Cowichan Valley (provincial electoral district)

Cowichan Valley

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Bill Routley New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	55,040
Area (km²)	1,681.67
Pop. density (per km²)	32.7
Census divisions	Cowichan Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Duncan, North Cowichan, Lake Cowichan

Cowichan Valley is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which New Democrat, Bill Routley was elected MLA.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Routley	10,696	40.14	$59,184
	Liberal	Steve Housser	9,299	34.90	$46,299
	Green	Kerry Davis	5,102	19.15	$19,653
	Conservative	Damir Wallener	1,223	4.59	$9,705
	Independent	Heather Alanna Campbell	326	1.22	$1,050
Total Valid Votes			26,646	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			86	0.32
Turnout			26,732	61.90

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Routley	12,548	48.40%	$83,418
	Liberal	Cathy Basskin	9,258	35.71%	$55,515
	Green	Simon Lindley	3,058	11.79%	$8,900
	Conservative	Jason Murray	924	3.56%	$1,594
	Refederation	Michial Rupert Moore	139	0.54%	$343
Total Valid Votes			25,927	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			97	0.37%
Turnout			26,024	62.54%