Victoria City (electoral district)
Victoria City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1924. This riding was created in 1903 from Victoria riding. It was identical at the time of its creation to the provincial electoral district of the same name. It was abolished in 1924 into a new Victoria riding.
- This article is for a federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district of the same name, see Victoria City (provincial electoral district). For other electoral districts with the name Victoria, or for electoral districts in the area of Victoria, B.C., please see Victoria (electoral districts). For the city, see Victoria, British Columbia.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1903 |
| District abolished | 1924 |
| First contested | 1904 |
| Last contested | 1921 |
Geography
It covered the City of Victoria.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Victoria | ||||
| 10th | 1904–1906 | George Riley | Liberal | |
| 1906–1908 | William Templeman | Liberal | ||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | George Henry Barnard | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| 13th | 1917–1919 | Simon Fraser Tolmie | Government (Unionist) | |
| 1919–1921 | ||||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Conservative | ||
| Riding dissolved into Victoria | ||||
Election results
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 7,485 | 59.79 | +1.12 | ||||
| Liberal | William McKinnon Ivel | 5,033 | 40.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,518 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.54 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 1919 On Simon Tolmie being appointed Minister of Agriculture | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 7,219 | 58.67 | -19.62 | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Albert Barnard | 5,085 | 41.33 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,304 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) hold | Swing | -30.48 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 11,365 | 78.29 | +26.51 | ||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Stuart Henderson | 2,601 | 17.92 | -24.96 | ||||
| Unknown | Albert Samuel Wells | 551 | 3.80 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,517 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) hold | Swing | +25.74 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Henry Barnard | 2,816 | 51.78 | +1.63 | ||||
| Liberal | William Templeman | 2,332 | 42.88 | -6.97 | ||||
| Socialist | Gordon Brown | 290 | 5.33 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,438 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.30 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Henry Barnard | 2,179 | 50.15 | +18.62 | ||||
| Liberal | William Templeman | 2,166 | 49.85 | -7.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,345 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.96 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 1906 On the resignation of George Riley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | W. Templeman | 1,553 | 57.14 | +4.59 | ||||
| Conservative | J.L. Beckwith | 857 | 31.53 | -5.49 | ||||
| Independent | W.H. Marcon | 308 | 11.33 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,718 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.04 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | George Riley | 1,692 | 52.55 | |||||
| Conservative | Edward G. Prior | 1,192 | 37.02 | |||||
| Socialist | James C. Watters | 336 | 10.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,220 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the multi-member riding of Victoria, which elected a Liberal and a Conservative in the last election. George Riley was one of the incumbents. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- Elections Canada historical returns
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