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Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, in southeastern
Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest ...
. 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 with the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on August 2, 2015. Five-ninths of the riding came from the previous riding of Nanaimo—Cowichan and four-ninths from Nanaimo—Alberni.


Demographics

:''According to the
2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
'' Languages: 87.4% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Mandarin
Religions: 62.9% No religion, 31.7% Christian (9.2% Catholic, 4% United Church, 3.9% Anglican, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran), 1.1% Sikh
Median income (2020): $39,600
Average income (2020): $49,080


Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the
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Election results


2023 representation order


2013 representation order


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


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