Courtenay—Alberni is a federal

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, Canada. It is around the latitudinal centre of

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. It encompasses a portion of B.C. formerly included in the electoral districts of

Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was subsequently recreated and was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2 ...

and

Vancouver Island North Vancouver Island North is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Geography The district included the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Stra ...

. Courtenay—Alberni was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the

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, polling for which took place in October 2015.

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Languages: 90.8% English, 2.2% French, 1.8% German
Religions: 45.1% Christian (11.9% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.7% Anglican, 2.5% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran, 1.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Pentecostal, 10.2% Other), 3.0% Other, 51.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $26,754
Average income (2010): $34,319
Main industries: Retail trade (14.4% of labour force), Health care and social assistance (12.1%)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

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Election results

2023 representation order

2013 representation order

Notes

References

British Columbia federal electoral districts British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island Courtenay, British Columbia Parksville, British Columbia Port Alberni Long stubs with short prose {{Canada-constituency-stub