Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Nicholas Simons NDP
District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	2009

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

Demographics

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

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Nicholas Simons, who was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Nicholas Simons	13,276	58.28		$66,566
	BC Liberal	Dawn Miller	7,818	34.32%		$102,008
	Green	Jeff Chilton	1,436	6.30		$350
	Refederation	Allen McIntyre	249	1.10		$1,110
Total Valid Votes			22,779	100
Total Rejected Ballots			102	0.45
Turnout			22,881	63.02

B.C. General Election 2005: Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Nicholas Simons	11,099	43.45		$108,403
	BC Liberal	Maureen Clayton	7,702	30.15		$93,404
	Green	Adriane Carr	6,585	25.78		$61,125
	Refederation	Allen McIntyre	156	0.62		$100
Total Valid Votes			25,542	100
Total Rejected Ballots			109	0.43
Turnout			25,651	72.43

B.C. General Election 2001: Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Harold Long	9,904	42.36%		$63,954
	NDP	Gordon Wilson	6,349	27.15%		$50,409
	Green	Adriane Carr	6,316	27.01%		$24,821
	Marijuana	Dana Albert Larsen	812	3.48%		$4,499
Total Valid Votes			23,381	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			99	0.42%
Turnout			23,480	76.33%

B.C. General Election 1996: Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	PDA	Gordon Wilson	10,833	49.05%		$18,579
	NDP	Bill Forst	6,088	27.57%		$30,942
	BC Liberal	Cameron Reid	3,911	17.71%		$31,957
	BC Reform	Don Atkinson	677	3.07%		$10,560
	Green	D. Wendy Young	518	2.35%		$834
	Common Sense	Roslyn Griston	57	0.26%		$272
Total Valid Votes			22,084	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			66	0.30%
Turnout			22,150	75.37%

B.C. General Election 1991: Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Gordon Wilson	11,486	54.69%		$42,914
	NDP	Howard White	7,117	33.88%		$56,523
	Socred	Harold Long	2,174	10.35%		$26,527
	Green	Janet E. Calder	161	0.77%		$439
	Independent	Lynwood A. Jacob	66	0.31%		$200
Total Valid Votes			21,004	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			300	1.41%
Turnout			21,304	82.61%

Sources:

1. Elections BC

2. SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.

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
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia