Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, in southeastern Vancouver Island.

Nanaimo—Ladysmith

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tamara Kronis Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	134,509
Electors (2021)	107,926
Area (km²)[1]	1,726.78
Pop. density (per km²)	77.9
Census division(s)	Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo
Census subdivision(s)	Nanaimo (part), Ladysmith, Chemainus, Nanaimo Town, Nanaimo River, Oyster Bay, Lyacksun, Portier Pass, Shingle Point

Nanaimo—Ladysmith was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.^[2] It has come into effect with the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on August 2, 2015.^[3] Five-ninths of the riding came from the previous riding of Nanaimo—Cowichan and four-ninths from Nanaimo—Alberni.^[4]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Nanaimo—Ladysmith (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[5]		2016[6]		2011[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	104,950	79.95%	99,615	83.36%	97,120	86.37%
Indigenous	11,775	8.97%	10,125	8.47%	8,020	7.13%
East Asian[b]	4,720	3.6%	3,550	2.97%	2,600	2.31%
South Asian	3,250	2.48%	2,065	1.73%	1,980	1.76%
Southeast Asian[c]	2,935	2.24%	1,950	1.63%	1,265	1.12%
African	1,345	1.02%	785	0.66%	510	0.45%
Latin American	770	0.59%	510	0.43%	305	0.27%
Middle Eastern[d]	750	0.57%	465	0.39%	280	0.25%
Other[e]	775	0.59%	415	0.35%	365	0.32%
Total responses	131,265	97.59%	119,495	97.38%	112,445	97.78%
Total population	134,509	100%	122,710	100%	114,998	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[8]

Languages: 87.4% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Mandarin
Religions: 62.9% No religion, 31.7% Christian (9.2% Catholic, 4% United Church, 3.9% Anglican, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran), 1.1% Sikh
Median income (2020): $39,600
Average income (2020): $49,080

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nanaimo—Ladysmith Riding created from Nanaimo—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–2019		Sheila Malcolmson	New Democratic
	2019–2019		Paul Manly	Green
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Lisa Marie Barron	New Democratic
45th	2025–present		Tamara Kronis	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Nanaimo—Ladysmith (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tamara Kronis	26,381	35.46	+8.88
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield	20,656	27.76	+14.58
	New Democratic	Lisa Marie Barron	13,586	18.26	–11.12
	Green	Paul Manly	13,485	18.13	–7.72
	People's	Stephen Welton	289	0.39	–4.62
Total valid votes/expense limit			74,397
Total rejected ballots			261
Turnout			74,658	73.07
Eligible voters			102,177
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		–2.85
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	18,307	29.38
	Conservative	16,566	26.58
	Green	16,110	25.85
	Liberal	8,214	13.18
	People's	3,123	5.01

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Marie Barron	19,826	28.8	+5.2	$79,614.79
	Conservative	Tamara Kronis	18,627	27.1	+1.2	$134,837.55
	Green	Paul Manly	17,640	25.7	–8.9	$118,140.35
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield	9,314	13.5	–0.1	$33,839.39
	People's	Stephen Welton	3,358	4.9	+3.4	$8,293.38
Total valid votes/expense limit			68,765	99.6	–	$133,040.55
Total rejected ballots			277	0.4
Turnout			69,042	64.0
Eligible voters			107,926
	New Democratic gain from Green		Swing		+2.0
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Paul Manly	24,844	34.57	–2.69	$113,671.60
	Conservative	John Hirst	18,634	25.93	+1.05	none listed
	New Democratic	Bob Chamberlin	16,985	23.63	+0.63	none listed
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield	9,735	13.55	+2.55	$54,697.02
	People's	Jennifer Clarke	1,049	1.46	–1.63	none listed
	Independent	Geoff Stoneman	235	0.33		none listed
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	207	0.29	–0.33	none listed
	Communist	James Chumsa	104	0.14		none listed
	Independent	Echo White	71	0.10		$360.48
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,864	99.69
Total rejected ballots			255	0.31	-0.00
Turnout			72,089	68.87	+27.70
Eligible voters			104,678
	Green hold		Swing		-1.87
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, May 6, 2019 Resignation of Sheila Malcolmson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Manly	15,302	37.26	+17.51
	Conservative	John Hirst	10,215	24.88	+1.52
	New Democratic	Bob Chamberlin	9,446	23.00	–10.20
	Liberal	Michelle Corfield	4,515	10.99	–12.52
	People's	Jennifer Clarke	1,268	3.09
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	253	0.62
	National Citizens Alliance	Jakob Letkemann	66	0.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,065	99.68	–
Total rejected ballots			130	0.32	+0.09
Turnout			41,195	41.16	-33.84
Eligible voters			100,074
	Green gain from New Democratic		Swing		+13.85
Source: Elections Canada[15]; Maclean's[16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheila Malcolmson	23,651	33.20	-12.06	$136,135.63
	Liberal	Tim Tessier	16,753	23.52	+16.84	$21,699.17
	Conservative	Mark Allen MacDonald	16,637	23.35	-17.04	$132,376.87
	Green	Paul Manly	14,074	19.76	+12.58	$145,016.61
	Marxist–Leninist	Jack East	126	0.18	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,241	99.78		$236,098.07
Total rejected ballots			158	0.22	–
Turnout			71,399	75.00	–
Eligible voters			95,200
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-14.45
Source: Elections Canada[17][18][19]

2011 federal election redistributed results[20]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,294	45.26
	Conservative	22,572	40.39
	Green	4,009	7.17
	Liberal	3,733	6.68
	Others	276	0.49

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.