Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election. Its main successor ridings are North Coast and Skeena. Notable MLAs The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia, 1933-1941. Political geography Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,062 |align="right"|52.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,008 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,501 |align="right"|43.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,435 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform. |} |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|920 |align="right"|55.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,646 !align="right"|100.00% |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|2 Endorsed by Conservative Party. |} |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,370 |align="right"|51.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,646 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|60 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|80.28% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,725 |align="right"|64.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |George Weston Rudderham |align="right"|665 |align="right"|25.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,658 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|70 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|66.29% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,446 |align="right"|49.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |George William Weaver |align="right"|796 |align="right"|27.28% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |BC Social Credit League |Robert Purvis Armstrong |align="right"|14 |align="right"|0.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,918 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|83 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Liberal |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |align="right"|1,681 |align="right"|51.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |George William Weaver |align="right"|1,563 |align="right"|48.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,244 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|96 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |William Henry Brett |align="right"|1,873 |align="right"|49.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 3 |align="right"|1,348 |align="right"|35.86% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,759 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right"