Nanaimo—Cowichan

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Nanaimo—Cowichan is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It is located on Vancouver Island.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History

3.1 Members of Parliament
3.2 Current Member of Parliament

4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	116,754
Electors	86,804
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

It comprises the City of Nanaimo, the City of Duncan, the Town of Ladysmith, and the District of North Cowichan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from parts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1997-2004: Reed Elley - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004).
2004-present: Jean Crowder - New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Jean Crowder, a former human resources consultant. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She represents the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP critic on Status of Women, Health, Natural Resources, and Community Economic Development. She serves as the Vice-Chair on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and as a member on the Standing Committee on Health.

Election results

|Marxist-Leninist |Jack East |align="right"|148 |align="right"|0.24% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|61,057 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|135 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|61,192 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democratic Party |Jean Crowder |align="right"|25,243 |align="right"|43.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|$63,401 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| |Conservative |Dave Quist |align="right"|18,928 |align="right"|32.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|$62,967 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Lloyd Macilquham |align="right"|9,257 |align="right"|16.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|$16,671 |- |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Harold Henn |align="right"|3,822 |align="right"|6.61% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="powderblue"| |Canadian Action |Jeffrey Ian Warr |align="right"|270 |align="right"|0.46% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Brunie Brunie |align="right"|229 |align="right"|0.39% |align="right"| |align="right"|$635 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|57,749 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|147 !align="right"|0.25% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|57,896 !align="right"|66.70% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="cadetblue"| |Canadian Alliance |Reed Elley |align="right"|23,641 |align="right"|46.63% | |align="right"|$50,405 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Marshall Cooper |align="right"|10,857 |align="right"|21.41% | |align="right"|$24,987 |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democratic Party |Garth Mirau |align="right"|8,599 |align="right"|16.96% | |align="right"|$33,131 |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Cynthia-Mary Hemsworth |align="right"|3,640 |align="right"|7.18% | |align="right"|$993 |- |bgcolor="powderblue"| |Canadian Action |Doug Catley |align="right"|1,500 |align="right"|2.95% | |align="right"|$2,916 |- |bgcolor="tan"| |Marijuana | style="width: 160px" |Meaghan Walker-Williams |align="right"|1,262 |align="right"|2.48% | |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Norm Abbey |align="right"|1,196 |align="right"|2.35% | |align="right"|$990 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|50,695 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|164 !align="right"|0.32% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|50,859 !align="right"|64.56% ! ! |}

|- |- |bgcolor="mediumseagreen"| |Reform |Reed Elley |align="right"|22,685 |align="right"|44.95% | |align="right"|$44,831 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democratic Party |Garth Mirau |align="right"|13,112 |align="right"|25.98% | |align="right"|$58,293 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal | style="width: 150px" |Michael Garland Coleman |align="right"|10,663 |align="right"|21.13% | |align="right"|$19,351 |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Lindsay Parcells |align="right"|2,131 |align="right"|4.22% | |align="right"|$4,777 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Karen Margo Shillington |align="right"|928 |align="right"|1.83% | |align="right"|$996 |- |bgcolor="powderblue"| |Canadian Action |Doug Catley |align="right"|720 |align="right"|1.42% | |align="right"|$1,783 |- |bgcolor="lavender"| |Natural Law |Frank S. James Malaka |align="right"|224 |align="right"|0.44% | |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|50,463 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|206 !align="right"|0.41% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|50, 669 !align="right"|65.21% ! ! |}

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