Victoria-Beacon Hill

Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Victoria-Beacon Hill

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Carole James New Democratic
Demographics
Census divisions	Capital
Census subdivisions	Victoria

Demographics

Population	49,427
Population Change, 1996-2001	-0.1%
Area (km²)	12.39
Pop. Density	3,989

Geography

The riding comprises most of the City of Victoria, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west; by the Municipality of Oak Bay to the east, by Bay Street and Haultain Street to the north.

History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created in 1989, in time for the 1991 British Columbia general election, after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings. In the 2008 boundary redistribution, Victoria-Beacon Hill kept 89 per cent of its area and added nine per cent of Victoria-Hillside.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1991–1996		Gretchen Brewin	New Democratic
37th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Jeff Bray	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Carole James	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Carole James	16,057	53.05
	Green	Kalen Harris	9,194	30.38
	Liberal	Karen Bill	4,689	15.49
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	190	0.63
	Independent	Jordan Reichert	102	0.34
	Independent	David Shebib	35	0.12
Total valid votes			30,267	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Carole James	12560	48.65
	Green	Jane Sterk	8747	33.88
	Liberal	Karen Bill	4378	16.96
	Communist	John Shaw	130	0.50
Total valid votes			26010	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128	0.49
Turnout			26138	58.67
Source: Elections BC[2]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Carole James	13,400	55.37	−1.84
	Liberal	Dallas Henault	6,375	26.34	−4.39
	Green	Adam SaAB	4,106	16.97	+6.40
	Independent	Saul Andersen	319	1.32	+1.32
Total valid votes			24,200

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Carole James	15,064	57.21	+20.31
	Liberal	Jeff Bray	8,091	30.73	−6.31
	Green	John William Miller	2,783	10.57	−11.15
	Democratic Reform	David McCaig	157	0.60	+0.60
	Independent	Benjamin McConchie	121	0.46	+0.46
	Independent	Ingmar Lee	116	0.44	+0.44
Total			26,332	100.00

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jeff Bray	9,297	37.04	$52,485
	New Democratic	Carole James	9,262	36.90	$44,963
	Green	Walter Meyer zu Erpen	5,453	21.72	$8,210
	Marijuana	Troy Tompkins	532	2.12	$70
	Unity	Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell	290	1.15	$3,817
	Independent	Rob Botterell	205	0.82	$911
	Communist	Kirsten Goodacre	64	0.25	$427
Total Valid Votes			25,103	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			153	0.53
Turnout			25,238	68.63

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gretchen Brewin	11,960	52.51	$39,468
	Liberal	Howard Markson	7,636	33.52	$25,991
	Progressive Democrat	Richard Fahl	1,093	4.80	$1,555
	Green	Stephen DeMeulenaere	1,008	4.43	$1,750
	Reform	Ken Conrad	654	2.87	$6,135
	Social Credit	Lance van Dyk	96	0.42	$3,796
	Libertarian	Jill Kolbinson	92	0.40	$130
	Independent	Sequoia Nathan Maxwell	73	0.32	$124
	Natural Law	Cal Danyluk	64	0.28	$118
	Western Canada Concept	Bob Ward	59	0.26	$227
	Common Sense	Johnny Douglas	43	0.19	$100
Total valid votes			22,778	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194	0.84
Turnout			22,972	68.17

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gretchen Brewin	10,939	47.95	$48,796
	Liberal	Karen Bill	7,434	32.59	$4,696
	Social Credit	Suzanne Hansen	3,712	16.27	$46,834
	Green	Michael Timney	728	3.19	$1,300
Total valid votes			22,813	100.00
Total rejected ballots			629	2.68
Turnout			23,442	74.06

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

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.