Nanaimo—Cowichan

Nanaimo—Cowichan

British Columbia electoral district
Nanaimo—Cowichan in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jean Crowder NDP
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	125,149
Electors (2011)	96,034
Area (km²)	3,961
Pop. density (per km²)	31.6
Census divisions	Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo
Census subdivisions	Nanaimo, North Cowichan, Ladysmith, Duncan, Cowichan Valley A, Cowichan Valley B, Cowichan Valley C, Cowichan Valley E, Nanaimo A, Nanaimo B

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.

Demographics

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

Geography

It includes, together with more rural areas, the southern portion of 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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo–Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands prior to 1988
34th	1988–1993		David Stupich	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Bob Ringma	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reed Elley	Reform
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Jean Crowder	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

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 is a member of the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP critic for Aboriginal Affairs. During the 38th Parliament she served as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and as a member of the Standing Committee on Health. During the 39th & 40th Parliaments, she served as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jean Crowder	31,272	48.90	+3.72
	Conservative	John Koury	24,497	38.31	+0.72
	Green	Anne Marie Benoit	5,005	7.83	-1.73
	Liberal	Brian Fillmore	3,007	4.70	-2.67
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	170	0.27	-0.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,951	100.00
Total rejected ballots			162	0.25	-0.01
Turnout			64,113	65.16	+1.71
Eligible voters			98,399

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jean Crowder	27,454	45.18	-1.59	$77,175
	Conservative	Reed Elley	22,844	37.59	+5.47	$85,776
	Green	Christina Knighton	5,816	9.56	+4.48	$6,368
	Liberal	Brian Scott	4,483	7.37	-7.94	$19,279
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	182	0.39	+0.15	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,779	100.00		$94,753
Total rejected ballots			156	0.26
Turnout			60,935	63.45
	NDP hold		Swing	-3.53

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jean Crowder	28,558	46.77	+3.06	$58,554
	Conservative	Norm Sowden	19,615	32.12	-0.65
	Liberal	Brian Scott	9,352	15.31	-0.71	$14,209
	Green	Harold Henn	3,107	5.08	-1.53	$1,476
	Canadian Action	Jeff Warr	227	0.45	-0.01	$913
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	148	0.24
Total valid votes			61,057	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135	0.22
Turnout			61,192
	N.D.P. hold		Swing	+1.9

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jean Crowder	25,243	43.71	+26.75	$63,401
	Conservative	Dave Quist	18,928	32.77	-21.04	$62,967
	Liberal	Lloyd Macilquham	9,257	16.02	-5.39	$16,671
	Green	Harold Henn	3,822	6.61	+4.26
	Canadian Action	Jeffrey Ian Warr	270	0.46	-2.49
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	229	0.39		$635
Total valid votes			57,749	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147	0.25	-0.07
57,896			66.70

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Reed Elley	23,641	46.63	+1.68	$50,405
	Liberal	Marshall Cooper	10,857	21.41	+0.28	$24,987
	New Democrat	Garth Mirau	8,599	16.96	-9.02	$33,131
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia-Mary Hemsworth	3,640	7.18	+2.96	$993
	Canadian Action	Doug Catley	1,500	2.95	+1.53	$2,916
	Marijuana	Meaghan Walker-Williams	1,262	2.48
	Green	Norm Abbey	1,196	2.35	+0.52	$990
Total valid votes			50,695	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164	0.32	-0.09
Turnout			50,859	64.56	-0.65

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Reed Elley	22,685	44.95	+5.12	$44,831
	New Democrat	Garth Mirau	13,112	25.98	+3.53	$58,293
	Liberal	Michael Garland Coleman	10,663	21.13	-0.57	$19,351
	Progressive Conservative	Lindsay Parcells	2,131	4.22	-4.51	$4,777
	Green	Karen Margo Shillington	928	1.83		$996
	Canadian Action	Doug Catley	720	1.42		$1,783
	Natural Law	Frank S. James Malaka	224	0.44	-0.35
Total valid votes			50,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206	0.41
Turnout			50,669	65.21

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Bob Ringma	25,052	39.83	+33.84
	New Democrat	David Stupich	14,117	22.45	-26.67
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	13,647	21.70	+12.28
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Wilbee	5,491	8.73	-25.58
	National	Larry Whaley	3,407	5.42
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	497	0.79
	Libertarian	Mark Alan Chase	245	0.39
	Independent	R. W. Jackson	163	0.26
	Independent	Bruce Tober	158	0.25
	Canada Party	Neall Lenard	115	0.18
Total valid votes			62,892	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	David Stupich	27,177	49.12
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Schellenberg	18,984	34.31
	Liberal	Denis St. Denis	5,210	9.42
	Reform	George Richard Wrean	3,314	5.99
	Green	Seymour Trieger	484	0.87
	Communist	Deborah MacDonald	164	0.30
Total valid votes			55,333	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• National Post article on Canadian troops
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Imagine the Cowichan, part of Simon Fraser University's Imagine BC series