Victoria-Swan Lake

Victoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA.

Victoria-Swan Lake

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Rob Fleming New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,304
Area (km²)	18.28
Pop. density (per km²)	2,697.2
Census divisions	Capital
Census subdivisions	Victoria, Saanich

Geography

Victoria-Swan Lake makes up the northern portions of Victoria and the southern portions of Saanich. The Victoria section, north of Bay Street, consists of the neighbourhoods of Burnside-Gorge, Hillside-Quadra, and Oaklands. In Saanich, the electoral district covers Tillicum-Gorge, Uptown, and Quadra-Cedar Hill.[1]

MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Victoria-Hillside
35th	1991–1996		Robin Blencoe	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Steve Orcherton
37th	2001–2005		Sheila Orr	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Rob Fleming	New Democratic
Victoria-Swan Lake
39th	2009–2013		Rob Fleming	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Electoral history

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,531	53.62	-0.87
	Green	Christopher Alan Maxwell	7,491	29.69	+6.48
	Liberal	Stacey Piercey	4,005	15.87	-6.43
	Vancouver Island Party	David Costigane	207	0.82	–
Total valid votes			25,234	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			175	0.69	+0.06
Turnout			25,409	–	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.81
Source: Elections BC[2]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	12350	54.49	$82,519
	Green	Spencer Alexander Malthouse	5260	23.21	$5,028
	Liberal	Christina Bates	5055	22.30	$36,719
Total valid votes			22665	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143	0.63
Turnout			22808	58.07
Source: Elections BC[3]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,119	61	+4	$75,655
	Liberal	Jesse McClinton	5,754	27	−2	$36,875
	Green	David Wright	2,628	12	0	$760
	Refederation	Bob Savage	174	0.8	n/a	$750
Total Valid Votes			21,675	100
Total Rejected Ballots			153	0.7
Turnout			21,828	57

External links

• 2013 Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake
• BC Elections Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake

References

1. McElroy, Justin (11 April 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Victoria-Swan Lake riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. "Interim Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
3. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.