Victoria-Beacon Hill

Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Demographics

Population 49,427
Population Change, 1996-2001 -0.1%
Area (km²) 12.39
Pop. Density 3,989

Geography

The riding comprises most of the City of Victoria, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west; by the Municipality of Oak Bay to the east, by Bay Street and Haultain Street to the north.

History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created for the British Columbia general election, 1991 after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its former MLA is Jeff Bray. He was first elected in 2001. He represented the British Columbia Liberal Party.

The current MLA is Carole James. She narrowly lost to Bray by 35 votes in 2001, but came back with an almost 2-1 margin of victory, as the BC NDP leader, in 2005. She was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democrat Carole James 13,400 55.37 -1.84
     BC Liberal Dallas Henault 6,375 26.34 -4.39
     Green Adam Saab 4,106 16.97 +6.40
     Independent Saul Andersen 319 1.32 +1.32
Total valid votes 24,200
B.C. General Election 2005 Initial Count: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP Carole James 15,064 57.21% +20.31
     BC Liberal Jeff Bray 8,091 30.73% -6.31
     Green John William Miller 2,783 10.57% -11.15
     DRBC David McCaig 157 0.60% +0.60
     Independent Benjamin McConchie 121 0.46% +0.46
     Independent Ingmar Lee 116 0.44% +0.44
Total 26,332 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Jeff Bray 9,297 37.04% $52,485
     NDP Carole James 9,262 36.90% $44,963
     Green Walter Meyer zu Erpen 5,453 21.72% $8,210
     Marijuana Troy Tompkins 532 2.12% $70
     Unity Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell 290 1.15% $3,817
     Independent Rob Botterell 205 0.82% $911
     Communist Kirsten Goodacre 64 0.25% $427
Total Valid Votes 25,103 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 153 0.53%
Turnout 25,238 68.63%
B.C. General Election 1996: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Gretchen Brewin 11,960 52.51% $39,468
     BC Liberal Howard Markson 7,636 33.52% $25,991
     PDA Richard Fahl 1,093 4.80% $1,555
     Green Stephen DeMeulenaere 1,008 4.43% $1,750
     BC Reform Ken Conrad 654 2.87% $6,135
     Social Credit Lance van Dyk 96 0.42% $3,796
     Libertarian Jill Kolbinson 92 0.40% $130
     Independent Sequoia Nathan Maxwell 73 0.32% $124
     Natural Law Cal Danyluk 64 0.28% $118
     Western Canada Concept Bob Ward 59 0.26% $227
     Common Sense Johnny Douglas 43 0.19% $100
Total Valid Votes 22,778 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 194 0.84%
Turnout 22,972 68.17%
B.C. General Election 1991: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Gretchen Brewin 10,939 47.95% $48,796
     BC Liberal Karen Bill 7,434 32.59% $4,696
     Social Credit Suzanne Hansen 3,712 16.27% $46,834
     Green Michael Timney 728 3.19% $1,300
Total Valid Votes 22,813 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 629 2.68%
Turnout 23,442 74.06%

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