Saanich and the Islands

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Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South. [1] [2]

For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts) or, for those in the area of Victoria, List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria.

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal James McGeer Campbell3,40123.52%unknown
New Democratic Edwin Wallace Haw3,82126.43%unknown
Social Credit John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle 7,23750.05%unknown
Total valid votes14,459100.00%
Total rejected ballots152
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Donald Inge Johannessen6,97834.58%unknown
  Liberal Louis Frederick Lindholm3,31216.41%unknown
Social Credit John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle 9,88849.00%unknown
Total valid votes20,178100.00%
Total rejected ballots136
Turnout63.19%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Malcolm B. Anderson3,58115.25%unknown
 IndependentJohn Crawford McKenzie490.21%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Hugh Austin Curtis 8,42735.88%unknown
Social Credit T. Foster Isherwood5,89425.09%unknown
New Democratic Eric Sherwood5,53623.57%unknown
Total valid votes23,487100.00%
Total rejected ballots265
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Progressive Conservative Irene Rose Block2,88310.22%unknown
Social Credit Hugh Austin Curtis 14,18550.31%unknown
New Democratic Carolyn Mae Pickup10,04835.64%unknown
  Liberal Edgar Rudolf Rhomberg1,0793.83%unknown
Total valid votes28,195100.00%
Total rejected ballots356
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Hugh Austin Curtis 16,01849.42%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Willison Green2,4317.50%unknown
New Democratic John Mika13,96143.08%unknown
Total valid votes32,410100.00%
Total rejected ballots419
Total Registered Voters
Turnout%
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Independent Douglas Hewson Christie 1,0282.57%unknown
Social Credit Hugh Austin Curtis 19,21948.13%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Willison Green1,5603.91%unknown
Liberal Mary Jane Lewis7801.95%unknown
New Democratic John Mika17,34743.44%unknown
Total valid votes39,934100.00%
Total rejected ballots364
Turnout%
34th British Columbia election, 1986 1
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Mel Couvelier 20,65825.42%unknown
Social Credit Terry Huberts 20,51725.24%unknown
New Democratic Carolyn Mae Pickup17,19321.15%unknown
  Liberal Clive Tanner5,8847.24%unknown
New Democratic David Herbert Vickers 17,02420.95%unknown
Total valid votes81,276100.00%
Total rejected ballots585
Turnout%
1Seat increased to two members from one.

After the 1986 election the riding was redistributed due to population growth in Saanich. The successor ridings are:

Saanich North and the Islands (1991–present) Saanich South (1991—present)

References

  1. https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Prelim/Part%203-HistoryOfElectoralBoundaries.pdf .27
  2. "British Columbia Voters' Lists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-02.