Victoria-Swan Lake

Victoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA.

Victoria-Swan Lake

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Rob Fleming New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,304
Area (km²)	18.28
Pop. density (per km²)	2,697.2
Census division(s)	Capital
Census subdivision(s)	Victoria, Saanich

Geography

Victoria-Swan Lake makes up the northern portions of Victoria and the southern portions of Saanich. The Victoria section, north of Bay Street, consists of the neighbourhoods of Burnside-Gorge, Hillside-Quadra, and Oaklands. In Saanich, the electoral district covers Tillicum-Gorge, Uptown, and Quadra-Cedar Hill.[1]

MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Victoria-Hillside
35th	1991–1996		Robin Blencoe	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Steve Orcherton
37th	2001–2005		Sheila Orr	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Rob Fleming	New Democratic
Victoria-Swan Lake
39th	2009–2013		Rob Fleming	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Electoral history

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	14,384	59.49	+5.88	$29,468.05
	Green	Annemieke Holthuis	6,700	27.71	−2.00	$11,832.34
	Liberal	David Somerville	2,743	11.35	−4.52	$2,429.03
	Independent	Jenn Smith	244	1.01	–	$8,085.95
	Communist	Walt Parsons	107	0.44	–	$123.40
Total valid votes			24,178	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,374	53.61	−0.88	$46,600
	Green	Christopher Alan Maxwell	7,413	29.71	+6.50	$6,955
	Liberal	Stacey Piercey	3,960	15.87	−6.43	$27,194
	Vancouver Island Party	David Costigane	203	0.81	–	$0
Total valid votes			24,950	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			169	0.67	+0.04
Turnout			25,119	64.33	+6.26
Registered voters			39,046
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−2.81
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	12,350	54.49	−6.04	$82,519
	Green	Spencer Alexander Malthouse	5,260	23.21	+11.09	$5,028
	Liberal	Christina Bates	5,055	22.30	−4.24	$36,719
Total valid votes			22,665	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			143	0.63	−0.07
Turnout			22,808	58.07	+1.17
Registered voters			39,275
Source: Elections BC[6]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,119	60.53	+4.53	$75,655
	Liberal	Jesse McClinton	5,754	26.54	−2.54	$36,875
	Green	David Wright	2,628	12.12	+0.12	$760
	Refederation	Bob Savage	174	0.81	–	$750
Total Valid Votes			21,675	100.00	–
Total Rejected Ballots			153	0.70	−0.20
Turnout			21,828	56.90	−6.10
Registered voters			38,359
Source: Elections BC[7] Note: Change is calulated based on the 2005 results from Victoria-Hillside.

External links

• 2013 Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake
• BC Elections Statement of Votes - Victoria-Swan Lake

References

1. McElroy, Justin (11 April 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Victoria-Swan Lake riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
4. "Statement of Votes — 41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. "Election Financing Reports". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
7. "2009 Provincial General Election — Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.