Parksville-Qualicum

Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1991. It also appeared was in the 1996 general election and a by-election in 1998. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon.

MLAs

Leonard Krog, New Democrat (1991–1996)
Paul Reitsma, Liberal (1996–1998)
Judith Reid, Liberal (1998–2001)
Ron Cantelon, Liberal (2009–2013)
Michelle Stilwell, Liberal (2013–present)

Electoral history

British Columbia general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	10,408	40.24%	$47,385.69
	Liberal	William J. Patrick	9,128	35.29%	$4,703.30
	Social Credit	Janet Crapo	5,846	22.60%	$67,722.89
	Green	Ernie Yacob	303	1.17%	$$596.50
	Family Coalition	Augustine J. Cunningham	180	0.70%	$439.00
Total valid votes			25,863	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			79.24%

36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Reitsma	13,549	41.19	+5.90	$62,975
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	12,976	39.72	-0.52	$32,958
	Reform	Tuenis Westbroek	3,955	12.11	–	$30,371
	Progressive Democrat	Garner Stone	1,669	5.11%	–	$100
	Green	Mark Robinson	422	1.29	–	$100
	NLP	Cliff Brown	110	0.34		$150
	Coop Comm Fam	David Martin	81	0.25		unknown
Total valid votes			32,672	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			143
Turnout			77.12%

Parksville-Qualicum by-election, December 14, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	13,862	52.61	+11.42	$80,746
	NDP	Leonard Krog	5,978	22.69		$51,078
	Progressive Democrat	Bruce Hampson	3,585	13.61	–	$32,872
	Reform	Roger Rocan	1,560	5.92	–	$13,303
	Green	Stuart Parker	458	1.74	–	$100
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	419	1.67		$650
	Independent	Bruce Ryder	163	0.62		$106
	Independent	Les Blank	136	0.51		$923
	Family Coalition	Mary Elinor Moreau	94	0.35%		$1,849
	British Columbia Party	John Motiuk	74	0.28%	–	$9,988
Total valid votes			26,349	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			55
Turnout			60.09%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	13,716	51.42%
	New Democratic	Leanne Salter	10,136	38.00%
	Green	Wayne Osborne	2,573	9.64%	–
	Refederation	Bruce Ryder	251	0.94%	–
Total valid votes			26,676	100.00%

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

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

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

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