Esquimalt-Metchosin

Esquimalt-Metchosin is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first existed from 1991 to 2009, when it was succeeded by the electoral district of Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election.

Esquimalt-Metchosin

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mitzi Dean New Democratic

Demographics

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.[1]

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
32nd	1979–1983		Frank Mitchell	NDP
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991		Moe Sihota
Esquimalt-Metchosin
35th	1991–1996		Moe Sihota	NDP
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Arnie Hamilton	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Maurine Karagianis	NDP
Esquimalt-Royal Roads
39th	2009–2013		Maurine Karagianis	NDP
40th	2013–2017
Esquimalt-Metchosin
41st	2017–present		Mitzi Dean	NDP

Member of 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

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Mitzi Dean	10,803	46.25
	Liberal	Barb Desjardins	7,055	27.61
	Green	Andy MacKinnon	6,399	24.81
	Libertarian	Josh Steffler	171	0.67
	Independent	Delmar Martay	102	0.40
	Communist	Tyson Riel Strandlund	65	0.25
Total valid votes			25,548	100.00
Source: Elections BC[2]

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	11,939	49.65
	Liberal	Tom Woods	9,226	38.37
	Green	Jane Sterk	2,489	10.35
	Democratic Reform	Graeme Rodger	392	1.63

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnie Hamilton	9,544	45.79	$41,647
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	6,258	30.03	$19,636
	Green	Marilyn Sundeen	3,685	17.68	$3,878
	Marijuana	Christopher John Davies	534	2.56	–
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	322	1.55	$941
	Unity	Bob Ward	268	1.29	$367
	Independent	Rick Berglund	105	0.50	$117
	Independent	Scott Attrill	68	0.33	$100
	Independent	Gerry McVeigh	57	0.27	$116
Total valid votes			20,841	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86	0.41
Turnout			20,927	69.49

B.C. General Election 1996: Esquimalt-Metchosin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,833	59.54%		$48,615
	Liberal	Heather Landon	6,770	29.14%		$29,141
	Reform	Scotty Davidson	1,179	5.07%		$8,971
	Progressive Democrat	Ron Whims	921	3.96%	–	$100
	Green	Adam Charlesworth	376	1.62%	–	$871
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	60	0.26%		$118
	Independent	David M. Shebib	58	0.25%
	Communist	Bob O'Neill	35	0.15%		$528
Total valid votes			23,232	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92	0.39%
Turnout			23,324	78.60%

B.C. General Election 1991: Esquimalt-Metchosin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,458	59.16%		$84,498
	Liberal	Dennis B. Jones	6,888	30.28%		$2,319
	Social Credit	Noel V. Pemberton-Billing	2,402	10.56%	–	$40,550
Total valid votes			22,748	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			400	1.73%
Turnout			23,148	73.43%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References

1. McElroy, Justin (17 April 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Esquimalt-Metchosin riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 31 May 2017.