Courtenay-Comox

Courtenay-Comox

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Brennan Day Conservative
First contested	2017
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2014)	54,816
Area (km²)	1,584
Pop. density (per km²)	34.6

Courtenay-Comox is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Comox Valley.

It was contested for the first time in the 2017 election. On election night, the seat was declared as won by Ronna-Rae Leonard of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, by a margin of just nine votes over Jim Benninger of the British Columbia Liberal Party. A recount, as well as the counting of absentee ballots, pushed Leonard's lead to 189 votes over Benninger when final results were announced fifteen days after the election on May 24, 2017.

Demographics

Population, 2014 [1]	54,816
Area (km2)	1,584

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Part of Comox Valley prior to 2017
41st	2017–2020		Ronna-Rae Leonard	New Democratic
42nd	2020–present

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brennan Day
	Green	Arzeena Hamir
	Independent	John Hedican
	Independent	Devin Howell
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	14,663	50.56	+13.20	$50,103.50
	Liberal	Brennan Day	8,655	29.85	−6.87	$34,579.94
	Green	Gillian Anderson	5,681	19.59	+1.22	$10,595.98
Total valid votes			28,999	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [2] [3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	10,886	37.36	$55,597
	Liberal	Jim Benninger	10,697	36.72	$43,935
	Green	Ernie Sellentin	5,351	18.37	$8,612
	Conservative	Leah Catherine McCulloch	2,201	7.55	$14,981
Total valid votes			29,135	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.26
Turnout			29,212	66.89
Registered voters			43,671
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]

References

1. http://bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC%5B‍%5D Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
3. "Search Results: 2020 General Election Financing Results". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved January 2, 2021.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

External links

• Hi-Res Map (pdf)

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