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(born Dec. 17, 1619, Prague, Bohemia — died Nov. 29, 1682, London, Eng.) Royalist commander in the English Civil Wars. Son of the Palatine elector Frederick V and Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, Rupert became a favourite of his uncle, Charles I, whom he joined in England in 1642. In the English Civil Wars, he was given command of the cavalry and became known for his daring tactics in winning victories at Bristol (1643) and in Lancashire (1644). He met defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor but was appointed commander of the king's army. When he surrendered Bristol (1645), he was dismissed and then banished from England. He commanded a small Royalist fleet that preyed on English shipping (1648 – 50), then retired to Germany (1653 – 60). With the Restoration (1660), he was given naval commands in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He was a founder and first governor of the Hudson's Bay Co.

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Rupert, Prince (1619-82). Prince Rupert had two military careers, as an army officer until 1646 and as a naval commander thereafter. Son of Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia, and first cousin to Charles II, he was born in Prague just before his parents were driven out at the start of the Thirty Years War. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he placed himself at the service of his uncle Charles I. For the next four years he was the toast of the royalists, the terror of the roundheads, and the mainstay of the king's war effort. His forte was the cavalry raid, surprising outposts, sweeping down on garrisons, catching the enemy off guard. He took overall command of the royal forces in November 1644 when it was too late and was defeated at Naseby in June 1645. Sent to hold Bristol, he surrendered in September 1645, causing a bitter breach with the king, who reproached him for ‘so mean an action’. Rupert left the country in July 1646.

The next few years were spent commanding small naval squadrons. He took a fleet to Ireland in 1649 but was outgunned by Blake, and from 1650 to 1652 cruised in the Mediterranean and West Indies, preying on parliamentary shipping. His chance to exercise high naval command came after the Restoration, when he returned to England and shared responsibility in the second and third Anglo-Dutch wars with Monck (Albemarle) and James, duke of York. Confronted by tough and experienced Dutch admirals, his triumphs were less heady than on land, though the action off Lowestoft in 1665 was an important victory.

 
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Prince Rupert, city (1991 pop. 16,620), W British Columbia, Canada, on Kaien Island, in Chatham Sound near the mouth of the Skeena River, S of the Alaska border. A railroad and highway terminus and an ice-free port, it serves the mining, lumber, and agricultural areas of central and W British Columbia. A containerized shipping terminal, opened in 2007, also enables the port to serve as an intermodal transshipment center to interior North America. Prince Rupert is a major fish-processing center, and there are wood-processing plants. The city's growth dates from the arrival (1914) of the railroad. During World War II the city was a major supply base for U.S. forces in Alaska.

WordNet: Prince Rupert
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
  Synonym: Rupert

Wikipedia: Prince Rupert (electoral district)
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For other uses, see Prince Rupert (disambiguation).

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.

Contents

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

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William Manson 946 47.11% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,062 52.89% unknown
Total valid votes 2,008 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Socialist 1 John Henry Burrough 676 19.68% unknown
     Conservative Charles B. Formby 561 16.33% unknown
     Independent Conservative Seville Martineau Newton 697 20.29% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,501 43.70% unknown
Total valid votes 3,435 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Provincial John Henry Burrough 61 3.71% unknown
     Independent Conservative 2 Seville Martineau Newton 665 40.40 unknown
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 920 55.89% unknown
Total valid votes 1,646 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
2 Endorsed by Conservative Party.
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,370 51.78% unknown
     Conservative James Henry Thompson 1,276 48.22% unknown
Total valid votes 2,646 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 60
Turnout 80.28%
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party Charles Chapman 268 10.08% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,725 64.90% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Weston Rudderham 665 25.02% unknown
Total valid votes 2,658 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 70
Turnout 66.29%
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Social Credit League Robert Purvis Armstrong 14 0.48% unknown
     Conservative Charles Vernon Evitt 662 22.69% unknown
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,446 49.55% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George William Weaver 796 27.28% unknown
Total valid votes 2,918 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 83
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1,681 51.82% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George William Weaver 1,563 48.18% unknown
Total valid votes 3,244 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 96
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Henry Brett 1,873 49.83% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh 538 14.31% unknown
     Independent Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 3 1,348 35.86% unknown
Total valid votes 3,759 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout 63.19%
3 T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such.
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Henry Brett 2,296 43.59% unknown
     Coalition John Duncan McRae 2,971 56.41% unknown
Total valid votes 5,267 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 53
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 19524
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Thomas Melbourne Christie 687 11.29% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Edwin Hills 2,292 37.67% 2,903 51.32% unknown
     Liberal John Duncan McRae 2,001 32.89% 2,754 48.68 unknown
     Social Credit League Arthur Murray 1,104 18.15% - -% unknown
Total valid votes 6,084 100.00% 5,657 %
Total rejected ballots 153
Turnout %
4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 5
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Arthur Bruce Brown 1,864 32.88% 2,611 50.32% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Hudson Dowding 2,074 36.59% 2,578 49.68% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 1,731 30.53% - -% unknown
Total valid votes 5,669 100.00% 5,189 %
Total rejected ballots 299
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
5 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Arthur Bruce Brown 1,664 32.79% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Edwin Hills 1,259 24.81% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 2,151 42.39% unknown
Total valid votes 5,074 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 83
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Arthur Bruce Brown 1,087 18.77% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Horace L.G. Kelly 199 3.44% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus MacPhee 2,139 36.93% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 2,367 40.87% unknown
Total valid votes 5,792 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 134
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Neil Fergus MacDonald 1,328 23.70% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 2,357 42.07% unknown
     New Democrat William (Bill) Toderas 1,918 34.23% unknown
Total valid votes 5,603 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 59
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat John E. Lennox 1,813 36.23% unknown
     Liberal Neil Fergus MacDonald 544 10.87% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 2,647 52.90% unknown
Total valid votes 5,004 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Roderick Douglas Falconer 64 0.85% unknown
     Liberal Peter James Lester 1,488 19.79% unknown
     New Democrat James Douglas Manly 2,853 37.94% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 3,114 41.42% unknown
Total valid votes 7,519 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Odd Inge Eidsvik 1,416 18.71% unknown
     New Democrat Graham Richard Lea 3,152 41.64% unknown
     Social Credit William Harvey Murray 2,715 35.87% unknown
     Independent Robert Graham Porter 287 3.79% unknown
Total valid votes 7,570 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 103
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Charles Michael Emes 428 5.12% unknown
     Social Credit Roy Barclay Last 3,527 42.15% unknown
     New Democrat Graham Richard Lea 4,412 52.73% unknown
Total valid votes 8,367 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 78
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Graham Richard Lea 5,129 61.80% unknown
     Social Credit Hugh John Robins 3,171 38.20% unknown
Total valid votes 8,300 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 147
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal James Grant Carr 745 7.19% unknown
     New Democrat Graham Richard Lea 5,890 56.89% unknown
     Social Credit Roy Arne Clarence Webber 3,718 35.92% unknown
Total valid votes 10,353 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 160
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Roy Arne Clarence Webber 3,844 38.98% unknown
     New Democrat Arthur Daniel Miller 5,697 57.77% unknown
     Liberal John D. Whyte 320 3.25% unknown
Total valid votes 9,861 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 214
Turnout %

The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election. Successor ridings are:

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data

v • d • e
British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
North / Central
Southern Interior
Fraser Valley / South LM
Vancouver / North LM
Vancouver Island / South Coast
Notes
‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency
† - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
See also:
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)
North / Central
Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River
Southern Interior
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island / South Coast
See also:
v • d • e
British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)
North / Central
Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River
Southern Interior
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island / South Coast
See also:
v • d • e
British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1941–1956)
North / Central
Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • Omineca • Peace River • Prince Rupert • Skeena
Southern Interior
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island / South Coast
See also:

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