Juan de Fuca-Malahat explained

Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Created:2023
Prov-Election-First:Next election
Demo-Census-Date:2021
Prov-Status:new

Juan de Fuca-Malahat is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada created by the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that will come into effect in 2024. [1] It has near-identical boundaries to the provincial electoral district of Malahat-Juan de Fuca in use from 1991 to 2009.

Geography

The district comprises the southern tip of Vancouver Island, including the communities of Sooke, Metchosin, Malahat, and Mill Bay, and extending east as far as Port Renfrew. It is bounded by the Saanich Inlet and Trans-Canada Highway to the east, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the south.

History

Malahat-Juan de Fuca was created prior to the 1991 election from parts of Esquimalt-Port Renfrew and Cowichan-Malahat, and it was contested from 1991 to 2009. The district was abolished in the 2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution, with its territory being allocated between Juan de Fuca and Cowichan Valley.

The riding was re-established in 2023 as one of six new electoral districts in the province following the results of the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution. It was created out of parts of Langford-Juan de Fuca, Cowichan Valley and Esquimalt-Metchosin.

Demographics

1990s

Population50,126
Population Change, 1996–20016.3%
Area (km2)2,116
Pop. Density (people per km2)24

Election results

|NDP|Rick Kasper|align="right"|8,579|align="right"|44.18%|align="right"||align="right"|$50,715|-|bgcolor="red"|    |Human Race|Louis J. Lesosky|align="right"|68|align="right"|0.35%|align="right"||align="right"|$12|}|NDP|Rick Kasper|align="right"|10,686|align="right"|48.63%|align="right"||align="right"|$40,758|Independent|Louis James Lesosky|align="right"|98|align="right"|0.45%|align="right"||align="right"|$124|}|Independent|Rick Kasper|align="right"|5,164|align="right"|22.56%|align="right"||align="right"|$31,524|NDP|Richard Hughes|align="right"|3,687|align="right"|16.10%|align="right"||align="right"|$34,924|}

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patterson . Mike . 2023-04-20 . Electoral Boundary Changes Break Up Riding that 'Makes Sense' According to MLA Furstenau . 2024-04-24 . My Cowichan Valley Now . en-CA.