Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands (previously known as Nanaimo) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1903 as "Nanaimo" riding. (See Nanaimo (electoral district) for more information.) It was renamed "Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands" in 1962.
For other current and historical Nanaimo-area ridings, please see Nanaimo (electoral districts). For other Cowichan ridings please see the Cowichan disambiguation page.
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| Population, 1871 | Population, 1961 |
| Population change, 1871–1966 | % |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density in 1871 (people per km²) | 0.0% |
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| New Democrat | Colin Cameron | 11,152 | 42.35% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Franklyn Matthews 1 | 7,280 | 27.65% | |||
| Liberal | John F.T. Samuel | 5,446 | 20.68% | |||
| Social Credit | Cyril Norman Dawkin | 2,456 | 9.32% | |||
| Total | 26,334 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1 Incumbent MP from former Nanaimo riding. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democrat | Colin Cameron | 12,280 | 44.15% | ||
| Liberal | Douglas Malcolm Greer | 6,782 | 24.38% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | W.F. Matthews | 6,481 | 23.30% | ||
| Social Credit | Alfred Douglas Dane | 2,272 | 8.17% | ||
| Total | 27,815 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democrat | Colin Cameron | 12,337 | 45.45% | ||
| Liberal | Douglas Malcolm Greer | 6,431 | 23.69% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | W.F. Matthews | 4,784 | 17.62% | ||
| Social Credit | Lyle C. Wilkinson | 3,595 | 13.24% | ||
| Total | 27,147 | 100.00% | |||
A redistribution (Representation Order, 1966) rearranged the riding's boundaries, with the resulting riding taking in the Metchosin region near Victoria and excluding the northern end of the riding toward the Englishman River.
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democrat | Colin Cameron | 15,273 | 41.71% | ||
| Liberal | Mladen Giunio Zorkin | 11,378 | 31.07% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeffry Brock | 8,773 | 23.96% | ||
| Social Credit | Lorne Lee | 1,193 | 3.26% | ||
| Total | 36,617 | 100.00% | |||
| Byelection, February 10, 19692 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| New Democrat | Tommy Douglas | 19,730 | 57.03% | |||
| Liberal | Eric W. Winch | 12,897 | 37.28% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Magdalenus Verbrugge | 1,966 | 5.69% | |||
| Total | 34,593 | |||||
| By-Election: On Mr. Cameron's death, July 28, 1968. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democrat | Tommy Douglas | 25,483 | 56.93% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | George MacPherson | 10,179 | 22.74% | ||
| Liberal | Bill Matthews | 7,107 | 15.88% | ||
| Social Credit | Stockwell Day, Sr. | 1,868 | 4.17% | ||
| Unknown | Ken Hasanen | 125 | 0.28% | ||
| Total | 44,762 | 100.00 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democrat | Tommy Douglas | 20,444 | 40.92% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Don L. Taylor | 18,207 | 36.44% | ||
| Liberal | Raymond Patrick Kane | 11,028 | 22.07% | ||
| Communist | Ernie Knott | 288 | 0.58% | ||
| Total | 49,967 | 100.00 | |||