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Comox Valley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is now in Courtenay-Comox.
Since the 1986 BC general election, the riding had been a bellwether, having voted consistently for a governing MLA.
| Population, 2001 | 55,314 |
| Population change 1996–2001 | 0.7% |
| Area (km2) | 1,703.39 |
| Population density (people per km2) | 32 |
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Don McRae of the Liberal Party was elected MLA of the district in the 2009 provincial general election. He was re-elected in the 2013 election.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comox | ||||
| 18th | 1933–1937 | Laurence Arnold Hanna | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1937–1941 | Colin Cameron | CCF | |
| 20th | 1941–1945 | |||
| 21st | 1945–1949 | Herbert John Welch | Coalition | |
| 22nd | 1949–1952 | |||
| 23rd | 1952–1953 | William Campbell Moore | CCF | |
| 24th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Daniel Robert John Campbell | Social Credit | |
| 26th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1966 | |||
| 28th | 1966–1969 | |||
| 29th | 1969–1972 | |||
| 30th | 1972–1975 | Karen Sanford | New Democratic | |
| 31st | 1975–1979 | |||
| 32nd | 1979–1983 | |||
| 33rd | 1983–1986 | |||
| 34th | 1986–1991 | Stan Hagen | Social Credit | |
| Comox Valley | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Margaret Lord | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Evelyn Gillespie | ||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Stan Hagen | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | |||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Don McRae | ||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Don McRae | 14,248 | 44.27 | |||||
| New Democratic | Kassandra Dycke | 12,480 | 38.77 | |||||
| Green | Chris Aikman | 3,718 | 11.55 | |||||
| Conservative | Diane Hoffmann | 1,740 | 5.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,186 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 99 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,285 | 63.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC [1] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Don McRae | 13,886 | 47 | $92,892 | ||||
| New Democratic | Leslie McNabb | 12,508 | 43 | $123,151 | ||||
| Green | Hazel Lennox | 2,577 | 9 | $3,370 | ||||
| Refederation | Paula Berard | 266 | 0.9 | $360 | ||||
| People's Front | Barbara Biley | 120 | 0.4 | $256 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,357 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 141 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,498 | 61 | ||||||
| http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2009GE/CMX.pdf | ||||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Stan Hagen | 13,120 | 45.79 | |||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Black | 12,384 | 43.22 | |||||
| Green | Chris Aikman | 2,587 | 9.03 | |||||
| Marijuana | Miracle Emery | 199 | 0.69 | |||||
| Democratic Reform | Don Davis | 176 | 0.61 | |||||
| Work Less | Bruce O'Hara | 75 | 0.26 | |||||
| Refederation | Mel Garden | 61 | 0.21 | |||||
| People's Front | Barbara Biley | 49 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total | 28,651 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Stan Hagen | 15,569 | 56.32% | $61,366 | ||
| NDP | Evelyn Gillespie | 5,356 | 19.37% | $23,476 | ||
| Green | Pam Munroe | 5,170 | 18.70% | – | $9,007 | |
| Marijuana | Sylvain Luc Beaudoin | 873 | 3.16% | $80 | ||
| Unity | John William Robinson | 677 | 2.45% | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,645 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 57 | 0.21% | ||||
| Turnout | 27,702 | 74.81% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Evelyn Gillespie | 13,230 | 42.76% | $38,658 | ||
| Liberal | Bill MacDonald | 10,721 | 34.65% | $47,322 | ||
| Reform | Delbert Doll | 3,451 | 11.15% | $12,385 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Joe Lawlor | 1,039 | 3.36% | – | $100 | |
| Green | Meaghan Cursons | 1,296 | 4.19% | – | $1,766 | |
| Independent | Alicia Burns | 598 | 1.93% | $8,325 | ||
| Family Coalition | John Krell | 398 | 1.29% | – | $1,943 | |
| Independent | Angus Ramsey | 149 | 0.48% | $924 | ||
| Independent | Hillel Alan Wright | 57 | 0.18% | |||
| Total valid votes | 30,939 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 115 | 0.37% | ||||
| Turnout | 31,054 | 72.86% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Margaret Lord | 10,355 | 39.20% | $40,813 | ||
| Liberal | Alicia Burns | 8,754 | 33.14% | $14,805 | ||
| Social Credit | Stan Hagen | 6,734 | 25.49% | – | $68,780 | |
| Green | Richard P. R. Porter | 432 | 1.63% | – | $1,407 | |
| Green Go | Hillel A. Wright | 93 | 0.35% | |||
| Independent | Daniel J. Downer | 49 | 0.19% | $363 | ||
| Total valid votes | 26,417 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 430 | 1.60% | ||||
| Turnout | 26,847 | 78.26% | ||||
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