Cowichan-Malahat

Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1966. In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca.

Demographics

Population, 2001	%
Population change, 1996–2001
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

History

1999 redistribution

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Haddock	783	7.22 %	–
	Social Credit	Patrick James Rogers	4,412	40.70%	–
	New Democratic	Robert Martin Strachan	5,646	52.08%
Total valid votes			10,841	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			81	%
Turnout				%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	James Robert Bigsby	916	5.91%	–
	Social Credit	Charles McGregor Ennals	7,107	45.82%	–
	Independent	Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen	76	0.49%
	New Democratic	Robert Martin Strachan	7,411	47.78%
Total valid votes			15,510	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			127	%
Turnout				%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Daniel R. Clemmens	842	4.62%
	Social Credit	Kathleen Grouhel	4,555	24.97%	–
	Independent	Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen	70	0.38%
	Progressive Conservative	GJames William Quaife	2,101	11.52%
	New Democratic	Robert Martin Strachan	10,672	58.51%
Total valid votes			18,240	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			203	%
Turnout				%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Andrew Basil Bigg	559	2.60%
	Social Credit	Charles McGregor Ennals	9,066	42.24%	–
	Liberal	Jevington Blair Tothill	1,595	7.43%	–
	New Democratic	Barbara Wallace	10,245	47.73%
Total valid votes			21,465	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			188	%
Turnout				%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Henry Rex Hollett	7,746	41.43%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Paskin	1,113	5.95%
	New Democratic	Barbara Wallace	9,839	52.62%
Total valid votes			18,698	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			180	%
Turnout				%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Graham Bruce	10,143	44.38%	–
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	101	0.44%
	Liberal	Irwin Wield (Bill) Steele	345	1.51%	–
	Western Canada Concept	James Ivan Turnbull	609	2.67%
	New Democratic	Barbara Wallace	11,655	51.00%
Total valid votes			22,853	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			245	%
Turnout				%

34th British Columbia election, 1986 ¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Carolyn Judith Askew	10,442	45.31%
	Social Credit	Graham Bruce	11,744	50.96%	–
	Liberal	Paul Olthof	860	3.73%	–
Total valid votes			23,046	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			317	%
Turnout				%
^1 two-member seat during this election

Sources

• Elections BC website - historical election data