- Victoria-Beacon Hill
Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofBritish 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 in2001 . He represented theBritish 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
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NDPCarole James
align="right"|15,064
align="right"|57.21%
align="right"
style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalJeff Bray
align="right"|8,091
align="right"|30.73%
align="right"
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Green
John William Miller
align="right"|2,783
align="right"|10.57%
align="right"
DRBC
David McCaig
align="right"|157
align="right"|0.60%
align="right"
Independent
Benjamin McConchie
align="right"|121
align="right"|0.46%
align="right"
Independent
Ingmar Lee
align="right"|116
align="right"|0.44%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|26,332!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalJeff Bray
align="right"|9,297
align="right"|37.04%
align="right"
align="right"|$52,485
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NDPCarole James
align="right"|9,262
align="right"|36.90%
align="right"
align="right"|$44,963
Green
Walter Meyer zu Erpen
align="right"|5,453
align="right"|21.72%
align="right"
align="right"|$8,210
Marijuana
Troy Tompkins
align="right"|532
align="right"|2.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$70
Unity
Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell
align="right"|290
align="right"|1.15%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,817
Independent
Rob Botterell
align="right"|205
align="right"|0.82%
align="right"
align="right"|$911
Communist
Kirsten Goodacre
align="right"|64
align="right"|0.25%
align="right"
align="right"|$427
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|25,103!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|153!align="right"|0.53%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|25,238!align="right"|68.63%!align="right"
!align="right"
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NDPGretchen Brewin
align="right"|11,960
align="right"|52.51%
align="right"
align="right"|$39,468
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Howard Markson
align="right"|7,636
align="right"|33.52%
align="right"
align="right"|$25,991
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PDA
Richard Fahl
align="right"|1,093
align="right"|4.80%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,555
Green
Stephen DeMeulenaere
align="right"|1,008
align="right"|4.43%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,750
BC Reform
Ken Conrad
align="right"|654
align="right"|2.87%
align="right"
align="right"|$6,135
Social Credit
Lance van Dyk
align="right"|96
align="right"|0.42%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,796
Libertarian
Jill Kolbinson
align="right"|92
align="right"|0.40%
align="right"
align="right"|$130
Independent
Sequoia Nathan Maxwell
align="right"|73
align="right"|0.32%
align="right"
align="right"|$124
Natural Law
Cal Danyluk
align="right"|64
align="right"|0.28%
align="right"
align="right"|$118
Western Canada Concept
Bob Ward
align="right"|59
align="right"|0.26%
align="right"
align="right"|$227
Common Sense
Johnny Douglas
align="right"|43
align="right"|0.19%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|22,778!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|194!align="right"|0.84%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|22,972!align="right"|68.17%!align="right"
!align="right"
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NDPGretchen Brewin
align="right"|10,939
align="right"|47.95%
align="right"
align="right"|$48,796
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Karen Bill
align="right"|7,434
align="right"|32.59%
align="right"
align="right"|$4,696
Social Credit
Suzanne Hansen
align="right"|3,712
align="right"|16.27%
align="right"
align="right"|$46,834
Green
Michael Timney
align="right"|728
align="right"|3.19%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,300
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|22,813!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|629!align="right"|2.68%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|23,442!align="right"|74.06%!align="right"
!align="right"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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