North Victoria

North Victoria was the a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with South Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Paton Booth	136	56.90%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Horatio John Robertson	103	43.10%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			239	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Paton Booth	144	52.75%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Thomas Wilson Paterson	129	47.25%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			273	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

1900 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	John Paton Booth	123	43.77
	Independent Government	James Johnstone White	117	41.64
	Independent Opposition	Horatio John Robertson	41	14.59
Total valid votes			281	100.00

The North Victoria riding-name disappeared in the 1903 election. Its main successor-riding was Saanich.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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