Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1962
District abolished	1979
First contested	1962
Last contested	1974

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1962 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1962 from Nanaimo. The 1966 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain territory from Metchosin and lose territory in the northern end toward the Englishman River. This riding was dissolved into Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Nanaimo—Alberni in 1979.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Nanaimo
25th	1962–1963		Colin Cameron	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1968†
	1969–1972		Tommy Douglas	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Nanaimo—Alberni

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	20,444	40.92	-16.01
	Progressive Conservative	Don L. Taylor	18,207	36.44	+13.70
	Liberal	Raymond Patrick Kane	11,028	22.07	+6.19
	Communist	Ernie Knott	288	0.58	–
Total valid votes			49,967	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.86

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	25,483	56.93	-0.10
	Progressive Conservative	George MacPherson	10,179	22.74	+17.05
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	7,107	15.88	-21.40
	Social Credit	Stockwell Day, Sr.	1,868	4.17	–
	Unknown	Ken Hasanen	125	0.28	–
Total valid votes			44,762	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.58

Canadian federal by-election, 10 February 1969 On the death of Colin Cameron, 28 July 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	19,730	57.03	+15.32
	Liberal	Erin W. Winch	12,897	37.28	+6.21
	Progressive Conservative	Magdalenus Verbrugge	1,966	5.69	-18.27
Total valid votes			34,593	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.56

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Colin Cameron	15,273	41.71	-3.74
	Liberal	Mladen Giunio Zorkin	11,378	31.07	+7.38
	Progressive Conservative	Jeffry Brock	8,773	23.96	+6.34
	Social Credit	Lorne Lee	1,193	3.26	-9.98
Total valid votes			36,617	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.56

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Colin Cameron	12,337	45.45	+1.30
	Liberal	Douglas Malcolm Greer	6,431	23.69	-0.69
	Progressive Conservative	W.F. Matthews	4,784	17.62	-5.68
	Social Credit	Lyle C. Wilkinson	3,595	13.24	+5.07
Total valid votes			27,147	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Colin Cameron	12,280	44.15	+1.80
	Liberal	Douglas Malcolm Greer	6,782	24.38	+3.70
	Progressive Conservative	W.F. Matthews	6,481	23.30	-4.35
	Social Credit	Alfred Douglas Dane	2,272	8.17	-1.15
Total valid votes			27,815	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.95

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Colin Cameron	11,152	42.35
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Franklyn Matthews	7,280	27.65
	Liberal	John F.T. Samuel	5,446	20.68
	Social Credit	Cyril Norman Dawkin	2,456	9.32
Total valid votes			26,334	100.0
This riding was created from Nanaimo, with Walter Matthews being the incumbent.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Elections Canada riding history