Parksville-Qualicum was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1991

British Columbia general election, 1991

The British Columbia general election of 1991 was the 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991...

. It also appeared was in the 1996 general election

British Columbia general election, 1996

The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the thirty sixth provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996...

 and a by-election in 1998. Following redistribution, the area became part of the Nanaimo-Parksville

Nanaimo-Parksville

Nanaimo-Parksville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.- Demographics :-1999 Redistribution:...

 and Alberni-Qualicum

Alberni-Qualicum

Alberni-Qualicum was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.- Demographics :-1999 redistribution:The changes from Alberni to Alberni-Qualicum include:...

 ridings. It was again contested in the 2009 general election, and was won by Liberal, Ron Cantelon

Ron Cantelon

Ron Cantelon was re-elected on to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, May 12 2009 in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum as a member of the BC Liberal Party caucus....

.

MLAs

1. Ron Cantelon
   Ron Cantelon
   Ron Cantelon was re-elected on to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, May 12 2009 in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum as a member of the BC Liberal Party caucus....
   
   , Liberal (2005–present)
2. Judith Reid
   Judith Reid
   Judith Reid is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She is a former Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly , and was Minister of Transportation for 3 years....
   
   , Liberal (1998–2001)
3. Paul Reitsma
   Paul Reitsma
   Paul Reitsma is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, for the electoral district of Parksville-Qualicum.Reitsma served as the mayor of Port Alberni and Parksville, prior to his move to provincial politics....
   
   , Liberal (1996–1998)
4. Leonard Krog
   Leonard Krog
   Leonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...
   
   , New Democrat (1991–1996)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
|Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Janet Crapo
|align="right"|5,846
|align="right"|22.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$67,722.89

|NDP
|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...

|align="right"|10,408
|align="right"|40.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$47,385.69

|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...

|William J. Patrick
|align="right"|9,128
|align="right"|35.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,703.30
|FCP

Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a conservative, pro-life political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 1991 election, it nominated 8 candidates in the province's 75 ridings. They won a total of 1,310 votes, or 0.09% of the provincial total. In the 1996 election, it nominated...

|Augustine J. Cunningham
|align="right"|180
|align="right"|1.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$439.00
|Green

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

|Ernie Yacob
|align="right"|303
|align="right"|1.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$$596.50
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|25,863
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|398
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|79.24%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|NLP

Natural Law Party

The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...

|Cliff Brown
|align="right"|110
|align="right"|0.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$150
|NDP
|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...

|align="right"|12,976
|align="right"|39.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,958
|Coop Comm Fam
|David Martin

David Martin

-Politicians:*David Martin , Republican party U.S. Representative from Nebraska *David Martin , Australian admiral and Governor of New South Wales...

|align="right"|81
|align="right"|0.25%%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...

|Paul Reitsma

Paul Reitsma

Paul Reitsma is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, for the electoral district of Parksville-Qualicum.Reitsma served as the mayor of Port Alberni and Parksville, prior to his move to provincial politics....

|align="right"|13,549
|align="right"|41.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$62,975
|Green

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

|Mark Robinson

Mark Allan Robinson

Mark Allan Robinson was the proponent of the first successful campaign in Canadian history to remove an elected politician from public office by use of a recall petition....

|align="right"|422
|align="right"|1.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

|Garner Stone
|align="right"|1,669
|align="right"|5.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|BC Reform
|Tuenis Westbroek
|align="right"|3,955
|align="right"|12.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$30,371
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32,672
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|143
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|77.12%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Independent
|Les Blank
|align="right"|136
|align="right"|0.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$923
|Independent
|Brunie Brunie
|align="right"|419
|align="right"|1.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$650
|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

|Bruce Hampson
|align="right"|3,585
|align="right"|13.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,872
|NDP
|Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog

Leonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...

|align="right"|5,978
|align="right"|22.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$51,078
|FCP

Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a conservative, pro-life political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 1991 election, it nominated 8 candidates in the province's 75 ridings. They won a total of 1,310 votes, or 0.09% of the provincial total. In the 1996 election, it nominated...

|Mary Elinor Moreau
|align="right"|94
|align="right"|0.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,849
|BCP

British Columbia Party

The British Columbia Party is a right-wing political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia, founded in 1998 as a populist party by John Motiuk, a North Vancouver lawyer.The party did not nominate candidates in the 2001 provincial election...

|John Motiuk
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|0.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,988
|Green

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

|Stuart Parker
|align="right"|458
|align="right"|1.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|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...

|Judith Reid

Judith Reid

Judith Reid is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She is a former Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly , and was Minister of Transportation for 3 years....

|align="right"|13,862
|align="right"|52.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$80,746
|Reform

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

|Roger Rocan
|align="right"|1,560
|align="right"|5.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,303
|Independent
|Bruce Ryder
|align="right"|163
|align="right"|0.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$106
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,349
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|55
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|60.09%
!align="right"|
!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...

|Ron Cantelon

Ron Cantelon

Ron Cantelon was re-elected on to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, May 12 2009 in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum as a member of the BC Liberal Party caucus....

|align="right"|13,716
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|New Democrat

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...

|Leanne Salter
|align="right"|10,136
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|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...

|Wayne Osborne
|align="right"|2,573
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

| Refederation

British Columbia Refederation Party

The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...

|Bruce Ryder
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

Source

Elections BC Historical Returns

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