Victoria-Beacon Hill

Victoria-Beacon Hill
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Carole James
New Democratic
Demographics
Census divisions Capital
Census subdivisions Victoria

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

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 in 1989, in time for the British Columbia general election, 1991, after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings. In the 2008 boundary redistribution, Victoria-Beacon Hill kept 89 per cent of its area and added nine per cent of Victoria-Hillside.

Member of Legislative Assembly

New Democratic Party of BC MLA Gretchen Brewin was elected to represent the riding in 1991. She was re-elected in 1996, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2000.

In 2001, Jeff Bray was elected, representing 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 and 2013 provincial elections.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticCarole James16,05753.05
GreenKalen Harris9,19430.38
LiberalKaren Bill4,68915.49
LibertarianArt Lowe1900.63
IndependentJordan Reichert1020.34
IndependentDavid Shebib350.12
Total valid votes 30,267100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]
British Columbia general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticCarole James1256048.65
GreenJane Sterk874733.88
LiberalKaren Bill437816.96
CommunistJohn Shaw1300.50
Total valid votes 26010100.00
Total rejected ballots 1280.49
Turnout 2613858.67
Source: Elections BC[2]
British Columbia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCarole James13,40055.37−1.84
LiberalDallas Henault6,37526.34−4.39
GreenAdam SaAB4,10616.97+6.40
IndependentSaul Andersen3191.32+1.32
Total valid votes 24,200
British Columbia general election, 2005
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCarole James15,06457.21+20.31
LiberalJeff Bray8,09130.73−6.31
GreenJohn William Miller2,78310.57−11.15
Democratic ReformDavid McCaig1570.60+0.60
IndependentBenjamin McConchie1210.46+0.46
IndependentIngmar Lee1160.44+0.44
Total 26,332 100.00
British Columbia general election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
LiberalJeff Bray9,29737.04$52,485
New DemocraticCarole James9,26236.90$44,963
GreenWalter Meyer zu Erpen5,45321.72$8,210
MarijuanaTroy Tompkins5322.12$70
UnityGregory Paul Michael Hartnell2901.15$3,817
IndependentRob Botterell2050.82$911
CommunistKirsten Goodacre640.25$427
Total Valid Votes 25,103 100.00
Total Rejected Ballots 153 0.53
Turnout 25,238 68.63
British Columbia general election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
New DemocraticGretchen Brewin11,96052.51$39,468
LiberalHoward Markson7,63633.52$25,991
Progressive DemocratRichard Fahl1,0934.80$1,555
GreenStephen DeMeulenaere1,0084.43$1,750
ReformKen Conrad6542.87$6,135
Social CreditLance van Dyk960.42$3,796
LibertarianJill Kolbinson920.40$130
IndependentSequoia Nathan Maxwell730.32$124
Natural LawCal Danyluk640.28$118
Western Canada ConceptBob Ward590.26$227
Common SenseJohnny Douglas430.19$100
Total valid votes 22,778 100.00
Total rejected ballots 194 0.84
Turnout 22,972 68.17
British Columbia general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
New DemocraticGretchen Brewin10,93947.95$48,796
LiberalKaren Bill7,43432.59$4,696
Social CreditSuzanne Hansen3,71216.27$46,834
GreenMichael Timney7283.19$1,300
Total valid votes 22,813 100.00
Total rejected ballots 629 2.68
Turnout 23,442 74.06
  1. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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