Nanaimo (electoral District)
Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.
This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings.
Its legal description when it was created was: "The electoral district of Nanaimo, comprising the provincial electoral districts of Cowichan, Esquimalt, Nanaimo City, Newcastle, Saanich and The Islands."
Nanaimo electoral district was renamed "Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands" in 1962. (See that article for more information.) It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Nanaimo—Alberni ridings.
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