North Island—Powell River
British Columbia electoral district | |||
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North Island—Powell River in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area | |||
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, Strathcona C, Strathcona D |
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 since 2015. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Comox—Powell River riding and contested for the first time at the 34th federal election on 21 November 1988. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Vancouver Island North riding, and it ceased to be represented in the House of Commons effective at the call of the 36th federal election on 2 June 1997.
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
Panethnic group | 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
European[a] | 91,320 | 83.17% | 87,400 | 84.31% | 88,465 | 86.9% | ||||||||
Indigenous | 13,400 | 12.2% | 12,475 | 12.03% | 10,560 | 10.37% | ||||||||
East Asian[b] | 1,515 | 1.38% | 1,185 | 1.14% | 575 | 0.56% | ||||||||
Southeast Asian[c] | 1,390 | 1.27% | 1,125 | 1.09% | 985 | 0.97% | ||||||||
South Asian | 920 | 0.84% | 455 | 0.44% | 370 | 0.36% | ||||||||
African | 505 | 0.46% | 430 | 0.41% | 330 | 0.32% | ||||||||
Latin American | 370 | 0.34% | 295 | 0.28% | 300 | 0.29% | ||||||||
Middle Eastern[d] | 80 | 0.07% | 75 | 0.07% | 20 | 0.02% | ||||||||
Other[e] | 300 | 0.27% | 230 | 0.22% | 200 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Total responses | 109,800 | 98.19% | 103,670 | 98.3% | 101,800 | 98.33% | ||||||||
Total population | 111,825 | 100% | 105,466 | 100% | 103,525 | 100% | ||||||||
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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North Island—Powell River Riding created from Comox—Powell River | ||||
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 | ||||
Riding re-created from Vancouver Island North and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country | ||||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Rachel Blaney | New Democratic | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
Electoral history
North Island—Powell River, 2015–present
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rachel Blaney | 23,833 | 39.5 | +1.6 | $62,260.34 | |||
Conservative | Shelley Downey | 21,670 | 36.0 | +3.4 | $63,438.47 | |||
Liberal | Jennifer Grenz | 7,922 | 13.1 | ±0.0 | $44,209.34 | |||
Green | Jessica Wegg | 3,656 | 6.1 | -8.0 | $22,023.44 | |||
People's | Paul Macknight | 2,795 | 4.6 | +2.8 | $0.00 | |||
Maverick | Stacey Gastis | 310 | 0.5 | N/A | $26,200.41 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Carla Neal | 77 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,263 | 99.3 | – | $147,765.33 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 421 | 0.7 | ||||||
Turnout | 60,684 | 65.3 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 92,814 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -0.9 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8] |
2021 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 26,918 | 39.46 | |
Conservative | 24,707 | 36.22 | |
Liberal | 9,076 | 13.30 | |
Green | 3,999 | 5.86 | |
People's | 3,113 | 4.56 | |
Others | 403 | 0.59 |
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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[10] |
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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[11][12] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
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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
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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 |
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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
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "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
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament