NanaimoâÂÂAlberni 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 2015.
NanaimoâÂÂAlberni 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 NanaimoâÂÂCowichan electoral district.
This electoral district was originally created in 1976 from parts of ComoxâÂÂAlberni and NanaimoâÂÂCowichanâÂÂThe Islands ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into ComoxâÂÂAlberni and NanaimoâÂÂCowichan. It was then re-created in 1996 from those two ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution will see this riding dissolved into the new ridings of CourtenayâÂÂAlberni and NanaimoâÂÂLadysmith for the 2015 election.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: