Legislature House of Commons First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Province British Columbia Elector 89,063 | District created 1996 Last contested 2011 Population (2011) 118,374 District abolished 2013 | |
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Census divisions Campbell River, Courtenay, Port Hardy | ||
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Vancouver Island North is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2015.
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Geography
The district included the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Strathcona, Mount Waddington and the southern half of Central Coast excluding Calvert Island and Hunter Island. These regional districts include the towns of Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Port Alice, Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Alert Bay, Quadra Island, Denman Island and Hornby Island.
History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Comox—Alberni and North Island—Powell River ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution dissolved the riding into the new ridings of North Island—Powell River and Courtenay—Alberni for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
2006 election
Nomination contests
2004 election
Nomination contests