Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map. During that period the Victoria area was represented by North Victoria, South Victoria, Saanich, Esquimalt, Oak Bay and Victoria City. In 1966 the old Victoria City riding was redistributed and given the name of the old "rural" riding, Victoria.

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

*Amor De Cosmos, 2nd Premier of British Columbia

Electoral history

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
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Independent
Arthur Bunster
align="right"|123
align="right"|32.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Dalby
align="right"|103
align="right"|27.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Amor De Cosmos
align="right"|151
align="right"|40.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|377 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Independent
William Dalby
align="right"|97
align="right"|21.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Charles William Horth
align="right"|25
align="right"|5.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
James Thomas McIlmoyl
align="right"|72
align="right"|16.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Archibald Robertson
align="right"|108
align="right"|24.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Fraser Tolmie
align="right"|141
align="right"|31.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|443!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 The byelection was due to resignations February 9 1874 of A. Bunster and A. De Cosmos upon winning seats in the federal election January 22 1874 (in Vancouver and Victoria federal ridings, respectively).

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Independent
Michael Baker
align="right"|12
align="right"|4.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Reform caucus
Thomas Basil Humphreys
align="right"|89
align="right"|33.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Reay
align="right"|51
align="right"|19.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Noah Shakespeare
align="right"|48
align="right"|18.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Reform caucus
William Fraser Tolmie
align="right"|65
align="right"|24.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|265!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Opposition
Thomas Basil Humphreys
align="right"|99
align="right"|32.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Thomas Lee
align="right"|46
align="right"|14.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
James Thomas McIlymoyl
align="right"|102
align="right"|20.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Reform caucus
William Fraser Tolmie
align="right"|62
align="right"|20.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|309!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Independent
Thomas Basil Humphreys
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 The byelection was called due to Humphreys' resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) June 26 1878. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.

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Government
Thomas Basil Humphreys
align="right"|100
align="right"|25.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Roberty Franklin John
align="right"|110
align="right"|28.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
James Thomas McIlymoyl
align="right"|66
align="right"|16.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
George Archibald McTavish
align="right"|113
align="right"|29.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|389 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Government
George William Anderson
align="right"|134
align="right"|27.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Thomas Basil Humphreys
align="right"|113
align="right"|22.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Robert Franklin John
align="right"|166
align="right"|33.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
John Watts Sluggett
align="right"|82
align="right"|16.57%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|495 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Government
George William Anderson
align="right"|530
align="right"|52.28%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Joseph Westrop Carey
align="right"|115
align="right"|24.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|176
align="right"|38.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|462 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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For the 1894 election the Victoria riding was redistributed into North Victoria and South Victoria. The Victoria riding name did not reappear until the 1966 election. As before, it was a two-member seat:

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New Democrat
Harold Tuttle Alan
align="right"|5,304
align="right"|11.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Blair Dorcas
align="right"|5,175
align="right"|11.42%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Neelands Chant
align="right"|13,068
align="right"|28.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Ernest Leon Knott
align="right"|241
align="right"|0.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John W. Porteus
align="right"|4,774
align="right"|10.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frank D. Preston
align="right"|4,597
align="right"|10.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Waldo McTavish Skillings
align="right"|12,156
align="right"|26.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|45,315!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|264!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
Peter G. Bunn
align="right"|8,517
align="right"|14.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Neelands Chant
align="right"|15,899
align="right"|27.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Melvin Bertram Couvelier
align="right"|4,497
align="right"|7.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
James Philip Fawcett
align="right"|8,006
align="right"|13.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Alfred Scott
align="right"|259
align="right"|0.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Waldo McTavish Skillings
align="right"|15,443
align="right"|26.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Ian Hugh Stewart
align="right"|5,334
align="right"|9.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|57,955 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|496!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
David Alexander Anderson
align="right"|10,750
align="right"|16.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Edith Rose Sophia Gunning
align="right"|7,843
align="right"|11.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John David Hobson
align="right"|6,887
align="right"|10.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknownCanadian_politics/part
Liberal
Carron Baker Jameson
align="right"|7,436
align="right"|11.07%
align="right"
Social Credit
Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison
align="right"|10,840
align="right"|16.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Kathleen Ruff
align="right"|6,981
align="right"|10.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Albert Clyde Savage
align="right"|6,218
align="right"|9.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Waldo McTavish Skillings
align="right"|10,227
align="right"|15.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|67,182 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|497!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
David Alexander Anderson
align="right"|6,677
align="right"|9.25 %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Charles Frederick Barber
align="right"|6,677
align="right"|9.25 %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Robert Samuel Bawlf
align="right"|15,143
align="right"|20.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
William Loyd Burdon
align="right"|2,558
align="right"|3.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gordon William Hanson
align="right"|13,970
align="right"|19.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Richard Owen Kavanagh
align="right"|148
align="right"|0.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Terence Pitt O'Grady
align="right"|3,102
align="right"|4.30%
align="right"
Social Credit
Ian Douglas Rendle
align="right"|13,374
align="right"|18.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Alfred Scott
align="right"|349
align="right"|0.48%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Peter Bruce Stanley
align="right"|2,179
align="right"|3.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|72,145 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|691!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
Charles Frederick Barber
align="right"|22,700
align="right"|28.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Robert Samuel Bawlf
align="right"|17,002
align="right"|21.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Western Independence Party
Michael Edward Easton
align="right"|275
align="right"|0.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gordon William Hanson
align="right"|20,226
align="right"|25.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Jack Lindsay
align="right"|2,195
align="right"|2.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Margaret M. (Maggi) Lynn
align="right"|2,018
align="right"|2.51%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Michael Dalway Watson (Mike) Young
align="right"|15,923
align="right"|19.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|80,339 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|1,107!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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New Democrat
Robin Kyle Blencoe
align="right"|23,787
align="right"|28.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Joe Easingwood
align="right"|15,971
align="right"|19.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gordon William Hanson
align="right"|23,877
align="right"|28.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Balther Johannes Jensen
align="right"|406
align="right"|0.49%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
[Victor Evan Lindal
align="right"|1,158
align="right"|1.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
[William John McElroy
align="right"|1,271
align="right"|1.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
David Michael Shebib
align="right"|242
align="right"|0.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John McGrath Townson
align="right"|15,352
align="right"|18.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Western Canada Concept
Alice Mary (Alyson) Umpherson
align="right"|1,048
align="right"|1.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|83,112 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|610!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
David C. Bibby
align="right"|2,257
align="right"|2.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
-Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row
New Democrat
Robin Kyle Blencoe
align="right"|21,320
align="right"|26.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gordon William Hanson
align="right"|21,395
align="right"|26.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Balther Johannes Jensen
align="right"|215
align="right"|0.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Tom W. Morino
align="right"|2,235
align="right"|2.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green
[Laura Kathryn Porcher
align="right"|693
align="right"|0.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Roger W. Skillings
align="right"|16,132
align="right"|20.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Paul Yewchuck
align="right"|15,776
align="right"|19.71%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|80,023 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|748!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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