Esquimalt-Metchosin

Esquimalt-Metchosin was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. It is succeeded by the electoral district of Esquimalt-Royal Roads.

Demographics

Population, 2001	47,671
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.7%
Area (km²)	96
Pop. Density (people per km²)	497

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Maurine Karagianis, a former small business owner. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Esquimalt-Metchosin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,458	59.16%		$84,498
	Liberal	Dennis B. Jones	6,888	30.28%		$2,319
	Social Credit	Noel V. Pemberton-Billing	2,402	10.56%	–	$40,550
Total valid votes			22,748	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			400	1.73%
Turnout			23,148	73.43%

B.C. General Election 1996: Esquimalt-Metchosin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,833	59.54%		$48,615
	Liberal	Heather Landon	6,770	29.14%		$29,141
	Reform	Scotty Davidson	1,179	5.07%		$8,971
	Progressive Democrat	Ron Whims	921	3.96%	–	$100
	Green	Adam Charlesworth	376	1.62%	–	$871
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	60	0.26%		$118
	Independent	David M. Shebib	58	0.25%
	Communist	Bob O'Neill	35	0.15%		$528
Total valid votes			23,232	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92	0.39%
Turnout			23,324	78.60%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnie Hamilton	9,544	45.79%	$41,647
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	6,258	30.03%	$19,636
	Green	Marilyn Sundeen	3,685	17.68%	$3,878
	Marijuana	Christopher John Davies	534	2.56%	–
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	322	1.55%	$941
	Unity	Bob Ward	268	1.29%	$367
	Independent	Rick Berglund	105	0.50%	$117
	Independent	Scott Attrill	68	0.33%	$100
	Independent	Gerry McVeigh	57	0.27%	$116
Total valid votes			20,841	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			86	0.41%
Turnout			20,927	69.49%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	11,939	49.65%
	Liberal	Tom Woods	9,226	38.37%
	Green	Jane Sterk	2,489	10.35%
	Democratic Reform	Graeme Rodger	392	1.63%

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

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