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Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1966. [1] In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca. [2]

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MLAs elected

ParliamentTermMLA
28th 19661969 Robert Martin Strachan
29th 19691972
30th 19721975
31st 19751979 Barbara Wallace
32nd 19791983
33rd 19831986
34th 19861991 Graham Bruce

Election results

Elections

1966 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 5,64652.08
Social Credit Patrick James Rogers4,41240.70
Liberal Joseph Haddock7837.22
Total valid votes10,841 100.00 
Total rejected ballots81 0.74  
[3]
1969 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 7,41147.78-4.30
Social Credit Charles McGregor Ennals7,10745.825.12
Liberal James Robert Bigsby9165.91-1.31
Independent Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen760.49New
Total valid votes15,510 100.00 
Total rejected ballots127 0.81  
[4]
1972 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 10,67258.5110.73
Social Credit Kathleen Grouhel4,55524.97-20.85
Progressive Conservative GJames William Quaife2,10111.52New
Liberal Daniel R. Clemmens8424.62-1.29
Independent Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen700.38-0.11
Total valid votes18,240 100.00 
Total rejected ballots203 1.10  
[5]
1975 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 10,24547.73-10.78
Social Credit Charles McGregor Ennals9,06642.2417.27
Liberal Jevington Blair Tothill 1,5957.432.81
Independent Andrew Basil Bigg5592.602.22
Total valid votes21,465 100.00 
Total rejected ballots188 0.87  
[6]
1979 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 9,83952.624.89
Social Credit Henry Rex Hollett7,74641.43-0.81
Progressive Conservative Kenneth Paskin1,1135.95Returned
Total valid votes18,698 100.00 
Total rejected ballots180 0.95  
[7]
1983 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 11,65551.00-1.62
Social Credit Graham Bruce 10,14344.382.95
Western Canada Concept James Ivan Turnbull6092.67New
Liberal Irwin Wield (Bill) Steele3451.51Returned
Independent Louis James Lesosky1010.44New
Total valid votes22,853 100.00 
Total rejected ballots245 1.06  
[8]
1986 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Graham Bruce 11,74450.966.58
New Democratic Carolyn Judith Askew10,44245.31-5.69
Liberal Paul Olthof8603.732.22
Total valid votes23,046 100.00 
Total rejected ballots317 1.36  
[9]


Timeline (1966-1986)

Graph of Cowichan-Malahat election results by share of votes, 1966–1986.

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