Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1962
District abolished	1979
First contested	1962
Last contested	1974

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district—also known as a “riding”—in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1962 from Nanaimo. The 1966 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain territory from Metchosin and lose territory in the northern end toward the Englishman River. This riding was dissolved into Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Nanaimo—Alberni in 1979.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Nanaimo
25th	1962–1963	Colin Cameron	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1968†
28th	1969–1972	Tommy Douglas	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Nanaimo—Alberni

Canadian federal by-election, 10 February 1969 On the death of Colin Cameron, 28 July 1968
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	19,730	57.03	+15.32
	Liberal	Erin W. Winch	12,897	37.28	+6.21
	Progressive Conservative	Magdalenus Verbrugge	1,966	5.69	-18.27
Total valid votes			34,593	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.56

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Colin Cameron	11,152	42.35
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Franklyn Matthews	7,280	27.65
	Liberal	John F.T. Samuel	5,446	20.68
	Social Credit	Cyril Norman Dawkin	2,456	9.32
Total valid votes			26,334	100.0
This riding was created from Nanaimo, with Walter Matthews being the incumbent.