From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Victoria was the a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with South Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1961 |
|
| Population change, 1871-1961 |
|
| Area (km2) |
|
| Population density (people per km2) |
|
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: winners of each election are in bold.
| 7th British Columbia election, 1894 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Government |
John Paton Booth |
136 |
56.90% |
|
unknown |
| |
Opposition |
Horatio John Robertson |
103 |
43.10% |
|
unknown |
| Total valid votes |
239 |
100.00% |
|
| Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
% |
|
|
| 8th British Columbia election, 1898 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Government |
John Paton Booth |
144 |
52.75% |
|
unknown |
| |
Opposition |
Thomas Wilson Paterson |
129 |
47.25% |
|
unknown |
| Total valid votes |
273 |
100.00% |
|
| Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
% |
|
|
| 9th British Columbia election, 1900 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Independent Liberal |
John Paton Booth |
123 |
43.77% |
|
unknown |
| |
Independent-Opposition |
Horatio John Robertson |
41 |
14.59% |
|
unknown |
| |
Independent-Government |
James Johnstone White |
117 |
41.64% |
|
unknown |
| Total valid votes |
281 |
100.00% |
|
| Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
% |
|
|
The North Victoria riding-name disappeared in the 1903 election. Its main successor-riding was Saanich.
[edit] Source
Elections BC Historical Returns
