North Victoria

North Victoria was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with South Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria.


Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJohn Paton Booth13656.90%unknown
OppositionHoratio John Robertson10343.10%unknown
Total valid votes 239 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJohn Paton Booth14452.75%unknown
OppositionThomas Wilson Paterson12947.25%unknown
Total valid votes 273 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1900 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Independent LiberalJohn Paton Booth12343.77
Independent GovernmentJames Johnstone White11741.64
Independent OppositionHoratio John Robertson4114.59
Total valid votes 281 100.00

The North Victoria riding-name disappeared in the 1903 election. Its main successor-riding was Saanich.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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