Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)

Nanaimo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	51,197
Population Change, 1996–2001	-0.5%
Area (km²)	1,299
Pop. Density (people per km²)	39

Member of Legislative Assembly

Leonard Krog, New Democrat (2005–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009: Nanaimo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	11,057	53.52%
	Liberal	Jeet Manhas	7,497	36.29%
	Green	Dirk Becker	1,852	8.96%	–
	Refederation	Linden Robert Shaw	254	1.23%	–
Total valid votes			20,660	100%

B.C. General Election 2005 Initial Count: Nanaimo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Leonard Krog	12,538	51.82%
	Liberal	Mike Hunter	8,291	34.26%
	Green	Doug Catley	2,742	11.33%	–
	Marijuana	Mat Dillon	267	1.10%
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	193	0.80%
	Refederation	Linden Robert Shaw	166	0.69%	–
Total			24,197	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Nanaimo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Hunter	9,748	44.64%		$46,911
	NDP	Leonard Krog	6,602	30.23%		$15,152
	Green	Doug Catley	3,810	17.45%	–	$3,225
	Marijuana	Donald Edgar Lavallée	889	4.07%		$428
	Unity	Steve Miller	588	2.69%		$1,799
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	199	0.92%		$530
Total Valid Votes			21,836	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			110	0.50%
Turnout			21,946	69.87%

B.C. General Election 1996: Nanaimo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Dale Lovick	11,210	48.75%		$16,425
	Liberal	Gary Korpan	7,672	33.36%		$52,556
	Reform	Garry D. Shepp	1,867	8.12%		$6,948
	Progressive Democrat	David J. Weston	1,337	5.81%	–	$703
	Green	Karen M. Shillington	486	2.11%	–	$250
	Family Coalition	Vicki Podetz	311	1.35%	–	$247
	Libertarian	Mark Chase	113	0.49%		$365
Total Valid Votes			22,996	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			179	0.77%
Turnout			23,175	69.79%

B.C. General Election 1991: Nanaimo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Dale Lovick	11,135	51.25%		$39,246
	Liberal	Raymond A. Brookbank	7,556	34.77%		$1,051
	Social Credit	Vivian M. Garner	2,480	11.41%	–	$17,601
	Green	Karen M. Shillington	34	1.57%	–	$506
	Family Coalition	David P. Bentley	145	0.67%	–	$226
	Libertarian	Jack Boulogne	71	0.33%
Total Valid Votes			21,729	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			469	2.11%
Turnout			22,198	74.54%

Nanaimo By-Election 15 March 1989 (54% Voter turnout)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Jan Pullinger	14,613	57.12%		$36,999
	Social Credit	Larry McNabb	9,062	35.42%	–	$42,216
	Liberal	Raymond A. Brookbank	1,908	7.46%		$5,414
Total Valid Votes			25,583	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			183	0.71%
Turnout			25,766	54.29%

34th British Columbia election, 1986 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	18,213	26.52%
	NDP	Dale Lovick	17,251	25.11%
	Social Credit	Doug McBride	15,868	23.10%	–
	Social Credit	James Alexander (Alex) Stuart	15,497	22.56%	–
	Liberal	Edwin V. Bourke	1,535	2.24%
	Communist	Deborah A. MacDonald	325	0.47%
Total Valid Votes			68,689	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			773	%
Turnout				%
1 two-member seat during this election

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	17,436	52.17%
	Social Credit	Graham J.R. Alce	13,490	40.36%	–
	Western Canada Concept	John Lloyd Cowan	1,090	3.26%
	Green	Alan Joseph Timberlake	625	1.87%	–
	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				%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	17,021	58.69%
	Social Credit	Thomas Wesley (Tom) Humble	11,979	41.31%	–
Total Valid Votes			29,000	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			420	%
Turnout				%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	12,177	49.08%
	Social Credit	Graeme C. Roberts	11,041	44.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Marjorie Ennis Moore	869	3.50%
	Liberal	William Harold Matthews	636	2.56%
	Communist	Raymond Holmgren	90	0.36%
Total Valid Votes			24,813	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			187	%
Turnout				%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	10,478	52.60%
	Social Credit	Frank Ney	6,409	32.17%	–
	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				%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Frank Ney	8,252	49.22%	–
	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				%

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Stupich	5,625	47.99%
	Social Credit	Frank Ney	5,580	47.61%	–
	Liberal	Robert Paul Goseltine	516	4.40%
Total Valid Votes			11,721	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			114	%
Turnout				%

Prior to 1966 the Nanaimo area was part of the Nanaimo and The Islands riding. An older riding with the name Nanaimo existed from 1871 to 1928.

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