Victoria-Beacon Hill

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

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 4 Member of Legislative Assembly 5 Election results 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population	49,427
Population Change, 1996-2001	-0.1%
Area (km²)	12.39
Pop. Density	3,989

[edit] Geography

The riding comprises most of the City of Victoria, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west; by the Municipality of Oak Bay to the east, by Cook Street to the northwest, and by Haultain Street, Bay Street, and Pandora Avenue to the north.

[edit] History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created for the 1991 general election after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings.

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its former MLA is Jeff Bray. He was first elected in 2001. He represented the British Columbia Liberal Party.

The Current MLA is Carole James. She narrowly lost to Bray by 35 votes in 2001, but came back with an almost 2-1 margin of victory, as the BC NDP leader, in 2005.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Initial Count: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Carole James	15,064	57.21%
	BC Liberal	Jeff Bray	8,091	30.73%
	Green	John William Miller	2,783	10.57%
	DRBC	David McCaig	157	0.60%
	Independent	Benjamin McConchie	121	0.46%
	Independent	Ingmar Lee	116	0.44%
Total			26,332	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Jeff Bray	9,297	37.04%		$52,485
	NDP	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%

B.C. General Election 1996: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Gretchen Brewin	11,960	52.51%		$39,468
	BC Liberal	Howard Markson	7,636	33.52%		$25,991
	PDA	Richard Fahl	1,093	4.80%		$1,555
	Green	Stephen DeMeulenaere	1,008	4.43%		$1,750
	BC 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%

B.C. General Election 1991: Victoria-Beacon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Gretchen Brewin	10,939	47.95%		$48,796
	BC 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%

[edit] 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

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