Saanich (electoral district)
Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South.
For other current and historical electoral districts in the area of Victoria, British Columbia please see Victoria (electoral districts).
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
10th British Columbia election, 1903 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | David McEwen Eberts | 216 | 45.38% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Henry Ernest Tanner | 260 | 54.62% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 476 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
11th British Columbia election, 1907 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | David McEwen Eberts | 275 | 51.69% | unknown | ||
Liberal | John Piercy | 257 | 48.31% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 532 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
12th British Columbia election, 1909 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Thomas Brydon | 303 | 42.38% | unknown | ||
Conservative | David McEwen Eberts | 412 | 57.62% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 715 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | David McEwen Eberts | 392 | 69.01% | unknown | ||
Liberal | William Noble | 176 | 30.99% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 568 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | David McEwen Eberts | 732 | 41.47% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Frederick Arthur Pauline | 1,033 | 58.53% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 1,765 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Turnout | % |
British Columbia general election, 1920 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Frederick Arthur Pauline | 1,858 | 39.78% | |||||
Conservative | Marshall Pollock Gordon | 1,756 | 37.59% | |||||
Soldier–Labour | Malcolm Alexander Orford | 1,057 | 22.63% | |||||
Total valid votes | 4,671 | 100.00% |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Thomas George Coventry | 1,433 | 47.43% | unknown | ||
Provincial | James Munroe Miller | 676 | 22.38% | – | unknown | |
Liberal | Frederick Arthur Pauline | 912 | 30.19% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 3,021 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
% |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 2,379 | 56.44% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Norman William Whittaker | 1,836 | 43.56% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 4,215 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 72 | |||||
% |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Non-Partisan Independent Group | William Crouch | 508 | 8.88% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Edouard Peirce | 1,216 | 21.27% | unknown | ||
Unionist | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 1,823 | 31.88% | |||
Liberal | Norman William Whittaker | 2,171 | 37.97% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 5,718 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 47 | |||||
% |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit League | Andrew Henry Jukes | 271 | 4.65% | |||
Conservative | Leslie Follett Osborne | 1,659 | 28.47% | |||
Social Constructive | William Edouard Peirce | 224 | 3.84% | |||
Independent | Frank Bertram Shearme | 37 | 0.63% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Thomas Guy Sheppard | 1,531 | 26.27% | |||
Liberal | Norman William Whittaker | 2,106 | 36.14% | |||
Total valid votes | 5,828 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 88 |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh | 2,939 | 35.24% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Martin Anton Neilson | 2,385 | 28.59% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Norman William Whittaker | 3,017 | 36.17% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 8,341 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 158 | |||||
% |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Loudon Hope McQueen 1 | 275 | 2.94% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Martin Anton Neilson | 3,431 | 36.66% | unknown | ||
Labor–Progressive | William Broadhurst White | 239 | 2.55% | unknown | ||
Coalition | Norman William Whittaker | 5,414 | 57.85% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 9,359 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 138 | |||||
% | ||||||
1 McQueen was listed as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the Statement of Votes and List of Candidates, but he is more properly classified as an Independent PC since the Progressive Conservative Party, formerly the Conservative Party, was officially running as part of the Coalition and did not consider MacQueen as a legitimate party candidate. (cited from Elections BC, Note 4) |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Coalition | Arthur James Richard Ash | 9,998 | 66.14% | – | unknown | |
Union of Electors | Andrew Henry Jukes | 473 | 3.13% | – | unknown | |
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Martin Anton Neilson | 4,646 | 30.73% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 15,117 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 407 | |||||
% |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | ||
Liberal | Arthur James Richard Ash | 4,964 | 28.89% | 7,599 | 49.13 | unknown | ||
BC Social Credit League | Andrew Henry Jukes | 2,947 | 17.15% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Cecil James Hamilton Holms | 3,407 | 19.83% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Snowsell | 5,863 | 34.12% | 7,867 | 50.87% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 17,181 | 100.00% | 15,466 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 657 | |||||||
% | ||||||||
2 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. |
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | ||
Liberal | Arthur James Richard Ash | 4,256 | 25.09% | - | -.- % | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Nora Grace Lindsay | 990 | 5.84% | - | - % | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Snowsell | 5,037 | 29.69 | 6,466 | 42.15% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 6,681 | 39.38% | 8,876 | 57.85% | |||
Total valid votes | 16,964 | 100.00% | 15,342 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 605 | |||||||
% | ||||||||
3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. |
25th British Columbia election, 1956 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Progressive Conservative | Hugh Larratt Henderson | unknown | ||||
Liberal | Hugh Dyer Ramsay | 3,344 | 20.17% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Snowsell | 5,439 | 32.80 | unknown | ||
Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 6,542 | 39.45% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 16,582 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 181 | |||||
% |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Frank W. Grieve | 4,451 | 19.37% | unknown | ||
Communist | Ernest Leon Knott | 73 | 0.32% | unknown | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Thomas Patrick Holman | 6,512 | 28.33% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 10,165 | 44.23% | – | unknown | |
Progressive Conservative | Victor Ernest Virgin | 1,782 | 7.75 | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 22,983 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||
% |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Socialist | John George Jenkins | 75 | 0.35% | – | unknown | |
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Lee | 3,180 | 14.63% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Ian Hugh Stewart | 3,049 | 14.03% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 10,657 | 49.02% | – | unknown | |
New Democrat | John Windsor | 4,778 | 21.98% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 21,739 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 158 | |||||
% |
The Saanich riding was combined with parts of Nanaimo and the Islands to form Saanich and the Islands for the 1966 election.
Sources
Elections BC historical returns
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