Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands

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Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands and Esquimalt—Saanich ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, Nanaimo—Cowichan and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDon L. Taylor 19,025
New DemocraticJames Manly 17,471
LiberalDavid Anderson 7,075
CommunistErnie Knott 82
Marxist–LeninistAllan Bezanson 51
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticJames Manly 22,154
Progressive ConservativeDon L. Taylor 18,153
LiberalLéo Gervais 5,161
RhinocerosLouis Crowbird Lesosky 444
CommunistErnie Knott 85
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticJim Manly 24,555
Progressive ConservativeDon L. Taylor 22,964
LiberalMichael G. Coleman 5,899
GreenLindsay Armstrong 387
LibertarianJames Taylor 313
Confederation of RegionsR.L. Snell 257
IndependentJohn Currie 62
IndependentRonald W. Jackson 61

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