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Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, and includes the southern Gulf Islands

Gulf Islands

The Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....

.

Saanich North and the Islands was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands

Saanich and the Islands

Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South....

which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election

British Columbia general election, 1991

The British Columbia general election of 1991 was the 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991...

Demographics

Population, 2001	52,671
Population Change, 1996–2001	3.6%
Area (km²)	462.65
Pop. Density	114

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Hon. Murray Coell

Murray Coell

Murray Coell is a BC Liberal MLA, representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands, a suburb of Victoria. He previously served as the Minister of Environment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; Minister of Human Resources; Minister of...

, a former mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

of Saanich

Saanich, British Columbia

The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...

. He was first elected in 1996

British Columbia general election, 1996

The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the thirty sixth provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996...

. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

. Mr. Coell was appointed Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services on January 26, 2004. After re-election in 2005, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Minister responsible for Research and Technology.

Election results

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Murray Robert Coell

Murray Coell

|align="right"|13,120
|align="right"|44.91%
|align="right"|+0.9%

|New Democrat

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

|Tom Bradfield
|align="right"|3,220
|align="right"|11.02%
|align="right"|-4.1%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|29215
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Murray Robert Coell

Murray Coell

|align="right"|13,265
|align="right"|44.01%
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...

|Ian Douglas Bruce
|align="right"|1,056
|align="right"|3.50%
|align="right"|
|}

|-

|BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Murray Robert Coell

Murray Coell

Green Party of British Columbia

|Andrew Lewis
|align="right"|7,211
|align="right"|25.41%
|align="right"|

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

|Christina Racki
|align="right"|491
|align="right"|1.73%
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Balther Johannes Jensen
|align="right"|257
|align="right"|0.91%
|align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Murray Robert Coell

Murray Coell

|align="right"|13,374
|align="right"|47.57%
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

|Ross Imrie
|align="right"|1,627
|align="right"|5.79%
|align="right"|

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Green Party of British Columbia

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia

The Western Canada Concept Party of BC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept, a political party that operated at the federal level, advocating the separation of the four western provinces of Canada and the...

|Zino Del Monte
|align="right"|63
|align="right"|0.22%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|28,113
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|120
!align="right"|0.43%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|28,233
!align="right"|77.89%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Clive Tanner
|align="right"|13,633
|align="right"|52.53%
|align="right"|

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

Reform Party of British Columbia

Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a conservative, pro-life political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 1991 election, it nominated 8 candidates in the province's 75 ridings. They won a total of 1,310 votes, or 0.09% of the provincial total. In the 1996 election, it nominated...

|Thomas Aussenegg
|align="right"|99
|align="right"|0.38%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,951
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|307
!align="right"|1.17%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,258
!align="right"|82.31%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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