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Colin Buchanan Sword

Colin Buchanan Sword
MLA for Westminster-Dewdney
In office
1890–1898
Personal details
BornFebruary 1842
Scotland
DiedMay 6, 1928(1928-05-06) (aged 86)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyOpposition

Colin Buchanan Sword (February 1842 – May 6, 1928) was a Canadian politician. After being defeated in the June 1890 provincial election, he served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from a November 1890 byelection until the 1898 provincial election from the electoral district of Westminster (1890 to 1894) and then Westminster-Dewdney (1894 to 1898). Although not a candidate in the July 1898 provincial election, he did run unsuccessfully later that year in a December byelection in the electoral district of Cowichan. Following that defeat, he never sought provincial office again.[1]

Electoral history

1890 British Columbia general election: Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Government John Robson 506 17.66 Green tickY
Opposition Thomas Edwin Kitchen 503 17.55 Green tickY
Independent James Punch 484 16.89 Green tickY
Independent Colin Buchanan Sword 461 16.08
Government John A. Kirkland 420 14.65
Government John Calvin Henderson 349 12.18
Independent Arthur Herring 81 2.83
Opposition Marshall Sinclair 62 2.16
Total valid votes 2,866 100.00
Source: Elections BC[2]
Note: Robson also won the seat of Cariboo in the 1890 general election, and resigned his Westminster seat prior to the first session of the new legislature.
British Columbia provincial by-election, November 7, 1890: Westminster
Resignation of John Robson
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent Colin Buchanan Sword 472 49.68 Green tickY
Independent William Henry Ladner 286 30.11
Independent Livingston Thompson 134 14.11
Independent Samuel Greer 58 6.11
Total valid votes 950 100.00
Source: Elections BC[3]
1894 British Columbia general election: Westminster-Dewdney
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Opposition Colin Buchanan Sword 327 59.35 Green tickY
Government John Matthew Lefevre 224 40.65
Total valid votes 551 100.00
Source: Elections BC[2]

References

  1. ^ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1891). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Citizen Print. and Publishing Company. p. 375. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  2. ^ a b "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. Retrieved January 9, 2025.


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