Alberni-Qualicum
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Alberni-Qualicum was a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
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 electoral district
Electoral district
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 for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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 of British Columbia
British Columbia
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, Canada
Canada
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 from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001 50,695
Population Change, 1996–2001 -0.2%
Area (km²) 8,553.16
Pop. Density (people per km²) 6

1999 redistribution

The changes from Alberni to Alberni-Qualicum include:
  • Inclusion of Qualicum and other areas to the east

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 is Scott Fraser. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

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|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Scott Fraser
|align="right"|13,442
|align="right"|52.63%
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|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Gillian Trumper
Gillian Trumper
Gillian Trumper is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Alberni-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005...


|align="right"|9,401
|align="right"|36.81%
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|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Jack Thornburgh
|align="right"|1,822
|align="right"|7.13%
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|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|Michael "Mik" Mann
|align="right"|384
|align="right"|1.50%
|align="right"|

|DRBC
Democratic Reform British Columbia
Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...


|Jen Fisher-Bradley
|align="right"|289
|align="right"|1.13%
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|Independent
|James Dominic King
|align="right"|202
|align="right"|0.79%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|25,540
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Gillian Trumper
Gillian Trumper
Gillian Trumper is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Alberni-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005...


|align="right"|13,109
|align="right"|53.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$34,684
|-

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Gerard Janssen
|align="right"|7,395
|align="right"|30.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$10,768

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Sergio Paone
|align="right"|2,999
|align="right"|12.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,066

|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|Nicholas Saint Edmund Thorp
|align="right"|1,081
|align="right"|4.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,578
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,584
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|93
!align="right"|0.38%
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!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,677
!align="right"|74.70%
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