Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sheila Malcolmson New Democratic
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	114,998
Electors (2015)	91,240
Area (km²)	1,753
Pop. density (per km²)	65.6
Census divisions	Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo
Census subdivisions	Cowichan Valley G, Cowichan Valley H, Ladysmith, Lantzville, Nanaimo, Nanaimo A, Nanaimo B, Nanaimo C

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is the federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia that was included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.

Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and is to be legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It has come into effect with the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on August 02, 2015.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo—Ladysmith Riding created from Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–Present		Sheila Malcolmson	New Democratic

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 86.4% White, 7.1% Aboriginal, 1.8% South Asian, 1.6% Chinese
Languages: 89.9% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% German, 1.0% Chinese
Religions: 43.2% Christian (11.0% Catholic, 7.4% United Church, 7.0% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Presbyterian, 11.2% Other), 53.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,826
Average income (2010): $35,078

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	22,106	33.08%	-12.18	–
	Liberal	Tim Tessier	15,836	23.70%	+17.02	–
	Conservative	Mark Allen MacDonald	15,602	23.35%	-17.04	–
	Green	Paul Manly	13,163	19.69%	+12.52	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	119	0.18%	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,826	100.0		$233,422.97
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			91,240
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,294	45.26
	Conservative	22,572	40.39
	Green	4,009	7.17
	Liberal	3,733	6.68
	Others	276	0.49