# Juan de Fuca-Malahat

Juan de Fuca-Malahat is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada created by the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution. It has near-identical boundaries to the provincial electoral district of Malahat-Juan de Fuca in use 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.

## 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.

## Demographics
### 1990s

| Population | 50,126 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 6.3% |
| Area (km$^2$) | 2,116 |
| Pop. Density (people per km$^2$) | 24 |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

Malahat-Juan de Fuca :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Rick Kasper | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Rick Kasper | New Democratic |
| 36th | 2001–2001 | Rick Kasper | Independent |
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Brian Kerr | Liberal |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | John Horgan | New Democratic |
| 43rd | 2024–present | Dana Lajeunesse | New Democratic |

## Election results
### Juan de Fuca-Malahat

vte2024 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Dana Lajeunesse | 9,308 | 38.79% |
| | Conservative | Marina Sapozhnikov | 9,167 | 38.20% |
| | Green | David Evans | 5,522 | 23.01% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,212 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| 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 | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,419 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 432 | 2.18% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,851 | 76.82% |
B.C. General Election 1996: Malahat-Juan de Fuca :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,973 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 106 | 0.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,079 | 72.91% |
B.C. General Election 2001: Malahat-Juan de Fuca :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,894 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 93 | 0.41% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,987 | 73.57% |
vte2005 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,034 | 100 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,162 | 69.57 |