Cowichan Valley (provincial electoral district)
 British Columbia Lake Cowichan |
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Cowichan Valley is a provincial electoral district in
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, Maple Bay, and the southern portion of North Cowichan.[1]
History
| Cowichan Valley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Bill Routley | New Democratic | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Sonia Furstenau | Green | |
| 42nd | 2020–present | |||
Election results
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Graph of election results in Cowichan Valley (minor party results are summed as "other")
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Sonia Furstenau | 13,059 | 44.21 | +6.97 | $64,313.52 | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Douglas | 11,875 | 40.20 | +8.57 | $55,431.43 | |||
Liberal |
Tanya Kaul | 4,606 | 15.59 | –12.07 | $15,360.48 | |||
| Total valid votes | 29,540 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 150 | 0.51 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 29,690 | 59.85 | –7.73 | |||||
| Registered voters | 49,606 | |||||||
| Green hold | Swing | –0.80 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Sonia Furstenau | 11,449 | 37.24 | +18.09 | $35,322 | |||
| New Democratic | Lori Lynn Iannidinardo | 9,723 | 31.63 | −8.51 | $54,416 | |||
Liberal |
Steve Housser | 8,502 | 27.66 | −7.24 | $70,112 | |||
| Independent | Ian Morrison | 502 | 1.63 | – | $8,140 | |||
| Libertarian | James Robert Anderson | 302 | 0.98 | – | $398 | |||
| Independent | Samuel Lockhart | 145 | 0.47 | – | $0 | |||
| Independent | Eden Haythornthwaite | 119 | 0.39 | – | $996 | |||
| Total valid votes | 30,742 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 100 | 0.33 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,842 | 67.58 | +5.68 | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,641 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Bill Routley | 10,696 | 40.14 | −8.26 | $59,185 | |||
Liberal |
Steve Housser | 9,299 | 34.90 | −0.81 | $46,299 | |||
| Green | Kerry Davis | 5,102 | 19.15 | −7.36 | $19,753 | |||
| Conservative | Damir Wallener | 1,223 | 4.59 | +1.03 | $9,705 | |||
| Independent | Heather Alanna Campbell | 326 | 1.22 | – | $1,050 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,646 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 86 | 0.32 | −0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,732 | 61.90 | −0.64 | |||||
| Registered voters | 43,183 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,024 | 62.54 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 41,612 | |||||||
References
- ^ McElroy, Justin (April 11, 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Cowichan Valley riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. July 27, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Search Results: 2020 General Elections Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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