Powell River-Sunshine Coast

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Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	45,406
Population Change, 1996-2001	1.1%
Area (km²)	39,009
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1.16

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Nicholas Simons, who was first elected in 2005.

Election results

|- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Nicholas Simons |align="right"|10,412 |align="right"|43.40% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Maureen Clayton |align="right"|7,282 |align="right"|30.35% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Adriane Carr |align="right"|6,147 |align="right"|25.62% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="#FFFF99"| |Refederation |Allen McIntyre |align="right"|149 |align="right"|0.62% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|23,990 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Harold Long |align="right"|9,904 |align="right"|42.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|$63,954 |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Gordon Wilson |align="right"|6,349 |align="right"|27.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|$50,409 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Adriane Carr |align="right"|6,316 |align="right"|27.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|$24,821 |- |bgcolor="tan"| |Marijuana |Dana Albert Larsen |align="right"|812 |align="right"|3.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|$4,499 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|23,381 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|99 !align="right"|0.42% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|23,480 !align="right"|76.33% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="#AA99CC"| |PDA |Gordon Wilson |align="right"|10,833 |align="right"|49.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|$18,579 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Bill Forst |align="right"|6,088 |align="right"|27.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|$30,942 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Cameron Reid |align="right"|3,911 |align="right"|17.71% |align="right"| |align="right"|$31,957 |- |- |bgcolor="deepskyblue"| |BC Reform |Don Atkinson |align="right"|677 |align="right"|3.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|$10,560 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |D. Wendy Young |align="right"|518 |align="right"|2.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|$834 |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"| |Common Sense |Roslyn Griston |align="right"|57 |align="right"|0.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|$272 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,084 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|66 !align="right"|0.30% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|22,150 !align="right"|75.37% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Gordon Wilson |align="right"|11,486 |align="right"|54.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|$42,914 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Howard White |align="right"|7,117 |align="right"|33.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|$56,523 |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| | style="width: 130px" |Socred |Harold Long |align="right"|2,174 |align="right"|10.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|$26,527 |- |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Janet E. Calder |align="right"|161 |align="right"|0.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|$439 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Lynwood A. Jacob |align="right"|66 |align="right"|0.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|$200 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|21,004 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|300 !align="right"|1.41% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|21,304 !align="right"|82.61% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

External links

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