Parksville-Qualicum

Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the 1991 election. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon. The riding consists of the city of Parksville, the town of Qualicum Beach and the communities of Lantzville and Nanoose Bay.

Parksville-Qualicum

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Michelle Stilwell Liberal
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2017

Demographics

MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Parksville-Qualicum
35th	1991–1996		Leonard Krog	NDP
36th	1996–1998		Paul Reitsma	Liberal
	1998–2001		Judith Reid
Nanaimo-Parksville
37th	2001–2005		Judith Reid	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Ron Cantelon
Parksville-Qualicum
39th	2009–2013		Ron Cantelon	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Michelle Stilwell
41st	2017–present

Electoral history

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	13,605	45.37
	New Democratic	Sue Powell	8,476	28.26
	Green	Glenn Sollitt	7,671	25.58
	Refederation	Terry Hand	236	0.79
Total valid votes			29,988	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	14518	50.13
	New Democratic	Barry Avis	10732	37.06
	Conservative	David Bernard Coupland	3710	12.81
Total valid votes			28960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186	0.64
Turnout			29146	67.94
Source: Elections BC[2]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	13,716	51.42	0.00
	New Democratic	Leanne Salter	10,136	38.00	-0.65
	Green	Wayne Osborne	2,573	9.64	+1.20
	Refederation	Bruce Ryder	251	0.94	+0.06
Total valid votes			26,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.49
Turnout			26,807	65.70
Eligible voters			40,805
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.65

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	15,799	51.42	-11.18
	New Democratic	Carol McNamee	11,854	38.65	+17.54
	Green	Jordan Ellis	2,542	8.44	-1.87
	Refederation	Bruce Ryder	280	0.88	–
	Marijuana	Richard Payne	184	0.61	-1.67
Total valid votes			32,169	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127	0.39
Turnout			26,807	69.56
Eligible voters			46,428
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.36

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	17,356	62.60	+9.99	$38,337
	New Democratic	Jamie Brennan	5,852	21.11	-1.58	$11,643
	Green	Phil Carson	3,192	11.51	+9.77	$1,643
	Unity	Daniel Stelmacker	693	2.50	-3.42	$1,992
	Marijuana	Leonard Martin Melman	634	2.28	–	$505
Total valid votes			27,727	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105	0.38
Turnout			27,832	74.94
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.79

British Columbia provincial by-election, December 14, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	13,862	52.61	+11.42	$80,746
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	5,978	22.69	-17.03	$51,078
	Progressive Democrat	Bruce Hampson	3,585	13.61	+8.50	$32,872
	Reform	Roger Rocan	1,560	5.92	-6.19	$13,303
	Green	Stuart Parker	458	1.74	+0.45	$100
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	419	1.67	–	$650
	Independent	Bruce Ryder	163	0.62	–	$106
	Independent	Les Blank	136	0.51	–	$923
	Family Coalition	Mary Elinor Moreau	94	0.35	–	$1,849
	British Columbia Party	John Motiuk	74	0.28	–	$9,988
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,349	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			55	0.38
Turnout			26,404	60.09
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.22
By-election due to the Resignation of Paul Reitsma
Source(s) "December 14, 1998 By-election" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. December 14, 1998. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Reitsma	13,459	41.19	+5.90
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	12,976	39.72	-0.52
	Reform	Teunis Westbroek	5,846	12.11	–
	Progressive Democrat	Garner Stone	1,669	5.11	–
	Green	Mark Robinson	422	1.29	+0.12
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	110	0.34	–
	Common Sense	David Martin	81	0.24	–
Total valid votes			32,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143	0.44
Turnout			32,815	77.12
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.21

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	10,408	40.24	$47,385.69
	Liberal	William J. Patrick	9,128	35.29	$4,703.30
	Social Credit	Janet Crapo	5,846	22.60	$67,722.89
	Green	Ernie Yacob	303	1.17	$$596.50
	Family Coalition	Augustine J. Cunningham	180	0.70	$439.00
Total valid votes			25,863	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			26,261	79.24

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.