Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)

Nanaimo is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Demographics

Population, 2001	51,197
Population Change, 1996–2001	-0.5%
Area (km²)	1,299
Pop. Density (people per km²)	39

Election results

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|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...

|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...

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...

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...

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...

|Linden Robert Shaw
|align="right"|254
|align="right"|1.23%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|20,660
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

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....

|Mat Dillon
|align="right"|267
|align="right"|1.10%
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|Independent
|Brunie Brunie
|align="right"|193
|align="right"|0.80%
|align="right"|

|RefedBC
|Linden Robert Shaw
|align="right"|166
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|24,197
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Mike Hunter
|align="right"|9,748
|align="right"|44.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,911
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

Green Party of British Columbia

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....

|Donald Edgar Lavallée
|align="right"|889
|align="right"|4.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$428

|Unity
|Steve Miller
|align="right"|588
|align="right"|2.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,799

|Independent
|Brunie Brunie
|align="right"|199
|align="right"|0.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$530
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|21,836
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|110
!align="right"|0.50%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|21,946
!align="right"|69.87%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

|Garry D. Shepp
|align="right"|1,867
|align="right"|8.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$6,948

|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....

Green Party of British Columbia

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...

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

|Mark Chase
|align="right"|113
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$365
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,996
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|179
!align="right"|0.77%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,175
!align="right"|69.79%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

Green Party of British Columbia

Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

|Jack Boulogne
|align="right"|71
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|21,729
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|469
!align="right"|2.11%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|22,198
!align="right"|74.54%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Jan Pullinger

Jan Pullinger

Janis Margaret Pullinger is a former Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1989 to 2001. She was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party....

|align="right"|14,613
|align="right"|57.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$36,999
|-

|Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Raymond A. Brookbank
|align="right"|1,908
|align="right"|7.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,414
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,583
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|183
!align="right"|0.71%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,766
!align="right"|54.29%
!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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|18,213
|align="right"|26.52%
|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...

|Dale Lovick
|align="right"|17,251
|align="right"|25.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Doug McBride
|align="right"|15,868
|align="right"|23.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|James Alexander (Alex) Stuart
|align="right"|15,497
|align="right"|22.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Liberal
|Edwin V. Bourke
|align="right"|1,535
|align="right"|2.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

||Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...

|Deborah A. MacDonald
|align="right"|325
|align="right"|0.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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
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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|17,436
|align="right"|52.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Graham J.R. Alce
|align="right"|13,490
|align="right"|40.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Western Canada Concept
Western Canada Concept
The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...

|John Lloyd Cowan
|align="right"|1,090
|align="right"|3.26%
|align="right"|
|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...

|Alan Joseph Timberlake
|align="right"|625
|align="right"|1.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Shelagh J.F. (Sue) Matthews
|align="right"|554
|align="right"|1.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Howard Peter Yearwood
|align="right"|228
|align="right"|0.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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
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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|17,021
|align="right"|58.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Thomas Wesley (Tom) Humble
|align="right"|11,979
|align="right"|41.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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
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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|12,177
|align="right"|49.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Graeme C. Roberts
|align="right"|11,041
|align="right"|44.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Marjorie Ennis Moore
|align="right"|869
|align="right"|3.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|William Harold Matthews
|align="right"|636
|align="right"|2.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...

|Raymond Holmgren
|align="right"|90
|align="right"|0.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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
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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|10,478
|align="right"|52.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Frank Ney
|align="right"|6,409
|align="right"|32.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Graeme C. Roberts
|align="right"|1,880
|align="right"|9.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Lloyd Schoop
|align="right"|916
|align="right"|4.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Nelson Edward Allen
|align="right"|238
|align="right"|1.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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"|
|}
|-

|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...

|Frank Ney
|align="right"|8,252
|align="right"|49.22%
|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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|7,790
|align="right"|46.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Robert Steven Plecas
|align="right"|722
|align="right"|4.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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
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...

|David Stupich
David Stupich
David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.He served five years in the Royal Canadian...

|align="right"|5,625
|align="right"|47.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Frank Ney
|align="right"|5,580
|align="right"|47.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Robert Paul Goseltine
|align="right"|516
|align="right"|4.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- 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"|
|}

Prior to 1966 the Nanaimo area was part of the Nanaimo and The Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became...

riding. An older riding with the name Nanaimo existed from 1871 to 1928.

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001

Results of 2001 election (pdf)

2001 Expenditures

Results of 1996 election

1996 Expenditures

Results of 1991 election

1991 Expenditures

Results of 1989 by-election

1989 Expenditures

Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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