Esquimalt-Metchosin

Esquimalt-Metchosin is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first existed from 1991 to 2009, when it was succeeded by the electoral district of Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and will be contested in the 2017 election.

Demographics

Population, 2014	51,450
Area (km²)	378

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its last MLA was Maurine Karagianis, a former small business owner. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Esquimalt-Metchosin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,458	59.16%		$84,498
	Liberal	Dennis B. Jones	6,888	30.28%		$2,319
	Social Credit	Noel V. Pemberton-Billing	2,402	10.56%	–	$40,550
Total valid votes			22,748	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			400	1.73%
Turnout			23,148	73.43%

B.C. General Election 1996: Esquimalt-Metchosin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Moe Sihota	13,833	59.54%		$48,615
	Liberal	Heather Landon	6,770	29.14%		$29,141
	Reform	Scotty Davidson	1,179	5.07%		$8,971
	Progressive Democrat	Ron Whims	921	3.96%	–	$100
	Green	Adam Charlesworth	376	1.62%	–	$871
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	60	0.26%		$118
	Independent	David M. Shebib	58	0.25%
	Communist	Bob O'Neill	35	0.15%		$528
Total valid votes			23,232	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92	0.39%
Turnout			23,324	78.60%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnie Hamilton	9,544	45.79%	$41,647
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	6,258	30.03%	$19,636
	Green	Marilyn Sundeen	3,685	17.68%	$3,878
	Marijuana	Christopher John Davies	534	2.56%	–
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	322	1.55%	$941
	Unity	Bob Ward	268	1.29%	$367
	Independent	Rick Berglund	105	0.50%	$117
	Independent	Scott Attrill	68	0.33%	$100
	Independent	Gerry McVeigh	57	0.27%	$116
Total valid votes			20,841	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			86	0.41%
Turnout			20,927	69.49%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	11,939	49.65%
	Liberal	Tom Woods	9,226	38.37%
	Green	Jane Sterk	2,489	10.35%
	Democratic Reform	Graeme Rodger	392	1.63%

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