North Island—Powell River

North Island—Powell River
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1988
District abolished 1997
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

North Island—Powell River was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Comox—Powell River riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Vancouver Island North riding.

The riding consisted of the southern part of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, the Central Coast Regional District, the Mount Waddington Regional District, the northwest part of the Comox-Strathcona Regional District, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, and the Powell River Regional District, except Electoral Area E.

North Island—Powell River was re-created (initially called Vancouver Island North—Comox—Powell River) 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.[1][2]

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Comox—Powell River
34th  1988  1993     Ray Skelly New Democratic
35th  1993  1997     John Duncan Reform
Riding dissolved into Vancouver Island North
Riding to be re-created from Vancouver Island North and
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Electoral history

North Island—Powell River, 2015–

This riding will incorporate parts of Vancouver Island North and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. John Duncan (Conservative) is the incumbent from Vancouver Island North, and John Weston (Conservative) is the incumbent from West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeLaura Smith
New DemocraticRachel A. Blaney
LiberalPeter Schwarzhoff
Total valid votes/Expense limit  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2011 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Conservative 23,425 46.03
  New Democratic 21,239 41.74
  Liberal 3,236 6.36
  Green 2,623 5.15
  Others 367 0.72

North Island—Powell River, 1988–1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ReformJohn Duncan 18,255 39.31 +37.63
LiberalAl Huddlestan 11,877 25.57 +9.46
New DemocraticRaymond Skelly 7,794 16.78 -35.24
Progressive ConservativeMark von Schellwitz 3,682 7.93 -16.49
NationalMark A. Grenier 3,408 7.34
GreenMichael Mascall 1,015 2.19 +0.97
Natural LawWayne A. Melvin 254 0.55
Canada PartyJames Peter Turner 159 0.34
Total valid votes 46,444100.0  
Reform gain from New Democratic Swing +14.08
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticRaymond Skelly 22,179 52.02
Progressive ConservativeMichel Rabu 10,411 24.42
LiberalAllan E. Warnke 6,867 16.11
Christian HeritageJohn A. Krell 1,521 3.57
ReformDodd W. Pellant 718 1.68
GreenMichael Conway-Brown 519 1.22
RhinocerosPhilip John Hicks 299 0.70
CommunistNickolas Chernoff 121 0.28
Total valid votes 42,635100.0  
This riding was created from Comox—Powell River, and New Democrat Ray Skelly was the incumbent.

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