Saanich (electoral district)

Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the area of Victoria, British Columbia please see Victoria (electoral districts).

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David McEwen Eberts	216	45.38%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry Ernest Tanner	260	54.62%		unknown
Total valid votes			476	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David McEwen Eberts	275	51.69%		unknown
	Liberal	John Piercy	257	48.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			532	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Thomas Brydon	303	42.38%		unknown
	Conservative	David McEwen Eberts	412	57.62%		unknown
Total valid votes			715	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David McEwen Eberts	392	69.01%		unknown
	Liberal	William Noble	176	30.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			568	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David McEwen Eberts	732	41.47%		unknown
	Liberal	Frederick Arthur Pauline	1,033	58.53%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,765	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frederick Arthur Pauline	1,858	39.78%
	Conservative	Marshall Pollock Gordon	1,756	37.59%
	Soldier–Labour	Malcolm Alexander Orford	1,057	22.63%
Total valid votes			4,671	100.00%

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas George Coventry	1,433	47.43%		unknown
	Provincial	James Munroe Miller	676	22.38%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Frederick Arthur Pauline	912	30.19%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,021	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	2,379	56.44%		unknown
	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	1,836	43.56%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,215	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			72
			%

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	William Crouch	508	8.88%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Edouard Peirce	1,216	21.27%		unknown
	Unionist	Simon Fraser Tolmie	1,823	31.88%
	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	2,171	37.97%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,718	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			47
			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit League	Andrew Henry Jukes	271	4.65%
	Conservative	Leslie Follett Osborne	1,659	28.47%
	Social Constructive	William Edouard Peirce	224	3.84%
	Independent	Frank Bertram Shearme	37	0.63%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas Guy Sheppard	1,531	26.27%
	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	2,106	36.14%
Total valid votes			5,828	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			88

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh	2,939	35.24%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Martin Anton Neilson	2,385	28.59%		unknown
	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	3,017	36.17%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,341	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			158
			%

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Loudon Hope McQueen ¹	275	2.94%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Martin Anton Neilson	3,431	36.66%		unknown
	Labour Progressive	William Broadhurst White	239	2.55%		unknown
	Coalition	Norman William Whittaker	5,414	57.85%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			9,359	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			138
			%
¹ McQueen was listed as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the Statement of Votes and List of Candidates, but he is more properly classified as an Independent PC since the Progressive Conservative Party, formerly the Conservative Party, was officially running as part of the Coalition and did not consider MacQueen as a legitimate party candidate. (cited from Elections BC, Note 4)

22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Coalition	Arthur James Richard Ash	9,998	66.14%	–	unknown
	Union of Electors	Andrew Henry Jukes	473	3.13%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Martin Anton Neilson	4,646	30.73%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,117	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			407
			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur James Richard Ash	4,964	28.89%	7,599	49.13		unknown
	BC Social Credit League	Andrew Henry Jukes	2,947	17.15%	-	- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil James Hamilton Holms	3,407	19.83%	-	- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frank Snowsell	5,863	34.12%	7,867	50.87%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,181	100.00%	15,466
Total rejected ballots			657
			%
² Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ³
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur James Richard Ash	4,256	25.09%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Nora Grace Lindsay	990	5.84%	-	- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frank Snowsell	5,037	29.69	6,466	42.15%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	6,681	39.38%	8,876	57.85%
Total valid votes			16,964	100.00%	15,342
Total rejected ballots			605
			%
³ Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Larratt Henderson		unknown
	Liberal	Hugh Dyer Ramsay	3,344	20.17%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Frank Snowsell	5,439	32.80		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	6,542	39.45%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			16,582	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			181
			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Frank W. Grieve	4,451	19.37%		unknown
	Communist	Ernest Leon Knott	73	0.32%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Thomas Patrick Holman	6,512	28.33%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	10,165	44.23%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Ernest Virgin	1,782	7.75		unknown
Total valid votes			22,983	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			313
			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Socialist	John George Jenkins	75	0.35%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lee	3,180	14.63%		unknown
	Liberal	Ian Hugh Stewart	3,049	14.03%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	10,657	49.02%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	John Windsor	4,778	21.98%		unknown
Total valid votes			21,739	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			158
			%

The Saanich riding was combined with parts of Nanaimo and the Islands to form Saanich and the Islands for the 1966 election.