * align="right"|29.93%
 * align="right"|1,329
 * align="right"|43.05%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,290
 * align="right"|34.57%
 * align="right"|1,758
 * align="right"|56.95%
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 * Liberal
 * Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
 * align="right"|1,229
 * align="right"|34.80%
 * align="right"|1,402
 * align="right"|43.88%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,532 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|3,195 !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|145 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,601
 * align="right"|45.32%
 * align="right"|1,793
 * align="right"|56.12%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,113 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|112 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Kenny Nash Stewart
 * align="right"|611
 * align="right"|19.63%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Labour (Party)
 * Thomas Aubert Uphill
 * align="right"|1,321
 * align="right"|42.43%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,108 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|29 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
 * align="right"|1,126
 * align="right"|36.23%
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 * align="right"|unknown
 * CCF
 * Lloyd Phillips
 * align="right"|864
 * align="right"|27.80%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Francis J. Ramage
 * align="right"|191
 * align="right"|6.15%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
 * align="right"|1,226
 * align="right"|41.67%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,942 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|22 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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Following the 1963 election the Fernie riding was redistributed and a new riding, Kootenay was formed (same name as the original 1871 Kootenay riding, but much smaller in scope). The Kootenay riding combined Fernie with the riding of Cranbrook and parts of the Columbia ridings.