Nanaimo-Gabriola Island

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Greater Nanaimo
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Sheila Malcolmson New Democratic
District created	2021
First contested	2024
Last contested	2024

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. ^[1] It was created out of parts of Nanaimo-North Cowichan and Nanaimo.

Geography

The district consists of the central and southern portions of the city of Nanaimo, as well as unincorporated communities in the Regional District of Nanaimo including Gabriola Island, Cedar, and South Wellington.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo-Gabriola Island Riding created from Nanaimo and Nanaimo-North Cowichan
43rd	2024–present		Sheila Malcolmson	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	14,663	52.75	-0.4	$43,963.12
	Conservative	Dale Parker	9,633	34.65	–	$9,857.59
	Green	Shirley Lambrecht	3,502	12.60	-16.1	$9,463.26
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,798	99.80	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			57	0.20	–
Turnout			27,855	59.96	–
Registered voters			46,454
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-17.5
Source: Elections BC [2] [3]

2020 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party		%
	New Democratic	53.1
	Green	28.7
	Liberal	18.2

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. December 6, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
2. "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
3. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 17, 2025.
4. "Nanaimo-Gabriola Island". 338Canada. Retrieved July 14, 2024.