Oak Bay-Gordon Head 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...

.

Demographics

Population, 2001	47,814
Population Change, 1996–2001	0.2%
Area (km²)	30
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1,598

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. Ida Chong

Ida Chong

Ida Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...

, a former municipal councillor

Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

 for the District 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...

. She 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...

 and 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...

. Ms. Chong was appointed Minister of Advanced Education on December 15, 2004. She has previously served as Minister of State for Women's and Seniors' Services. After re-election in 2005

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

, she was appointed Minister of Community Services, and Minister Responsible for Women's and Senior's Services. She was again re-elected in 2009.

Election results

|-

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

|Ida Chong

Ida Chong

Ida Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...

|align="right"|11,877
|align="right"|46.64%
|align="right"|-1.16%

|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...

|Jessica Van der Veen
|align="right"|11,316
|align="right"|44.45%
|align="right"|+2.14%

|Green

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...

|Steven Johns
|align="right"|2,330
|align="right"|8.91%
|align="right"|+0.65%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

|Ida Chong

Ida Chong

Ida Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...

|align="right"|12,911
|align="right"|47.80%
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP

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...

|Charley Beresford

Charley Beresford

Charley Beresford is a Canadian politician. Beresford was the British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the 2005 British Columbia general election. She finished second to Ida Chong....

|align="right"|11,430
|align="right"|42.31%
|align="right"|

|Green

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...

|Stephen Hender
|align="right"|2,232
|align="right"|8.26%
|align="right"|

|DRBC

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:...

|Lyne England
|align="right"|268
|align="right"|0.99%
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Lindsay Budge
|align="right"|171
|align="right"|0.63%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|27,012
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

|Ida Chong

Ida Chong

Ida Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...

|align="right"|14,588
|align="right"|57.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,994
|-

|NDP

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...

|Charley Beresford

Charley Beresford

Charley Beresford is a Canadian politician. Beresford was the British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the 2005 British Columbia general election. She finished second to Ida Chong....

|align="right"|5,789
|align="right"|22.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$30,917

|Green

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...

|Christin Geall
|align="right"|4,666
|align="right"|18.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,291

|Marijuana

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....

|Michael "Mik" Mann
|align="right"|411
|align="right"|1.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$583
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,454
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|93
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,547
!align="right"|75.54%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

|Ida Chong

Ida Chong

Ida Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...

|align="right"|12,340
|align="right"|46.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,261
|-

|NDP

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...

|Elizabeth Cull
|align="right"|11,700
|align="right"|44.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$45,690

|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....

|Gordon Henderson
|align="right"|937
|align="right"|3.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$305

|BC Reform

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...

|Paul Yewchuk
|align="right"|675
|align="right"|2.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$11,324

|Green

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...

|Lenora Burke
|align="right"|566
|align="right"|2.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,903

|Family Coalition

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...

|Alan Idler
|align="right"|56
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$225

|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 van Dyk
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,796

|Independent
|John Ernest Currie
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$244

|Natural Law

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....

|Gary Zak
|align="right"|47
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$165

|Independent
|Casey Edge
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|0.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$604

|No Affiliation
|Nicholas Varzeliotis
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|0.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,645
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,487
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|123
!align="right"|0.46%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,610
!align="right"|79.49%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

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...

|Elizabeth Cull

Elizabeth Cull

Elizabeth Cull is a Canadian politician, teacher, and broadcast panel member. She was a former NDP MLA for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head.-Political career:...

|align="right"|10,522
|align="right"|39.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$42,729
|-

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

|Paul McKivett
|align="right"|9,685
|align="right"|36.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$11,068

|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...

|Susan Brice
|align="right"|5,556
|align="right"|20.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,573

|BC Reform

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...

|Terry Milne
|align="right"|604
|align="right"|2.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$7,043

|Family Coalition

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...

|Kathleen Toth
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|0.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$539

|Human Race
|John Currie
|align="right"|42
|align="right"|0.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,566
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|422
!align="right"|1.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,988
!align="right"|83.16%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-

|NDP

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...

|Elizabeth Cull

Elizabeth Cull

Elizabeth Cull is a Canadian politician, teacher, and broadcast panel member. She was a former NDP MLA for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head.-Political career:...

|align="right"|10,807
|align="right"|45.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|BC 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...

|Paul McKivett
|align="right"|10,430
|align="right"|9.11%
|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...

|Susan Brice
|align="right"|10,430
|align="right"|43.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Green

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...

|Garth Lenz
|align="right"|328
|align="right"|1.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Human Race Party
|Louis Lesosky
|align="right"|20
|align="right"|0.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Roland Isaacs
|align="right"|117
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,876
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|242
!align="right"|1.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Eligible Voters
!align="right"|32,351
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|73.80%
!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...

|Brian Ray Douglas Smith

Brian Smith (politician)

Brian Ray Douglas Smith is a Canadian politician and business executive. After serving for a decade on Oak Bay municipal council, Smith was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1979 election to represent the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head for the Social Credit Party...

|align="right"|14,008
|align="right"|52.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|NDP

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...

|Muriel Agnes Overgaard
|align="right"|9,580
|align="right"|35.91%
|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...

|Irvin Kimball Burbank
|align="right"|1,678
|align="right"|6.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-

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

|Matthew Julian
|align="right"|635
|align="right"|2.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|WCC

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...

|Tom Pappajohn
|align="right"|515
|align="right"|1.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Ernest A. LeCours
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|0.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Russel Ellsworth Downe
|align="right"|63
|align="right"|0.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,680
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|237
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,988
!align="right"|83.16%
!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...

|Brian Ray Douglas Smith

Brian Smith (politician)

Brian Ray Douglas Smith is a Canadian politician and business executive. After serving for a decade on Oak Bay municipal council, Smith was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1979 election to represent the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head for the Social Credit Party...

|align="right"|12,730
|align="right"|49.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|NDP

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...

|Muriel Agnes Overgaard
|align="right"|6,741
|align="right"|26.17%
|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...

|Victor Albert Stephens
|align="right"|6,284
|align="right"|24.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,755
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|497
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 83.16(pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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