Legislature House of Commons District abolished 1962 Last contested 1958 | District created 1904 First contested 1904 | |
Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.
This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings.
Its legal description when it was created was: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands."
Nanaimo electoral district was renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands in 1962.
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