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Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
45,406 |
| Population Change, 1996-2001 |
1.1% |
| Area (km2) |
39,009 |
| Pop. Density (people per km2) |
1.16 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Nicholas Simons, who was first elected in 2005.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 1996: Powell River-Sunshine Coast |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
PDA |
Gordon Wilson |
10,833 |
49.05% |
|
$18,579 |
| |
NDP |
Bill Forst |
6,088 |
27.57% |
|
$30,942 |
| |
BC Liberal |
Cameron Reid |
3,911 |
17.71% |
|
$31,957 |
| |
BC Reform |
Don Atkinson |
677 |
3.07% |
|
$10,560 |
| |
Green |
D. Wendy Young |
518 |
2.35% |
|
$834 |
| |
Common Sense |
Roslyn Griston |
57 |
0.26% |
|
$272 |
| Total Valid Votes |
22,084 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
66 |
0.30% |
|
|
| Turnout |
22,150 |
75.37% |
|
|
| B.C. General Election 1991: Powell River-Sunshine Coast |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
Gordon Wilson |
11,486 |
54.69% |
|
$42,914 |
| |
NDP |
Howard White |
7,117 |
33.88% |
|
$56,523 |
| |
Socred |
Harold Long |
2,174 |
10.35% |
|
$26,527 |
| |
Green |
Janet E. Calder |
161 |
0.77% |
|
$439 |
| |
Independent |
Lynwood A. Jacob |
66 |
0.31% |
|
$200 |
| Total Valid Votes |
21,004 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
300 |
1.41% |
|
|
| Turnout |
21,304 |
82.61% |
|
|
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