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Victoria-Beacon Hill 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	49,427
Population Change, 1996-2001	-0.1%
Area (km²)	12.39
Pop. Density	3,989

Geography

The riding comprises most of the City of 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...

, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west; by the Municipality of Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia

Oak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the City of Victoria...

to the east, by Bay Street and Haultain Street to the north.

History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created for the British Columbia general election, 1991

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...

after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria

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 all other such dual ridings.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its former 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 Jeff Bray

Jeff Bray (politician)

Jeff Bray is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Victoria-Beacon Hill.-External links:*...

. He was first elected in 2001. He represented 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...

.

The current MLA is Carole James

Carole James

Carole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...

. She narrowly lost to Bray by 35 votes in 2001, but came back with an almost 2-1 margin of victory, as the BC NDP leader, in 2005. She was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election.

Election results

|-

|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...

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

|Adam Saab
|align="right"|4,106
|align="right"|16.97
|align="right"|+6.40

|Independent
|Saul Andersen
|align="right"|319
|align="right"|1.32
|align="right"|+1.32
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,200
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Carole James

Carole James

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Jeff Bray

Jeff Bray (politician)

|align="right"|8,091
|align="right"|30.73%
|align="right"|-6.31
|-

|Green

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:...

|David McCaig
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|0.60%
|align="right"|+0.60

|Independent
|Benjamin McConchie
|align="right"|121
|align="right"|0.46%
|align="right"|+0.46

|Independent
|Ingmar Lee
|align="right"|116
|align="right"|0.44%
|align="right"|+0.44
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|26,332
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Jeff Bray

Jeff Bray (politician)

|align="right"|9,297
|align="right"|37.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,485
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Carole James

Carole James

Green 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....

|Troy Tompkins
|align="right"|532
|align="right"|2.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$70

|Unity
|Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell
|align="right"|290
|align="right"|1.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,817

|Independent
|Rob Botterell
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|0.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$911

|Communist
|Kirsten Goodacre
|align="right"|64
|align="right"|0.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$427
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,103
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|153
!align="right"|0.53%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,238
!align="right"|68.63%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Gretchen Brewin

Gretchen Brewin

Gretchen Brewin was elected as Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in November 1985 and served until 1990. She was the first female mayor in the city's history.She served as a NDP MLA for the riding of Victoria-Beacon Hill from 1991 to 2001....

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Howard Markson
|align="right"|7,636
|align="right"|33.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$25,991
|-

|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

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...

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...

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

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...

|Bob Ward
|align="right"|59
|align="right"|0.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$227

|Common Sense
|Johnny Douglas
|align="right"|43
|align="right"|0.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,778
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|194
!align="right"|0.84%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|22,972
!align="right"|68.17%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Gretchen Brewin

Gretchen Brewin

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Social Credit Party

Green Party of British Columbia

|Michael Timney
|align="right"|728
|align="right"|3.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,300
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,813
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|629
!align="right"|2.68%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,442
!align="right"|74.06%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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