Oak Bay-Gordon Head

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Oak Bay-Gordon Head is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 4 Member of Legislative Assembly 5 Election results 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	47,814
Population Change, 1996-2001	0.2%
Area (km²)	30
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1,598

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Ida Chong, a former municipal councillor for the District of Saanich. She was first elected in 1996 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Ms. Chong was appointed Minister of Advanced Education on December 15, 2004. She has previously served as Minister of State for Women's and Seniors' Services. After re-election in 2005, she was appointed Minister of Community Services, and Minister Responsible for Women's and Senior's Services.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Initial Count: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Ida Chong	12,911	47.80%
	NDP	Charley Beresford	11,430	42.31%
	Green	Stephen Hender	2,232	8.26%
	DRBC	Lyne England	268	0.99%
	Independent	Lindsay Budge	171	0.63%
Total			27,012	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Ida Chong	14,588	57.31%		$40,994
	NDP	Charley Beresford	5,789	22.74%		$30,917
	Green	Christin Geall	4,666	18.33%		$4,291
	Marijuana	Michael "Mik" Mann	411	1.62%		$583
Total Valid Votes			25,454	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			93	0.37%
Turnout			25,547	75.54%

B.C. General Election 1996: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Ida Chong	12,340	46.59%		$52,261
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	11,700	44.17%		$45,690
	PDA	Gordon Henderson	937	3.54%		$305
	BC Reform	Paul Yewchuk	675	2.55%		$11,324
	Green	Lenora Burke	566	2.14%		$1,903
	Family Coalition	Alan Idler	56	0.21%		$225
	Social Credit	John van Dyk	48	0.18%		$3,796
	Independent	John Ernest Currie	48	0.18%		$244
	Natural Law	Gary Zak	47	0.18%		$165
	Independent	Casey Edge	35	0.13%		$604
	No Affiliation	Nicholas Varzeliotis	35	0.13%		$1,645
Total Valid Votes			26,487	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			123	0.46%
Turnout			26,610	79.49%

B.C. General Election 1991: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	10,522	39.61%		$42,729
	BC Liberal	Paul McKivett	9,685	36.46%		$11,068
	Social Credit	Susan Brice	5,556	20.91%		$43,573
	BC Reform	Terry Milne	604	2.27%		$7,043
	Family Coalition	Kathleen Toth	157	0.59%		$539
	Human Race	John Currie	42	0.16%		$8
Total Valid Votes			26,566	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			422	1.56%
Turnout			26,988	83.16%

Oak Bay-Gordon Head Byelection, Dec. 13 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	10,807	45.26%
	BC Liberal	Paul McKivett	10,430	9.11%
	Social Credit	Susan Brice	10,430	43.68%
	Green	Garth Lenz	328	1.37%
	Human Race Party	Louis Lesosky	20	0.08%
	Independent	Roland Isaacs	117	0.49%
Total Valid Votes			23,876	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			242	1.56%
Eligible Voters			32,351
Turnout				73.80%

B.C. General Election 1986: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Brian Ray Douglas Smith	14,008	52.50%
	NDP	Muriel Agnes Overgaard	9,580	35.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Irvin Kimball Burbank	1,678	6.29%
	BC Liberal	Matthew Julian	635	2.38%
	WCC	Tom Pappajohn	515	1.93%
	Independent	Ernest A. LeCours	201	0.75%
	Independent	Russel Ellsworth Downe	63	0.24%
Total Valid Votes			26,680	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			237
Turnout			26,988	83.16%

B.C. General Election 1979: Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Brian Ray Douglas Smith	12,730	49.43%
	NDP	Muriel Agnes Overgaard	6,741	26.17%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Albert Stephens	6,284	24.40%
Total Valid Votes			24,755	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			497
Turnout

[edit] External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 83.16(pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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