Cowichan-Malahat
Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1966. In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca.
Demographics
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| Population change, 1996–2001 | |
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Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Joseph Haddock | 783 | 7.22 % | – | ||
| Social Credit | Patrick James Rogers | 4,412 | 40.70% | – | ||
| New Democrat | Robert Martin Strachan | 5,646 | 52.08% | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,841 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 81 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | James Robert Bigsby | 916 | 5.91% | – | ||
| Social Credit | Charles McGregor Ennals | 7,107 | 45.82% | – | ||
| Independent | Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen | 76 | 0.49% | |||
| New Democrat | Robert Martin Strachan | 7,411 | 47.78% | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,510 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Daniel R. Clemmens | 842 | 4.62% | |||
| Social Credit | Kathleen Grouhel | 4,555 | 24.97% | – | ||
| Independent | Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen | 70 | 0.38% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | GJames William Quaife | 2,101 | 11.52% | |||
| New Democrat | Robert Martin Strachan | 10,672 | 58.51% | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,240 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 203 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Independent | Andrew Basil Bigg | 559 | 2.60% | |||
| Social Credit | Charles McGregor Ennals | 9,066 | 42.24% | – | ||
| Liberal | Jevington Blair Tothill | 1,595 | 7.43% | – | ||
| New Democrat | Barbara Wallace | 10,245 | 47.73% | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,465 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Henry Rex Hollett | 7,746 | 41.43% | – | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Kenneth Paskin | 1,113 | 5.95% | |||
| New Democrat | Barbara Wallace | 9,839 | 52.62% | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,698 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 180 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Graham Bruce | 10,143 | 44.38% | – | ||
| Independent | Louis James Lesosky | 101 | 0.44% | |||
| Liberal | Irwin Wield (Bill) Steele | 345 | 1.51% | – | ||
| Western Canada Concept | James Ivan Turnbull | 609 | 2.67% | |||
| New Democrat | Barbara Wallace | 11,655 | 51.00% | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,853 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 34th British Columbia election, 1986 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Carolyn Judith Askew | 10,442 | 45.31% | |||
| Social Credit | Graham Bruce | 11,744 | 50.96% | – | ||
| Liberal | Paul Olthof | 860 | 3.73% | – | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,046 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 317 | % | ||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 two-member seat during this election | ||||||