Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Malahat-Juan de Fuca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. It was created prior to the 1991 election from parts of Esquimalt-Port Renfrew and Cowichan-Malahat. It was abolished in the 2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution into Juan de Fuca and Cowichan Valley.

In the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the district will be reused with the new name Juan de Fuca-Malahat.

Demographics

1990s

Population	50,126
Population Change, 1996–2001	6.3%
Area (km2)	2,116
Pop. Density (people per km2)	24

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Malahat-Juan de Fuca
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Rick Kasper	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
	2001–2001			Independent
37th	2001–2005		Brian Kerr	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		John Horgan	New Democratic

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Rick Kasper	8,579	44.18%		$50,715
	Liberal	Tom Morino	7,639	39.34%		$8,288
	Social Credit	R. E. Bob Clark	2,628	13.53%	–	$38,891
	Green	Beverley A. Holden	380	1.96%	–	$2,481
	Western Canada Concept	Richard (Dick) Lewers	125	0.64%		$16
	Human Race	Louis J. Lesosky	68	0.35%		$12
Total valid votes			19,419	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			432	2.18%
Turnout			19,851	76.82%

B.C. General Election 1996: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Rick Kasper	10,686	48.63%		$40,758
	Liberal	Mike Elcock	7,556	34.39%		$43,672
	Reform	Bill Cools	1,887	8.59%		$19,769
	Progressive Democrat	Donna Launay	1,061	4.83%	–	$100
	Green	Beverley Holden	601	2.74%	–	$150
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	98	0.45%		$124
	Western Canada Concept	Dode French	84	0.38%		$100
Total valid votes			21,973	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			106	0.48%
Turnout			22,079	72.91%

B.C. General Election 2001: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kerr	9,676	42.26%		$49,752
	Independent	Rick Kasper	5,164	22.56%		$31,524
	NDP	Richard Hughes	3,687	16.10%		$34,924
	Green	Stephen Bradley	3,275	14.31%	–	$7,152
	Marijuana	Ron Anderton	547	2.39%		$100
	Unity	Julie L. M. Mander	323	1.41%		$3,071
	Conservative	Susan Power	222	0.97%
Total valid votes			22,894	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			93	0.41%
Turnout			22,987	73.57%

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Horgan	12,460	46.09	$42,953
	Liberal	Cathy Basskin	10,528	38.94	$24,538
	Green	Steven Hurdle	2,610	9.65	$1,488
	Democratic Reform	Tom Morino	1,256	4.65	$2,775
	Western Canada Concept	Pattie O'Brien	180	0.67	$100
Total valid votes			27,034	100
Total rejected ballots			128	0.47
Turnout			27,162	69.57

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
  • 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
  • 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
  • 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia