Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

in the

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. It first appeared in the general election of 1966. In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by

Cowichan-Ladysmith Cowichan-Ladysmith was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1991, and was eliminated when the legislature dissolved in ...

and

Malahat-Juan de Fuca Malahat-Juan de Fuca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Demographics Geography History Member of Legislative Assembly Its MLA is John Horgan. He was ...

Demographics

Geography

History

1999 redistribution

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,841 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 81 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent , Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen , align="right", 76 , align="right", 0.49% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 15,510 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 127 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent , Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen , align="right", 70 , align="right", 0.38% , align="right", , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , GJames William Quaife , align="right", 2,101 , align="right", 11.52% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 18,240 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 203 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent , Andrew Basil Bigg , align="right", 559 , align="right", 2.60% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 21,465 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 188 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Kenneth Paskin , align="right", 1,113 , align="right", 5.95% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 18,698 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 180 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent , Louis James Lesosky , align="right", 101 , align="right", 0.44% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,853 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 245 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, , - {{CANelec , BC , Liberal , Paul Olthof , 860 , 3.73% , – } , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 23,046 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 317 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ two-member seat during this election

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia on Vancouver Island