Victoria (British Columbia Electoral District) - Electoral History

Electoral History

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia election, 1871
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent Arthur Bunster 123 32.63% unknown
Independent William Dalby 103 27.32% unknown
Independent Amor De Cosmos 151 40.05% unknown
Total valid votes 377 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria, November 26, 1874 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent William Dalby 97 21.90% unknown
Independent Charles William Horth 25 5.64% unknown
Independent James Thomas McIlmoyl 72 16.25% unknown
Independent William Archibald Robertson 108 24.38% unknown
Independent William Fraser Tolmie 141 31.83% unknown
Total valid votes 443 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1
2nd British Columbia election, 1875
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent Michael Baker 12 4.53% unknown
Reform caucus Thomas Basil Humphreys 89 33.58% unknown
Independent William Reay 51 19.25% unknown
Independent Noah Shakespeare 48 18.11% unknown
Reform caucus William Fraser Tolmie 65 24.53% unknown
Total valid votes 265 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
3rd British Columbia election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Opposition Thomas Basil Humphreys 99 32.04% unknown
Independent Thomas Lee 46 14.89% unknown
Opposition James Thomas McIlmoyl 102 20.06% unknown
Reform caucus William Fraser Tolmie 62 20.06% unknown
Total valid votes 309 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia Byelection: Victoria July 10, 18782
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent Thomas Basil Humphreys Acclaimed -.- % unknown
Total valid votes n/a -.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
2
4th British Columbia election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government Thomas Basil Humphreys 100 25.71% unknown
Opposition Robert Franklin John 110 28.28% unknown
Government James Thomas McIlmoyl 66 16.97% unknown
Opposition George Archibald McTavish 113 29.05% unknown
Total valid votes 389 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
5th British Columbia election, 1886
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government George William Anderson 134 27.07% unknown
Opposition Thomas Basil Humphreys 113 22.83% unknown
Government Robert Franklin John 166 33.53% unknown
Opposition John Watts Sluggett 82 16.57% unknown
Total valid votes 495 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6th British Columbia election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government George William Anderson 530 52.28% unknown
Opposition Joseph Westrop Carey 115 24.89% unknown
Government David McEwen Eberts 176 38.10% unknown
Total valid votes 462 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
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:

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democrat Harold Tuttle Alan 5,304 11.70% unknown
New Democrat Dorcas Blair 5,175 11.42% unknown
Social Credit William Neelands Chant 13,068 28.84% unknown
Communist Ernest Leon Knott 241 0.53% unknown
Liberal John W. Porteus 4,774 10.54% unknown
Liberal Frank D. Preston 4,597 10.14% unknown
Social Credit Waldo McTavish Skillings 12,156 26.83% unknown
Total valid votes 45,315 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 264
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democrat Peter G. Bunn 8,517 14.70% unknown
Social Credit William Neelands Chant 15,899 27.43% unknown
Liberal Melville Bertram Couvelier 4,497 7.76% unknown
New Democrat James Philip Fawcett 8,006 13.81% unknown
Independent William Alfred Scott 259 0.45% unknown
Social Credit Waldo McTavish Skillings 15,443 26.65% unknown
Liberal Ian Hugh Stewart 5,334 9.20% unknown
Total valid votes 57,955 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 496
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David Alexander Anderson 10,750 16.00% unknown
Conservative Edith Rose Sophia Gunning 7,843 11.67% unknown
New Democrat John David Hobson 6,887 10.25% unknown
Liberal Carron Baker Jameson 7,436 11.07%
Social Credit Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison 10,840 16.14% unknown
New Democrat Kathleen Ruff 6,981 10.39% unknown
Conservative Albert Clyde Savage 6,218 9.26% unknown
Social Credit Waldo McTavish Skillings 10,227 15.22% unknown
Total valid votes 67,182 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 497
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David Alexander Anderson 6,677 9.25 % unknown
New Democrat Charles Frederick Barber 14,645 20.30 % unknown
Social Credit Robert Samuel Bawlf 15,143 20.99% unknown
Conservative William Loyd Burdon 2,558 3.55% unknown
New Democrat Gordon William Hanson 13,970 19.36% unknown
Independent Richard Owen Kavanagh 148 0.21% unknown
Liberal Terence Pitt O'Grady 3,102 4.30%
Social Credit Ian Douglas Rendle 13,374 18.54% unknown
Independent William Alfred Scott 349 0.48% unknown
Conservative Peter Bruce Stanley 2,179 3.02% unknown
Total valid votes 72,145 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 691
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democrat Charles Frederick Barber 22,700 28.26% unknown
Social Credit Robert Samuel Bawlf 17,002 21.16% unknown
Western Independence Party Michael Edward Easton 275 0.34% unknown
New Democrat Gordon William Hanson 20,226 25.18% unknown
Conservative Jack Lindsay 2,195 2.73% unknown
Conservative Margaret M. (Maggi) Lynn 2,018 2.51% unknown
Social Credit Michael Dalway Watson (Mike) Young 15,923 19.82% unknown
Total valid votes 80,339 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,107
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democrat Robin Kyle Blencoe 23,787 28.62% unknown
Social Credit Joe Easingwood 15,971 19.22% unknown
New Democrat Gordon William Hanson 23,877 28.73% unknown
Independent Balther Johannes Jensen 406 0.49% unknown
Liberal [Victor Evan Lindal 1,158 1.39% unknown
Liberal [William John McElroy 1,271 1.53% unknown
Independent David Michael Shebib 242 0.29% unknown
Social Credit John McGrath Townson 15,352 18.47% unknown
Western Canada Concept Alice Mary (Alyson) Umpherson 1,048 1.26% unknown
Total valid votes 83,112 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 610
Turnout %
34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David C. Bibby 2,257 2.82% unknown
New Democrat Robin Kyle Blencoe 21,320 26.64% unknown
New Democrat Gordon William Hanson 21,395 26.74% unknown
Independent Balther Johannes Jensen 215 0.27% unknown
Liberal Tom W. Morino 2,235 2.79% unknown
Green [Laura Kathryn Porcher 693 0.87% – unknown
Social Credit Roger W. Skillings 16,132 20.16% unknown
Social Credit Paul Yewchuck 15,776 19.71% unknown
Total valid votes 80,023 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 748
Turnout %

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