Parksville-Qualicum

Parksville-Qualicum
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1990
District abolished	2001
District re-created	2009
District re-abolished	2024
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2015)	54,089
Area (km²)	978

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia

District created1990

District abolished2001

District re-created2009

Parksville-Qualicum was a former provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in use from 1991 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. The riding consisted of the city of Parksville, the town of Qualicum Beach and the communities of Lantzville and Nanoose Bay.

It was first contested in the 1991 election. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was re-created prior to the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon. Under the 2021 resistribution that took effect for the 2024 election, a substantial reorganization of electoral boundaries in the Nanaimo and mid-Island area saw Parksville-Qualicum dissolved, with the majority of its territory and population being added to Ladysmith-Oceanside while Lantzville and the portion of the City of Nanaimo in the district joined Nanaimo-Lantzville.^[1]

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Assembly	Years		Party
Parksville-Qualicum
35th	1991–1996	Leonard Krog	New Democratic
36th	1996–1998	Paul Reitsma	Liberal
36th	1998–2001	Judith Reid	Liberal
Riding redistributed into Nanaimo-Parksville
39th	2009–2013	Ron Cantelon	Liberal
40th	2013–2017	Michelle Stilwell
41st	2017–2020	Michelle Stilwell
42nd	2020–2023	Adam Walker	New Democratic
42nd	2023–2024	Adam Walker	Independent

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Adam Walker	13,207	42.00	+13.34	$6,991.73
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	11,155	35.47	−9.66	$45,718.10
	Green	Rob Lyon	5,227	16.62	−8.82	$2,772.94
	Conservative	Don Purdey	1,404	4.46	–	$1,413.44
	Independent	John St John	454	1.44	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			31,447	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			223	0.71	+0.22
Turnout			31,670	64.65	-5.56
Registered voters			48,986
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.5
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	13,604	45.13	−5.00	$53,948
	New Democratic	Sue Powell	9,189	28.66	−8.40	$44,326
	Green	Glenn Sollitt	8,157	25.44	–	$10,490
	Refederation	Terry Hand	245	0.77	–	$0
Total valid votes			32,059	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			159	0.49	−0.15
Turnout			32,218	70.21	+2.27
Registered voters			45,891
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.70
Source: Elections BC^[5]^[6]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	14,518	50.13	-1.29
	New Democratic	Barry Avis	10,732	37.06	-0.94
	Conservative	David Bernard Coupland	3,710	12.81	–
Total valid votes			28,960	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			186	0.64	+0.15
Turnout			29,146	67.94	+2.24
Registered voters			42,898
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.11
Source: Elections BC^[7]

v t e 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

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v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2017–2024)
North/Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kelowna West Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Kent Delta North Delta South Langley Langley East Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond North Centre Richmond-Queensborough Richmond South Centre Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Guildford Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey South Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Vancouver Island	Courtenay-Comox Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Metchosin Langford-Juan de Fuca Mid Island-Pacific Rim Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake
See also	2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution List of British Columbia general elections 2017 general election 2020 general election Defunct districts

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)
North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena
Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

Population (2015)	54,089
Area (km²)	978
Pop. density (people per km²)	55.3
Source:^[2]

v t e 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

v t e British Columbia provincial by-election, December 14, 1998 Resignation of Paul Reitsma (June 23, 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.

v t e 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