Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding. Its successor riding today is Esquimalt-Metchosin.
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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
1st British Columbia general election, 1871 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | Charles Berry Brown | 5 | 2.75% | unknown | ||
Independent | David Cameron | 31 | 17.03% | unknown | ||
Independent | Henry S. Caulier | 9 | 4.95% | unknown | ||
Independent | Henry Cogan | 34 | 18.68% | unknown | ||
Independent | William Fisher | 29 | 15.93% | unknown | ||
Independent | Alexander Rocke Robertson | 74 | 40.66% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 182 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
British Columbia byelection: Esquimalt, November 27, 1871 1 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | Alexander Rocke Robinson | Acclaimed | -.- % | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % | |||||
1 The byelection was called due to the resignation of A.R. Robertson upon appointment to Executive Council 14 November 1871. 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. |
2nd British Columbia general election, 1875 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | William Fisher | 58 | 32.58% | unknown | ||
Government | Ninian Frederick Foster | 25 | 14.05% | unknown | ||
Government | Robert Weir | 43 | 24.16% | unknown | ||
Reform caucus | Frederick W. Williams | 52 | 29.21% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 178 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
3rd British Columbia general election, 1878 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | William Fisher | 45 | 15.41% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Hans Lars Helgesen | 70 | 37.43% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Frederick W. Williams | 78 | 41.00% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 187 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
4th British Columbia general election, 1882 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Opposition | Francis Thomas Child | 61 | 21.71% | unknown | ||
Government | Hans Lars Helgesen | 77 | 27.40% | unknown | ||
Government | John Roland Hett2 | 71 | 25.27% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Charles Edward Pooley2 | 72 | 25.62% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 281 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % | |||||
2 The official returns gave Hett 74 votes and Pooley 73, but a B.C. Supreme Court decision altered the results and declared Pooley elected. |
5th British Columbia general election, 1886 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Opposition | Hans Lars Helgesen | 70 | 16.87% | unknown | ||
Opposition | John Roland Hett | 72 | 17.35% | unknown | ||
Government | David Williams Higgins | 123 | 29.64% | unknown | ||
Government | Charles Edward Pooley | 150 | 36.14% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 415 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
6th British Columbia general election, 1890 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Opposition | Hans Lars Helgesen | 89 | 22.20% | unknown | ||
Government | David Williams Higgins | 155 | 38.65% | unknown | ||
Government | Charles Edward Pooley | 157 | 39.15% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 401 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
7th British Columbia general election, 1894 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | David Williams Higgins | Accl. | --% | unknown | ||
Government | Charles Edward Pooley | Accl. | --% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | -- | --% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
8th British Columbia general election, 1898 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | William Fitzherbert T. Bullen3 | 208 | 23.94% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Deenis Reginald Harris | 53 | 6.10% | unknown | ||
Opposition | William Henry Hayward | 189 | 21.75% | unknown | ||
Government | David Williams Higgins3 | 206 | 23.70% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Charles Edward Pooley | 213 | 24.51% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 869 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % | |||||
3 Results taken from the Victoria Colonist 12 July 1898. Although Bullen received more votes than Higgins, the B.C. Supreme Court controverted his election and declared Higgins elected instead. |
9th British Columbia election, 1900 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Government | George Bizantson | 50 | 6.77% | unknown | ||
Government | Donald Fraser | 75 | 10.16% | unknown | ||
Independent Opposition | William Henry Hayward | 272 | 36.86% | unknown | ||
Independent Opposition | David Williams Higgins | 111 | 15.04% | unknown | ||
Opposition | Charles Edward Pooley | 230 | 31.17% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 738 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
10th British Columbia general election, 1903 4 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | John Jardine | 212 | 47.01% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Charles Edward Pooley | 239 | 52.99% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 451 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
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4Seat was reduced from two members to one. |
11th British Columbia general election, 1907 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | John Jardine | 297 | 58.58% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Charles Edward Pooley | 210 | 41.42% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 507 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
12th British Columbia general election, 1909 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 362 | 45.36% | unknown | ||
Liberal | John Jardine | 436 | 54.64% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 798 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
13th British Columbia general election, 1912 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent Conservative | Henry Dallas Helmcken | 186 | 21.73% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Bruce Jackson | 151 | 17.64% | unknown | ||
Independent Conservative | John Jardine | 96 | 11.21% | unknown | ||
Socialist | George Oliver | 25 | 2.92% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Robert Henry Pooley | 398 | 46.50% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 856 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
14th British Columbia general election, 1916 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Arthur William McCurdy | 653 | 49.92% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Robert Henry Pooley | 655 | 50.08% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 1,308 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout |
15th British Columbia general election, 1920 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Socialist Labour | Burges James Gadsden | 479 | 20.63% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Henry Charles Helgesen | 685 | 29.50% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Robert Henry Pooley | 1,158 | 49.87% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 2,322 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
16th British Columbia general election, 1924 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Frank Robert Carlow | 625 | 22.64% | unknown | ||
Independent Conservative | Alexander Lockley | 341 | 12.35% | unknown | ||
Provincial Party | Robert Pope Matheson | 515 | 18.65% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Robert Henry Pooley | 1,280 | 46.36% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 2,761 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
16th British Columbia general election, 1924 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent Liberal 5 | Frank Robert Carlow | 25 | 0.86% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Robert Henry Pooley | 1,806 | 62.10% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Mary Ellen Smith 6 | 1,077 | 18.65% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 2,908 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 92 | |||||
Turnout | % | |||||
5 Independent in Summary of Votes. | ||||||
6Mary Ellen Smith was the first female candidate to the BC Legislature. |
18th British Columbia general election, 1933 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Arthur Norman Brown | 525 | 13.98% | unknown | ||
Non-Partisan Independent Group | James Elrick | 358 | 9.53% | unknown | ||
Unionist | Robert Henry Pooley | 1,466 | 39.03% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Charles Eustatius Whitney-Griffiths | 1,407 | 37.46% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 3,756 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 104 | |||||
Turnout | % |
19th British Columbia general election, 1937 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | John William Archer | 67 | 1.70% | unknown | ||
Social Credit League | Arabella Cicily Boydell | 57 | 1.44% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Elmer Victor Finland | 1,462 | 41.60% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Donaldson Smith | 765 | 19.38% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Charles Eustatius Whitney-Griffiths | 1,416 | 35.88% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 3,947 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | |||||
Turnout | % |
20th British Columbia general election, 1941 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Charles Taschereau Beard | 1,348 | 35.06% | unknown | ||
Conservative | Elmer Victor Finland | 1,554 | 40.42% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Henry George Webber | 943 | 24.53% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 3,845 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 134 | |||||
Turnout | % |
21st British Columbia general election, 1945 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Coalition | Charles Taschereau Beard | 2,568 | 56.35% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | George Henry Webber | 1,989 | 43.65% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 4,557 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 114 | |||||
Turnout | % |
22nd British Columbia general election, 1949 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Coalition | Charles Taschereau Beard | 4,219 | 51.26% | unknown | ||
Independent | George Edward Bonner | 1,554 | 40.42% | unknown | ||
Independent Conservative | Elmer Victor Finland | 943 | 24.53% | unknown | ||
Union of Electors | Ellen Hart | 92 | 1.12% | unknown | ||
Independent Conservative | Henry George Webber | 2,488 | 30.23% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 8,231 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 173 | |||||
Turnout | % |
23rd British Columbia election, 19527 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | ||
Social Credit League | William Neelands Chant | 1,606 | 17.73% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Indnes Edgelow | 2,294 | 25.33% | 3,597 | 43.14% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Hamilton Fort | 1,550 | 17.11% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Franklin John Trehern Mitchell | 3,607 | 39.83% | 4,741 | 56.86% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 9,057 | % | 8,338 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 366 | |||||||
Turnout | % | |||||||
7 Final count is between top two candidates from previous count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown |
24th British Columbia election, 1953 8 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | ||
Social Credit League | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 3,264 | 36.96% | 4,147 | 51.87% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Geofrey Innes Edgelow | 1,998 | 22.62% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Norman L. Goodwin | 480 | 5.44 | - | - % | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Franklin John Trehern Mitchell | 3,089 | 34.98% | 3,848 | 48.13% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 8,831 | 100.00% | 7,995 | % | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 445 | |||||||
Total Registered Voters | ||||||||
Turnout | % | |||||||
8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown |
25th British Columbia general election, 1956 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 3,530 | 43.70 | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | George Brock Chisholm | 821 | 10.16% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Elvan Walters | 2,013 | 24.92% | unknown | ||
Liberal | George Wilfrid Whittaker | 1,714 | 21.22% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 8,078 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 110 | |||||
Turnout | % |
26th British Columbia general election, 1960 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 4,429 | 40.38% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | James Bryant | 991 | 9.04% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Geoffrey Harris Mitchell | 3.383 | 30.84% | unknown | ||
Liberal | George Wilfrid Whittaker | 2,165 | 19.74% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 10,968 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
Turnout | % |
28th British Columbia general election, 1966 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | John E. Bartanus | 3,445 | 30.25% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 6,075 | 53.35% | unknown | ||
Liberal | David Alexander Elrix | 1,867 | 16.40% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 11,387 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 285 | |||||
Turnout | % |
29th British Columbia general election, 1969 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 8,532 | 52.60% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | James Henry Gorst | 5,718 | 35.25% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Frederick Henry Phillips | 1,971 | 12.15% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 16,221 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 415 | |||||
Turnout | % |
30th British Columbia general election, 1972 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Herbert Joseph Bruch | 5,320 | 27.46% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | James Henry Gorst | 6,568 | 33.90% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Henry Donovan Joy | 3,884 | 20.05% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Sedgwick Williams | 3,601 | 18.59% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 19,373 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 453 | |||||
Turnout | % |
31st British Columbia general election, 1975 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | John Strong Craggs | 132 | 0.54% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Thelma Dawson | 2,033 | 8.37% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Lyle Benjamin James Kahl | 10,637 | 43.78% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Franklin John Trehern Mitchell | 10,516 | 43.28% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Leonard J. Stephenson | 977 | 4.02% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 24,295 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 417 | |||||
Turnout | % |
After the 32nd general election in 1979, the riding of Esquimalt was incorporated into the new riding of Esquimalt-Port Renfrew.