Comox Valley (provincial electoral district)
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Comox Valley is a provincial
electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
of British Columbia
, Canada
.
, of the Liberal Party was elected MLA in the provincial 2009 general election
.
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Don McRae
|align="right"|13,886
|align="right"|47.67%
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|New Democrat
|Leslie McNabb
|align="right"|12,508
|align="right"|42.45%
|align="right"|
|Green
|Hazel Lennox
|align="right"|2,577
|align="right"|8.56%
|align="right"|
| Refederation
|Paula Berard
|align="right"|266
|align="right"|0.92%
|align="right"|
|People's Front
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|110
|align="right"|0.40%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Stan Hagen
|align="right"|13,120
|align="right"|45.79%
|align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Andrew Black
|align="right"|12,384
|align="right"|43.22%
|align="right"|
|Green
|Chris Aikman
|align="right"|2,587
|align="right"|9.03%
|align="right"|
|Marijuana
|Miracle Emery
|align="right"|199
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|
|DRBC
|Don Davis
|align="right"|176
|align="right"|0.61%
|align="right"|
|Work Less
|Bruce O'Hara
|align="right"|75
|align="right"|0.26%
|align="right"|
|RefedBC
|Mel Garden
|align="right"|61
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|People's Front
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|28,651
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Stan Hagen
|align="right"|15,569
|align="right"|56.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$61,366
|-
|NDP
|Evelyn Gillespie
|align="right"|5,356
|align="right"|19.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$23,476
|Green
|Pam Munroe
|align="right"|5,170
|align="right"|18.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,007
|Marijuana
|Sylvain Luc Beaudoin
|align="right"|873
|align="right"|3.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$80
|Unity
|John William Robinson
|align="right"|677
|align="right"|2.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|27,645
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|0.21%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|27,702
!align="right"|74.81%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Evelyn Gillespie
|align="right"|13,230
|align="right"|42.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$38,658
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Bill MacDonald
|align="right"|10,721
|align="right"|34.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$47,322
|-
|BC Reform
|Delbert Doll
|align="right"|3,451
|align="right"|11.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,385
|PDA
|Joe Lawlor
|align="right"|1,039
|align="right"|3.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Green
|Meaghan Cursons
|align="right"|1,296
|align="right"|4.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,766
|Independent
|Alicia Burns
|align="right"|598
|align="right"|1.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,325
|Family Coalition
|John Krell
|align="right"|398
|align="right"|1.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,943
|Independent
|Angus Ramsey
|align="right"|149
|align="right"|0.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$924
|Independent
|Hillel Alan Wright
|align="right"|57
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|30,939
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|115
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|31,054
!align="right"|72.86%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Margaret Lord
|align="right"|10,355
|align="right"|39.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,813
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Alicia Burns
|align="right"|8,754
|align="right"|33.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$14,805
|Social Credit
|Stan Hagen
|align="right"|6,734
|align="right"|25.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$68,780
|Green
|Richard P. R. Porter
|align="right"|432
|align="right"|1.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,407
|Green Go
|Hillel A. Wright
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|0.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Daniel J. Downer
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$363
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,417
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|430
!align="right"|1.60%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,847
!align="right"|78.26%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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Electoral district
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for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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of British Columbia
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Demographics
Population, 2001 | 55,314 |
Population Change 1996-2001 | 0.7% |
Area (km²) | 1,703.39 |
Pop. Density (people per km²) | 32 |
Member of Legislative Assembly
Don McRaeDon McRae (politician)
Don McRae is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Comox Valley in the 2009 provincial election. After serving nearly 2 years on the backbenches he was appointed Minister of...
, of the Liberal Party was elected MLA in the provincial 2009 general election
British Columbia general election, 2009
The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...
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Election results
|-| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Don McRae
|align="right"|13,886
|align="right"|47.67%
|align="right"|
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Leslie McNabb
|align="right"|12,508
|align="right"|42.45%
|align="right"|
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Hazel Lennox
|align="right"|2,577
|align="right"|8.56%
|align="right"|
| Refederation
British Columbia Refederation Party
The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...
|Paula Berard
|align="right"|266
|align="right"|0.92%
|align="right"|
|People's Front
People's Front (British Columbia)
The People's Front is the British Columbia, Canada wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.In the 2001 British Columbia election, it nominated 11 candidates, received a total of 720 votes...
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|110
|align="right"|0.40%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen was a Canadian politician. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal Party....
|align="right"|13,120
|align="right"|45.79%
|align="right"|
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Andrew Black
|align="right"|12,384
|align="right"|43.22%
|align="right"|
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Chris Aikman
|align="right"|2,587
|align="right"|9.03%
|align="right"|
|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
|Miracle Emery
|align="right"|199
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|
|DRBC
Democratic Reform British Columbia
Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...
|Don Davis
|align="right"|176
|align="right"|0.61%
|align="right"|
|Work Less
Work Less Party of British Columbia
The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics...
|Bruce O'Hara
|align="right"|75
|align="right"|0.26%
|align="right"|
|RefedBC
|Mel Garden
|align="right"|61
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|People's Front
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|28,651
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen was a Canadian politician. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal Party....
|align="right"|15,569
|align="right"|56.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$61,366
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Evelyn Gillespie
|align="right"|5,356
|align="right"|19.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$23,476
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Pam Munroe
|align="right"|5,170
|align="right"|18.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,007
|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
|Sylvain Luc Beaudoin
|align="right"|873
|align="right"|3.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$80
|Unity
|John William Robinson
|align="right"|677
|align="right"|2.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|27,645
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|0.21%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|27,702
!align="right"|74.81%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Evelyn Gillespie
|align="right"|13,230
|align="right"|42.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$38,658
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Bill MacDonald
|align="right"|10,721
|align="right"|34.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$47,322
|-
|BC Reform
Reform Party of British Columbia
The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...
|Delbert Doll
|align="right"|3,451
|align="right"|11.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,385
|PDA
Progressive Democratic Alliance
The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....
|Joe Lawlor
|align="right"|1,039
|align="right"|3.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Meaghan Cursons
|align="right"|1,296
|align="right"|4.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,766
|Independent
|Alicia Burns
|align="right"|598
|align="right"|1.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,325
|Family Coalition
Family Coalition Party of British Columbia
The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a conservative, pro-life political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 1991 election, it nominated 8 candidates in the province's 75 ridings. They won a total of 1,310 votes, or 0.09% of the provincial total. In the 1996 election, it nominated...
|John Krell
|align="right"|398
|align="right"|1.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,943
|Independent
|Angus Ramsey
|align="right"|149
|align="right"|0.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$924
|Independent
|Hillel Alan Wright
|align="right"|57
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|30,939
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|115
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|31,054
!align="right"|72.86%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Margaret Lord
|align="right"|10,355
|align="right"|39.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,813
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Alicia Burns
|align="right"|8,754
|align="right"|33.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$14,805
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen was a Canadian politician. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal Party....
|align="right"|6,734
|align="right"|25.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$68,780
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Richard P. R. Porter
|align="right"|432
|align="right"|1.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,407
|Green Go
|Hillel A. Wright
|align="right"|93
|align="right"|0.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Daniel J. Downer
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$363
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,417
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|430
!align="right"|1.60%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,847
!align="right"|78.26%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|