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Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Summary

Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Field	Value
name	Nanaimo
province	British Columbia
image	British Columbia 2015 Nanaimo.svg
prov-status	defunct
prov-election-first	1941
prov-election-last	2020
demo-census-date	2011
demo-pop	57008
demo-area	458
demo-cd	Nanaimo Regional District
demo-csd	Nanaimo, Nanaimo C

Nanaimo is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, in use until 2024.

Demographics

Pop. Density (people per km2)	124.5

Geography

The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Hudson Rocks which are in the Nanaimo C electoral area.

History

The district was known as Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Alberni-Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands. An older riding with the name Nanaimo existed from 1871 to 1928.

In 1966, the riding contained the eastern and southern portions of the Nanaimo Regional District, plus Valdes Island and Lasqueti Island.

For the 1979 election, the riding shifted southwards, running from Lantzville in the north to Ladysmith in the south. It also lost Valdes and Lasqueti Islands.

From 1986 to 1991, the riding returned two members. In 1991, the riding shrunk in size. The northern part of the riding, including the northern coast of the City of Nanaimo was transferred to Parksville-Qualicum, while the southern boundary was moved up to the southern limit of the Nanaimo Regional District, except for Valdes Island, which was added back to the riding.

In 2001, the riding's western boundaries were extended to include nearly all of the Nanaimo C Electoral Area.

In 2009, the riding was drastically reduced in size, consisting solely of part of the city of Nanaimo. In the 2017 redistribution, the riding gained part of the City of Nanaimo west of the Nanaimo Parkway.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that took effect upon the calling of the 2024 election, the riding was eliminated by being divided north–south between Nanaimo-Lantzville and Nanaimo-Gabriola Island.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Nanaimo and the Islands
20th	1941–1945			George Sharratt Pearson
21st	1945–1949	BC	Coalition	background}}	Coalition
22nd	1949–1952
23rd	1952–1953	BC	PC	background}}	Larry Giovando
24th	1953–1956
25th	1956–1960	BC	Social Credit	background}}	Earle Westwood
26th	1960–1963
27th	1963–1966			David Stupich
Nanaimo
28th	1966–1969			David Stupich
29th	1969–1972			Frank Ney
30th	1972–1975	BC	NDP	background}}	David Stupich
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1988	Dale Lovick
David Stupich
1989–1991	Dale Lovick
Jan Pullinger
35th	1991–1996	Dale Lovick
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005			Mike Hunter
38th	2005–2009	BC	NDP	background}}	Leonard Krog
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2018
2019–2020	Sheila Malcolmson
42nd	2020–2024

Election results

^ Change is based on redistributed results

Vote	%
New Democratic	11,363	45.71
Liberal	9,247	37.19
Green	2,635	10.60
Conservative	1,344	5.41
Others	272	1.09

2005 provincial general election redistributed results	Party	%
		New Democratic	45.4
		Liberal	42.5
		Green	9.9
		Others	2.2

|New Democratic

Dale Lovick

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|- |NDP |David Stupich |NDP |Dale Lovick |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|68,689 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|773 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 two-member seat during this election |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Liberal |Shelagh J.F. (Sue) Matthews |Independent |Howard Peter Yearwood |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|33,423 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|269 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7| |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|29,000 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|420 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Progressive Conservative |Marjorie Ennis Moore |Liberal |William Harold Matthews |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|24,813 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|187 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Progressive Conservative |Graeme C. Roberts |Liberal |Lloyd Schoop |Independent |Nelson Edward Allen |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|19,921 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|327 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Liberal |Robert Steven Plecas |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|16,764 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|153 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Liberal |Robert Paul Goseltine |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,721 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|114 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

Nanaimo and The Islands (1941-1966)

|- |NDP |David Stupich |Liberal |Robert Clayton Weir |Progressive Conservative |Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|10,079 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|79 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|65.33% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Colin Cameron |Liberal |Hugh Basil Heath |Progressive Conservative |Edward Drewry Strongitharm |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|10,862 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|151 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |Independent |Edward Joseph Brewster |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Arthur Roderick Glen |Liberal |Peter Maffeo |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,001 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|109 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |Liberal |Elmer Pearce Bradshaw |Independent |Edward Joseph Brewster |Progressive Conservative |Larry Giovando |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |David Stupich |Labor-Progressive |Grace Ellen Tickson |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,825 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|8,734 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|363 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 5) not shown |}

|- |Liberal |Elmer Pearce Bradshaw |Progressive Conservative |Larry Giovando |Labor-Progressive |Nigel Morgan |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |David Stupich |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|10,482 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|9,725 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|207 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown |}

|- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |David Stupich |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,528 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|58 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Joseph White |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,760 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|66 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|63.19% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Thomas O'Connor |Liberal |George Sharratt Pearson |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,998 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|62 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

References

(2015-09-24). "Final Report".
Seat at this time was a two-member seat Dave Stupich resigned in 1988, Lovick continued to represent district solo until joined by Jan Pullinger in 1989.
[http://bc.punditsguide.ca/riding_e.php?riding=274&cmdGoRiding=Go Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
[http://esm.ubc.ca/cgi/vmm3 UBC Election Stock Market: Assumed Transposition of Votes]

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