NANAIMO—COWICHAN—THE ISLANDS

'Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands' (previously known as 'Nanaimo') was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1903 as "Nanaimo" riding. (See Nanaimo (electoral district) for more information.) It was renamed "Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands" in 1962.
For other current and historical Nanaimo-area ridings, please see Nanaimo (electoral districts). For other Cowichan ridings please see the Cowichan disambiguation page.

Contents

Demographics

History and political geography

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Demographics

Population, 1871	Population, 1961
Population change, 1871-1966	%
Area (km²)
Population density in 1871 (people per km²)	0.0%

History and political geography

Members of Parliament

Election results

''Note: Winners of each election are in'' 'bold'.
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|New Democrat
|Colin Cameron
|align="right"|11,152
|align="right"|42.35%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Walter Franklyn Matthews ¹
|align="right"|7,280
|align="right"|27.65%
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|Liberal
|John F.T. Samuel
|align="right"|5,446
|align="right"|20.68%
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|Social Credit
|Cyril Norman Dawkin
|align="right"|2,456
|align="right"|9.32%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|26,334
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="left" colspan=7|¹ Incumbent MP from former Nanaimo riding.
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|New Democrat
|Colin Cameron
|align="right"|12,280
|align="right"|44.15%
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|Liberal
|Douglas Malcolm Greer
|align="right"|6,782
|align="right"|24.38%
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|Progressive Conservative
|W.F. Matthews
|align="right"|6,481
|align="right"|23.30%
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|Social Credit
|Alfred Douglas Dane
|align="right"|2,272
|align="right"|8.17%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|27,815
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
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|New Democrat
|Colin Cameron
|align="right"|12,337
|align="right"|45.45%
|align="right"|
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|Liberal
|Douglas Malcolm Greer
|align="right"|6,431
|align="right"|23.69%
|align="right"|
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|Progressive Conservative
|W.F. Matthews
|align="right"|4,784
|align="right"|17.62%
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|Social Credit
|Lyle C. Wilkinson
|align="right"|3,595
|align="right"|13.24%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|27,147
!align="right"|100.00%
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A redistribution (Representation Order, 1966) rearranged the riding's boundaries, with the resulting riding taking in the Metchosin region near Victoria and excluding the northern end of the riding toward the Englishman River.

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|New Democrat
|Colin Cameron
|align="right"|15,273
|align="right"|41.71%
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|Liberal
|Mladen Giunio Zorkin
|align="right"|11,378
|align="right"|31.07%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Jeffry Brock
|align="right"|8,773
|align="right"|23.96%
|align="right"|
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|Social Credit
|Lorne Lee
|align="right"|1,193
|align="right"|3.26%
|align="right"|
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|36,617
!align="right"|100.00%
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|New Democrat
|Tommy Douglas
|align="right"|19,730
|align="right"|57.03%
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|Liberal
|Eric W. Winch
|align="right"|12,897
|align="right"|37.28%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Magdalenus Verbrugge
|align="right"|1,966
|align="right"|5.69%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|34,593
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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!align="left" colspan=7|By-Election: On Mr. Cameron's death, July 28, 1968.
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|New Democrat
|Tommy Douglas
|align="right"|25,483
|align="right"|56.93%
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|Progressive Conservative
|George MacPherson
|align="right"|10,179
|align="right"|22.74%
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|Liberal
|Bill Matthews
|align="right"|7,107
|align="right"|15.88%
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|Social Credit
|Stockwell Day, Sr.
|align="right"|1,868
|align="right"|4.17%
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|Unknown
|Ken Hasanen
|align="right"|125
|align="right"|0.28%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|44,762
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
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|New Democrat
|Tommy Douglas
|align="right"|20,444
|align="right"|40.92%
|align="right"|
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|Progressive Conservative
|Don L. Taylor
|align="right"|18,207
|align="right"|36.44%
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|Liberal
|Raymond Patrick Kane
|align="right"|11,028
|align="right"|22.07%
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|Communist
|Ernie Knott
|align="right"|288
|align="right"|0.58%
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|49,967
!align="right"|100.00
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada

★ Elections Canada riding history