Victoria (electoral district)

Victoria

British Columbia electoral district
Victoria in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries).
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Murray Rankin New Democratic
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	110,942
Electors (2015)	90,217
Area (km²)[2]	40.28
Pop. density (per km²)	2,754.3
Census divisions	Capital Regional District
Census subdivisions	Saanich, Victoria, Oak Bay, Capital H

Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.

The riding was originally chartered as Victoria District for the special byelections held in 1871 upon the province's entry into Confederation but like the other B.C. ridings with that appellation the "District" was dropped once the temporary ridings were ratified and made "permanent" for the general election of 1872, which was the first in which the Victoria riding (by that name) appeared. From 1905 up until the 1925 election Victoria was represented by the riding of Victoria City.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2006): 85.54% White, 4.05% Chinese, 3.07% Aboriginal, 1.26% South Asian, 1.22% Japanese, 1.15% Filipino, 1.09% Black
Languages (2011): 83.93% English, 2.92% Chinese, 1.79% French, 1.40% German
Religions (2001): 35.36% Protestant, 15.05% Catholic, 3.94% Other Christian, 1.62% Buddhist, 40.52% No religion
Median income (2005): $24,022

Geography

It covers the City of Victoria, the municipality of Oak Bay and the southeastern portion of the municipality of Saanich. It also includes the University of Victoria.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	Christian Heritage Party - Victoria Riding Association	John K. Cooper	306-2020 Richmond Avenue	Victoria
	Conservative Party of Canada	Victoria Conservative Association	Donald Nightingale	PO BOX 8416	Victoria
	Green Party of Canada	Victoria Electoral District Association	Sarah Potts	PO BOX 8137	Victoria
	Liberal Party of Canada	Victoria Federal Liberal Association	Carol Williams	1075 Pandora Avenue	Victoria
	New Democratic Party	Victoria Federal NDP Riding Association	James Coccola	PO BOX 5380 LCD #9	Victoria

History

This electoral district was created in 1872 when Victoria District riding was abolished. It elected two members to the Canadian House of Commons.

In 1878, Sir John A. Macdonald was parachuted into the riding, as he was unelectable in eastern Canada, in the wake of the Pacific Scandal. Victorians voted for him enthusiastically, as he promised to finally bring about the construction of what became the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the fall, he was also acclaimed as member for the Marquette riding in Manitoba.

It was abolished in 1903, and split into Victoria City and Nanaimo ridings.

It was re-created in 1924 from the Victoria City riding, electing one member to the House of Commons.

A redistribution in 1966 trimmed the size of the riding slightly, removing parts of Saanich west of Cedar Hill Road and north of Cedar Hill Cross Road.

Victoria was one two electoral districts in British Columbia that saw no changes to its boundaries proposed following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1872–1904

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Victoria Riding created from Victoria District
2nd	1872 – 1874		Henry Nathan, Jr.	Liberal		Amor De Cosmos	Liberal
3rd	1874 – 1878		Francis James Roscoe	Independent Liberal
4th	1878 – 1882		John A. Macdonald	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882 – 1887		Noah Shakespeare	Conservative		Edgar Crow Baker	Conservative
6th	1887
	1888 – 1889	Edward Gawler Prior
	1889 – 1891		Thomas Earle
7th	1891 – 1896
8th	1896 – 1900
9th	1900 – 1902
	1902 – 1904			George Riley	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Victoria City and Nanaimo

1925–present

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Victoria Riding re-created from Victoria City
15th	1925–1926		Simon Fraser Tolmie	Conservative
16th	1926–1928
	1928–1930		D'Arcy Plunkett
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1936†
	1936–1937†		Simon Fraser Tolmie
	1937–1940		Robert Mayhew	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Francis Fairey
23rd	1957–1958		Albert McPhillips	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		David Groos	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Allan McKinnon	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		John Brewin	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		David Anderson	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Denise Savoie	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012
	2012–2015		Murray Rankin
42nd	2015–Present

Current Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for Victoria is Murray Rankin of the New Democratic Party, a former lawyer and University of Victoria law professor.

Election results

1925–present

The Victoria riding name was re-established as a one-member seat in 1924.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Murray Rankin	30,397	42.28	-8.50	–
	Green	Jo-Ann Roberts	23,666	32.92	+21.31	–
	Liberal	Cheryl Thomas[3]	8,489	11.81	-2.18	–
	Conservative	John Rizzuti	8,480	11.79	-11.83	–
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	539	0.75		–
	Animal Alliance	Jordan Reichert	200	0.28	–	–
	Independent	Saul Andersen	124	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			71,895	100.00		$231,800.33
Total rejected ballots			241	0.33
Turnout			72,136	77.92
Eligible voters			92,574
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.90
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

Canadian federal by-election, November 26, 2012 On the resignation of Denise Savoie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Murray Rankin	14,507	37.17	−13.61	$95,540
	Green	Donald Galloway	13,389	34.30	+22.69	$97,264
	Conservative	Dale Gann	5,654	14.49	−9.14	$90,170
	Liberal	Paul Summerville	5,097	13.06	−0.92	$81,254
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	193	0.49	–	$496
	Christian Heritage	Philip Ney	192	0.49	–	$3,499
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,032	100.0		$97,992.97
Total rejected ballots			98	0.25
Turnout			39,130	44.02
Eligible voters			88,886
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−12.1
[6]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	30,679	50.78	+6.17	$74,027
	Conservative	Patrick Hunt	14,275	23.63	-3.93	$83,652
	Liberal	Christopher Causton	8,448	13.98	-2.90	$92,040
	Green	Jared Giesbrecht	7,015	11.61	+1.06	$32,030
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,417	100.0		$93,244
Total rejected ballots			208	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			60,625	68.55
Eligible voters			88,438
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.05

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	26,443	44.61	+6.15	$81,857
	Conservative	Jack McClintock	16,337	27.56	+2.96	$82,001
	Liberal	Anne Park Shannon	10,006	16.88	-10.64	$47,655
	Green	Adam Saab	6,252	10.55	+2.42	$25,997
	Christian Heritage	John Cooper	237	0.40	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,275	100.0		$89,794
Total rejected ballots			184	0.31	-0.04
Turnout			59,459
	New Democratic hold		Swing		1.60

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	23,839	38.46	+7.38	$72,365
	Liberal	David Mulroney	17,056	27.52	-7.52	$83,680
	Conservative	Robin Baird	15,249	24.60	+2.77	$83,680
	Green	Ariel Lade	5,036	8.13	-3.56	$25,332
	Marijuana	Fred Mallach	311	0.50	–	$8,108
	Independent	Saul Andersen	282	0.45	–	$409
	Western Block	Bruce Burnett	208	0.34	–
Total valid votes			61,981	100.0
Total rejected ballots			167	0.27	+0.02
Turnout			62,148
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.45

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	20,398	35.04	-7.61	$77,645
	New Democratic	David Turner	18,093	31.08	+18.07	$63,980
	Conservative	Logan Wenham	12,708	21.83	-14.35	$79,360
	Green	Ariel Lade	6,807	11.69	+5.83	$32,630
	Canadian Action	Derek J. Skinner	206	0.35	–	$2,949
Total valid votes			58,212	100.0
Total rejected ballots			169	0.29	-0.08
Turnout			58,381	68.41	+5.14
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.84
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	23,730	42.65	+7.90	$69,260
	Alliance	Bruce Hallsor	16,502	29.66	+0.15	$65,598
	New Democratic	David Turner	7,243	13.01	-8.88	$51,776
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Burchill	3,629	6.52	+0.36	$6,889
	Green	Joan Russow	3,264	5.86	+0.49	$19,737
	Marijuana	Chuck Beyer	863	1.55	–	$975
	Natural Law	Cal Danyluk	138	0.24	-0.41
	Independent	Lorenzo A. Bouchard	101	0.18	–
	Communist	Scott Rushton	92	0.16	–	$189
	Independent	Mary Moreau	75	0.13	–
Total valid votes			55,637	100.0
Total rejected ballots			204	0.37	-0.09
Turnout			55,841	63.55	-4.92
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.88
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	18,130	34.75	-2.39	$60,758
	Reform	Arla Taylor	15,393	29.51	+1.78	$53,976
	New Democratic	Carol Judd	11,419	21.89	+7.84	$54,055
	Progressive Conservative	John J.P. King	3,589	6.88	-3.50	$14,767
	Green	Joan Russow	2,806	5.37	+3.42	$2,912
	Canadian Action	Brian Burchill	353	0.67	–	$3,521
	Natural Law	Cal Danyluk	340	0.65	-0.23	$321
	Independent	Bob O'Neill	131	0.25	–	$1,045
Total valid votes			52,161	100.0
Total rejected ballots			241	0.46
Turnout			52,402	68.52
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.08

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Anderson	21,402	37.14	+15.75
	Reform	Patrick Hunt	15,981	27.73	+19.33
	New Democratic	John Brewin	8,091	14.04	-23.93
	Progressive Conservative	Faith Collins	5,982	10.38	-19.55
	National	Cecelia Mavrow	4,034	7.00	–
	Green	Donna Morton	1,125	1.95	+0.19
	Natural Law	Michael Coon	511	0.88	–
	Libertarian	Kent Cowan	172	0.29	-0.06
	Independent	Roger Rocan	121	0.20	–
	Independent	Rhyon Caldwell	83	0.14	–
	Communist	Anne Foss	74	0.12	-0.74
	Independent	John Ernest Currie	45	0.07	–
Total valid votes			57,621	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		-1.79

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	John F. Brewin	22,399	37.97	-0.63
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Young	17,660	29.93	-16.41
	Liberal	Michael James O'Connor	12,617	21.39	+8.76
	Reform	Terry Volb	4,956	8.40	–
	Green	Laura K. Porcher	1,037	1.76	+0.68
	Rhinoceros	J.C. Hicks	209	0.35	-0.14
	Independent	John A. Harter	121	0.21	–
Total valid votes			58,999	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.89

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	24,588	46.34	-4.00
	New Democratic	John Brewin	20,480	38.60	+4.28
	Liberal	Jane Heffelfinger	6,702	12.63	-1.72
	Green	John F. Knight	575	1.08	–
	Rhinoceros	Dapper Dan Lindsay	262	0.49	-0.40
	Libertarian	Bill J. McElwain	187	0.35	–
	Confederation of Regions	Elizabeth James	162	0.31	–
	Independent	Johannes Balther-Jensen	104	0.20	–
Total valid votes			53,060	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.14

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	25,068	50.34	-4.40
	New Democratic	Robin Blencoe	17,088	34.32	+4.39
	Liberal	Bruce E. Corbett	7,145	14.35	-0.80
	Rhinoceros	Rhino Kirk Higgins	446	0.89	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy Ratzlaff	47	0.01	-0.17
Total valid votes			49,794	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.40

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	28,058	54.74	+9.40
	New Democratic	Gretchen Brewin	15,344	29.93	+15.24
	Liberal	Robert Monaghan	7,766	15.15	-14.39
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy Ratzlaff	91	0.18	-0.26
Total valid votes			51,259	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.92

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	26,771	45.34	-2.14
	Liberal	Frances H. Elford	14,289	29.54	+4.05
	New Democratic	Peter W. James	7,108	14.69	-8.57
	Marxist–Leninist	Dave Danielson	211	0.44	–
Total valid votes			48,379	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.10

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	22,842	47.48	+15.09
	Liberal	David Groos	12,264	25.49	-18.41
	New Democratic	Flemming Hansen	11,192	23.26	+0.80
	Social Credit	Clifford E. Stretch	1,173	2.44	–
	Independent	Daniel Lewis Heffernan	357	0.74	–
	Independent	Michael Charles Hall-Patch	280	0.58	–
Total valid votes			48,108	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.75

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Groos	18,401	43.90	+12.03
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Charman	13,578	32.39	+3.82
	New Democratic	Harvey Richardson	9,414	22.46	+5.85
	Independent	George Burnham	526	1.25	–
Total valid votes			41,919	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.10

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Groos	13,930	31.87	-2.74
	Progressive Conservative	Clifford Waite	12,488	28.57	-2.50
	Social Credit	M. Frank Hunter	9,659	22.10	+8.98
	New Democratic	J. Lloyd Brereton	7,259	16.61	+3.36
	Communist	William Stuart E. Morrison	374	0.86	–
Total valid votes			43,710	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.12

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Groos	15,040	34.61	-0.91
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Charman	13,502	31.07	-4.99
	New Democratic	H.A.L. Fanthorpe	5,757	13.25	-0.64
	Social Credit	Millard H. Mooney	5,701	13.12	-1.41
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	3,460	7.96	–
Total valid votes			43,460	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.04
Independent Liberal candidate Thomas Foster Isherwood lost 27.56 percentage points from his 1962 performance as an official Liberal candidate.

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	14,333	36.06	-25.01
	Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	14,117	35.52	+14.21
	Social Credit	James Audain	5,776	14.53	+8.07
	New Democratic	H.A.L. Fanthorpe	5,520	13.89	+2.73
Total valid votes			39,746	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-19.61
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth votes in the previous election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	24,945	61.07	+16.41
	Liberal	William Geoffrey Ellis	8,706	21.31	-5.98
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Victor W. Williams	4,560	11.16	+1.92
	Social Credit	Elmer D. McEwen	2,637	6.46	-12.34
Total valid votes			40,848	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.20

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	17,981	44.66	+26.33
	Liberal	Francis Fairey	10,987	27.29	-13.72
	Social Credit	Waldo Skillings	7,569	18.80	-7.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Victor W. Williams	3,721	9.24	-4.13
Total valid votes			40,258	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.02

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Francis Fairey	13,696	41.01	-14.96
	Social Credit	Waldo Skillings	8,677	25.98	–
	Progressive Conservative	George James	6,122	18.33	-11.08
	Co-operative Commonwealth	May Campbell	4,465	13.37	-1.25
	Independent Social Credit	Andrew Henry Jukes	422	1.26	–
	Communist	Thomas Seibert	313	0.94	-2.15
Total valid votes			33,395	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-20.47

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	19,324	55.97	+22.65
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Arthur Cameron	10,154	29.41	-2.89
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Baxter Caird	5,048	14.62	-14.44
Total valid votes			34,526	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.77

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	11,806	33.32	-19.15
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton	11,442	32.30	-2.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray D. Bryce	10,295	29.06	+16.38
	Communist	Garry Culhane	1,093	3.09	–
	Social Credit	William Franklin Lougheed	793	2.24	–
Total valid votes			35,429	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.34

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	13,887	52.47	+12.41
	National Government	James Sutherland Brown	9,193	34.78	+2.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth McAllister	3,352	12.68	-14.96
Total valid votes			26,429	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.96

Canadian federal by-election, 29 November 1937 On the death of Simon Fraser Tolmie, 13 October 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	9,493	40.06	+6.63
	Conservative	Bruce Alistair McKelvie	7,654	32.30	-1.76
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John King Gordon	6,550	27.64	–
Total valid votes			23,697	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+4.20

Canadian federal by-election, 8 June 1936 On the death of D'Arcy Britton Plunkett, 3 May 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	5,997	34.06	-1.22
	Liberal	John King Gordon	5,887	33.43	+3.43
	Independent	Christopher John McDowell	5,725	32.51	–
Total valid votes			17,609	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.32
Independent candidate Christopher John McDowell gained 2.51 percentage points from his 1935 performance as a Liberal.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Britton Plunkett	7,505	35.28	-21.61
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John King Gordon	6,482	30.47	–
	Liberal	Christopher John McDowell	6,378	30.00	-13.11
	Reconstruction	Percival Edward George	905	4.25	–
Total valid votes			21,270	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-26.04

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Britton Plunkett	8,319	56.89	-6.36
	Liberal	Stuart Alexander Henderson	6,303	43.11	+6.36
Total valid votes			14,622	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-6.36

Canadian federal by-election, 6 December 1928 On the resignation of Simon Fraser Tolmie, 5 June 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Britton Plunkett	5,636	63.25	+0.48
	Liberal	John Duncan MacLean	5,544	36.75	-0.48
Total valid votes			13,355	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.48

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	6,831	62.77	+2.77
	Liberal	Edward Oliver Carew Martin	4,051	37.23	-2.77
Total valid votes			10,882	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.77

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	6,926	60.00
	Liberal	William McKinnon Ivel	4,617	40.00
Total valid votes			11,543	100.0
This riding was created from Victoria City, where Conservative Simon Fraser Tolmie was the incumbent.

1872–1902

The Victoria riding was abolished in 1903. Successor ridings were Victoria City and, for western parts of the riding, Nanaimo. This riding elected two members to parliament.

Canadian federal by-election, 28 January 1902 On election being declared void, 2 December 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	George Riley	1,797	56.60
	Conservative	F.S. Barnard	1,378	43.40
Total valid votes			3,175	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Edward Gawler Prior	1,872
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,775
	Liberal	Richard Low Drury	1,657
	Liberal	George Riley	1,640

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	E.G. Prior	1,647
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,551
	Liberal	William Templeman	1,452
	Liberal	George L. Milne	1,355

Canadian federal by-election, 6 January 1896 On the appointment of Edward Gawler Prior as Controller of Inland Revenue, 17 December 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior
	Liberal	William Templeman
There are no vote counts in the Elections Canada records, only an indication that Mr. Prior was the winner of this by-election.

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,061
	Conservative	E.G. Prior	1,031
	Liberal	William Templeman	449
	Liberal	William Marchant	417

Canadian federal by-election, 23 January 1888 On the resignation of Noah Shakespeare to accept the position of Postmaster of Victoria, June 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior	acclaimed

Canadian federal by-election, 28 October 1889 On the resignation of Edgar Crow Baker, 2 May 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	E.C. Baker	632
	Conservative	Noah Shakespeare	548
	Independent Conservative	T.B. Humphreys	394
	Independent Conservative	James Fell	327
	Liberal	W.A. Robertson	253
	Liberal	A.E. McCallum	245

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edgar Crow Baker	441
	Conservative	Noah Shakespeare	400
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	307
	Unknown	Cornelius Booth	241
	Unknown	John Boyd	149
	Unknown	James Fell	139

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald	896
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	538
	Unknown	J.P. Davies	480

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	308
	Independent Liberal	Francis J. Roscoe	304
	Unknown	C. Morton	299
	Unknown	T. Harris	97

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Henry Nathan, Jr.	402
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	398
	Unknown	R. Beaven	94
This riding was created from Victoria District, which elected both Liberal Amor De Cosmos and Henry Nathan, Jr. in the previous by-election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 59035) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. "Liberal candidate Cheryl Thomas resigns over Facebook comments". CBC News (CBC News). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Victoria, 30 September 2015
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
6. "November 26, 2012 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 27, 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada