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North Victoria was the 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 was created from a partition 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...

, 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

Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

, along with South Victoria

South Victoria

South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria...

. 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:...

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
|John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He came to Guelph, Ontario at a young age, was educated in...

|align="right"|136
|align="right"|56.90%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Opposition
|Horatio John Robertson
|align="right"|103
|align="right"|43.10%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|239
!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
|John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He came to Guelph, Ontario at a young age, was educated in...

|align="right"|144
|align="right"|52.75%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Opposition
|Thomas Wilson Paterson
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|47.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|273
!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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|}
|Independent Liberal
|John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He came to Guelph, Ontario at a young age, was educated in...

|align="right"|123
|align="right"|43.77%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent-Opposition
|Horatio John Robertson
|align="right"|41
|align="right"|14.59%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent-Government
|James Johnstone White
|align="right"|117
|align="right"|41.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|281
!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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|}

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

Source
Elections BC Historical Returns
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