Saanich and the Islands

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.

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

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	James McGeer Campbell	3,401	23.52%		unknown
	New Democratic	Edwin Wallace Haw	3,821	26.43%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	7,237	50.05%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			14,459	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			152
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Donald Inge Johannessen	6,978	34.58%		unknown
	Liberal	Louis Frederick Lindholm	3,312	16.41%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	9,888	49.00%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			20,178	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			136
Turnout			63.19%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Malcolm B. Anderson	3,581	15.25%		unknown
	Independent	John Crawford McKenzie	49	0.21%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Austin Curtis	8,427	35.88%		unknown
	Social Credit	T. Foster Isherwood	5,894	25.09%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Eric Sherwood	5,536	23.57%		unknown
Total valid votes			23,487	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			265
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Irene Rose Block	2,883	10.22%		unknown
	Social Credit	Hugh Austin Curtis	14,185	50.31%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Carolyn Mae Pickup	10,048	35.64%		unknown
	Liberal	Edgar Rudolf Rhomberg	1,079	3.83%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,195	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			356
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Hugh Austin Curtis	16,018	49.42%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Willison Green	2,431	7.50%		unknown
	New Democratic	John Mika	13,961	43.08%		unknown
Total valid votes			32,410	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			419
Total Registered Voters
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Douglas Hewson Christie	1,028	2.57%		unknown
	Social Credit	Hugh Austin Curtis	19,219	48.13%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Willison Green	1,560	3.91%		unknown
	Liberal	Mary Jane Lewis	780	1.95%		unknown
	New Democratic	John Mika	17,347	43.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			39,934	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			364
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986 ¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Mel Couvelier	20,658	25.42%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Terry Huberts	20,517	25.24%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Carolyn Mae Pickup	17,193	21.15%		unknown
	Liberal	Clive Tanner	5,884	7.24%		unknown
	New Democratic	David Herbert Vickers	17,024	20.95%		unknown
Total valid votes			81,276	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			585
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 (2001–present) Saanich South (2001—present)