Nanaimo-North Cowichan

Nanaimo-North Cowichan

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Doug Routley New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,402
Area (km²)	2,720.43
Pop. density (per km²)	18.2
Census division(s)	Regional District of Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Nanaimo, North Cowichan, Ladysmith

Nanaimo-North Cowichan is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, in use from 2009 to 2024.

It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 and first contested in the 2009 election. Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect from the 2024 election, a substantial reorganization of electoral boundaries in the Nanaimo and mid-Island area saw Nanaimo-North Cowichan dissolved, with its territory split between the districts of Cowichan Valley, Ladysmith-Oceanside and Nanaimo-Gabriola Island. ^[1]

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
Nanaimo-North Cowichan
39th	2009–2013		Doug Routley	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Electoral history

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	12,787	49.48	+2.59	$20,730.17
	Green	Chris Istace	7,700	29.80	+5.92	$16,549.41
	Liberal	Duck Paterson	5,354	20.72	−3.16	$25,059.60
Total valid votes			25,841	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	Doug Routley	12,276	46.89	+0.68	$34,949
	Liberal	Alana DeLong	7,379	28.18	−2.59	$36,526
	Green	Lia Marie Constance Versaevel	6,252	23.88	+10.15	$7,981
	Independent	P. Anna Paddon	274	1.05	+0.77	$1,010
Total valid votes			26,181	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			198	0.75	+0.36
Turnout			26,379	63.73	+2.62
Registered voters			41,393
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	11,542	46.21	−8.13	$55,479
	Liberal	Amanda Lee Jacobson	7,685	30.77	−4.75	$32,579
	Green	Mayo McDonough	3,430	13.73	+4.73	$5,363
	Conservative	John James Donald Sherry	1,603	6.42	–	$12,676
	Independent	Murray McNab	647	2.59	–	$1,575
	Independent	P. Anna Paddon	71	0.28	–	$1,916
Total valid votes			24,978	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			98	0.39	−0.21
Turnout			25,076	61.11	−0.34
Registered voters			41,036
Source: Elections BC [6]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	12,888	54.34	$74,487
	Liberal	Rob Hutchins	8,426	35.52	$146,407
	Green	Ian Gartshore	2,135	9.00	$3,497
	Refederation	Ron James Fuson	271	1.14	$770
Total valid votes			23,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			142	0.60
Turnout			23,862	61.45
Registered voters			38,832
Source: Elections BC [7]

References

1. "Proposed new provincial ridings includes new Nanaimo-Gabriola Island". CHEK. October 15, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved January 13, 2021.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved May 17, 2017.
7. "Statement of Votes - 39th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved January 10, 2021.