Nanaimo—Cowichan

Nanaimo—Cowichan
British Columbia electoral district
Nanaimo—Cowichan in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts.
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	131,118
Electors (2011)	96,034
Area (km²)^[2]	3,849.38
Census divisions	Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo
Census subdivisions	Nanaimo, North Cowichan, Ladysmith, Duncan, Cowichan Valley A, Cowichan Valley B, Cowichan Valley C, Cowichan Valley E, Nanaimo A, Nanaimo B

Nanaimo—Cowichan is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It is located on Vancouver Island.

Demographics

Population, 2001	116,754
Electors	86,804
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

It includes, together with more rural areas, the southern portion of the City of Nanaimo, the City of Duncan, the Town of Ladysmith, and the District of North Cowichan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from parts of Nanaimo–Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands ridings.

The 2012 electoral redistribution will see this riding dissolved into the new ridings of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and Nanaimo—Ladysmith for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Nanaimo—Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
34th	1988–1993	David Stupich	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Bob Ringma	Reform
36th	1997–2000	Reed Elley	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006	Jean Crowder	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Jean Crowder, a former human resources consultant. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP critic for Aboriginal Affairs. During the 38th Parliament she served as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and as a member of the Standing Committee on Health. During the 39th & 40th Parliaments, she served as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Jean Crowder	31,272	48.90	+3.72
	Conservative	John Koury	24,497	38.31	+0.72
	Green	Anne Marie Benoit	5,005	7.83	-1.73
	Liberal	Brian Fillmore	3,007	4.70	-2.67
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	170	0.27	-0.12
Total valid votes			63,951	100.0
Total rejected ballots			162	0.25	-0.01
Turnout			64,113	65.16	+1.71
Eligible voters			98,399
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.50

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Crowder	27,454	45.18	-1.59	$77,175
	Conservative	Reed Elley	22,844	37.59	+5.47	$85,776
	Green	Christina Knighton	5,816	9.56	+4.48	$6,368
	Liberal	Brian Scott	4,483	7.37	-7.94	$19,279
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	182	0.39	+0.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,779	100.0		$94,753
Total rejected ballots			156	0.26
Turnout			60,935	63.45
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.53

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Crowder	28,558	46.77	+3.06	$58,554
	Conservative	Norm Sowden	19,615	32.12	-0.65
	Liberal	Brian Scott	9,352	15.31	-0.71	$14,209
	Green	Harold Henn	3,107	5.08	-1.53	$1,476
	Canadian Action	Jeff Warr	227	0.45	-0.01	$913
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	148	0.24	–
Total valid votes			61,057	100.0
Total rejected ballots			135	0.22
Turnout			61,192
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.86

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Crowder	25,243	43.71	+26.75	$63,401
	Conservative	Dave Quist	18,928	32.77	-21.04	$62,967
	Liberal	Lloyd Macilquham	9,257	16.02	-5.39	$16,671
	Green	Harold Henn	3,822	6.61	+4.26
	Canadian Action	Jeffrey Ian Warr	270	0.46	-2.49
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	229	0.39	–	$635
Total valid votes			57,749	100.0
Total rejected ballots			147	0.25	-0.07
Turnout			57,896	66.70
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.90
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Reed Elley	23,641	46.63	+1.68	$50,405
	Liberal	Marshall Cooper	10,857	21.41	+0.28	$24,987
	New Democratic	Garth Mirau	8,599	16.96	-9.02	$33,131
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia-Mary Hemsworth	3,640	7.18	+2.96	$993
	Canadian Action	Doug Catley	1,500	2.95	+1.53	$2,916
	Marijuana	Meaghan Walker-Williams	1,262	2.48	–
	Green	Norm Abbey	1,196	2.35	+0.52	$990
Total valid votes			50,695	100.0
Total rejected ballots			164	0.32	-0.09
Turnout			50,859	64.56	-0.65
	Alliance hold		Swing		+0.70
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in the 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Reed Elley	22,685	44.95	+5.12	$44,831
	New Democratic	Garth Mirau	13,112	25.98	+3.53	$58,293
	Liberal	Michael Garland Coleman	10,663	21.13	-0.57	$19,351
	Progressive Conservative	Lindsay Parcells	2,131	4.22	-4.51	$4,777
	Green	Karen Margo Shillington	928	1.83	–	$996
	Canadian Action	Doug Catley	720	1.42	–	$1,783
	Natural Law	Frank S. James Malaka	224	0.44	-0.35
Total valid votes			50,463	100.0
Total rejected ballots			206	0.41
Turnout			50,669	65.21
	Reform hold		Swing		+0.80

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Reform	Bob Ringma	25,052	39.83	+33.84
	New Democratic	David Stupich	14,117	22.45	-26.67
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	13,647	21.70	+12.28
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Wilbee	5,491	8.73	-25.58
	National	Larry Whaley	3,407	5.42	–
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	497	0.79	–
	Libertarian	Mark Alan Chase	245	0.39	–
	Independent	R. W. Jackson	163	0.26	–
	Independent	Bruce Tober	158	0.25	–
	Canada Party	Neall Lenard	115	0.18	–
Total valid votes			62,892	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+30.26

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	David Stupich	27,177	49.12
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Schellenberg	18,984	34.31
	Liberal	Denis St. Denis	5,210	9.42
	Reform	George Richard Wrean	3,314	5.99
	Green	Seymour Trieger	484	0.87
	Communist	Deborah MacDonald	164	0.30
Total valid votes			55,333	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands, which elected a Progressive Conservative and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. Ted Schellenberg was the incumbent from Nanaimo—Alberni.

References

"(Code 59015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
National Post article on Canadian troops
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures – 2000
Expenditures – 1997

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Imagine the Cowichan, part of Simon Fraser University's Imagine BC series

Federal ridings on Vancouver Island

New Democratic	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Victoria

Green	Saanich—Gulf Islands

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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