Cowichan-Ladysmith

Cowichan-Ladysmith was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1991, and was eliminated when the legislature dissolved in advance of the 2009 election. Its predecessor riding was Cowichan-Malahat and was succeeded by Nanaimo-North Cowichan.

Demographics

Population, 2001	51,125
Population Change 1996-2001	1.0%
Area (km²)	1,645.47
Pop. Density (people per km²)	31

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Doug Routley. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	13,402	50.20%
	Liberal	Graham Bruce	10,879	40.75%
	Green	Cindy-Lee Robinson	1,823	6.83%
	Independent	Jim Bell	290	1.09%
	Democratic Reform	Brian Fraser Johnson	223	0.84%
	Freedom	Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth	79	0.30%
Total			26,696	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Cowichan-Ladysmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Graham Bruce	12,707	52.21%%		$44,578
	NDP	Rob Hutchins	7,783	31.98%		$26,172
	Green	Loren Duncan	3,250	13.35%	–	$7,990
	Marijuana	Larry Kunz	597	2.46%		$1,229
Total valid votes			24,337	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99	0.41%
Turnout			24,436	76.71%

B.C. General Election 1996: Cowichan-Ladysmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Jan Pullinger	12,249	49.85%		$32,625
	Liberal	Ray Smith	7,783	31.68%		$14,683
	Reform	Tom Walker	2,434	9.91%		$14,763
	Progressive Democrat	Perry James Johnston	1,459	5.94%	–	$1,983
	Green	Julian West	645	2.63%	–	$3,167
Total valid votes			24,570	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			117	0.47%
Turnout			24,687	73.97%

B.C. General Election 1991: Cowichan-Ladysmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Jan Pullinger	11,038	48.53%		$42,602
	Social Credit	Graham Bruce	6,809	29.94%	–	$65,164
	Liberal	Anthony M. Hennig	4,896	21.53%		$4,797
Total valid votes			22,743	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			374	1.62%
Turnout			23,117	78.60%

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
Results of 2001 election (pdf)
2001 Expenditures (pdf)
Results of 1996 election
1996 Expenditures (pdf)
Results of 1991 election
1991 Expenditures
Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Imagine the Cowichan, part of Simon Fraser University's Imagine BC series

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

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