Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands

Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands and Esquimalt—Saanich ridings.

Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1979
District abolished	1988
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, Nanaimo—Cowichan and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands and Esquimalt—Saanich
31st	1979–1980		Don L. Taylor	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		James Manly	New Democratic
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, Nanaimo—Cowichan and Saanich—Gulf Islands

Election results

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Manly	24,555	45.06	-3.10
	Progressive Conservative	Don L. Taylor	22,964	42.14	+2.67
	Liberal	Michael G. Coleman	5,899	10.82	-0.40
	Green	Lindsay Armstrong	387	0.71	–
	Libertarian	James Taylor	313	0.57	–
	Confederation of Regions	R.L. Snell	257	0.47	–
	Independent	John Currie	62	0.11	–
	Independent	Ronald W. Jackson	61	0.11	–
Total valid votes			54,498	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.88

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	James Manly	22,154	48.16	+8.18
	Progressive Conservative	Don L. Taylor	18,153	39.47	-4.06
	Liberal	Léo Gervais	5,161	11.22	-4.97
	Rhinoceros	Louis Crowbird Lesosky	444	0.97	–
	Communist	Ernie Knott	85	0.18	-0.01
Total valid votes			45,997	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.12

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Don L. Taylor	19,025	43.53
	New Democratic	James Manly	17,471	39.98
	Liberal	David Anderson	7,075	16.19
	Communist	Ernie Knott	82	0.19
	Marxist–Leninist	Allan Bezanson	51	0.12
Total valid votes			43,704	100.0
This riding was created from Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands and Esquimalt—Saanich, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada