South Victoria

South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	Joseph Westrop Carey	100	26.74%	–	unknown
	Government	David McEwen Eberts	274	73.26%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			374	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	David McEwen Eberts	236	52.91%	–	unknown
	Opposition	James Stuart Yates	210	47.09%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			446	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Opposition	David McEwen Eberts	236	52.91%
	Government-Independent	George Sangster	208	44.54%
Total valid votes			467	100.00%

The South Victoria riding was succeeded in the 1903 election by Oak Bay.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns