Parksville-Qualicum

Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a former provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in use from 1991 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. The riding consisted of the city of Parksville, the town of Qualicum Beach and the communities of Lantzville and Nanoose Bay.

Parksville-Qualicum

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2015)	54,089
Area (km²)	978

It was first contested in the 1991 election. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon. Under the 2021 resistribution that took effect for the 2024 election, a substantial reorganization of electoral boundaries in the Nanaimo and mid-Island area saw Parksville-Qualicum dissolved, with the majority of its territory and population being added to Ladysmith-Oceanside while Lantzville and the portion of the City of Nanaimo in the district joined Nanaimo-Lantzville.

Demographics

Population (2015)	54,089
Area (km2)	978
Pop. density (people per km2)	55.3
Source:

MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Parksville-Qualicum
35th	1991–1996		Leonard Krog	New Democratic
36th	1996–1998		Paul Reitsma	Liberal
	1998–2001		Judith Reid
Riding redistributed into Nanaimo-Parksville
39th	2009–2013		Ron Cantelon	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Michelle Stilwell
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023		Adam Walker	New Democratic
	2023–2024			Independent

Electoral history

2020 election results by polling area

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Adam Walker	13,207	42.00	+13.34	$6,991.73
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	11,155	35.47	−9.66	$45,718.10
	Green	Rob Lyon	5,227	16.62	−8.82	$2,772.94
	Conservative	Don Purdey	1,404	4.46	–	$1,413.44
	Independent	John St John	454	1.44	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			31,447	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	13,604	45.13	−5.00	$53,948
	New Democratic	Sue Powell	9,189	28.66	−8.40	$44,326
	Green	Glenn Sollitt	8,157	25.44	–	$10,490
	Refederation	Terry Hand	245	0.77	–	$0
Total valid votes			32,059	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			159	0.49	−0.15
Turnout			32,218	70.21	+2.27
Registered voters			45,891
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michelle Stilwell	14518	50.13
	New Democratic	Barry Avis	10732	37.06
	Conservative	David Bernard Coupland	3710	12.81
Total valid votes			28960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186	0.64
Turnout			29146	67.94
Source: Elections BC

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	13,716	51.42	0.00
	New Democratic	Leanne Salter	10,136	38.00	-0.65
	Green	Wayne Osborne	2,573	9.64	+1.20
	Refederation	Bruce Ryder	251	0.94	+0.06
Total valid votes			26,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.49
Turnout			26,807	65.70
Eligible voters			40,805
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.65

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Cantelon	15,799	51.42	-11.18
	New Democratic	Carol McNamee	11,854	38.65	+17.54
	Green	Jordan Ellis	2,542	8.44	-1.87
	Refederation	Bruce Ryder	280	0.88	–
	Marijuana	Richard Payne	184	0.61	-1.67
Total valid votes			32,169	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127	0.39
Turnout			26,807	69.56
Eligible voters			46,428
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.36

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	17,356	62.60	+9.99	$38,337
	New Democratic	Jamie Brennan	5,852	21.11	-1.58	$11,643
	Green	Phil Carson	3,192	11.51	+9.77	$1,643
	Unity	Daniel Stelmacker	693	2.50	-3.42	$1,992
	Marijuana	Leonard Martin Melman	634	2.28	–	$505
Total valid votes			27,727	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105	0.38
Turnout			27,832	74.94
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.79

British Columbia provincial by-election, December 14, 1998
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	13,862	52.61	+11.42	$80,746
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	5,978	22.69	-17.03	$51,078
	Progressive Democrat	Bruce Hampson	3,585	13.61	+8.50	$32,872
	Reform	Roger Rocan	1,560	5.92	-6.19	$13,303
	Green	Stuart Parker	458	1.74	+0.45	$100
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	419	1.67	–	$650
	Independent	Bruce Ryder	163	0.62	–	$106
	Independent	Les Blank	136	0.51	–	$923
	Family Coalition	Mary Elinor Moreau	94	0.35	–	$1,849
	British Columbia Party	John Motiuk	74	0.28	–	$9,988
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,349	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			55	0.38
Turnout			26,404	60.09
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.22
By-election due to the resignation of Paul Reitsma
Source(s) "December 14, 1998 By-election" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. December 14, 1998. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Reitsma	13,459	41.19	+5.90
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	12,976	39.72	-0.52
	Reform	Teunis Westbroek	5,846	12.11	–
	Progressive Democrat	Garner Stone	1,669	5.11	–
	Green	Mark Robinson	422	1.29	+0.12
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	110	0.34	–
	Common Sense	David Martin	81	0.24	–
Total valid votes			32,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143	0.44
Turnout			32,815	77.12
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.21

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	10,408	40.24	$47,385.69
	Liberal	William J. Patrick	9,128	35.29	$4,703.30
	Social Credit	Janet Crapo	5,846	22.60	$67,722.89
	Green	Ernie Yacob	303	1.17	$$596.50
	Family Coalition	Augustine J. Cunningham	180	0.70	$439.00
Total valid votes			25,863	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			26,261	79.24

Sources

• Elections BC Historical Returns