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  Powell River-Sunshine Coast - History
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Established October 17, 1991
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedCampari_007 December 08, 2024 12:20am
DescriptionThis riding on the Strait of Georgia, framed by the Coastal Mountains, stretches from Gibsons and Sechelt in the Sunshine Coast Regional District in the south through the Powell River Regional District in the north.

Most of the population is concentrated along Sunshine Coast.

More than 95% of the riding is inaccessible to development.

There are over 30 native reserves in the riding, including Sechelt Lands and Sechelt Bands reserves.

In the 2006 census, the population over age 65 was 19%; the aboriginal population was 5.5%.

In the 2008 redistribution, kept 99% of riding.

RACES [Show Primaries]
Redistricting: Light Green=Added Territory, Red=Removed Territory,
Dark Green=Kept Territory
Date Type Results
Oct 19, 2024 General Election
  Randene Neill
14,473
49.62%
  Chris Moore
10,410
35.69%
  Chris Hergesheimer
3,930
13.47%
  Greg Reid
356
1.22%
Date Type Results
Oct 24, 2020 General Election
  Nicholas Simons(I)
12,701
50.88%
  Kim Darwin
8,104
32.47%
  Sandra Stoddart-Hansen
4,156
16.65%
May 09, 2017 General Election
  Nicholas Simons(I)
13,646
50.70%
  Mathew Wilson
6,602
24.53%
  Kim Darwin
6,505
24.17%
  Reuben Richards
160
0.59%
Date Type Results
May 14, 2013 General Election
  Nicholas Simons(I)
11,931
54.91%
  Patrick Muncaster
7,203
33.15%
  Richard Carl Till
2,594
11.94%
May 12, 2009 General Election
  Nicholas Simons(I)
13,276
58.28%
  Dawn Miller
7,818
34.32%
  Jeff Chilton
1,436
6.30%
  Allen McIntyre
249
1.09%
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Date Type Results
May 17, 2005 General Election
  Nicholas Simons
11,099
43.45%
  Maureen Clayton
7,702
30.15%
  Adriane Carr
6,585
25.78%
  Allen McIntyre
156
0.61%
May 16, 2001 General Election
  Harold Long
9,904
42.36%
  Gordon Wilson(I)
6,349
27.15%
  Adriane Carr
6,316
27.01%
  Dana Larsen
812
3.47%
Jan 29, 1999 Party Switch
  Gordon Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
May 28, 1996 General Election
  Gordon Wilson(I)
10,833
49.05%
  Bill Forst
6,088
27.57%
  Cameron Reid
3,911
17.71%
  Don Atkinson
677
3.07%
  D. Wendy Young
518
2.35%
  Roslyn Griston
57
0.26%
Oct 22, 1993 Party Switch
  Gordon Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 11, 1993 Party Switch
  Gordon Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Oct 17, 1991 General Election
  Gordon Wilson
11,486
54.68%
  Howard White
7,117
33.88%
  Harold Long(I)
2,174
10.35%
  Janet Calder
161
0.77%
  Lynwood Jacob
66
0.31%

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