North Island—Powell River

North Island—Powell River

British Columbia electoral district

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Rachel Blaney
New Democratic

District created

First contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

103,458

Electors (2015)

79,517

Area (km²)^[2]

57,911

Pop. density (per km²)

1.8

Census divisions

Comox Valley, Mount Waddington, Powell River, Strathcona

Census subdivisions

Campbell River, Comox, Comox Valley B, Comox Valley C, Courtenay, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Powell River, Strathcona C, Strathcona D

North Island—Powell River is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997, and again from 2015 onward. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Comox—Powell River riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Vancouver Island North riding.

The riding consisted of the southern part of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, the Central Coast Regional District, the Mount Waddington Regional District, the northwest part of the Comox-Strathcona Regional District, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, and the Powell River Regional District, except Electoral Area E.

North Island—Powell River was re-created (initially called Vancouver Island North—Comox—Powell River) by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held 19 October 2015.^[3]^[4]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
North Island—Powell River Riding created from Comox—Powell River
34th	1988–1993		Ray Skelly	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		John Duncan	Reform
Riding dissolved into Vancouver Island North
Riding re-created from Vancouver Island North and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
42nd	2015–Present		Rachel Blaney	New Democratic

Electoral history

North Island—Powell River, 2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rachel Blaney	24,340	40.21	-1.53	–
	Conservative	Laura Smith	15,840	26.17	-19.86	–
	Liberal	Peter Schwarzhoff	15,416	25.47	+19.11	–
	Green	Brenda Sayers	4,940	8.16	+3.01	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,536	100.00		$267,287.24
Total rejected ballots			177	0.29	–
Turnout			60,713	75.21	–
Eligible voters			80,730
	New Democratic notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.17
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,425	46.03
	New Democratic	21,239	41.74
	Liberal	3,236	6.36
	Green	2,623	5.15
	Others	367	0.72

North Island—Powell River, 1988–1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Reform	John Duncan	18,255	39.31	+37.63
	Liberal	Al Huddlestan	11,877	25.57	+9.46
	New Democratic	Raymond Skelly	7,794	16.78	−35.24
	Progressive Conservative	Mark von Schellwitz	3,682	7.93	−16.49
	National	Mark A. Grenier	3,408	7.34	–
	Green	Michael Mascall	1,015	2.19	+0.97
	Natural Law	Wayne A. Melvin	254	0.55	–
	Canada Party	James Peter Turner	159	0.34	–
Total valid votes			46,444	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.08

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Raymond Skelly	22,179	52.02
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Rabu	10,411	24.42
	Liberal	Allan Warnke	6,867	16.11
	Christian Heritage	John A. Krell	1,521	3.57
	Reform	Dodd W. Pellant	718	1.68
	Green	Michael Conway-Brown	519	1.22
	Rhinoceros	Philip John Hicks	299	0.70
	Communist	Nickolas Chernoff	121	0.28
Total valid votes			42,635	100.0
This riding was created from Comox—Powell River, and New Democrat Ray Skelly was the incumbent.

See also

References

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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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