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Saanich (electoral District)
Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the 1903 British Columbia general election, election of 1903 and its last in the 1963 British Columbia general election, general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South. For other current and historical electoral districts in the area of Victoria, British Columbia please see List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria. Election results {{Canada-constituency-stub Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Province
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the U.S. states of Washington (state), Washington, Idaho and Montana to the south, and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of over 5.7million as of 2025, it is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, the third-largest metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 British Columbia General Election
The 1903 British Columbia general election was the tenth general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903. This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by political parties. Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan. The first election was dominated by the BC Conservative and Liberal parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level. The Conservative Party won over 46% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature. An act was passed in 1902 to provide for an Assembly of 42 members, of which 31 were elected in single-member districts. Of the multi-member districts, Cariboo The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia, Canada, cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 British Columbia General Election
The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th general 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 August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964. The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally. The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats. The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five. The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%. Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanaimo And The Islands
Nanaimo is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, in use until 2024. Demographics Geography The riding contains most of the city of Nanaimo plus the uninhabited Five Finger Island, Snake Island and Hudson Rocks which are in the Nanaimo C electoral area. History The district was known as Nanaimo and the Islands from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Alberni-Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became Saanich and the Islands. That area is now part of Saanich North and the Islands. An older riding with the name Nanaimo existed from 1871 to 1928. In 1966, the riding contained the eastern and southern portions of the Nanaimo Regional District, plus Valdes Island and Lasqueti Island. For the 1979 election, the riding shifted southwards, running from Lantzville in the north to Ladysmith in the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saanich And The Islands
Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ... from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South.https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/assets/2018-voter-list-revision.pdf For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts) or, for those in the area of Victoria, List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria. Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , Liberal , James McGeer Campbell , align="right", 3,401 , align="right", 23.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saanich North And The Islands
Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands. Saanich North and the Islands was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election. Demographics Geography Saanich North and the Islands consists of the Southern Gulf Islands as well as the municipalities of North Saanich, Central Saanich, and Sidney on Vancouver Island. History Members of the Legislative Assembly Over the district's existence, it elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of the Legislature is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saanich South
Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election. Between 1966 and 1991, the riding was dominated by Social Credit, who won every election except for 1972 when the riding was won by the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party. Since 1991, the riding has been won by the NDP in every election except for the BC Liberal landslide victory in 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan .... During the 1990s, the riding was represented by prominent Cabinet minister, Andrew Petter, who served in the Harcourt, Clark, and Dosanjh governments. Demographics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, Harbour Air Seaplanes, seaplane, ferry, or the Clipper Navigation, Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, Port Angeles, Washington (state), Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Electoral Districts In Greater Victoria
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 * Victoria (first contested in 1924) * Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2015) * Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke (2015) * Saanich-Gulf Islands (1996) Defunct federal electoral districts * Victoria (1872–1903) * Victoria City, a defunct federal electoral district in Victoria (1903–1924) * Victoria District, a defunct federal electoral district in greater Victoria (1871–1872) * Esquimalt—Saanich, a defunct federal electoral district in greater Victoria (1952–1987) * Saanich-Gulf Islands, a federal electoral district in greater Victoria (1987–1996). Name retained by newer riding (listed above in current ridings) but parts of Esquimalt-Saanich were incorporated into the "new" seat. Current provincial electoral districts Current provincial electoral districts in V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale (provincial Electoral District)
Yale was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and Yale-West; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie, Ymir, Grand Forks, which later emerged or were rearranged into the various Kootenay and Okanagan ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which was extant until 2009, when most of its core area was made part of the new Fraser-Nicola riding. Geography The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Rupert (electoral District)
Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election. Its main successor ridings are North Coast and Skeena. Notable MLAs The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia The premier of British Columbia is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s, the title ''prime minister of British Columbia'' was often used. The word ''premier'' is derived ..., 1933-1941. The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the 1986 election. Successor ridings are: * North Coast * Skeena * Bulkley Valley-Stikine {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince Rupert (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
