Victoria-Beacon Hill

Victoria-Beacon Hill

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Grace Lore New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,427
Area (km²)	12.39
Pop. density (per km²)	3,989.3
Census division(s)	Capital
Census subdivision(s)	Victoria

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

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 including the downtown core; 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 the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Victoria-Beacon Hill
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Victoria
35th	1991–1996		Gretchen Brewin	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Jeff Bray	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Carole James	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Grace Lore

Election results

Graph of the election results in Victoria-Beacon Hill (minor parties are combined into "Others")

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Grace Lore	16,474	54.61	+1.56	$33,454.50
	Green	Jenn Neilson	9,031	29.93	−0.45	$29,344.41
	Liberal	Karen Bill	4,329	14.35	−1.14	$2,251.45
	Independent	Jordan Reichert	335	1.11	+0.65	$0.00
Total valid votes			30,169	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			244	0.80	+0.42
Turnout			30,413	61.46	–2.74
Registered voters			49,484
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.01
Source: Elections BC [1] [2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Carole James	16,057	53.05	+4.40	$2,272
	Green	Kalen Harris	9,194	30.38	−3.50	$14,825
	Liberal	Karen Bill	4,689	15.49	−1.47	$30,914
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	190	0.63	–	$225
	Independent	Jordan Reichert	102	0.34	–	$190
	Independent	David Shebib	35	0.11	–	$50
Total valid votes			30,267	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			115	0.38	−0.11
Turnout			30,382	64.20	+5.53
Registered voters			47,321
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Carole James	12,697	48.82
	Green	Jane Sterk	8,796	33.82
	Liberal	Karen Bill	4,386	16.86
	Communist	John Shaw	131	0.50
Total valid votes			26,010	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128	0.49
Turnout			26,138	58.67
Source: Elections BC [5]

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

References

1. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
2. "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. "2017 Provincial General Election — Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved February 1, 2021.
4. "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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