- Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia
caption = Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59008
fed-created = 1987
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Keith Martin
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 120669
demo-electors = 87456
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 1862
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt, Colwood, Sooke, View Royal, Metchosin, Capital H (Part 1)Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a federal electoral district in the province of
British Columbia ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1988.Demographics
Geography
It initially consisted of:
* the Esquimalt District Municipality and the City of Colwood;
* Electoral Area D of the Capital Regional District, the southwest part of Electoral Area B, the southwest part of Electoral Area E'
* the southwest part of Saanich District Municipality,
* the southeast part of Cowichan Valley Regional District, and
* Metchosin District Municipality.History
The riding was created in 1988 from
Esquimalt—Saanich ,Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands andSaanich—Gulf Islands ridings.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Current Member of Parliament
Its
Member of Parliament isKeith Martin , a former physician. He was first elected in 1993. He represents theLiberal Party of Canada . Martin was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from 2004 until the Liberals' defeat in 2006; now in oppositon, he is the party's critic for theCanadian International Development Agency .Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=895 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59005 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
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