Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 113,004 | ||
Electors (2019) | 99,285 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 404 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 279.7 | ||
Census division(s) | Capital | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Belcher Bay 1, Capital H, Colwood, Esquimalt (district municipality), Esquimalt (Indian reserve), Metchosin, New Songhees 1A, Saanich, Sooke, T'Sou-ke, View Royal |
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke is a federal electoral district in Greater Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
It was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, came into effect in 2013, and first contested in the general election on Monday October 19th, 2015.[2] Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke encompasses portions of the south Island previously included in the electoral districts of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands.[3] The riding contains the Township of Esquimalt, the City of Colwood, the District of Metchosin, View Royal, Sooke, as well as the North Quadra, Swan Lake and Cloverdale neighbourhoods in Saanich East and all of Saanich West. The population of the district was 113,004 in 2011.[3]
The district was originally planned to be named "Saanich—Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca".[4]
Demographics
Panethnic group | 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
European[a] | 99,360 | 78.75% | 96,370 | 81.57% | 95,230 | 85.4% | ||||||||
Indigenous | 7,255 | 5.75% | 6,655 | 5.63% | 5,270 | 4.73% | ||||||||
East Asian[b] | 5,645 | 4.47% | 4,820 | 4.08% | 3,440 | 3.08% | ||||||||
South Asian | 4,640 | 3.68% | 3,665 | 3.1% | 2,890 | 2.59% | ||||||||
Southeast Asian[c] | 4,365 | 3.46% | 3,340 | 2.83% | 2,375 | 2.13% | ||||||||
African | 1,735 | 1.38% | 1,300 | 1.1% | 1,110 | 1% | ||||||||
Latin American | 1,160 | 0.92% | 785 | 0.66% | 595 | 0.53% | ||||||||
Middle Eastern[d] | 970 | 0.77% | 590 | 0.5% | 210 | 0.19% | ||||||||
Other[e] | 1,035 | 0.82% | 615 | 0.52% | 395 | 0.35% | ||||||||
Total responses | 126,165 | 98.07% | 118,150 | 97.78% | 111,510 | 98.71% | ||||||||
Total population | 128,644 | 100% | 120,834 | 100% | 112,969 | 100% | ||||||||
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
- According to the 2016 Canadian census[8][9][10]
Languages: 86.2% English, 2.4% French, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.1% German, 1.0% Cantonese, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions (2011): 43.0% Christian (13.7% Catholic, 7.9% Anglican, 5.6% United Church, 2.6% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Presbyterian, 9.4% Other), 1.4% Sikh, 52.6% No religion
Median income (2015): $37,275
Average income (2015): $45,081
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Randall Garrison | New Democratic | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
Election results
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2023 representation order
2021 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 26,306 | 43.23 | |
Liberal | 13,314 | 21.88 | |
Conservative | 12,759 | 20.97 | |
Green | 5,410 | 8.89 | |
People's | 2,828 | 4.65 | |
Others | 234 | 0.38 |
2013 representation order
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Randall Garrison | 28,056 | 42.8 | +8.7 | $82,390.92 | |||
Liberal | Doug Kobayashi | 14,466 | 22.1 | +4.2 | $64,456.41 | |||
Conservative | Laura Anne Frost | 13,885 | 21.2 | +2.1 | $40,019.46 | |||
Green | Harley Gordon | 5,891 | 9.0 | -17.4 | $44,246.24 | |||
People's | Rob Anderson | 2,995 | 4.6 | +3.0 | $2,605.00 | |||
Communist | Tyson Riel Strandlund | 249 | 0.4 | +0.2 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,542 | 99.1 | – | $128,919.72 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 565 | 0.9 | ||||||
Turnout | 66,107 | 64.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 102,679 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.5 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[12] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Randall Garrison | 23,887 | 34.1 | -0.91 | $91,278.46 | |||
Green | David Merner | 18,506 | 26.4 | +6.46 | $84,289.59 | |||
Conservative | Randall Pewarchuk | 13,409 | 19.1 | +1.60 | $67,736.79 | |||
Liberal | Jamie Hammond | 12,554 | 17.9 | -9.45 | $69,892.94 | |||
People's | Jeremy Gustafson | 1,089 | 1.6 | – | ||||
Libertarian | Josh Steffler | 287 | 0.4 | – | ||||
Communist | Tyson Strandlund | 111 | 0.2 | – | ||||
Independent | Louis Lesosky | 100 | 0.1 | – | ||||
Independent | Fidelia Godron | 99 | 0.1 | – | ||||
Independent | Philip Ney | 83 | 0.1 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 70,125 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 304 | |||||||
Turnout | 70,429 | 70.9 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 99,285 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -4.27 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[13][14] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Randall Garrison | 23,836 | 35.01 | -4.39 | $119,644.07 | |||
Liberal | David Merner | 18,622 | 27.35 | +17.65 | $33,914.59 | |||
Green | Frances Litman | 13,575 | 19.94 | +7.08 | $119,498.62 | |||
Conservative | Shari Lukens | 11,912 | 17.50 | -20.11 | $108,944.43 | |||
Communist | Tyson Strandlund | 136 | 0.20 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,081 | 100.00 | $229,301.98 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 199 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 68,280 | 74.99 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 91,056 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -11.02 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[18] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 22,324 | 39.40 | |
Conservative | 21,305 | 37.61 | |
Green | 7,287 | 12.86 | |
Liberal | 5,496 | 9.70 | |
Others | 242 | 0.43 |
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ a b Report – British Columbia (PDF)
- ^ "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Esquimalt--Saanich--Sooke [Federal electoral district], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]". February 8, 2017.
- ^ "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". May 8, 2013.
- ^ "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". May 8, 2013.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, 30 September 2015
- ^ Official Voting Results - Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections