Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)

Nanaimo is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, in use until 2024.

Demographics

Population, 2011	57,008
Area (km²)	458
Pop. Density (people per km²)	124.5

Geography

The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Hudson Rocks which are in the Nanaimo C electoral area.

History

The district was known as Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Alberni-Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands. An older riding with the name Nanaimo existed from 1871 to 1928.

In 1966, the riding contained the eastern and southern portions of the Nanaimo Regional District, plus Valdes Island and Lasqueti Island.

For the 1979 election, the riding shifted southwards, running from Lantzville in the north to Ladysmith in the south. It also lost Valdes and Lasqueti Islands.

From 1986 to 1991, the riding returned two members. In 1991, the riding shrunk in size. The northern part of the riding, including the northern coast of the City of Nanaimo was transferred to Parksville-Qualicum, while the southern boundary was moved up to the southern limit of the Nanaimo Regional District, except for Valdes Island, which was added back to the riding.

In 2001, the riding's western boundaries were extended to include nearly all of the Nanaimo C Electoral Area.

In 2009, the riding was drastically reduced in size, consisting solely of part of the city of Nanaimo. In the 2017 redistribution, the riding gained part of the City of Nanaimo west of the Nanaimo Parkway.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that took effect upon the calling of the 2024 election, the riding was eliminated by being divided north-south between Nanaimo-Lantzville and Nanaimo-Gabriola Island.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo and the Islands
20th	1941–1945	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Sharratt Pearson	Liberal
21st	1945–1949	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|		Coalition
22nd	1949–1952
23rd	1952–1953	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Larry Giovando	Progressive Conservative
24th	1953–1956
25th	1956–1960	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Earle Westwood	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963
27th	1963–1966	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Stupich	New Democratic
Nanaimo
28th	1966–1969	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Stupich	New Democratic
29th	1969–1972	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank Ney	Social Credit
30th	1972–1975	rowspan=8 Template:Canadian party colour|	David Stupich	New Democratic
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1988	Dale Lovick David Stupich
	1989–1991	Dale Lovick Jan Pullinger
35th	1991–1996	Dale Lovick
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005	Template:Canadian party colour|	Mike Hunter	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	rowspan=6 Template:Canadian party colour|	Leonard Krog	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2018
	2019–2020	Sheila Malcolmson
42nd	2020–2024

Election results

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2013 provincial general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	11,363	45.71
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	9,247	37.19
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	2,635	10.60
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	1,344	5.41
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	272	1.09

2005 provincial general election redistributed results
Party		%
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	45.4
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	42.5
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	9.9
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	2.2

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B.C. General Election 1991: Nanaimo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	Dale Lovick	11,135	51.25%		$39,246
Total Valid Votes			21,729	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			469	2.11%
Turnout			22,198	74.54%

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Nanaimo By-Election 15 March 1989 (54% Voter turnout)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	Jan Pullinger	14,613	57.12%		$36,999
Total Valid Votes			25,583	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			183	0.71%
Turnout			25,766	54.29%

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34th British Columbia election, 1986 ¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	18,213	26.52%			NDP	Dale Lovick	17,251	25.11%
Total Valid Votes			68,689	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			773	%
Turnout				%
1 two-member seat during this election

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33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	17,436	52.17%			Liberal	Shelagh J.F. (Sue) Matthews	554	1.66%			Independent	Howard Peter Yearwood	228	0.68%
Total Valid Votes			33,423	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			269	%
Turnout				%

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32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	17,021	58.69%
Total Valid Votes			29,000	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			420	%
Turnout				%

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31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	12,177	49.08%			Progressive Conservative	Marjorie Ennis Moore	869	3.50%			Liberal	William Harold Matthews	636	2.56%
Total Valid Votes			24,813	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			187	%
Turnout				%

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30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	10,478	52.60%			Progressive Conservative	Graeme C. Roberts	1,880	9.44%			Liberal	Lloyd Schoop	916	4.60%			Independent	Nelson Edward Allen	238	1.19%
Total Valid Votes			19,921	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			327	%
Turnout				%

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29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	7,790	46.47%			Liberal	Robert Steven Plecas	722	4.31%
Total Valid Votes			16,764	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			153	%
Turnout				%

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28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	5,625	47.99%			Liberal	Robert Paul Goseltine	516	4.40%
Total Valid Votes			11,721	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			114	%
Turnout				%

Nanaimo and The Islands (1941-1966)

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27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
NDP	David Stupich	4,278	42.44%		unknown	Liberal	Robert Clayton Weir	960	9.52%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Cornelia Petronella Adriana Wildman	582	5.77%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,079	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			79
Turnout			65.33%

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26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Colin Cameron	4,548	41.87%		unknown	Liberal	Hugh Basil Heath	1,036	9.54%		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Edward Drewry Strongitharm	607	5.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,862	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			151
Turnout			%

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25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Independent	Edward Joseph Brewster	69	0.77%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Arthur Roderick Glen	2,963	32.92%		unknown	Liberal	Peter Maffeo	2,142	23.80%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,001	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			109
Turnout			%

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24th British Columbia election, 1953 2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	1,375	13.99%	-	- %		unknown	Independent	Edward Joseph Brewster	32	0.33%	-	- %		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Larry Giovando	2,046	20.82%	4,376	50.10%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,631	36.96%	4,358	49.90%		unknown	Labor-Progressive	Grace Ellen Tickson	115	1.17%	-	-%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,825	100.00%	8,734	%
Total rejected ballots			363
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%
Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 5) not shown

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23rd British Columbia election, 19521
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
Liberal	Elmer Pearce Bradshaw	2,263	21.59%	-	- %		unknown	Progressive Conservative	Larry Giovando	3,346	31.92%	5,144	52.89%		unknown	Labor-Progressive	Nigel Morgan	207	1.97%	-	-%		unknown	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,715	35.44%	4,581	47.11%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,482	100.00%	9,725	%
Total rejected ballots			207
Turnout			%
1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown

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22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	David Stupich	3,564	37.41%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,528	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58
Turnout			%

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21st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Joseph White	2,547	44.22%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,760	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			66
Turnout			63.19%

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20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas O'Connor	1,615	32.31%		unknown	Liberal	George Sharratt Pearson	2,175	43.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,998	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			62
Turnout			%

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
• Results of 1989 by-election
• 1989 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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