Election Results
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 7,140 | 45.80 | +4.36 | ||
| Conservative | Sandy Lee | 5,001 | 32.10 | -5.51 | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Handley | 2,872 | 18.40 | +4.82 | ||
| Green | Eli Purchase | 447 | 3.10 | -2.39 | ||
| Animal Alliance | Bonnie Dawson | 87 | 0.60 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,577 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 78 | 0.50 | +0.09 | |||
| Turnout | 15,655 | 55.43 | +7.72 | |||
| Eligible voters | 28,244 | – | – | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,669 | 41.44 | -0.99 | $39,961 | |
| Conservative | Brendan Bell | 5,146 | 37.62 | +17.14 | $84,329 | |
| Liberal | Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott | 1,858 | 13.58 | -21.7 | $37,884 | |
| Green | Sam Gamble | 752 | 5.49 | +3.65 | $9,010 | |
| First Peoples National | Noeline Villebrun | 252 | 1.84 | +1.87 | – | |
| Total valid votes | 13,677 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 56 | 0.41 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,733 | 47.71 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 28,787 | – | – | |||
| New Democratic Party hold | Swing | -9.1 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 6,801 | 42.67 | +3.62 | $40,703 | |
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,643 | 35.40 | -4.04 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Edjericon | 3,200 | 20.08 | +2.92 | ||
| Green | Alexandre Beaudin | 296 | 1.85 | -2.47 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,940 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | ||||
| Turnout | – | – | ||||
| New Democratic Party gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.83 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,317 | 39.44 | -6.15 | $58,782 | |
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,264 | 39.05 | +12.34 | $39,504 | |
| Conservative | Sean Mandeville | 2,314 | 17.16 | -10.52 | $16,863 | |
| Green | Chris O'Brien | 583 | 4.32 | – | $2,754 | |
| Total valid votes | 13,478 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 69 | 0.51 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,547 | 47.33 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,855 | 45.59 | +3.96 | $56,498 | |
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 3,430 | 26.71 | +7.42 | $27,323 | |
| Alliance | Fred Turner | 2,273 | 17.70 | +2.99 | $15,406 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce McLaughlin | 1,687 | 9.98 | -2.64 | $8,374 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,840 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | 0.56 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,912 | 52.24 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,564 | 41.63 | -20.84 | $56,834 | |
| New Democratic | Mary Beth Levan | 2,579 | 19.29 | +12.98 | $22,393 | |
| Reform | Mike Watt | 1,966 | 14.71 | +0.62 | $4,546 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Dowdall | 1,687 | 12.62 | -0.71 | $16,020 | |
| Independent | Wally Firth | 1,567 | 11.72 | – | $8,857 | |
| Total valid votes | 13,363 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 94 | 0.70 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,457 | 58.37 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 8,867 | 62.47 | +20.10 | ||
| Reform | Mansell Grey | 2,000 | 14.09 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Martin Hanly | 1,892 | 13.33 | -15.29 | ||
| New Democratic | Bill Schram | 896 | 6.31 | -18.78 | ||
| Green | Chris O'Brien | 325 | 2.29 | |||
| Natural Law | Lynn Taylor | 213 | 1.50 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,193 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin | 5,415 | 42.37 | +16.52 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 3,657 | 28.62 | -17.50 | ||
| New Democratic | Wayne Cahill | 3,207 | 25.10 | -2.93 | ||
| Independent | Cece McCauley | 331 | 2.59 | |||
| Independent | Ernie Lennie | 169 | 1.32 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,779 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 5,822 | 46.12 | +12.31 | ||
| New Democratic | Bertha Allen | 3,538 | 28.03 | -5.60 | ||
| Liberal | Lynda Sorenson | 3,264 | 25.86 | -6.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,624 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 3,556 | 33.81 | -1.35 | ||
| New Democratic | Wally Firth | 3,537 | 33.63 | +4.30 | ||
| Liberal | Gary Boyd | 3,425 | 32.56 | -0.59 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,518 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 4,058 | 35.16 | |||
| Liberal | David Searle | 3,827 | 33.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Georges Erasmus | 3,385 | 29.33 | |||
| Independent | Edward McRae | 273 | 2.37 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,543 | 100.00 | ||||
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