Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands
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Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons. It was located in the province of British Columbia. This riding was created in 1962 and was first used in the federal election of 1968. In its first incarnation, until a redistribution in 1966, it had the same boundaries as the former Nanaimo riding which it replaced.
For other current and historical Nanaimo-area ridings, please see Nanaimo (electoral districts). For other Cowichan ridings please see the Cowichan disambiguation page.
Demographics
| Population, 1871 | Population, 1961 |
| Population change, 1871-1966 | % |
| Area (km2) | |
| Population density in 1871 (people per km2) | 0.0% |
History and political geography
Members of Parliament
Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Colin Cameron |align="right"|11,152 |align="right"|42.35% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Walter Franklyn Matthews 1 |align="right"|7,280 |align="right"|27.65% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |John F.T. Samuel |align="right"|5,446 |align="right"|20.68% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Cyril Norman Dawkin |align="right"|2,456 |align="right"|9.32% |align="right"| |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|26,334 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=7|1 Incumbent MP from former Nanaimo riding. |}
|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Colin Cameron |align="right"|12,280 |align="right"|44.15% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Douglas Malcolm Greer |align="right"|6,782 |align="right"|24.38% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |W.F. Matthews |align="right"|6,481 |align="right"|23.30% |align="right"| |-
|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Alfred Douglas Dane |align="right"|2,272 |align="right"|8.17% |align="right"| |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|27,815 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}
|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Colin Cameron |align="right"|12,337 |align="right"|45.45% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Douglas Malcolm Greer |align="right"|6,431 |align="right"|23.69% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |W.F. Matthews |align="right"|4,784 |align="right"|17.62% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Lyle C. Wilkinson |align="right"|3,595 |align="right"|13.24% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|27,147 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}
A redistribution (Representation Order, 1966) rearranged the riding's boundaries, with the resulting riding taking in the Metchosin region near Victoria and excluding the northern end of the riding toward the Englishman River.
|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Colin Cameron |align="right"|15,273 |align="right"|41.71% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Mladen Giunio Zorkin |align="right"|11,378 |align="right"|31.07% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Jeffry Brock |align="right"|8,773 |align="right"|23.96% |align="right"| |-
|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Lorne Lee |align="right"|1,193 |align="right"|3.26% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|36,617 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- |} }} |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Tommy Douglas |align="right"|19,730 |align="right"|57.03% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Eric W. Winch |align="right"|12,897 |align="right"|37.28% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Magdalenus Verbrugge |align="right"|1,966 |align="right"|5.69% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|34,593 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=7|By-Election: On Mr. Cameron's death, July 28, 1968. |}
|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Tommy Douglas |align="right"|25,483 |align="right"|56.93% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |George MacPherson |align="right"|10,179 |align="right"|22.74% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Bill Matthews |align="right"|7,107 |align="right"|15.88% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| |Social Credit |Stockwell Day, Sr. |align="right"|1,868 |align="right"|4.17% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="white"| |Unknown |Ken Hasanen |align="right"|125 |align="right"|0.28% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|44,762 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| |- |}
|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Tommy Douglas |align="right"|20,444 |align="right"|40.92% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Don L. Taylor |align="right"|18,207 |align="right"|36.44% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Raymond Patrick Kane |align="right"|11,028 |align="right"|22.07% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Ernie Knott |align="right"|288 |align="right"|0.58% |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|49,967 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| |- |}
See also
External links
- Website of the [Parliament of Canada]
- [Elections Canada riding history]
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