Victoria-Hillside

Victoria-Hillside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,093
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.3%
Area (km²)	16.49
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,977

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Rob Fleming, a former Victoria city councillor and former University of Victoria Students' Society chairperson. He was first elected as a city councillor in 1999. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Victoria-Hillside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Robin Blencoe	11,117	51.39%		$29,374
	Liberal	Elmer Wiens	7,233	33.43%		$4,018
	Social Credit	Patrick Skillings	2,714	12.55%	–	$20,169
	Green	Jay Van Oostdam	569	2.63%	–	$1,286
Total valid votes			21,633	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			584	2.63%
Turnout			22,217	73.37%

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Orcherton	11,585	53.32%	$37,372
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	6,862	31.58%	$40,983
	Progressive Democrat	Gary Beyer	1,227	5.65%	$100
	Reform	Dan Willson	979	4.51%	$5,595
	Green	David Scott White	790	3.64%	$4,715
	Western Canada Concept	Erich Peter	102	0.47%	$2,304
	Natural Law	Andy Guest	97	0.45%	$211
	Libertarian	C. David Randall	86	0.40%
Total valid votes			21,728
Total rejected ballots			139	0.64%
Turnout			21,867	67.53%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	7,878	37.71%	$46,661
	New Democratic	Steve Orcherton	7,796	37.31%	$49,950
	Green	Stuart Hertzog	4,142	19.82%	$3,285
	Marijuana	Chuck Beyer	663	3.17%	$762
	Unity	Allan Whittal	293	1.40%	$870
	Communist	George Gidora	72	0.35%	$749
	Citizens Commonwealth	Laery Braaten	49	0.24%	$100
Total Valid Votes			20,893
Total Rejected Ballots			140	0.67%
Turnout			21,033	68.73%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rob Fleming	13,926	57%	$72,755
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	7,042	29%	$117,576
	Green	Steve Filipovic	2,934	12%	$4,899
	Democratic Reform	Jim McDermott	363	1.5%	$5,652
	Work Less	Katrina Jean Herriot	167	0.7%	$100
Total Valid Votes			24,432	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			216	0.9%
Turnout			24,648	63%

External links

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