Nanaimo—Alberni

Nanaimo—Alberni
British Columbia electoral district
Nanaimo—Alberni in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2013
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	127,275
Electors (2011)	95,882
Area (km²)	8,324.98
Census subdivisions	Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo E, Nanaimo F, Nanaimo G, Nanaimo H, Lantzville, Alberni-Clayoquot E,

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 has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.

Nanaimo—Alberni has the highest median age of all federal electoral districts in Canada (50.1 years of age).

From 1979 to 1988, it consisted of:

The present district includes Lasqueti Island, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot, and all of the Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the extreme northern part of Nanaimo. The southern part of Nanaimo is part of the Nanaimo—Cowichan electoral district.

This electoral district was originally created in 1976 from parts of Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Comox—Alberni and Nanaimo—Cowichan.

It was re-created in 1996 from those two ridings.