Esquimalt-Metchosin
{{short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name = Esquimalt-Metchosin
| province = British Columbia
| image = British Columbia 2015 Esquimalt-Metchosin.svg
| caption =
| prov-status = defunct
| prov-created =
| prov-abolished =
| prov-election-first = 1991
| prov-election-last = 2020
| prov-rep =
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| prov-rep-party =
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| demo-census-date = 2014
| demo-pop = 51450
| demo-electors =
| demo-electors-date =
| demo-area = 378
| demo-cd = Greater Victoria
| demo-csd = Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin
}}
Esquimalt-Metchosin is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It existed with this name from 1991 to 2009, and again from 2017 to 2024. In the gap, the overlapping electoral district was called Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The "Royal Roads" in the district's name references the maritime passage that connects the Harbour to the sea and is the namesake of Royal Roads Military College.
The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election. The 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election significantly altered electoral boundaries in the western communities: Metchosin was transferred to the new district of Juan de Fuca-Malahat while the balance of the district's territory was joined to Victoria West to form Esquimalt-Colwood.
Demographics
| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2014 |51,450 |
| Area (km²)
|378 |
Geography
The Esquimalt-Metchosin electoral district is made up of the municipalities of Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin in western Greater Victoria.{{cite news|last1=McElroy|first1=Justin|title=B.C. Votes 2017: Esquimalt-Metchosin riding profile|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-esquimalt-metchosin-1.3923353|access-date=16 May 2017|publisher=CBC News|date=17 April 2017}}
Esquimalt-Royal Roads included communities that surround Esquimalt Harbour, including Esquimalt to the east and Colwood to the west.
History
{{BC-MLA|Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Esquimalt-Metchosin
Riding created from Esquimalt-Port Renfrew}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Moe Sihota
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 36
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = Arnie Hamilton
| BCParty = Liberal
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
| RepName = Maurine Karagianis
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Esquimalt-Royal Roads}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
| RepName = Maurine Karagianis
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
| RepName = Mitzi Dean
| BCParty = NDP
| PartyTerms# = 2
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Its current MLA is Mitzi Dean, the former executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services. She was first elected in 2017. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Election results
{{2020 British Columbia general election/Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{2017 British Columbia general election/Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{CANelec/top|BC|2013|Esquimalt-Royal Roads|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec |BC |NDP |Maurine Karagianis |10,963 |48.20}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Chris Ricketts |6,511 | 28.63}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green | Susan Christina Low | 4,928 | 21.67}}
{{CANelec |BC |Independent | Joshua Steffler | 343 | 1.51 }}
{{end}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2009/Esquimalt-Royal Roads}}
{{2005 British Columbia general election/Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{2001 British Columbia general election/Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1996: Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|align="right"|13,833
|align="right"|59.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$48,615
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Heather Landon |6,770 |29.14% | |$29,141}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Scotty Davidson |1,179 |5.07% | |$8,971}}
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Ron Whims |921 |3.96% |– |$100}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Adam Charlesworth |376 |1.62% |– |$871}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}
|Sylvia Danyluk
|align="right"|60
|align="right"|0.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$118
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|David M. Shebib
|align="right"|58
|align="right"|0.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Bob O'Neill|35|0.15%||$528}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |23,232 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |92 |0.39%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |23,324 |78.60%}}
{{end}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1991: Esquimalt-Metchosin}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|align="right"|13,458
|align="right"|59.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$84,498
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Dennis B. Jones |6,888 |30.28% | |$2,319}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Noel V. Pemberton-Billing |2,402 |10.56% |– |$40,550}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |22,748 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |400 |1.73%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |23,148 |73.43%}}
{{end}}
External links
- [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_20.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050226125339/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/esm.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407012623/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_esm.htm Results of 1996 election]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050421011027/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-44.html Results of 1991 election]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
References
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{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|2017|2023}}
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|1991|2009}}
Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia on Vancouver Island