NANAIMO—ALBERNI

'Nanaimo—Alberni' is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988. It was subsequently recreated and has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.
For other current and historical federal and provincial ridings in the Nanaimo area please see Nanaimo (electoral districts).

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

1997 - present

1979 - 1988

See also

External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	112,972
Electors	87,088
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

From 1979 to 1988, it consisted of:

★ the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District,

★ the Nanaimo Regional District,

★ (Lasqueti Island and the adjacent smaller islands in the Powell River Regional District,

★ the northwest part of Electoral Area H of the Cowichan Valley Regional District.
The present district includes Lasqueti Island, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoqout, and all of the Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the extreme northern part of Nanaimo. The southern part of Nanaimo is part of the Nanaimo—Cowichan electoral district.

History

This electoral district was originally created in 1976 from parts of Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.
It was re-created in 1996 from those two ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
# Ted Miller - New Democratic Party (1979-1984)
# Ted Schellenberg - Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
# Bill Gilmour - Reform Party (1997-2000)
# James Lunney - Canadian Alliance, Conservative Party (2000-present)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is James Lunney, a former chiropractor. He was first elected in the 2000 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He serves as a member on the Standing Committee on Health.

Election results

1997 - present

|-
| style="width: 130px" |Conservative
|James Lunney
|align="right"|26,102
|align="right"|41.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$86,796.22
|New Democratic Party
|Manjeet Uppal
|align="right"|20,335
|align="right"|32.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$78,267.83
|-
|Liberal
|Jim Stewart
|align="right"|12,023
|align="right"|19.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$25,982.76
|Green
|David Wright
|align="right"|3,379
|align="right"|5.35
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,469.20
|Independent
|R.L. Dusty Miller
|align="right"|920
|align="right"|1.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Christian Heritage
|Diana E. Lifton
|align="right"|136
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$230.61
|Canadian Action
|Jen Fisher-Bradley
|align="right"|113
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,312.11
|Marxist-Leninist
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|94
|align="right"|0.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|N/A
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|63,102
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|149
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63,251
!align="right"|68.8%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
| style="width: 130px" |Conservative
|James Lunney
|align="right"|23,158
|align="right"|39.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$62,241
|New Democratic Party
|Scott Fraser
|align="right"|19,152
|align="right"|32.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$54,710
|-
|Liberal
|Hira Chopra
|align="right"|11,770
|align="right"|19.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,462
|Green
|David Wright
|align="right"|4,357
|align="right"|7.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,530
|Marijuana
|Michael Mann
|align="right"|560
|align="right"|0.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Canadian Action
|Diana E. Lifton
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Marxist-Leninist
|Barbara Biley
|align="right"|80
|align="right"|0.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|59,278
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|169
!align="right"|0.28%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|59,447
!align="right"|68.26%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|James Lunney
|align="right"|26,516
|align="right"|50.45%
|
|align="right"|$42,263
|Liberal
|Hira Chopra
|align="right"|10,877
|align="right"|20.69%
|
|align="right"|$39,235
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Bill Holdom
|align="right"|7,635
|align="right"|14.52%
|
|align="right"|$7,246
|Progressive Conservative
|Bill McCullough
|align="right"|5,340
|align="right"|10.16%
|
|align="right"|$8,619
|Marijuana
|Donald Lavallee
|align="right"|1,125
|align="right"|2.14%
|
|align="right"|$9
|Independent
|Brunie Brunie
|align="right"|830
|align="right"|1.57%
|
|align="right"|$616
|Natural Law
|Marty Howe
|align="right"|235
|align="right"|0.44%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|52,558
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|163
!align="right"|0.31%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|52721
!align="right"|64.94%
!
!
|-
|Reform
|Bill Gilmour
|align="right"|25,069
|align="right"|49.86%
|
|align="right"|$36,473
|New Democratic Party
|Bill Holdom
|align="right"|11,162
|align="right"|22.20%
|
|align="right"|$35,683
|Liberal
|David Lobay
|align="right"|10,513
|align="right"|20.90%
|
|align="right"|$52,031
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Garry Shepp
|align="right"|2,602
|align="right"|5.17%
|
|align="right"|$18,929
|Green
|David Martin
|align="right"|650
|align="right"|1.29%
|
|align="right"|
|Natural Law
|Cliff Brown
|align="right"|282
|align="right"|0.56%
|
|align="right"|$120
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|50,278
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|181
!align="right"|0.36%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|50,459
!align="right"|67.13%
!
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1979 - 1988

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1976 - 1987)

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996-present)

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures - 1997

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada