North Island—Powell River
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 103,458 | ||
Electors (2015) | 79,517 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 57,911 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Comox Valley, Mount Waddington, qathet, Strathcona | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Campbell River, Comox, Powell River, Gold River, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Alice, Alert Bay, Sayward, Comox Valley B, Comox Valley C, , |
North Island—Powell River is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997, and again from 2015 onward. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Comox—Powell River riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Vancouver Island North riding.
The riding consisted of the southern part of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, the Central Coast Regional District, the Mount Waddington Regional District, the northwest part of the Comox-Strathcona Regional District, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, and the Powell River Regional District, except Electoral Area E.
North Island—Powell River was re-created (initially called Vancouver Island North—Comox—Powell River) by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held 19 October 2015.[3][4]
Demographics[]
Ethnic groups in North Island—Powell River (2016) Source: [1] |
Population | % | |
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Ethnic group | European | 83,690 | 80.7% |
Aboriginal | 13,600 | 13.1% | |
Filipino | 760 | 0.7% | |
Chinese | 655 | 0.6% | |
South Asian | 455 | 0.4% | |
Black | 430 | 0.4% | |
Southeast Asian | 365 | 0.4% | |
Japanese | 305 | 0.3% | |
Latin American | 295 | 0.3% | |
Korean | 225 | 0.2% | |
West Asian | 40 | 0% | |
Arab | 35 | 0% | |
Multiple minorities | 115 | 0.1% | |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 115 | 0.1% | |
Total population | 105,466 | 100% |
Members of Parliament[]
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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North Island—Powell River Riding created from Comox—Powell River |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Ray Skelly | New Democratic | |
35th | 1993–1997 | John Duncan | Reform | |
Riding dissolved into Vancouver Island North, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, Skeena and Cariboo—Chilcotin |
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Riding re-created from Vancouver Island North and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Rachel Blaney | New Democratic | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
Electoral history[]
North Island—Powell River, 2015–present[]
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rachel Blaney | 23,833 | 39.5 | +1.6 | ||||
Conservative | Shelley Downey | 21,670 | 36.0 | +3.4 | ||||
Liberal | Jennifer Grenz | 7,922 | 13.1 | ±0.0 | ||||
Green | Jessica Wegg | 3,656 | 6.1 | -8.0 | ||||
People's | Paul Macknight | 2,795 | 4.6 | +2.8 | ||||
Maverick | Stacey Gastis | 310 | 0.5 | N/A | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Carla Neal | 77 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 60,263 | 99.3 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 421 | 0.7 | ||||||
Turnout | 60,684 | 65.3 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 92,814 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -0.9 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rachel Blaney | 23,834 | 37.9 | -2.31 | $59,655.63 | |||
Conservative | Shelley Downey | 20,502 | 32.6 | +6.43 | $49,894.99 | |||
Green | Mark de Bruijn | 8,891 | 14.1 | +5.94 | $34,354.18 | |||
Liberal | Peter Schwarzhoff | 8,251 | 13.1 | -12.37 | none listed | |||
People's | Brian Rundle | 1,102 | 1.8 | – | $5,894.54 | |||
Independent | Glen Staples | 287 | 0.5 | – | $3,027.54 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Carla Neal | 48 | 0.1 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes | 62,915 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 291 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 63,206 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 89,561 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -4.37 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rachel Blaney | 24,340 | 40.21 | -1.53 | $139,441.92 | |||
Conservative | Laura Smith | 15,840 | 26.17 | -19.86 | $83,346.00 | |||
Liberal | Peter Schwarzhoff | 15,416 | 25.47 | +19.11 | $40,436.14 | |||
Green | Brenda Sayers | 4,940 | 8.16 | +3.01 | $37,000.01 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,536 | 99.71 | $268,365.27 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 177 | 0.29 | – | |||||
Turnout | 60,713 | 75.21 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 80,730 | |||||||
New Democratic notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.17 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 23,425 | 46.03 | |
New Democratic | 21,239 | 41.74 | |
Liberal | 3,236 | 6.36 | |
Green | 2,623 | 5.15 | |
Others | 367 | 0.72 |
North Island—Powell River, 1988–1997[]
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Reform | John Duncan | 18,255 | 39.31 | +37.63 | ||||
Liberal | Al Huddlestan | 11,877 | 25.57 | +9.46 | ||||
New Democratic | Raymond Skelly | 7,794 | 16.78 | −35.24 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark von Schellwitz | 3,682 | 7.93 | −16.49 | ||||
National | Mark A. Grenier | 3,408 | 7.34 | – | ||||
Green | Michael Mascall | 1,015 | 2.19 | +0.97 | ||||
Natural Law | Wayne A. Melvin | 254 | 0.55 | – | ||||
Canada Party | James Peter Turner | 159 | 0.34 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 46,444 | 100.0 | ||||||
Reform gain from New Democratic | Swing | +14.08 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Raymond Skelly | 22,179 | 52.02 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Michel Rabu | 10,411 | 24.42 | |||||
Liberal | Allan Warnke | 6,867 | 16.11 | |||||
Christian Heritage | John A. Krell | 1,521 | 3.57 | |||||
Reform | Dodd W. Pellant | 718 | 1.68 | |||||
Green | Michael Conway-Brown | 519 | 1.22 | |||||
Rhinoceros | Philip John Hicks | 299 | 0.70 | |||||
Communist | Nickolas Chernoff | 121 | 0.28 | |||||
Total valid votes | 42,635 | 100.00 | ||||||
This riding was created from Comox—Powell River, and New Democrat Ray Skelly was the incumbent. |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References[]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for North Island—Powell River, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links[]
- British Columbia federal electoral districts
- British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island
- Campbell River, British Columbia
- Courtenay, British Columbia
- Powell River, British Columbia