Cowichan-Ladysmith

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Cowichan-Ladysmith is 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. Its predecessor riding was Cowichan-Malahat.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

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

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

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

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Cowichan-Ladysmith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Doug Routley	13,402	50.20%
	BC Liberal	Graham Bruce	10,879	40.75%
	Green	Cindy-Lee Robinson	1,823	6.83%
	Independent	Jim Bell	290	1.09%
	DRBC	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
	BC 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
	BC Liberal	Ray Smith	7,783	31.68%		$14,683
	BC Reform	Tom Walker	2,434	9.91%		$14,763
	PDA	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
	BC 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%

[edit] External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts

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