Saanich South

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

Lana Popham
New Democratic

District created

1990

First contested

1991

Demographics

Census subdivisions

Saanich

Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election. Between 1966 and 1991, the riding was dominated by Social Credit, who won every election except for 1972 when the riding was won by the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party.

Since 1991, the riding has been won by the NDP in every election except for the BC Liberal landslide victory in 2001. During the 1990s, the riding was represented by prominent Cabinet minister, Andrew Petter, who served in the Harcourt, Clark, and Dosanjh governments.

Demographics

Population	49,585
Population Change, 1996–2001	3.4%
Area (km²)	82
Pop. Density (people per km²)	604

Member of Legislative Assembly

The MLA for Saanich South is Lana Popham, a farmer, small-business person and environmentalist. She was first elected in 2009 and represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Parliament	Years		Party
35th	1991–1996	Andrew Petter	NDP
36th	1996–2001	Andrew Petter	NDP
37th	2001–2005	Susan Brice	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	David Cubberley	NDP
39th	2009–2013	Lana Popham	NDP
40th	2013–present	Lana Popham	NDP

Election results

British Columbia general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Petter	10,254	44.63%	$42,789
	Liberal	Lorne Peasland	8,309	36.17%	$7,035
	Social Credit	Allen L. Vandekerkhove	4,218	18.36%	$92,822
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	193	0.84%	–
Total valid votes			22,974	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			300	1.03%
Turnout			23,274	79.87%

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Petter	11,394	46.11%	$46,181
	Liberal	Frank Leonard	10,867	43.98%	$42,352
	Progressive Democrat	Cherie Dealey	1,198	4.85%	$6,794
	Reform	Colin Knecht	676	2.74%	$2,842
	Green	Jack Etkin	343	1.39%	$1,081
	Natural Law	Gail Anderson	86	0.35%	$100
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	66	0.27%	$100
	Libertarian	Ken Wiebe	40	0.16%	–
	Common Sense	Laery Braaten	38	0.15%	$100
Total valid votes			24,708	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			141	0.57%
Turnout			24,849	77.16%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Susan Brice	12,699	52.17%	$40,228
	New Democratic	David Cubberley	6,838	28.09%	$38,619
	Green	Gracie MacDonald	3,823	15.70%	$3,545
	Marijuana	Tamara Tulloch	462	1.90%	$394
	Conservative	Paul Scrimger	349	1.43%	$1,032
	Independent	James Robert Lauder	172	0.71%	$608
Total Valid Votes			24,343	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			66	0.27%
Turnout			24,409	76.00%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	David Cubberley	12,287	45.99%	+17.90
	Liberal	Susan Brice	11,959	44.77%	−7.40
	Green	Brandon McIntyre	1,902	7.12%	−8.58
	Democratic Reform	Brett Hinch	211	0.79%	–
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	202	0.76%	–
	Independent	Kerry Steinemann	153	0.57%	–
Total			26,714	100.00%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	11,697	47.14%	+1.15%
	Liberal	Robin Adair	11,215	45.20%	+0.43%
	Green	Brian Gordon	1,664	6.71%	−0.41%
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	235	0.95%	+0.19%
Total valid votes			24,811	100

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	10,824	45.4%
	Liberal	Rishi Sharma	8,473	35.6%
	Green	Branko Mustafovic	3,612	15.2%
	Conservative	Joshua Galbraith	789	3.3%

References

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Hope Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

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