Victoria City (electoral district)

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This article is for a federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district of the same name, see Victoria City (provincial electoral district). For other electoral districts with the name Victoria, or for electoral districts in the area of Victoria, B.C., please see Victoria (electoral districts). For the city, see Victoria, British Columbia.

Victoria City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1924. This riding was created in 1903. It was identical at the time of its creation to the provincial electoral district of the same name.

For other ridings named Victoria, or that are in the area of the city of Victoria, B.C., please see Victoria (electoral districts).

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Members of Parliament
5 Election results
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001
Electors
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

It covered the City of Victoria.

[edit] History

This electoral district was created in 1903 from Victoria riding.

It was abolished in 1924 into a new Victoria riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Riley	1,692	%
	Conservative	Edward G. Prior	1,192	%
	Socialist	James C. Watters	336	%
Total valid votes			3,220	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%

Canadian federal by-election, 1906¹
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hon. W. Templeman	1,553	%
	Conservative	J.L. Beckwith	857	%
	Independent	W.H. Marcon	308	%
Total valid votes			2,718	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%
¹ By-election: On Mr. Riley's resignation, 6-2-1906, to provide a seat for Mr. William Templeman.

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	George Henry Barnard	2,179	%
	Liberal	Hon. William Templeman	2,166	%
Total valid votes			4,345	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	George Henry Barnard	2,816	%
	Liberal	Hon. William Templeman	2,332	%
	Socialist	Gordon Brown	290	%
Total valid votes			5,438	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 1917²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	Simon Fraser Tolmie	11,365	%
	Opposition	Stuart Henderson	2,601	%
	Unknown	Albert Samule Wells	551	%
Total valid votes			14,517	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%
² 21st Premier of British Columbia, 1928-1933.

Canadian federal by-election, 1919³
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Unionist	Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie	7,219	%
	Independent	Thomas Albert Barnard	5,085	%
Total valid votes			12,304	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%
³ By-election: On Mr. Tolmie being appointed, Minister of Agriculture, February 8, 1919.

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie	7,485	%
	Liberal	William McKinnon Ivel	5,033	%
Total valid votes			12,518	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				%
Turnout				%