South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province 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...

. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding

Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map...

, along with North Victoria

North Victoria

North Victoria was the a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 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,...

. For other Victoria-area ridings please see 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:...

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Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are in bold.
|Government
|Joseph Westrop Carey
|align="right"|100
|align="right"|26.74%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria from 1890 to 1894, South Victoria from 1894 to 1903 and Saanich from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.He was born in Chatham, Ontario, the son of...

|align="right"|274
|align="right"|73.26%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|374
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
|Government
|David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria from 1890 to 1894, South Victoria from 1894 to 1903 and Saanich from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.He was born in Chatham, Ontario, the son of...

|align="right"|236
|align="right"|52.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Opposition
|James Stuart Yates
|align="right"|210
|align="right"|47.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|446
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
|Opposition
|David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts

David McEwen Eberts was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria from 1890 to 1894, South Victoria from 1894 to 1903 and Saanich from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.He was born in Chatham, Ontario, the son of...

|align="right"|236
|align="right"|52.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Government-Independent
|George Sangster
|align="right"|208
|align="right"|44.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|467
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}

The South Victoria riding was succeeded in the 1903 election by Oak Bay

Oak Bay (electoral district)

Oak Bay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1941 and last appeared in the 1975 election. Its successor is the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding. For other ridings in the area of Victoria, B.C...

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Source

Elections BC Historical Returns

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