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Cowichan-Malahat

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Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1966.[1] In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by Cowichan-Ladysmith and Malahat-Juan de Fuca.[2]

MLAs elected

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Parliament Term MLA
28th 1966–1969 Robert Martin Strachan
29th 1969–1972
30th 1972–1975
31st 1975–1979 Barbara Wallace
32nd 1979–1983
33rd 1983–1986
34th 1986–1991 Graham Bruce

Election results

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Elections

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1966 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 5,646 52.08
Social Credit Patrick James Rogers 4,412 40.70
Liberal Joseph Haddock 783 7.22
Total valid votes 10,841 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 81 0.74  
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1969 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 7,411 47.78 -4.30
Social Credit Charles McGregor Ennals 7,107 45.82 5.12
Liberal James Robert Bigsby 916 5.91 -1.31
Independent Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen 76 0.49 New
Total valid votes 15,510 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 127 0.81  
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1972 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Robert Martin Strachan 10,672 58.51 10.73
Social Credit Kathleen Grouhel 4,555 24.97 -20.85
Progressive Conservative GJames William Quaife 2,101 11.52 New
Liberal Daniel R. Clemmens 842 4.62 -1.29
Independent Kenneth Leslie Craig Hassenen 70 0.38 -0.11
Total valid votes 18,240 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 203 1.10  
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1975 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 10,245 47.73 -10.78
Social Credit Charles McGregor Ennals 9,066 42.24 17.27
Liberal Jevington Blair Tothill 1,595 7.43 2.81
Independent Andrew Basil Bigg 559 2.60 2.22
Total valid votes 21,465 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 188 0.87  
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1979 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 9,839 52.62 4.89
Social Credit Henry Rex Hollett 7,746 41.43 -0.81
Progressive Conservative Kenneth Paskin 1,113 5.95 Returned
Total valid votes 18,698 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 180 0.95  
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1983 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Barbara Wallace 11,655 51.00 -1.62
Social Credit Graham Bruce 10,143 44.38 2.95
Western Canada Concept James Ivan Turnbull 609 2.67 New
Liberal Irwin Wield (Bill) Steele 345 1.51 Returned
Independent Louis James Lesosky 101 0.44 New
Total valid votes 22,853 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 245 1.06  
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1986 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Graham Bruce 11,744 50.96 6.58
New Democratic Carolyn Judith Askew 10,442 45.31 -5.69
Liberal Paul Olthof 860 3.73 2.22
Total valid votes 23,046 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 317 1.36  
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Timeline (1966-1986)

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Graph of Cowichan-Malahat election results by share of votes, 1966–1986.

Further reading

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  • An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

References

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  1. ^ Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1966, S.B.C. 1966, c. 6
  2. ^ Electoral Districts Act, S.B.C. 1990, c. 39
  3. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 295.
  4. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 305.
  5. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 314.
  6. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 324.
  7. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 334.
  8. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 342.
  9. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 352.