Nanaimo—Cowichan
 British Columbia electoral district
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Nanaimo—Cowichan in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1987 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 131,118 |
| Electors (2011) | 96,034 |
| Area (km²) | 3,849.38 |
| Census divisions | Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo |
| Census subdivisions | Nanaimo, North Cowichan, Ladysmith, Duncan, Cowichan Valley A, Cowichan Valley B, Cowichan Valley C, Cowichan Valley E, Nanaimo A, Nanaimo B |
Nanaimo—Cowichan is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It is located on Vancouver Island.
It includes, together with more rural areas, the southern portion of the City of Nanaimo, the City of Duncan, the Town of Ladysmith, and the District of North Cowichan.
The electoral district was created in 1987 from parts of Nanaimo–Alberni and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution will see this riding dissolved into the new ridings of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and Nanaimo—Ladysmith for the 2015 election.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Its Member of Parliament is Jean Crowder, a former human resources consultant. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. She is the NDP critic for Aboriginal Affairs. During the 38th Parliament she served as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and as a member of the Standing Committee on Health. During the 39th & 40th Parliaments, she served as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
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