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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59009British Columbia

Courtenay—Alberni

Courtenay—Alberni is a federal riding in British Columbia. Gord Johns (NDP, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Courtenay—Alberni. Gord Johns (NDP) held Courtenay—Alberni for the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 3,589 votes (4.5 points), with 39.6% of the vote. Kris McNichol (Conservative) was second with 35.1%, on a turnout of 73.8% of 108,515 electors. Member as of .

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford · ConservativeNanaimo—Ladysmith · ConservativeNorth Island—Powell River · ConservativeWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country · LiberalCourtenay—Alberni
Fig. 1 — Courtenay—Alberni on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Courtenay—Alberni

NGord Johns
Gord Johns's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Gord Johns

Member of Parliament for Courtenay—Alberni

New Democratic

MP since · 4 terms

342 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: New Democratic hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025Of the 79,766 valid votes, Gord Johns (New Democratic) took 39.6%, Kris McNichol (Conservative) 35.1%, Brian Cameron (Liberal) 22.7% and Chris Markevich (Green) 1.7%; the 3 other candidates took 0.9% together.2025Turnout 73.8% of 108,515 electorsGord JohnsNew Democratic39.6% · 31,6173,589 votes ahead · 4.5 ptsKris McNicholConservative35.1% · 28,028Brian CameronLiberal22.7% · 18,078Chris MarkevichGreen1.7% · 1,352Others (3)0.9% · 691050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025Of the 79,766 valid votes, Gord Johns (New Democratic) took 39.6%, Kris McNichol (Conservative) 35.1%, Brian Cameron (Liberal) 22.7% and Chris Markevich (Green) 1.7%; the 3 other candidates took 0.9% together.2025Turnout 73.8% of 108,515 electorsGord JohnsNew Democratic39.6% · 31,6173,589 votes ahead · 4.5 ptsKris McNicholConservative35.1% · 28,028Brian CameronLiberal22.7% · 18,078Chris MarkevichGreen1.7% · 1,352Others (3)0.9% · 691050%100%
Shares of the 79,766 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gord JohnsNew Democratic31,61739.6%
Kris McNicholConservative28,02835.1%
Brian CameronLiberal18,07822.7%
Chris MarkevichGreen1,3521.7%
Others (3)6910.9%

Gord Johns (New Democratic) won Courtenay—Alberni on with 31,617 votes, 39.6% of the 79,766 valid votes. Kris McNichol (Conservative) was second with 28,028 (35.1%), 3,589 votes and 4.5 points behind.

Of the 79,766 valid votes, Gord Johns (New Democratic) took 39.6%, Kris McNichol (Conservative) 35.1%, Brian Cameron (Liberal) 22.7% and Chris Markevich (Green) 1.7%; the 3 other candidates took 0.9% together. Turnout was 73.8% of 108,515 electors: 80,133 ballots cast, 79,766 of them valid, for 7 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the New Democrats are down 3.2 (42.8% to 39.6%), the Conservatives up 3.9 (31.2% to 35.1%), the Liberals up 9.1 (13.6% to 22.7%) and the Greens down 5.3 (7.0% to 1.7%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Courtenay—Alberni at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative38.3%by 5.5 points over the New Democrats
  2. 2006Conservative41.2%by 7.0 points over the New Democrats
  3. 2008Conservative46.5%by 12.7 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative46.4%by 7.0 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015changed handsNew Democratic37.7%by 9.9 points over the Conservatives
  6. 2019New Democratic39.6%by 7.2 points over the Conservatives
  7. 2021New Democratic42.8%by 11.5 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025New Democratic39.6%by 4.5 points over the Conservatives
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative38.3%New Democratic5.5carried, our estimate
2006Conservative41.2%New Democratic7.0carried, our estimate
2008Conservative46.5%New Democratic12.7carried, our estimate
2011Conservative46.4%New Democratic7.0carried, our estimate
2015New Democratic37.7%Conservative9.9carried, our estimate
2019New Democratic39.6%Conservative7.2carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic42.8%Conservative11.5transposed by Elections Canada
2025New Democratic39.6%Conservative4.5official result

The Conservatives were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the NDP at four; it changed hands once. In 2025 the NDP took 39.6% of the vote here, 2.4 points above their average of 37.2% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (38.3%), 2006 (41.2%), 2008 (46.5%) and 2011 (46.4%) and the NDP in 2015 (37.7%), 2019 (39.6%), 2021 (42.8%) and 2025 (39.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Gord Johns, by 8,431 votes (12.2 pts)
  • 2019 New Democratic · Gord Johns, by 5,854 votes (8.1 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Gord Johns, by 6,868 votes (9.9 pts)

In the old Courtenay—Alberni on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Courtenay—Alberni lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Courtenay—Alberni is

Population
122,8152021 census
Area
12,084km²
Density
10people per km²
Electors
108,515on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 6th-oldest median age: Median age 54.0, 6th highest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)6th
    6th-oldest median age
    Median age 54.0, 6th highest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)
  • 2nd-most candidates on the ballot in British Columbia: 7 candidates stood · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 24th of 343 in Canada2nd
    2nd-most candidates on the ballot in British Columbia
    7 candidates stood · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 24th of 343 in Canada
  • Median age is 54.0 — about 1.3 times the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest6th highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $73,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest81st lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 76.2% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest106th highest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% — about 76 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest112th lowest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 14.1% — about 82 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest156th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.6% — about the same as the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest165th highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 91% of the 2025 electors in today's Courtenay—Alberni lived in the old Courtenay—Alberni; by area, nearly all of the riding came from it.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
91.1%Courtenay—Alberni 99.7% of the area
8.9%Nanaimo—Ladysmith 0.3% of the area · 1% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Gord JohnsNew Democratic31,61739.6%42.8%−3.2
Kris McNicholConservative28,02835.1%31.2%+3.9
Brian CameronLiberal18,07822.7%13.6%+9.1
Chris MarkevichGreen1,3521.7%7.0%−5.3
3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Thomas GamblePeople's4270.5%
Teresa KnightOther1950.2%
Jesse MusialOther690.1%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
18,078 votes
Liberal took more than the 3,589-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
125 of 239
6 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the New Democrats (108) · ■ won by another party (125) · ▨ tied (6).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 1,795 voters switching from New Democratic to Conservative — 2.3% of the 79,766 valid votes, 2.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

New Democratic31,617
Conservative28,028
Still New Democratic by 3,589 votes. Actual margin: 3,589.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 49.0% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the New Democrats took 41.3%, the Conservatives 36.1%, the Liberals 19.4% and the Greens 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 38.1%, 34.2%, 25.8% and 1.3%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025On election day the New Democrats took 41.3%, the Conservatives 36.1%, the Liberals 19.4% and the Greens 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 38.1%, 34.2%, 25.8% and 1.3%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapNew Democratic41.3%38.1%−3.2 ptsConservative36.1%34.2%−1.9 ptsLiberal19.4%25.8%+6.4 ptsGreen2.2%1.3%−0.9 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Courtenay—Alberni, April 28, 2025On election day the New Democrats took 41.3%, the Conservatives 36.1%, the Liberals 19.4% and the Greens 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 38.1%, 34.2%, 25.8% and 1.3%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapNew Democratic41.3%38.1%−3.2 ptsConservative36.1%34.2%−1.9 ptsLiberal19.4%25.8%+6.4 ptsGreen2.2%1.3%−0.9 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
New Democratic41.3%38.1%−3.2
Conservative36.1%34.2%−1.9
Liberal19.4%25.8%+6.4
Green2.2%1.3%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Courtenay—Alberni and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Courtenay—Alberni — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/courtenay-alberni/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.