North Island—Powell River 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 British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...
from 1988 to 1997, and again since 2015. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of
Comox—Powell River
Comox—Powell River was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Coast Chilcotin, Comox–Alberni and ...
riding and contested for the first time at the
34th federal election on 21 November 1988. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into
Vancouver Island North
Vancouver Island North is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
Geography
The district included the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Stra ...
riding, and it ceased to be represented in the House of Commons effective at the call of the
36th federal election on 2 June 1997.
The riding consisted of the southern part of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, the Central Coast Regional District, the Mount Waddington Regional District, the northwest part of the Comox-Strathcona Regional District, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, and the Powell River Regional District, except Electoral Area E.
North Island—Powell River was re-created (initially called Vancouver Island North—Comox—Powell River) by the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the
42nd Canadian federal election
The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the ''Canada Election ...
, which was held 19 October 2015.
Demographics
Members of Parliament
Electoral history
North Island—Powell River, 2015–present
North Island—Powell River, 1988–1997
Student vote results
2025
2019
See also
*
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 ...
*
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 ...
Notes
References
External links
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived th ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:North Island-Powell River
British Columbia federal electoral districts
British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island
Campbell River, British Columbia
Courtenay, British Columbia
Powell River, British Columbia