Courtenay-Comox Explained

Courtenay-Comox
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Election-First:2017
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:Ronna-Rae Leonard
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Demo-Census-Date:2014
Demo-Pop:54816
Demo-Area:1584

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.

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

History

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Part of Comox Valley prior to 2017
41st2017–2020Ronna-Rae LeonardNew Democratic
42nd2020–present

External links

49.713°N -124.972°W

Notes and References

  1. http://bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf