Comox Valley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is now in Courtenay-Comox.

Since the 1986 BC general election, the riding has been a bellwether, having voted consistently for a governing MLA.

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

|Population, 2001

|55,314

|-

|Population change 1996–2001

|0.7%

|-

|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

|1,703.39

|-

|Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)

|32

|}

History

This district was formed prior to the 1991 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Don McRae of the Liberal Party was elected MLA of the district in the 2009 provincial general election. He was re-elected in the 2013 election.

Election results

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|NDP

|Evelyn Gillespie

|align="right"|5,356

|align="right"|19.37%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$23,476

|-

|NDP

|Evelyn Gillespie

|align="right"|13,230

|align="right"|42.76%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$38,658

|-

|Independent

|Alicia Burns

|align="right"|598

|align="right"|1.93%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$8,325

|Independent

|Angus Ramsey

|align="right"|149

|align="right"|0.48%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$924

|Independent

|Hillel Alan Wright

|align="right"|57

|align="right"|0.18%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|

|-

|NDP

|Margaret Lord

|align="right"|10,355

|align="right"|39.20%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$40,813

|-

|Green Go

|Hillel A. Wright

|align="right"|93

|align="right"|0.35%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|

|Independent

|Daniel J. Downer

|align="right"|49

|align="right"|0.19%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$363

See also

  • List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

  • 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