North Victoria

North Victoria was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, 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, along with South Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria.


Electoral history

Note: winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Government John Paton Booth 136 56.90% unknown
Opposition Horatio John Robertson 103 43.10% unknown
Total valid votes 239 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
8th British Columbia election, 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Government John Paton Booth 144 52.75% unknown
Opposition Thomas Wilson Paterson 129 47.25% unknown
Total valid votes 273 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


1900 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Liberal John Paton Booth 123 43.77
Independent Government James Johnstone White 117 41.64
Independent Opposition Horatio John Robertson 41 14.59
Total valid votes 281 100.00

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

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns