Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith

British Columbia electoral district
Nanaimo—Ladysmith in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Paul Manly Green
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019 by-election
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	114,998
Electors (2015)	91,240
Area (km²)	1,753
Pop. density (per km²)	65.6
Census divisions	Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo
Census subdivisions	Cowichan Valley G, Cowichan Valley H, Ladysmith, Lantzville, Nanaimo, Nanaimo A, Nanaimo B, Nanaimo C

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal electoral district in British Columbia.

Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It has come into effect with the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on August 2, 2015. 55% of the riding came from the previous riding of Nanaimo—Cowichan and 44% from Nanaimo—Alberni.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Nanaimo—Ladysmith (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	94,940	79.5%
	Aboriginal	11,430	9.6%
	Chinese	2,475	2.1%
	South Asian	2,065	1.7%
	Filipino	1,095	0.9%
	Southeast Asian	855	0.7%
	Black	785	0.7%
	Japanese	645	0.5%
	Latin American	510	0.4%
	Korean	430	0.4%
	Arab	275	0.2%
	West Asian	190	0.2%
	Multiple minorities	340	0.3%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	75	0.1%
Total population		122,710	100%

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 86.4% White, 7.1% Aboriginal, 1.8% South Asian, 1.6% Chinese
Languages: 89.9% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% German, 1.0% Chinese
Religions: 43.2% Christian (11.0% Catholic, 7.4% United Church, 7.0% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Presbyterian, 11.2% Other), 53.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,826
Average income (2010): $35,078

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo—Ladysmith Riding created from Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–2019		Sheila Malcolmson	New Democratic
	2019–present		Paul Manly	Green

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bob Chamberlin
	People's	Jennifer M. Clarke
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield
	Conservative	John Hirst
	Green	Paul Manly
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

Canadian federal by-election, May 6, 2019 Resignation of Sheila Malcolmson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Manly	15,302	37.26	+17.51
	Conservative	John Hirst	10,215	24.88	+1.52
	New Democratic	Bob Chamberlin	9,446	23.00	–10.20
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield	4,515	10.99	–12.52
	People's	Jennifer Clarke	1,268	3.09	+3.09
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	253	0.62	+0.62
	National Citizens Alliance	Jakob Letkemann	66	0.16	+0.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,065	99.68	–
Total rejected ballots			130	0.32	+0.09
Turnout			41,195	41.44	-33.56
Eligible voters			99,413
	Green gain from New Democratic		Swing		+13.85
Source: Elections Canada; MacLean's

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	23,651	33.20	-12.06	$136,135.63
	Liberal	Tim Tessier	16,753	23.52	+16.84	$21,699.17
	Conservative	Mark Allen MacDonald	16,637	23.35	-17.04	$132,376.87
	Green	Paul Manly	14,074	19.76	+12.58	$145,016.61
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	126	0.18	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			71,241	99.78		$236,098.07
Total rejected ballots			158	0.22	–
Turnout			71,399	75.00	–
Eligible voters			95,200
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-14.45
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,294	45.26
	Conservative	22,572	40.39
	Green	4,009	7.17
	Liberal	3,733	6.68
	Others	276	0.49