Victoria-Beacon Hill

Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Geography

The riding comprises most of the City of Victoria, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west; by the Municipality of Oak Bay to the east, by Cook Street to the northwest, and by Haultain Street, Bay Street, and Pandora Avenue to the north.

History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created for the 1991 general election after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its former MLA is Jeff Bray. He was first elected in 2001. He represented the British Columbia Liberal Party.

The Current MLA is Carole James. She narrowly lost to Bray by 35 votes in 2001, but came back with an almost 2-1 margin of victory, as the BC NDP leader, in 2005.

Election results

External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_74.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/vtb.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_vtb.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-99.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]

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