Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia that was included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.^[3]

Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and is to be legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It has come into effect with the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on August 02, 2015.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo—Ladysmith Riding created from Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–Present		Sheila Malcolmson	New Democratic

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census^[5]^[6]

Ethnic groups: 86.4% White, 7.1% Aboriginal, 1.8% South Asian, 1.6% Chinese
Languages: 89.9% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% German, 1.0% Chinese
Religions: 43.2% Christian (11.0% Catholic, 7.4% United Church, 7.0% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Presbyterian, 11.2% Other), 53.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,826
Average income (2010): $35,078

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	23,651	33.20	-12.06	–
	Liberal	Tim Tessier	16,753	23.52	+16.84	–
	Conservative	Mark Allen MacDonald	16,637	23.25	-17.04	–
	Green	Paul Manly	14,074	19.76	+12.58	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	126	0.18	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			71,241	100.00		$233,422.97
Total rejected ballots			158	0.22	–
Turnout			71,399	76.30	–
Eligible voters			93,578
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-14.45
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,294	45.26
	Conservative	22,572	40.39
	Green	4,009	7.17
	Liberal	3,733	6.68
	Others	276	0.49

References

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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