Courtenay-Comox
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Courtenay-Comox is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Comox Valley.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Independent | ||
| First contested | 2017 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2014) | 54,816 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,584 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 34.6 | ||
It was contested for the first time in the 2017 election. On election night, the seat was declared as won by Ronna-Rae Leonard of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, by a margin of just nine votes over Jim Benninger of the British Columbia Liberal Party. A recount, as well as the counting of absentee ballots, pushed Leonard's lead to 189 votes over Benninger when final results were announced fifteen days after the election on May 24, 2017.
Demographics
| Population, 2014[1] | 54,816 |
| Area (km2) | 1,584 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Part of Comox Valley prior to 2017 | ||||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Ronna-Rae Leonard | New Democratic | |
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | |||
| 43rd | 2024–2026 | Brennan Day | Conservative | |
| 2026–present | Independent | |||
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Brennan Day | 13,481 | 38.83 | – | $54,803.68 | |||
| New Democratic | Ronna-Rae Leonard | 13,388 | 38.56 | -12.00 | $64,793.74 | |||
| Green | Arzeena Hamir | 7,202 | 20.74 | +1.15 | $54,310.40 | |||
| Independent | John Hedican | 504 | 1.45 | – | $7,247.19 | |||
| Independent | Devin Howell | 143 | 0.41 | – | $1,097.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,718 | 99.89 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.11 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 34,755 | 68.71 | +7.25 | |||||
| Registered voters | 50,583 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +25.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Ronna-Rae Leonard | 14,663 | 50.56 | +13.20 | $50,103.50 | |||
| Liberal | Brennan Day | 8,655 | 29.85 | −6.87 | $34,579.94 | |||
| Green | Gillian Anderson | 5,681 | 19.59 | +1.22 | $10,595.98 | |||
| Total valid votes | 28,999 | 100.00 | – | |||||
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| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Ronna-Rae Leonard | 10,886 | 37.36 | $55,597 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Benninger | 10,697 | 36.72 | $43,935 | ||||
| Green | Ernie Sellentin | 5,351 | 18.37 | $8,612 | ||||
| Conservative | Leah Catherine McCulloch | 2,201 | 7.55 | $14,981 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,135 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 77 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,212 | 66.89 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 43,671 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
