Vancouver Island North

Vancouver Island North

British Columbia electoral district
Vancouver Island North in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	John Duncan Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	113,356
Electors (2011)	89,063
Area (km²)	52,606
Pop. density (per km²)	2.2
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Port Hardy, Cumberland, Port McNeill, Comox-Strathcona A (Baynes Sound), Comox-Strathcona B (Lazo North), Comox-Strathcona C (Puntledge/Black Creek), Comox-Strathcona D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake)

Vancouver Island North is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

The district includes the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Strathcona, Mount Waddington and the southern half of Central Coast excluding Calvert Island and Hunter Island. These regional districts include the towns of Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Port Alice, Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Alert Bay, Quadra Island, Denman Island and Hornby Island.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Comox—Alberni and North Island—Powell River ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Comox—Alberni and North Island—Powell River prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000		John Duncan	Reform
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Catherine J. Bell	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011		John Duncan	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is John Duncan of the Conservative Party. During the 40th Parliament, since November 2008, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Duncan	27,206	46.11	+0.33
	New Democrat	Ronna-Rae Leonard	25,379	43.01	+1.58
	Green	Sue Moen	2,995	5.08	-2.90
	Liberal	Mike Holland	3,018	5.11	+0.93
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Martin	57	0.10
	Independent	Jason Draper	304	0.52	-0.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,003	100.00		-
Total rejected ballots			187	0.32
Turnout			59,190	66.39
Eligible voters			89,150

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Duncan	26,166	45.78	+5.17	$76,173
	New Democrat	Catherine J. Bell	23,681	41.43	-0.29	$80,622
	Green	Philip Stone	4,563	7.98	+3.14	$12,309
	Liberal	Geoff Fleischer	2,391	4.18	-8.65	$2,026
	Independent	Jason Draper	361	0.63		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.00		$171,130
	Conservative gain from New Democratic Party		Swing	+2.73

2006

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Catherine J. Bell	23,561	41.72	+7.23	$80,265
	Conservative	John Duncan	22,931	40.61	+5.20	$91,651
	Liberal	Jim Mitchell	7,243	12.83	-8.62	$28,226
	Green	Michael Mascall	2,735	4.84	-3.58	$8,685
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

Nomination contests

New Democratic Party
Candidate	Residence	August 14, 2005
Catherine J. Bell	Cumberland	X

2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Duncan	18,733	35.41	-15.62	$47,274
	New Democrat	Catherine J. Bell	18,250	34.49	+22.78	$43,372
	Liberal	Noor Ahmed	11,352	21.45	-3.39	$78,890
	Green	Pam Munroe	4,456	8.42	+3.22	$26,376
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	111	0.20	+0.02
Total valid votes			52,902	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136	0.26	+0.01
Turnout			53,038	65.79	+1.31

Nomination contests

Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	February 28
John Duncan	Campbell River	X

New Democratic Party
Candidate	Residence	March 7
Catherine J. Bell	Cumberland	X
Erik Eriksson	Courtenay
Monica Judd	Campbell River

Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	February 22
Nooral Ahmed	Courtenay	X
David Lewis	Gold River
Don Smith	Campbell River

1997 - 2000

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	John Duncan	24,844	51.03	+3.49	$42,203
	Liberal	Daniel P. Smith	12,092	24.84	+3.92	$52,728
	New Democrat	Alex Turner	5,701	11.71	-11.57	$10,377
	Progressive Conservative	David R. Tingley	2,997	6.15	+2.71	$33
	Green	Pam Munroe	2,532	5.20	+1.95	$6,295
	Independent	John Krell	216	0.44
	Natural Law	Nancy More	205	0.42	-0.03
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	92	0.18		$90
Total valid votes			48,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.27	-0.07
Turnout			48,810	64.48	+0.12

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	John Duncan	22,769	47.54		$31,625
	New Democrat	Gilbert Popovich	11,152	23.28		$60,126
	Liberal	David Durrant	10,024	20.92		$14,397
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Tingley	1,650	3.44		$3,659
	Green	Hazel Lennox	1,559	3.25
	Christian Heritage	John Krell	522	1.08		$2,001
	Natural Law	Nancy More	218	0.45
Total valid votes			47,894	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161	0.34
Turnout			48,055	64.36

See also

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

Sources

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Parliament of Canada
• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide
• StatsCan District Profile