Comox Valley (provincial electoral district)

Comox Valley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is now in Courtenay-Comox.

Since the 1986 BC general election, the riding has been a bellwether, having voted consistently for a governing MLA.

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,314
Population change 1996–2001	0.7%
Area (km2)	1,703.39
Population density (people per km2)	32

History

This district was formed prior to the 1991 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Don McRae of the Liberal Party was elected MLA of the district in the 2009 provincial general election. He was re-elected in the 2013 election.

Comox Valley
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Comox
35th	1991–1996		Margaret Lord	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Evelyn Gillespie
37th	2001–2005		Stan Hagen	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013		Don McRae
40th	2013–2017
Riding dissolved into Courtenay-Comox and Mid Island-Pacific Rim

Election results

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Don McRae	14,248	44.27
	New Democratic	Kassandra Dycke	12,480	38.77
	Green	Chris Aikman	3,718	11.55
	Conservative	Diane Hoffmann	1,740	5.41
Total valid votes			32,186	100.00
Total rejected ballots			99	0.31
Turnout			32,285	63.99
Source: Elections BC

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don McRae	13,886	47	$92,892
	New Democratic	Leslie McNabb	12,508	43	$123,151
	Green	Hazel Lennox	2,577	9	$3,370
	Refederation	Paula Berard	266	0.9	$360
	People's Front	Barbara Biley	120	0.4	$256
Total valid votes			29,357
Total rejected ballots			141	0.5
Turnout			29,498	61
http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2009GE/CMX.pdf

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stan Hagen	13,120	45.79
	New Democratic	Andrew Black	12,384	43.22
	Green	Chris Aikman	2,587	9.03
	Marijuana	Miracle Emery	199	0.69
	Democratic Reform	Don Davis	176	0.61
	Work Less	Bruce O'Hara	75	0.26
	Refederation	Mel Garden	61	0.21
	People's Front	Barbara Biley	49	0.17
Total			28,651	100.00

B.C. General Election 2001: Comox Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stan Hagen	15,569	56.32%		$61,366
	NDP	Evelyn Gillespie	5,356	19.37%		$23,476
	Green	Pam Munroe	5,170	18.70%	–	$9,007
	Marijuana	Sylvain Luc Beaudoin	873	3.16%		$80
	Unity	John William Robinson	677	2.45%
Total valid votes			27,645	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			57	0.21%
Turnout			27,702	74.81%

B.C. General Election 1996: Comox Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Evelyn Gillespie	13,230	42.76%		$38,658
	Liberal	Bill MacDonald	10,721	34.65%		$47,322
	Reform	Delbert Doll	3,451	11.15%		$12,385
	Progressive Democrat	Joe Lawlor	1,039	3.36%	–	$100
	Green	Meaghan Cursons	1,296	4.19%	–	$1,766
	Independent	Alicia Burns	598	1.93%		$8,325
	Family Coalition	John Krell	398	1.29%	–	$1,943
	Independent	Angus Ramsey	149	0.48%		$924
	Independent	Hillel Alan Wright	57	0.18%
Total valid votes			30,939	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			115	0.37%
Turnout			31,054	72.86%

B.C. General Election 1991: Comox Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Margaret Lord	10,355	39.20%		$40,813
	Liberal	Alicia Burns	8,754	33.14%		$14,805
	Social Credit	Stan Hagen	6,734	25.49%	–	$68,780
	Green	Richard P. R. Porter	432	1.63%	–	$1,407
	Green Go	Hillel A. Wright	93	0.35%
	Independent	Daniel J. Downer	49	0.19%		$363
Total valid votes			26,417	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			430	1.60%
Turnout			26,847	78.26%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

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
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia