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 the Canadian 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 and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Keith Martin, a former physician. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Liberal 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 the Canadian 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]