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. Ridings "descended" from the original Nanaimo riding are also listed.

Federal

Current

Nanaimo—Ladysmith Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It has come into effect ...

, federal electoral district since 2015

Historical

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district—also known as a “riding”—in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1979. This riding was created in 1962 from Nanaim ...

, federal electoral district 1968-1976 *

Nanaimo (electoral district) Nanaimo was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979. This Riding (division), riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 fr ...

, federal electoral district 1903-1962 *

Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Alberni was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was subsequently recreated and was represented in the House ...

, federal electoral district 1976-1987; 1996-2015 *

Nanaimo—Cowichan Nanaimo—Cowichan is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. It was located on Vancouver Island. Demographics Geography It included, togeth ...

, federal electoral district 1987-2015

Provincial

Current

Nanaimo (provincial electoral district) Nanaimo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Huds ...

1996–present *

Nanaimo-North Cowichan Nanaimo-North Cowichan is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It is represented by Doug Routley (British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party ...

Historical

Nanaimo City Nanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding (1871 to 1928), with intermediary ridi ...

, provincial electoral district 1890-1912 *

, provincial electoral district 1871-1928 *

Nanaimo and The Islands Nanaimo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Hudson ...

1941-1963 *

South Nanaimo South Nanaimo was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only. For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanai ...

North Nanaimo North Nanaimo was an electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections only. For other historical and current ridings named Nanaimo or in the area of Nanaimo, British Columbia please see Nanaimo ...

Nanaimo-Parksville Nanaimo-Parksville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Geography History 1999 redistribution Nanaimo-Parksville created from parts of Nanaimo a ...

2001-2008 *

The Islands The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 British Columbia general election, 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new ...

1903-1937 *

Newcastle (electoral district) Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It appeared in the 1916 and 1920 elections only. In 1924, portions of it were incorporated into the n ...

1916 *

Cowichan-Newcastle Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections. Demographics Political geography ...

Nanaimo riding did not appear in the 1909 election, but Nanaimo City and The Islands were the Nanaimo-area ridings in the 1909 or 1912 election. The riding of Newcastle appeared in the 1916 election, as did

. For the 1924 election parts of

helped form the new riding of

. Nanaimo also did not appear in a riding name in the 1933 or 1937 elections. In 1937 the name The Islands was restored.

References

''Electoral History of BC'', BC Elections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Electoral districts in Greater Nanaimo Politics of Nanaimo