Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Nicholas Simons New Democratic
District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	2017
Demographics
Census divisions	Powell River, Sunshine Coast
Census subdivisions	Gibsons, Powell River, Sechelt

Demographics

Population, 2001	45,406
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.1%
Area (km²)	39,009
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1.16

Member of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1993		Gordon Wilson	Liberal
	1993–1996			Progressive Democratic Alliance
36th	1996–1999
	1999–2001			New Democratic
37th	2001–2005		Harold Long	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Nicholas Simons	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Nicholas Simons	13,646	50.70
	Liberal	Mathew Wilson	6,602	24.53
	Green	Kim Darwin	6,505	24.17
	Cascadia	Reuben Richards	160	0.59
Total valid votes			26,913	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nicholas Simons	13,120	55.20	-3.08	$66,335
	Liberal	Patrick Muncaster	7,792	32.78	-1.54	$41,207
	Green	Richard Carl Till	2,856	12.02	+5.72	$4,537
Total valid votes			23,768	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92	0.39
Turnout			23,860	63.24
Source: Elections BC[2]

B.C. General Election 2009 Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nicholas Simons	13,276	58.28		$66,566
	Liberal	Dawn Miller	7,818	34.32		$102,008
	Green	Jeff Chilton	1,436	6.30	–	$350
	Refederation	Allen McIntyre	249	1.10	–	$1,110
Total valid votes			22,779	100
Total rejected ballots			102	0.45
Turnout			22,881	63.02

B.C. General Election 2005: Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Nicholas Simons	11,099	43.45		$108,403
	Liberal	Maureen Clayton	7,702	30.15		$93,404
	Green	Adriane Carr	6,585	25.78	–	$61,125
	Refederation	Allen McIntyre	156	0.62	–	$100
Total valid votes			25,542	100
Total rejected ballots			109	0.43
Turnout			25,651	72.43

B.C. General Election 2001: Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harold Long	9,904	42.36%		$63,954
	NDP	Gordon Wilson	6,349	27.15%		$50,409
	Green	Adriane Carr	6,316	27.01%	–	$24,821
	Marijuana	Dana Albert Larsen	812	3.48%		$4,499
Total valid votes			23,381	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99	0.42%
Turnout			23,480	76.33%

B.C. General Election 1996: Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Democrat	Gordon Wilson	10,833	49.05%	–	$18,579
	NDP	Bill Forst	6,088	27.57%		$30,942
	Liberal	Cameron Reid	3,911	17.71%		$31,957
	Reform	Don Atkinson	677	3.07%		$10,560
	Green	D. Wendy Young	518	2.35%	–	$834
	Common Sense	Roslyn Griston	57	0.26%		$272
Total valid votes			22,084	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			66	0.30%
Turnout			22,150	75.37%

B.C. General Election 1991: Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon Wilson	11,486	54.69%		$42,914
	NDP	Howard White	7,117	33.88%		$56,523
	Social Credit	Harold Long	2,174	10.35%	–	$26,527
	Green	Janet E. Calder	161	0.77%	–	$439
	Independent	Lynwood A. Jacob	66	0.31%		$200
Total valid votes			21,004	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			300	1.41%
Turnout			21,304	82.61%

Sources:

1. Elections BC

2. SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.