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North Victoria was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with South Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).


Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are inbold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government John Paton Booth 13656.90%unknown
Opposition Horatio John Robertson10343.10%unknown
Total valid votes239100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
8th British Columbia election, 1898
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Government John Paton Booth 14452.75%unknown
Opposition Thomas Wilson Paterson 12947.25%unknown
Total valid votes273100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1900 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Liberal John Paton Booth 12343.77
Independent GovernmentJames Johnstone White11741.64
Independent OppositionHoratio John Robertson4114.59
Total valid votes281 100.00

The North Victoria riding-name disappeared in the 1903 election. Its main successor-riding was Saanich.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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