Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a future federal electoral district in British Columbia. It will encompass a portion of British Colummbia now included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.^[1]

Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and is to be legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It will come into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[2]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census^[3]^[4]

Ethnic groups: 86.4% White, 7.1% Aboriginal, 1.8% South Asian, 1.6% Chinese
Languages: 89.9% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% German, 1.0% Chinese
Religions: 43.2% Christian (11.0% Catholic, 7.4% United Church, 7.0% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Presbyterian, 11.2% Other), 53.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,826
Average income (2010): $35,078

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	–	–	–	–
	Conservative	Mark MacDonald	–	–	–	–
	Green	Paul Manly	–	–	–	–
	Liberal	Tim Tessier	–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	–		–
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			–	–	–

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,294	45.26
	Conservative	22,572	40.39
	Green	4,009	7.17
	Liberal	3,733	6.68
	Others	276	0.49

Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Demographics

Election results

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