Saanich North and the Islands

Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands.

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Murray Coell, a former mayor of Saanich. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Coell was appointed Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services on January 26, 2004. After re-election in 2005, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Minister responsible for Research and Technology.

Election results

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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Murray Robert Coell
align="right"|13,265
align="right"|44.01%
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NDP
Christine Hunt
align="right"|11,265
align="right"|37.37%
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Green
Ken Rouleau
align="right"|4,557
align="right"|15.12%
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DRBC
Ian Douglas Bruce
align="right"|1,056
align="right"|3.50%
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BC Liberal
Murray Robert Coell
align="right"|15,406
align="right"|54.29%
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Green
Andrew Lewis
align="right"|7,211
align="right"|25.41%
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NDP
Paul Sam
align="right"|5,011
align="right"|17.66%
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Marijuana
Christina Racki
align="right"|491
align="right"|1.73%
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Independent
Balther Johannes Jensen
align="right"|257
align="right"|0.91%
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Murray Robert Coell
align="right"|13,374
align="right"|47.57%
align="right"
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NDP
Lynda Laushway
align="right"|10,546
align="right"|37.51%
align="right"
BC Reform
Ross Imrie
align="right"|1,627
align="right"|5.79%
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PDA
Gary Lundy
align="right"|1,533
align="right"|5.45%
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Green
Wally du Temple
align="right"|898
align="right"|3.19%
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Natural Law
Paul Tessier
align="right"|72
align="right"|0.26%
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Western Canada Concept
Zino Del Monte
align="right"|63
align="right"|0.22%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|28,113!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|120!align="right"|0.43%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|28,233!align="right"|77.89%!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Clive Tanner
align="right"|13,633
align="right"|52.53%
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NDP
Elsie McMurphy
align="right"|8,745
align="right"|33.70%
align="right"
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Social Credit
Richard Holmes
align="right"|2,917
align="right"|11.24%
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BC Reform
Don Hutchings
align="right"|557
align="right"|2.15%
align="right"
Family Coalition
Thomas Aussenegg
align="right"|99
align="right"|0.38%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|25,951!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|307!align="right"|1.17%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|26,258!align="right"|82.31%!align="right"
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External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_53.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/san.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_san.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-80.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/map/edmap1999/san.html Riding Map]