Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada . It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding. Its successor riding today is Esquimalt-Metchosin .
Demographics Population, 2001 Population change 1996-2001 % Area (km²) Population density (people per km²)
Election results Note: Winners of each election are in bold .
1st 1871 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent Charles Berry Brown 5 2.75% unknown Independent David Cameron 31 17.03% unknown Independent Henry S. Caulier 9 4.95% unknown Independent Henry Cogan 34 18.68% unknown Independent William Fisher 29 15.93% unknown Independent Alexander Rocke Robertson 74 40.66% unknown Total valid votes 182 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
British Columbia byelection: Esquimalt, November 27, 1871 1 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent Alexander Rocke Robinson Acclaimed -.- % unknown Total valid votes n/a -.- % Total rejected ballots Turnout % 1 The byelection was called due to the resignation of A.R. Robertson upon appointment to Executive Council 14 November 1871. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
1875 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Elected Independent William Fisher 58 32.58 Reform caucus Frederick W. Williams 52 29.21 Government Robert Weir 43 24.16 Government Ninian Frederick Foster 25 14.05 Total valid votes 178 100.00
3rd 1878 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Government William Fisher 45 15.41% – unknown Opposition Hans Lars Helgesen 70 37.43% – unknown Opposition Frederick W. Williams 78 41.00% – unknown Total valid votes 187 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
4th 1882 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Opposition Francis Thomas Child 61 21.71% – unknown Government Hans Lars Helgesen 77 27.40% – unknown Government John Roland Hett2 71 25.27% – unknown Opposition Charles Edward Pooley2 72 25.62% – unknown Total valid votes 281 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 2 The official returns gave Hett 74 votes and Pooley 73, but a B.C. Supreme Court decision altered the results and declared Pooley elected.
5th 1886 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Opposition Hans Lars Helgesen 70 16.87% – unknown Opposition John Roland Hett 72 17.35% – unknown Government David Williams Higgins 123 29.64% – unknown Government Charles Edward Pooley 150 36.14% – unknown Total valid votes 415 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
6th 1890 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Opposition Hans Lars Helgesen 89 22.20% – unknown Government David Williams Higgins 155 38.65% – unknown Government Charles Edward Pooley 157 39.15% – unknown Total valid votes 401 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
7th 1894 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Government David Williams Higgins Accl. --% – unknown Government Charles Edward Pooley Accl. --% – unknown Total valid votes -- --% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
8th 1898 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Government William Fitzherbert T. Bullen3 208 23.94% – unknown Opposition Deenis Reginald Harris 53 6.10% – unknown Opposition William Henry Hayward 189 21.75% – unknown Government David Williams Higgins3 206 23.70% – unknown Opposition Charles Edward Pooley 213 24.51% – unknown Total valid votes 869 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 3 Results taken from the Victoria Colonist 12 July 1898. Although Bullen received more votes than Higgins, the B.C. Supreme Court controverted his election and declared Higgins elected instead.
9th 1900 British Columbia election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Government George Bizantson 50 6.77% – unknown Government Donald Fraser 75 10.16% – unknown Independent Opposition William Henry Hayward 272 36.86% unknown Independent Opposition David Williams Higgins 111 15.04% unknown Opposition Charles Edward Pooley 230 31.17% – unknown Total valid votes 738 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
10th 1903 British Columbia general election 4 Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal John Jardine 212 47.01% unknown Conservative Charles Edward Pooley 239 52.99% unknown Total valid votes 451 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 4 Seat was reduced from two members to one.
11th 1907 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal John Jardine 297 58.58% unknown Conservative Charles Edward Pooley 210 41.42% unknown Total valid votes 507 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
12th 1909 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Conservative Henry Dallas Helmcken 362 45.36% unknown Liberal John Jardine 436 54.64% unknown Total valid votes 798 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
13th 1912 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent Conservative Henry Dallas Helmcken 186 21.73% Liberal Malcolm Bruce Jackson 151 17.64% Independent Conservative John Jardine 96 11.21% Socialist George Oliver 25 2.92% – unknown Conservative Robert Henry Pooley 398 46.50% unknown Total valid votes 856 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
14th 1916 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Arthur William McCurdy 653 49.92% unknown Conservative Robert Henry Pooley 655 50.08% unknown Total valid votes 1,308 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout
15th 1920 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Socialist Labour Burges James Gadsden 479 20.63% unknown Liberal Henry Charles Helgesen 685 29.50% unknown Conservative Robert Henry Pooley 1,158 49.87% unknown Total valid votes 2,322 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout %
16th 1924 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Frank Robert Carlow 625 22.64% Independent Conservative Alexander Lockley 341 12.35% Provincial Robert Pope Matheson 515 18.65% Conservative Robert Henry Pooley 1,280 46.36% Total valid votes 2,761 100.00%
16th 1924 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent Liberal Frank Robert Carlow5 25 0.86% Conservative Robert Henry Pooley 1,806 62.10% unknown Liberal Mary Ellen Smith 6 1,077 18.65% unknown Total valid votes 2,908 100.00% Total rejected ballots 92 Turnout % 5 Independent in Summary of Votes. 6 Mary Ellen Smith was the first female candidate to the BC Legislature.
1933 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Unionist Robert Henry Pooley 1,466 39.03 Liberal Charles Eustatius Whitney-Griffiths 1,407 37.46 Co-operative Commonwealth Arthur Norman Brown 525 13.98 Non-Partisan Independent Group James Elrick 358 9.53 Total valid votes 3,756 100.00 Total rejected ballots 104
19th 1937 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent John William Archer 67 1.70% unknown Social Credit League Arabella Cicily Boydell 57 1.44% – unknown Conservative Elmer Victor Finland 1,462 41.60% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Donaldson Smith 765 19.38% unknown Liberal Charles Eustatius Whitney-Griffiths 1,416 35.88% unknown Total valid votes 3,947 100.00% Total rejected ballots 28 Turnout %
20th 1941 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Charles Taschereau Beard 1,348 35.06% unknown Conservative Elmer Victor Finland 1,554 40.42% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Henry George Webber 943 24.53% unknown Total valid votes 3,845 100.00% Total rejected ballots 134 Turnout %
21st 1945 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Coalition Charles Taschereau Beard 2,568 56.35% – unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Henry Webber 1,989 43.65% unknown Total valid votes 4,557 100.00% Total rejected ballots 114 Turnout %
22nd 1949 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Coalition Charles Taschereau Beard 4,219 51.26% Independent George Edward Bonner 1,554 40.42% Independent Conservative Elmer Victor Finland 943 24.53% Union of Electors Ellen Hart 92 1.12% Independent Conservative Henry George Webber 2,488 30.23% Total valid votes 8,231 100.00% Total rejected ballots 173 Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 19527 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Social Credit League William Neelands Chant 1,606 17.73% Liberal Geoffrey Indnes Edgelow 2,294 25.33% 3,597 43.14% unknown Progressive Conservative Robert Hamilton Fort 1,550 17.11% - - % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frank Mitchell 3,607 39.83% 4,741 56.86% unknown Total valid votes 9,057 % 8,338 100.00% Total rejected ballots 366 Turnout % 7 Final count is between top two candidates from previous count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
24th British Columbia election, 1953 8 Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % ±% Social Credit League Herbert Joseph Bruch 3,264 36.96% 4,147 51.87% Liberal Geofrey Innes Edgelow 1,998 22.62% - - % unknown Progressive Conservative Norman L. Goodwin 480 5.44 - - % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frank Mitchell 3,089 34.98% 3,848 48.13% unknown Total valid votes 8,831 100.00% 7,995 % Total rejected ballots 445 Total Registered Voters Turnout % 8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
25th 1956 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Herbert Joseph Bruch 3,530 43.70 Progressive Conservative George Brock Chisholm 821 10.16% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Elvan Walters 2,013 24.92% unknown Liberal George Wilfrid Whittaker 1,714 21.22% unknown Total valid votes 8,078 100.00% Total rejected ballots 110 Turnout %
26th 1960 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Herbert Joseph Bruch 4,429 40.38% Progressive Conservative James Bryant 991 9.04% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Geoffrey Harris Mitchell 3.383 30.84% unknown Liberal George Wilfrid Whittaker 2,165 19.74% unknown Total valid votes 10,968 100.00% Total rejected ballots 126 Turnout %
28th 1966 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures New Democratic John E. Bartanus 3,445 30.25% unknown Social Credit Herbert Joseph Bruch 6,075 53.35% Liberal David Alexander Elrix 1,867 16.40% unknown Total valid votes 11,387 100.00% Total rejected ballots 285 Turnout %
29th 1969 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Herbert Joseph Bruch 8,532 52.60% New Democratic James Henry Gorst 5,718 35.25% unknown Liberal Frederick Henry Phillips 1,971 12.15% unknown Total valid votes 16,221 100.00% Total rejected ballots 415 Turnout %
30th 1972 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Herbert Joseph Bruch 5,320 27.46% New Democratic James Henry Gorst 6,568 33.90% unknown Liberal Henry Donovan Joy 3,884 20.05% unknown Progressive Conservative John Sedgwick Williams 3,601 18.59% unknown Total valid votes 19,373 100.00% Total rejected ballots 453 Turnout %
31st 1975 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Independent John Strong Craggs 132 0.54% unknown Progressive Conservative Thelma Dawson 2,033 8.37% unknown Social Credit Lyle Benjamin James Kahl 10,637 43.78% New Democratic Franklin John Trehern Mitchell 10,516 43.28% unknown Liberal Leonard J. Stephenson 977 4.02% unknown Total valid votes 24,295 100.00% Total rejected ballots 417 Turnout %
Subsequent elections After the 32nd general election in 1979, the riding of Esquimalt was incorporated into the new riding of Esquimalt-Port Renfrew .
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