Victoria-Swan Lake
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Greater Victoria | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 49,304 | ||
| Area (km²) | 18.28 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,697.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Capital | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Victoria, Saanich | ||
Victoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA.
Geography
[edit]Victoria-Swan Lake makes up the northern portions of Victoria and the southern portions of Saanich. The Victoria section, north of Bay Street, consists of the neighbourhoods of Burnside-Gorge, Hillside-Quadra, and Oaklands. In Saanich, the electoral district covers Tillicum-Gorge, Uptown, and Quadra-Cedar Hill.[1]
MLAs
[edit]| Victoria-Swan Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Victoria-Hillside prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Rob Fleming | New Democratic | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Nina Krieger | ||
Electoral history
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Graph of the election results in Victoria-Swan Lake (minor parties are combined into "Others")
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nina Krieger | 14,273 | 56.0% | |||||
| Green | Christina Winter | 5,900 | 23.2% | |||||
| Conservative | Tim Taylor | 5,146 | 20.2% | |||||
| Communist | Robert Crooks | 156 | 0.6% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,475 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 14,186 | 59.35 | +5.75 | $29,468.05 | |||
| Green | Annemieke Holthuis | 6,638 | 27.77 | −1.94 | $11,832.34 | |||
| Liberal | David Somerville | 2,729 | 11.42 | −4.45 | $2,429.03 | |||
| Independent | Jenn Smith | 241 | 1.01 | – | $8,085.95 | |||
| Communist | Walt Parsons | 107 | 0.45 | – | $123.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,901 | 99.27 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.73 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,076 | 59.02 | –5.31 | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,790 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 13,374 | 53.61 | −0.88 | $46,600 | |||
| Green | Christopher Alan Maxwell | 7,413 | 29.71 | +6.50 | $6,955 | |||
| Liberal | Stacey Piercey | 3,960 | 15.87 | −6.43 | $27,194 | |||
| Vancouver Island Party | David Costigane | 203 | 0.81 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,950 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 169 | 0.67 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,119 | 64.33 | +6.26 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,046 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −2.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 12,350 | 54.49 | −6.04 | $82,519 | |||
| Green | Spencer Alexander Malthouse | 5,260 | 23.21 | +11.09 | $5,028 | |||
| Liberal | Christina Bates | 5,055 | 22.30 | −4.24 | $36,719 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,665 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 143 | 0.63 | −0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,808 | 58.07 | +1.17 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,275 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 13,119 | 60.53 | +4.53 | $75,655 | |||
| Liberal | Jesse McClinton | 5,754 | 26.54 | −2.54 | $36,875 | |||
| Green | David Wright | 2,628 | 12.12 | +0.12 | $760 | |||
| Refederation | Bob Savage | 174 | 0.81 | – | $750 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,675 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 153 | 0.70 | −0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,828 | 56.90 | −6.10 | |||||
| Registered voters | 38,359 | |||||||
| Net change is calculated based on the 2005 results from Victoria-Hillside. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
External links
[edit]- [1] 2013 Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake
- BC Elections Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake
References
[edit]- ^ McElroy, Justin (April 11, 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Victoria-Swan Lake riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779141/bc-election-2024-results-victoria-swan-lake/
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "2009 Provincial General Election — Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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