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词条 Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)
释义

  1. Demographics

  2. Political geography

  3. Notable elections

  4. Notable MLAs

  5. Electoral history

  6. Sources

Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map. During that period the Victoria area was represented by North Victoria, South Victoria, Saanich, Esquimalt, Oak Bay and Victoria City. In 1966 the old Victoria City riding was redistributed and given the name of the old "rural" riding, Victoria.

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Political geography

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Notable elections

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Notable MLAs

  • Amor De Cosmos, 2nd Premier of British Columbia

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

{{Election FPTP begin | title=1st British Columbia election, 1871}}
|-{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Arthur Bunster
|align="right"|123
|align="right"|32.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Dalby
|align="right"|103
|align="right"|27.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Amor De Cosmos
|align="right"|151
|align="right"|40.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |377 |100.00%}}
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Victoria, November 26, 1874 1}}
|-{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Dalby
|align="right"|97
|align="right"|21.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Charles William Horth
|align="right"|25
|align="right"|5.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|James Thomas McIlmoyl
|align="right"|72
|align="right"|16.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Archibald Robertson
|align="right"|108
|align="right"|24.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Fraser Tolmie
|align="right"|141
|align="right"|31.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |443 |100.00%}}
|- bgcolor="white"
1 The byelection was due to resignations February 9, 1874 of A. Bunster and A. De Cosmos upon winning seats in the federal election January 22, 1874 (in Vancouver and Victoria federal ridings, respectively).
|}{{British Columbia provincial election, 1875/Victoria}}{{British Columbia provincial election, 1878/Victoria}}{{Election FPTP begin | title=British Columbia Byelection: Victoria July 10, 18782}}
|-{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Thomas Basil Humphreys
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votesn/a-.- %
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|- bgcolor="white"
2 The byelection was called due to Humphreys' resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) June 26, 1878. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=4th British Columbia election, 1882}}
|-{{CANelec |BC |Government |Thomas Basil Humphreys |100 |25.71% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |Robert Franklin John |110 |28.28% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Government |James Thomas McIlmoyl |66 |16.97% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |George Archibald McTavish |113 |29.05% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes389
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=5th British Columbia election, 1886}}{{CANelec |BC |Government |George William Anderson |134 |27.07% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |Thomas Basil Humphreys |113 |22.83% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Government |Robert Franklin John |166 |33.53% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |John Watts Sluggett |82 |16.57% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes495100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=6th British Columbia election, 1890}}{{CANelec |BC |Government |George William Anderson |530 |52.28% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Opposition |Joseph Westrop Carey |115 |24.89% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Government |David McEwen Eberts |176 |38.10% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes462100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}

For the 1894 election the Victoria riding was redistributed into North Victoria and South Victoria. The Victoria riding name did not reappear until the 1966 election. As before, it was a two-member seat:

{{Election FPTP begin | title=28th British Columbia election, 1966}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Harold Tuttle Alan|5,304 |11.70%||unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Dorcas Blair|5,175 |11.42%||unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Neelands Chant |13,068 |28.84% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Ernest Leon Knott|241|0.53%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|John W. Porteus
|align="right"|4,774
|align="right"|10.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Frank D. Preston
|align="right"|4,597
|align="right"|10.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Waldo McTavish Skillings |12,156 |26.83% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes45,315100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots264
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=29th British Columbia election, 1969}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Peter G. Bunn|8,517|14.70%||unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Neelands Chant |15,899 |27.43% |– |unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Mel Couvelier
|align="right"|4,497
|align="right"|7.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec|BC|NDP|James Philip Fawcett|8,006 |13.81%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Alfred Scott
|align="right"|259
|align="right"|0.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Waldo McTavish Skillings |15,443 |26.65% |– |unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Ian Hugh Stewart
|align="right"|5,334
|align="right"|9.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes57,955 100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots496
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=30th British Columbia election, 1972}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|David Alexander Anderson|10,750 |16.00%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|Edith Rose Sophia Gunning
|align="right"|7,843
|align="right"|11.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec|BC|NDP|John David Hobson|6,887 |10.25%||unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Carron Baker Jameson|7,436 |11.07%|}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison |10,840 |16.14% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Kathleen Ruff|6,981 |10.39%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|Albert Clyde Savage
|align="right"|6,218
|align="right"|9.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Waldo McTavish Skillings |10,227 |15.22% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes67,182 100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots497
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=31st British Columbia election, 1975}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|David Alexander Anderson|6,677 |9.25 %||unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Charles Frederick Barber|14,645 |20.30 %||unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Robert Samuel Bawlf |15,143 |20.99% |– |unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|William Loyd Burdon
|align="right"|2,558
|align="right"|3.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gordon William Hanson|13,970 |19.36%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Richard Owen Kavanagh
|align="right"|148
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Terence Pitt O'Grady|3,102 |4.30%|}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Ian Douglas Rendle |13,374 |18.54% |– |unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|William Alfred Scott
|align="right"|349
|align="right"|0.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|Peter Bruce Stanley
|align="right"|2,179
|align="right"|3.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes72,145100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots691
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=32nd British Columbia election, 1979}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Charles Frederick Barber|22,700 |28.26%||unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Robert Samuel Bawlf |17,002 |21.16% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|Western Independence|Michael Edward Easton|275 |0.34%||unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gordon William Hanson|20,226 |25.18%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|Jack Lindsay
|align="right"|2,195
|align="right"|2.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Conservative
|Margaret M. (Maggi) Lynn
|align="right"|2,018
|align="right"|2.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Michael Dalway Watson (Mike) Young |15,923 |19.82% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes80,339 100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots1,107
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=33rd British Columbia election, 1983}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Robin Kyle Blencoe|23,787 |28.62%||unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Joe Easingwood |15,971 |19.22% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gordon William Hanson|23,877 |28.73%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Balther Johannes Jensen
|align="right"|406
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|[Victor Evan Lindal
|align="right"|1,158
|align="right"|1.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|[[William John McElroy
|align="right"|1,271
|align="right"|1.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|David Michael Shebib
|align="right"|242
|align="right"|0.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |John McGrath Townson |15,352 |18.47% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|Western Canada Concept|Alice Mary (Alyson) Umpherson|1,048 |1.26%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes83,112100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots610
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}{{Election FPTP begin | title=34th British Columbia election, 1986}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|David C. Bibby|2,257 |2.82%||unknown}}
|-{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Robin Kyle Blencoe|21,320 |26.64%||unknown}}{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Gordon William Hanson|21,395 |26.74%||unknown}}{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Balther Johannes Jensen
|align="right"|215
|align="right"|0.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Tom W. Morino
|align="right"|2,235
|align="right"|2.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown{{CANelec |BC |Green |[Laura Kathryn Porcher |693 |0.87% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Roger W. Skillings |16,132 |20.16% |– |unknown}}{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Paul Yewchuck |15,776 |19.71% |– |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
Total valid votes80,023100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
Total rejected ballots748
|- bgcolor="white"
Turnout%
|}

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns{{DEFAULTSORT:Victoria (British Columbia Electoral District)}}

1 : Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island

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