Saanich and the Islands
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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
.
For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts)
or, for those in the area of Victoria, Victoria (electoral districts)
.
|-
|Liberal
|James McGeer Campbell
|align="right"|3,401
|align="right"|23.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Edwin Wallace Haw
|align="right"|3,821
|align="right"|26.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
|align="right"|7,237
|align="right"|50.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,459
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|152
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|New Democrat
|Donald Inge Johannessen
|align="right"|6,978
|align="right"|34.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Louis Frederick Lindholm
|align="right"|3,312
|align="right"|16.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
|align="right"|9,888
|align="right"|49.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|20,178
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|136
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Malcolm B. Anderson
|align="right"|3,581
|align="right"|15.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|John Crawford McKenzie
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|8,427
|align="right"|35.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|T. Foster Isherwood
|align="right"|5,894
|align="right"|25.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Eric Sherwood
|align="right"|5,536
|align="right"|23.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,487
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|265
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Irene Rose Block
|align="right"|2,883
|align="right"|10.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|14,185
|align="right"|50.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Carolyn Mae Pickup
|align="right"|10,048
|align="right"|35.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Edgar Rudolf Rhomberg
|align="right"|1,079
|align="right"|3.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|28,195
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|356
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|16,018
|align="right"|49.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|2,431
|align="right"|7.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|John Mika
|align="right"|13,961
|align="right"|43.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32,410
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|419
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Independent
|Douglas Hewson Christie
|align="right"|1,028
|align="right"|2.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|19,219
|align="right"|48.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|1,560
|align="right"|3.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Mary Jane Lewis
|align="right"|780
|align="right"|1.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|John Mika
|align="right"|17,347
|align="right"|43.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|39,934
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|364
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Melville Bertram Couvelier
|align="right"|20,658
|align="right"|25.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Terry Huberts
|align="right"|20,517
|align="right"|25.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Carolyn Mae Pickup
|align="right"|17,193
|align="right"|21.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Clive Tanner
|align="right"|5,884
|align="right"|7.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|David Herbert Vickers
|align="right"|17,024
|align="right"|20.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"| 81,276
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|585
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat increased to two members from one.
|}
After the 1986 election the riding was redistributed due to population growth in Saanich. The successor ridings are:
Saanich North and the Islands
(2001–present)
Saanich South
(2001—present)
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...
from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....
, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South
Saanich South
Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C...
.
For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts)
Vancouver Island (electoral districts)
This page lists all historical and current federal and provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island.-Historical:All Vancouver Island ridings other than those immediately in and around Victoria are descended from the original Vancouver Island riding, which existed only as a temporary measure...
or, for those in the area of Victoria, Victoria (electoral districts)
Victoria (electoral districts)
This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts and senate divisions in Canada using the name of Victoria, or located in, the area of the city of Victoria.-Current federal electoral districts:...
.
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|Liberal
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...
|James McGeer Campbell
|align="right"|3,401
|align="right"|23.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Edwin Wallace Haw
|align="right"|3,821
|align="right"|26.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
|align="right"|7,237
|align="right"|50.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,459
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|152
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Donald Inge Johannessen
|align="right"|6,978
|align="right"|34.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
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...
|Louis Frederick Lindholm
|align="right"|3,312
|align="right"|16.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
|align="right"|9,888
|align="right"|49.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|20,178
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|136
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
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...
|Malcolm B. Anderson
|align="right"|3,581
|align="right"|15.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|John Crawford McKenzie
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|8,427
|align="right"|35.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|T. Foster Isherwood
|align="right"|5,894
|align="right"|25.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Eric Sherwood
|align="right"|5,536
|align="right"|23.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,487
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|265
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Irene Rose Block
|align="right"|2,883
|align="right"|10.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|14,185
|align="right"|50.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Carolyn Mae Pickup
|align="right"|10,048
|align="right"|35.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
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...
|Edgar Rudolf Rhomberg
|align="right"|1,079
|align="right"|3.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|28,195
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|356
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
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...
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|16,018
|align="right"|49.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|2,431
|align="right"|7.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John Mika
|align="right"|13,961
|align="right"|43.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32,410
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|419
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Independent
|Douglas Hewson Christie
|align="right"|1,028
|align="right"|2.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|Hugh Austin Curtis
|align="right"|19,219
|align="right"|48.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|John Willison Green
|align="right"|1,560
|align="right"|3.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Mary Jane Lewis
|align="right"|780
|align="right"|1.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John Mika
|align="right"|17,347
|align="right"|43.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|39,934
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|364
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
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...
|Melville Bertram Couvelier
|align="right"|20,658
|align="right"|25.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
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...
|Terry Huberts
|align="right"|20,517
|align="right"|25.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Carolyn Mae Pickup
|align="right"|17,193
|align="right"|21.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
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...
|Clive Tanner
|align="right"|5,884
|align="right"|7.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|David Herbert Vickers
|align="right"|17,024
|align="right"|20.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"| 81,276
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|585
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat increased to two members from one.
|}
After the 1986 election the riding was redistributed due to population growth in Saanich. The successor ridings are:
Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands
Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....
(2001–present)
Saanich South
Saanich South
Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C...
(2001—present)