Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)

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Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.

The riding was originally chartered as Victoria District for the special byelections held in 1871 upon the province's entry into Confederation. Like the other B.C. ridings with that appellation, however, the "District" was dropped once the temporary ridings were ratified and made "permanent" for the general election of 1872; this was the first in which the Victoria riding (by that name) appeared. From 1905 up until the 1925 election, Victoria was represented by the riding of Victoria City.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Victoria (2011−2021)
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European Template:Efn	93,640	Template:Percentage	90,880	Template:Percentage	89,535	Template:Percentage
East Asian Template:Efn	7,245	Template:Percentage	7,180	Template:Percentage	5,435	Template:Percentage
Indigenous	5,180	Template:Percentage	4,325	Template:Percentage	4,035	Template:Percentage
Southeast Asian Template:Efn	3,820	Template:Percentage	2,880	Template:Percentage	2,140	Template:Percentage
South Asian	3,450	Template:Percentage	2,390	Template:Percentage	1,665	Template:Percentage
African	1,835	Template:Percentage	1,280	Template:Percentage	995	Template:Percentage
Middle Eastern Template:Efn	1,505	Template:Percentage	1,425	Template:Percentage	900	Template:Percentage
Latin American	1,425	Template:Percentage	980	Template:Percentage	645	Template:Percentage
OtherTemplate:Efn	1,135	Template:Percentage	740	Template:Percentage	705	Template:Percentage
Total responses	119,230	Template:Percentage	112,080	Template:Percentage	106,055	Template:Percentage
Total population	123,482	Template:Percentage	117,133	Template:Percentage	110,942	Template:Percentage
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Ethnic groups (2006): 85.54% White, 4.05% Chinese, 3.07% Aboriginal, 1.26% South Asian, 1.22% Japanese, 1.15% Filipino, 1.09% Black
Languages (2011): 83.93% English, 2.92% Chinese, 1.79% French, 1.40% German
Religions (2001): 35.36% Protestant, 15.05% Catholic, 3.94% Other Christian, 1.62% Buddhist, 40.52% No religion
Median income (2005): $24,022

Geography

It covers the entire city of Victoria, the municipality of Oak Bay and the southeastern portion of the municipality of Saanich. It also includes the University of Victoria.

History

This electoral district was created in 1872 when Victoria District riding was abolished. It elected two members to the House of Commons of Canada through Block voting. Of the two it elected in 1872, one (Henry Nathan Jr.) was the first Jewish MP of Canada; the other (William Alexander "Amor De Cosmos" Smith) served as MP while also serving as premier of British Columbia.

In 1878, Sir John A. Macdonald was parachuted into the riding, as he was unelectable in eastern Canada, in the wake of the Pacific Scandal. Macdonald, previously the MP for the Marquette riding in Manitoba, had to run in a by-election as he had been appointed to the cabinet (to serve as prime minister). He chose Victoria, which had not yet held its portion of the 1878 Canadian federal election. Victorians voted for him enthusiastically, as he promised to finally bring about the construction of what became the Canadian Pacific Railway. He did not run for re-election in Victoria, instead securing a safe seat in Ontario in 1882.<ref>Canadian Encyclopedia 2005</ref>

It was abolished in 1903, and its territory was divided between the new single-member ridings of Victoria City and Nanaimo.

It was re-created in 1924 from the Victoria City riding, electing one member to the House of Commons.

A redistribution in 1966 trimmed the size of the riding slightly, removing parts of Saanich west of Cedar Hill Road and north of Cedar Hill Cross Road.

Victoria was one of two electoral districts in British Columbia that saw no changes to its boundaries proposed following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Current member of Parliament

The current member of Parliament for Victoria is Will Greaves. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Victoria Riding created from Victoria District
2nd	1872–1874	Template:Canadian party colour \|	Henry Nathan, Jr.	Liberal	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian party colour \|	Amor De Cosmos	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Template:Canadian party colour \|	Francis James Roscoe	Independent Liberal
4th	1878–1882	Template:Canadian party colour \|	John A. Macdonald	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	rowspan="7" Template:Canadian party colour \|	Noah Shakespeare	Conservative	rowspan="8" Template:Canadian party colour \|	Edgar Crow Baker	Conservative
6th	1887		Noah Shakespeare
	1888–1889	Edward Gawler Prior
	1889–1891		Thomas Earle
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1902
9th	1902–1904	Template:Canadian party colour \|		George Riley	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Victoria City and Nanaimo
Victoria Riding re-created from Victoria City

Party		Association name	President Template:Canadian party colour	Victoria Conservative Association	Timothy Stonhouse Template:Canadian party colour	Victoria Green Party Association	Bruce G. Livingstone Template:Canadian party colour	Victoria Federal Liberal Association	Allan G. Hurd Template:Canadian party colour	Victoria Federal NDP Riding Association	Liam Lawson-Tattersall Template:Canadian party colour	Vancouver Island Regional PPC Association	Serryna Whiteside