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

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Adam Olsen Green
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	52,671
Area (km²)	462.65
Pop. density (per km²)	113.8
Census subdivision(s)	Southern Gulf Islands, North Saanich, Central Saanich, and Sydney

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.

In 2017 Adam Olsen was elected MLA for the Green Party of BC and in 2020 Olsen defeated NDP Zeb King.

Demographics

Population, 2001	52,671
Population Change, 1996–2001	3.6%
Area (km²)	462.65
Pop. Density	114

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.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Over the district's existence, it elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Clive Tanner	Liberal
36th	1996–2001		Murray Coell
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Gary Holman	New Democratic
41st	2017–2020		Adam Olsen	Green
42nd	2020-present

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Adam Olsen	17,897	51.97	+10.02
	New Democratic	Zeb King	9,990	29.01	−1.55
	Liberal	Stephen P. Roberts	6,547	19.01	−7.45
Total valid votes			34,434	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Adam Olsen	14,775	41.95	+9.88	$68,851
	New Democratic	Gary Holman	10,764	30.56	−2.71	$70,266
	Liberal	Stephen P. Roberts	9,321	26.46	−6.30	$71,305
	Independent	Jordan Templeman	364	1.03	–	$1,127
Total valid votes			35,224	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			79	0.22	−0.08
Turnout			35,303	74.14	+4.93
Registered voters			47,615
Source: Elections BC[3][4]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Gary Holman	10,515	33.27
	Liberal	Stephen P. Roberts	10,352	32.76
	Green	Adam Olsen	10,136	32.07
	Independent	Scott McEachern	599	1.90
Total valid votes			31,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94	0.30
Turnout			31,696	69.21
Source: Elections BC[5]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Coell	13,120	44.91	+0.9
	New Democratic	Gary Holman	12,875	44.07	+6.9
	Green	Tom Bradfield	3,220	11.02	−4.1
Total valid votes			29,215

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Murray Coell	13,265	44.01
	New Democratic	Christine Hunt	11,265	37.37
	Green	Ken Rouleau	4,557	15.12
	Democratic Reform	Ian Douglas Bruce	1,056	3.50

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Murray Coell	15,406	54.29
	Green	Andrew Lewis	7,211	25.41
	New Democratic	Paul Sam	5,011	17.66
	Marijuana	Christina Racki	491	1.73
	Independent	Balther Johannes Jensen	257	0.91

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Murray Coell	13,374	47.57%
	New Democratic	Lynda Laushway	10,546	37.51%
	Reform	Ross Imrie	1,627	5.79%
	Progressive Democrat	Gary Lundy	1,533	5.45%
	Green	Wally du Temple	898	3.19%
	Natural Law	Paul Tessier	72	0.26%
	Western Canada Concept	Zino Del Monte	63	0.22%
Total valid votes			28,113	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			120	0.43%
Turnout			28,233	77.89%

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Clive Tanner	13,633	52.53
	New Democratic	Elsie McMurphy	8,745	33.70
	Social Credit	Richard Holmes	2,917	11.24
	Reform	Don Hutchings	557	2.15
	Family Coalition	Thomas Aussenegg	99	0.38
Total valid votes			25,951	100.00
Total rejected ballots			307	1.17
Turnout			26,258	82.31

External links

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

References

1. McElroy, Justin (11 April 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Saanich North and the Islands riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
3. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.