First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Elector 95,882 | District created 1996 Last contested 2011 Population (2011) 127,275 District abolished 2013 | |
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Nanaimo—Alberni was a federal 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 has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.
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Demographics
Nanaimo—Alberni has the highest median age of all federal electoral districts in Canada (50.1 years of age).
Geography
From 1979 to 1988, it consisted of:
The present district includes Lasqueti Island, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot, and all of the Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the extreme northern part of Nanaimo. The southern part of Nanaimo is part of the Nanaimo—Cowichan electoral district.
History
This electoral district was originally created in 1976 from parts of Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.
It was re-created in 1996 from those two ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution will see this riding dissolved into the new ridings of Courtenay—Alberni and Nanaimo—Ladysmith for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: