Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
British Columbia
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. It was first contested in the
1991 election. Following redistribution, the area became part of the
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 ...
and
Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal,
Ron Cantelon
Ron Cantelon (born 1943 or 1944) is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2013. He represented the ridings of Nanaimo-Parksville from 2005 to 2009, and Parksville-Qualicum from 2009 to 20 ...
. The riding consists of the city of
Parksville, the town of
Qualicum Beach :''"Qualicum" re-directs here. For the neighbourhood in Ottawa, see Qualicum, Ottawa''
Qualicum Beach () is a town located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. In the 2021 census, it had a population of 9,303. It is situated at the fo ...
and the communities of
Lantzville
Lantzville is a coastal community on the east side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, along the western shore of the Strait of Georgia and immediately north of Nanaimo.
The District of Lantzville was incorporated on June 25, 2003. I ...
and
Nanoose Bay.
Demographics
MLAs
Electoral history
References
Sources
Elections BC Historical Returns
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991–2001
British Columbia provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island
Parksville, British Columbia