Esquimalt—Saanich

Esquimalt—Saanich

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1987
First contested	1953
Last contested	1984

Esquimalt—Saanich was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Nanaimo riding.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

It consisted of the southern part of Vancouver Island and off-shore islands.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Nanaimo
22nd	1953–1957		George Pearkes	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1960
	1961–1962		George Chatterton	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		David Anderson	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Donald W. Munro	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Patrick Crofton	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Saanich—Gulf Islands

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick Crofton	31,766	48.28	+3.26
	New Democratic	Bob Cameron	23,094	35.10	+0.62
	Liberal	Gerry Kristianson	9,516	14.46	-3.65
	Green	Peter Montgomery	547	0.83	–
	Social Credit	Robert C. Baker	306	0.47	–
	Confederation of Regions	Pat Paterson	304	0.46	–
	Libertarian	Kjell Nilsen	163	0.25	–
	Communist	Ernie Knott	94	0.14	–
Total valid votes			65,790	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.32

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald W. Munro	24,961	45.02	-9.50
	New Democratic	Bob Cameron	19,115	34.48	+5.45
	Liberal	Gerry Kristianson	10,043	18.11	+3.19
	Independent	Philip Gordon Ney	776	1.40	-0.13
	Rhinoceros	Bob Maddocks	548	0.99	–
Total valid votes			55,443	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.48

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald W. Munro	29,791	54.52	+4.51
	New Democratic	Bob Cameron	15,862	29.03	+10.64
	Liberal	Alan Peterson	8,154	14.92	-14.84
	Independent	Philip Ney	836	1.53	–
Total valid votes			54,643	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.06

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald W. Munro	27,571	50.01	+9.05
	Liberal	Don Joy	16,404	29.76	+5.64
	New Democratic	Peter Smart	10,141	18.39	-13.16
	Social Credit	Gerald W. Clarke	841	1.53	-1.84
	Communist	Barry Dean	173	0.31	–
Total valid votes			55,130	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.70

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald W. Munro	20,542	40.96	+8.45
	New Democratic	Roger Smith	15,824	31.55	+5.34
	Liberal	Louis F. Lindholm	12,097	24.12	-15.36
	Social Credit	John D. Tisdalle	1,689	3.37	+1.57
Total valid votes			50,152	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.56

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Anderson	16,501	39.48	+15.77
	Progressive Conservative	George Chatterton	13,587	32.51	-6.08
	New Democratic	Donald Johannessen	10,952	26.21	+2.26
	Social Credit	Ralph Leroy Overton	751	1.80	-11.95
Total valid votes			41,791	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.92

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Chatterton	14,787	38.59	+1.14
	New Democratic	Len Stephenson	9,177	23.95	+4.39
	Liberal	James H. Gorst	9,086	23.71	-6.71
	Social Credit	Vera I. Pipes	5,268	13.75	+1.18
Total valid votes			38,318	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.62

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Chatterton	13,772	37.45	-0.52
	Liberal	Robert V. Ostler	11,187	30.42	-1.39
	New Democratic	John Windsor	7,193	19.56	+0.94
	Social Credit	Edward Lum	4,621	12.57	+0.97
Total valid votes			36,773	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.44

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Chatterton	12,612	37.97	+7.02
	Liberal	D.W. Groos	10,566	31.81	+2.83
	New Democratic	Geoff Mitchell	6,186	18.62	-4.83
	Social Credit	R.J. Pring	3,852	11.60	-4.56
Total valid votes			33,216	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.10

Canadian federal by-election, 29 May 1961 On George Pearkes being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 11 October 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Chatterton	8,554	30.95	-34.65
	Liberal	David Walter Groos	8,010	28.98	+16.48
	New Democratic	Glen Francis Hamilton	6,481	23.45	+6.83
	Social Credit	George Hahn	4,466	16.16	+11.51
	Socialist	Don Poirier	131	0.47	–
Total valid votes			27,642	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-25.56
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth vote.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Pearkes	18,768	65.60	+11.79
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Morris Thomas	4,755	16.62	+1.01
	Liberal	George Preston	3,576	12.50	-5.17
	Social Credit	Noel E.J. Bell	1,331	4.65	-8.26
	Labor–Progressive	Ernest Leon Knott	180	0.63	–
Total valid votes			28,610	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.39

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	George Pearkes	15,330	53.81	+7.67
	Liberal	Alistair Fraser	5,034	17.67	-2.03
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Morris Thomas	4,446	15.61	-1.25
	Social Credit	Noel E.J. Bell	3,677	12.91	-4.40
Total valid votes			28,487	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.85

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George Pearkes	9,537	46.14
	Liberal	Duncan MacBride	4,071	19.70
	Social Credit	James Roberts	3,578	17.31
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Matthew McIntosh	3,484	16.86
Total valid votes			20,670	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Nanaimo, with Progressive Conservative George Pearkes being the incumbent.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament