Juan de Fuca-Malahat

Juan de Fuca-Malahat

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Dana Lajeunesse New Democratic
District created	2023
First contested	2024
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2021)	44,980
Area (km²)	3,116
Pop. density (per km²)	14.4
Census division(s)	Capital, Cowichan Valley
Census subdivision(s)	Metchosin, Sooke, Becher Bay, Cowichan, Malahat, T'Sou-ke

Juan de Fuca-Malahat is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2024.

Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, it has near-identical boundaries to the former electoral district of Malahat-Juan de Fuca, which existed from 1991 to 2009.

Geography

The district comprises the southern tip of Vancouver Island, including the communities of Sooke, Metchosin, Malahat, Shawnigan Lake, Cobble Hill, and Mill Bay, and extending east as far as Port Renfrew. It is bounded by the Saanich Inlet and Trans-Canada Highway to the east, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the south.

Demographics

Population, 2021	44,980
Area (km2)	3,116
Pop. density (people per km2)	14
Source: BC Electoral Boundaries Commission

History

Malahat-Juan de Fuca was created prior to the 1991 election from parts of Esquimalt-Port Renfrew and Cowichan-Malahat, and it was contested from 1991 to 2009. The district was abolished in the 2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution, with its territory being allocated between Juan de Fuca and Cowichan Valley.

The riding was re-established in 2023 as one of six new electoral districts in the province following the results of the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution. It was created out of parts of Langford-Juan de Fuca, Cowichan Valley and Esquimalt-Metchosin.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Malahat-Juan de Fuca Riding created from Cowichan-Malahat and Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
35th	1991–1996		Rick Kasper	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
	2001–2001			Independent
37th	2001–2005		Brian Kerr	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		John Horgan	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Juan de Fuca and Cowichan Valley
Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Riding re-created from Cowichan Valley, Esquimalt-Metchosin, and Langford-Juan de Fuca
43rd	2024–present		Dana Lajeunesse	New Democratic

Election results

Juan de Fuca-Malahat

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dana Lajeunesse	9,308	38.79	-13.4	$46,931.79
	Conservative	Marina Sapozhnikov	9,167	38.20	–	$18,521.77
	Green	David Evans	5,522	23.01	-10.4	$31,663.56
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,997	99.87	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			32	0.13	–
Turnout			24,029	64.81	–
Registered voters			37,078
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-25.8
Source: Elections BC

2020 provincial election redistributed results
Party		%
	New Democratic	52.2
	Green	33.4
	Liberal	14.0

Malahat-Juan de Fuca

B.C. General Election 1991: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Rick Kasper	8,579	44.18%		$50,715
	Liberal	Tom Morino	7,639	39.34%		$8,288
	Social Credit	R. E. Bob Clark	2,628	13.53%	–	$38,891
	Green	Beverley A. Holden	380	1.96%	–	$2,481
	Western Canada Concept	Richard (Dick) Lewers	125	0.64%		$16
	Human Race	Louis J. Lesosky	68	0.35%		$12
Total valid votes			19,419	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			432	2.18%
Turnout			19,851	76.82%

B.C. General Election 1996: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Rick Kasper	10,686	48.63%		$40,758
	Liberal	Mike Elcock	7,556	34.39%		$43,672
	Reform	Bill Cools	1,887	8.59%		$19,769
	Progressive Democrat	Donna Launay	1,061	4.83%	–	$100
	Green	Beverley Holden	601	2.74%	–	$150
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	98	0.45%		$124
	Western Canada Concept	Dode French	84	0.38%		$100
Total valid votes			21,973	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			106	0.48%
Turnout			22,079	72.91%

B.C. General Election 2001: Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kerr	9,676	42.26%		$49,752
	Independent	Rick Kasper	5,164	22.56%		$31,524
	NDP	Richard Hughes	3,687	16.10%		$34,924
	Green	Stephen Bradley	3,275	14.31%	–	$7,152
	Marijuana	Ron Anderton	547	2.39%		$100
	Unity	Julie L. M. Mander	323	1.41%		$3,071
	Conservative	Susan Power	222	0.97%
Total valid votes			22,894	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			93	0.41%
Turnout			22,987	73.57%

2005 British Columbia general election: Malahat-Juan de Fuca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Horgan	12,460	46.09	$42,953
	Liberal	Cathy Basskin	10,528	38.94	$24,538
	Green	Steven Hurdle	2,610	9.65	$1,488
	Democratic Reform	Tom Morino	1,256	4.65	$2,775
	Western Canada Concept	Pattie O'Brien	180	0.67	$100
Total valid votes			27,034	100
Total rejected ballots			128	0.47
Turnout			27,162	69.57

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
  • 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
  • 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
  • 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia