Powell River-Sunshine Coast Explained

Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1991
Prov-Election-First:1991
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:Nicholas Simons
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:British Columbia New Democratic Party
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Demo-Pop:45406
Demo-Area:39009
Demo-Cd:Powell River, Sunshine Coast
Demo-Csd:Gibsons, Powell River, Sechelt

Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 200145,406
Population change, 1996–20011.1%
Area (km2)39,009
Population density (people per km2)1.16

Member of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
35th1991–1993   Gordon WilsonLiberal
1993–1996   Progressive Democratic
Alliance
36th1996–1999
1999–2001   New Democratic
37th2001–2005   Harold LongLiberal
38th2005–2009   Nicholas SimonsNew Democratic
39th2009–2013
40th2013–2017
41st2017–2020
42nd2020–present

Election results

|-|}|-|NDP|Nicholas Simons|align="right"|11,099|align="right"|43.45|align="right"||align="right"|$108,403|-|}|-|-|NDP|Gordon Wilson|align="right"|6,349|align="right"|27.15%|align="right"||align="right"|$50,409|}|-|NDP|Bill Forst|align="right"|6,088|align="right"|27.57%|align="right"||align="right"|$30,942|-|Common Sense|Roslyn Griston|align="right"|57|align="right"|0.26%|align="right"||align="right"|$272|}

|-|NDP|Howard White|align="right"|7,117|align="right"|33.88%|align="right"||align="right"|$56,523|-|Independent|Lynwood A. Jacob|align="right"|66|align="right"|0.31%|align="right"||align="right"|$200|}

References

Sources:

1. Elections BC

2. SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.

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