Cowichan-Ladysmith

Cowichan-Ladysmith was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1991, and was eliminated when the legislature dissolved in advance of the 2009 election. Its predecessor riding was Cowichan-Malahat and was succeeded by Nanaimo-North Cowichan and Cowichan Valley.

MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Cowichan-Ladysmith
35th	1991–1996		Jan Pullinger	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Graham Bruce	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Doug Routley	New Democratic

Demographics

Population, 2001	51,125
Population change, 1996–2001	1.0%
Area (km2)	1,645.47
Pop. Density (people per km2)	31

Election results

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	13,402	50.20%
	Liberal	Graham Bruce	10,879	40.75%
	Green	Cindy-Lee Robinson	1,823	6.83%
	Independent	Jim Bell	290	1.09%
	Democratic Reform	Brian Fraser Johnson	223	0.84%
	Freedom	Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth	79	0.30%
Total			26,696	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Cowichan-Ladysmith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Graham Bruce	12,707	52.21%		$44,578
	NDP	Rob Hutchins	7,783	31.98%		$26,172
	Green	Loren Duncan	3,250	13.35%	–	$7,990
	Marijuana	Larry Kunz	597	2.46%		$1,229
Total valid votes			24,337	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99	0.41%
Turnout			24,436	76.71%

B.C. General Election 1996: Cowichan-Ladysmith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Jan Pullinger	12,249	49.85%		$32,625
	Liberal	Ray Smith	7,783	31.68%		$14,683
	Reform	Tom Walker	2,434	9.91%		$14,763
	Progressive Democrat	Perry James Johnston	1,459	5.94%	–	$1,983
	Green	Julian West	645	2.63%	–	$3,167
Total valid votes			24,570	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			117	0.47%
Turnout			24,687	73.97%

B.C. General Election 1991: Cowichan-Ladysmith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Jan Pullinger	11,038	48.53%		$42,602
	Social Credit	Graham Bruce	6,809	29.94%	–	$65,164
	Liberal	Anthony M. Hennig	4,896	21.53%		$4,797
Total valid votes			22,743	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			374	1.62%
Turnout			23,117	78.60%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Imagine the Cowichan, part of Simon Fraser University's Imagine BC series