Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

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Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 3.2 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	110,909
Electors	83,527
Area (km²)	1,682
Population density (people per km²)	59.56

[edit] Geography

It initially consisted of:

• the Esquimalt District Municipality and the City of Colwood;
• Electoral Area D of the Capital Regional District, the southwest part of Electoral Area B, the southwest part of Electoral Area E'
• the southwest part of Saanich District Municipality,
• the southeast part of Cowichan Valley Regional District, and
• Metchosin District Municipality.

[edit] History

The riding was created in 1988 from Esquimalt—Saanich, Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1988-1993: Dave Barrett - New Democratic Party
• 1993-present Keith Martin - Reform (1993-2000) Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004), Independent (2004), Liberal (2004-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Keith Martin, a former physician. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada. Martin was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from 2004 until the Liberals' defeat in 2006; now in opposiiton, he is the party's critic for the Canadian International Development Agency.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	20.761	34.9%		$79,040.59
	New Democratic Party	Randall Garrison	18,595	31.3%		$75,094.11
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	16,327	27.5%		$83,818.13
	Green	Mike Robinson	3,385	5.7%		$1,911.22
	Western Block	Doug Christie	272	0.5%		$97.73
	Canadian Action	David Piney	89	0.1%		$3,523.26
Total valid votes			59,429	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			112	0.2%
Turnout			59,541	68.9%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	19,389	35.29%		$76,722
	New Democratic Party	Randall Garrison	16,821	30.62%		$36,277
	Conservative	John Koury	13,271	24.16%		$61,902
	Green	Jane Sterk	5,078	9.24%		$20,392
	Independent	Jen Fisher-Bradley	229	0.41%		$5,424
	Canadian Action	Shawn W. Giles	141	0.25%
Total valid votes			54,929	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			144	0.26%
Turnout			55,073	65.93%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Keith Martin	23,982	49.73%		$55,783
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	11 536	23.92%		$42,770
	New Democratic Party	Carol E. Harris	6,468	13.41%		$17,154
	Progressive Conservative	John Vukovic	3,857	7.99%		$7,015
	Green	Casey Brennan	2,056	4.26%		$129
	Natural Law	Paul E. Tessier	324	0.67%
Total valid votes			48,223	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			157	0.32%
Turnout			48,380	61.50%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Keith Martin	20,370	43.42%		$61,464
	Liberal	John Bergbusch	12,278	26.17%		$51,318
	New Democratic Party	Chris Main	10,400	22.17%		$55,916
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Prentice	2,104	4.48%		$4,987
	Green	Robert Moore-Stewart	1,181	2.51%		$979
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	311	0.66%		$321
	Canadian Action	Dan Whetung	261	0.55%		$3,206
Total valid votes			46,905	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			150	0.32%
Turnout			47,055	64.98%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Keith Martin	16,352
	New Democrat	Dave Barrett	12,600
	Liberal	Ross McKinnon	9,970
	Progressive Conservative	Grace Holman	4,582
	National	Dan W. Whetung	2,214
	Natural Law	Don McCarthy	426
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	98
	Canada Party	Alisen Oliver	97

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Dave Barrett	22,644
	Progressive Conservative	Owen Lippert	11,162
	Liberal	William J. McElroy	5,332
	Reform	William Kronkhite	4,637
	Green	Beverley A. Holden	444
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	132
	Not affiliated	Richard Lewers	84
	Confederation of Regions	Donald L. Porter	34

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in Vancouver Island
New Democratic	Nanaimo—Cowichan | Vancouver Island North | Victoria
Conservative	Nanaimo—Alberni | Saanich—Gulf Islands
Liberal	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

Federal Ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior | Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River | Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Newton—North Delta | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | Richmond | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale | Surrey North
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | North Vancouver | Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver East | Vancouver Kingsway | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | Nanaimo—Alberni | Nanaimo—Cowichan | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Vancouver Island North | Victoria