Victoria-Hillside

Victoria-Hillside

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
First contested	1991
Last contested	2005
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,093
Area (km²)	16.49

Victoria-Hillside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,093
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.3%
Area (km2)	16.49
Pop. Density (people per km2)	2,977

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Victoria-Hillside
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Victoria
35th	1991–1996		Robin Blencoe	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Steve Orcherton	New Democratic
37th	2001–2005		Sheila Orr	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Rob Fleming	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Saanich South and Victoria-Swan Lake

Its final MLA was Rob Fleming, a former Victoria City Councillor and former University of Victoria Students' Society chairperson. He was first elected as a city councillor in 1999. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,926	57	$72,755
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	7,042	29	$117,576
	Green	Steve Filipovic	2,934	12	$4,899
	Democratic Reform	Jim McDermott	363	1.5	$5,652
	Work Less	Katrina Jean Herriot	167	0.7	$100
Total valid votes			24,432	100
Total rejected ballots			216	0.9
Turnout			24,648	63

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	7,878	37.71	$46,661
	New Democratic	Steve Orcherton	7,796	37.31	$49,950
	Green	Stuart Hertzog	4,142	19.82	$3,285
	Marijuana	Chuck Beyer	663	3.17	$762
	Unity	Allan Whittal	293	1.40	$870
	Communist	George Gidora	72	0.35	$749
	Citizens Commonwealth	Laery Braaten	49	0.24	$100
Total valid votes			20,893
Total rejected ballots			140	0.67
Turnout			21,033	68.73

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Orcherton	11,585	53.32	$37,372
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	6,862	31.58	$40,983
	Progressive Democrat	Gary Beyer	1,227	5.65	$100
	Reform	Dan Willson	979	4.51	$5,595
	Green	David Scott White	790	3.64	$4,715
	Western Canada Concept	Erich Peter	102	0.47	$2,304
	Natural Law	Andy Guest	97	0.45	$211
	Libertarian	C. David Randall	86	0.40
Total valid votes			21,728
Total rejected ballots			139	0.64
Turnout			21,867	67.53

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Robin Blencoe	11,117	51.39	$29,374
	Liberal	Elmer Wiens	7,233	33.43	$4,018
	Social Credit	Patrick Skillings	2,714	12.55	$20,169
	Green	Jay Van Oostdam	569	2.63	$1,286
Total valid votes			21,633	100
Total rejected ballots			584	2.63
Turnout			22,217	73.37

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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