Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke

Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke is a federal electoral district in Greater Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke

British Columbia electoral district
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Randall Garrison New Democratic
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	113,004
Electors (2019)	99,285
Area (km²)[1]	404
Pop. density (per km²)	279.7
Census divisions	Capital
Census subdivisions	Belcher Bay 1, Capital H, Colwood, Esquimalt (district municipality), Esquimalt (Indian reserve), Metchosin, New Songhees 1A, Saanich, Sooke, T'Sou-ke, View Royal

It was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, came into effect in 2013, and first contested in the general election on Monday October 19th, 2015.[2] Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke encompasses portions of the south Island previously included in the electoral districts of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands.[3] The riding contains the Township of Esquimalt, the City of Colwood, the District of Metchosin, View Royal, Sooke, as well as the North Quadra, Swan Lake and Cloverdale neighbourhoods in Saanich East and all of Saanich West. The population of the district was 113,004 in 2011.[3]

The district was originally planned to be named "Saanich—Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca".[4]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	92,360	78.2%
	Aboriginal	8,365	7.1%
	South Asian	3,665	3.1%
	Chinese	3,650	3.1%
	Filipino	2,370	2%
	Black	1,300	1.1%
	Southeast Asian	970	0.8%
	Latin American	785	0.7%
	Japanese	665	0.6%
	Korean	505	0.4%
	Arab	340	0.3%
	West Asian	250	0.2%
	Multiple minorities	450	0.4%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	165	0.1%
Total population		120,834	100%

According to the Canada 2016 Census[5][6][7]

Languages: 86.2% English, 2.4% French, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.1% German, 1.0% Cantonese, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions (2011): 43.0% Christian (13.7% Catholic, 7.9% Anglican, 5.6% United Church, 2.6% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Presbyterian, 9.4% Other), 1.4% Sikh, 52.6% No religion
Median income (2015): $37,275
Average income (2015): $45,081

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands
42nd	2015–2019		Randall Garrison	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Esquimalt—Sannich—Sooke (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Randall Garrison	23,887	34.1	-0.91	$91,278.46
	Green	David Merner	18,506	26.4	+6.46	$84,289.59
	Conservative	Randall Pewarchuk	13,409	19.1	+1.60
	Liberal	Jamie Hammond	12,554	17.9	-9.45	$69,892.94
	People's	Jeremy Gustafson	1,089	1.6	–
	Libertarian	Josh Steffler	287	0.4	–
	Communist	Tyson Strandlund	111	0.2	–
	Independent	Louis Lesosky	100	0.1	–
	Independent	Fidelia Godron	99	0.1	–
	Independent	Philip Ney	83	0.1	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			70,125	100.0
Total rejected ballots			304
Turnout			70,429	70.9
Eligible voters			99,285
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.27
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Randall Garrison	23,836	35.01	-4.39	$119,644.07
	Liberal	David Merner	18,622	27.35	+17.65	$33,914.59
	Green	Frances Litman	13,575	19.94	+7.08	$119,498.62
	Conservative	Shari Lukens	11,912	17.50	-20.11	$108,944.43
	Communist	Tyson Strandlund	136	0.20		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			68,081	100.00		$229,301.98
Total rejected ballots			199	–	–
Turnout			68,280	74.99	–
Eligible voters			91,056
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-11.02
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]

2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,324	39.40
	Conservative	21,305	37.61
	Green	7,287	12.86
	Liberal	5,496	9.70
	Others	242	0.43

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
3. Report – British Columbia (PDF)
4. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4
5. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59026&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0
6. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59026&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
7. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59026&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
10. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, 30 September 2015
11. Official Voting Results - Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
12. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
13. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections