Cowichan Valley (provincial electoral district)

Cowichan Valley is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 out of parts of Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which New Democrat, Bill Routley was elected MLA.

Geography

Cowichan Valley is located on southern Vancouver Island, in the region surrounding the Cowichan River. Communities in the electoral district consist of Duncan, Lake Cowichan, Shawnigan Lake, Mill Bay, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, and the southern portion of North Cowichan.^[1]

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Sonia Furstenau	11,475	37.45
	New Democratic	Lori Lynn Iannidinardo	9,603	31.34
	Liberal	Steve Housser	8,400	27.41
	Independent	Ian Morrison	502	1.64
	Libertarian	James Robert Anderson	393	1.28
	Independent	Samuel Lockhart	145	0.47
	Independent	Eden Haythornthwaite	124	0.40
Total valid votes			30,642	100.00
Source: Elections BC^[2]

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Bill Routley	10,696	40.14
	Liberal	Steve Housser	9,299	34.90
	Green	Kerry Davis	5,102	19.15
	Conservative	Damir Wallener	1,223	4.59
	Independent	Heather Alanna Campbell	326	1.22
Total valid votes			26,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86	0.32
Turnout			26,732	61.90
Source: Elections BC^[3]

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Routley	12,548	48.40	$83,418
	Liberal	Cathy Basskin	9,258	35.71	$55,515
	Green	Simon Lindley	3,058	11.79	$8,900
	Conservative	Jason Murray	924	3.56	$1,594
	Refederation	Michial Rupert Moore	139	0.54	$343
Total Valid Votes			25,927	100
Total Rejected Ballots			97	0.37
Turnout			26,024	62.54

References

↑ McElroy, Justin (11 April 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Cowichan Valley riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–2017)
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 2009 general election 2013 general election 2017 general election Defunct districts

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