Saanich (electoral district)

Saanich (electoral district)

Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the area of Victoria, British Columbia please see Victoria (electoral districts).

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in bold."

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Conservative
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|216
align="right"|45.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Ernest Tanner
align="right"|260
align="right"|54.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|476!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|275
align="right"|51.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Piercy
align="right"|257
align="right"|48.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|532!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
Thomas Brydon
align="right"|303
align="right"|42.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|412
align="right"|57.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|715!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|392
align="right"|69.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
William Noble
align="right"|176
align="right"|30.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|568 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
David McEwen Eberts
align="right"|732
align="right"|41.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frederick Arthur Pauline
align="right"|1,033
align="right"|58.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,765!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
Marshall Pollock Gordon
align="right"|1,756
align="right"|37.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Soldier-Labour Party
Malcolm Alexander Orford
align="right"|1,057
align="right"|22.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frederick Arthur Pauline
align="right"|1,858
align="right"|39.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,671 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
Thomas George Coventry
align="right"|1,433
align="right"|47.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
James Munroe Miller
align="right"|676
align="right"|22.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Frederick Arthur Pauline
align="right"|912
align="right"|30.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,021!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
Simon Fraser Tolmie
align="right"|2,379
align="right"|56.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman William Whittaker
align="right"|1,836
align="right"|43.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,215 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|72!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Non-Partisan Independent Group
William Crouch
align="right"|508
align="right"|8.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Edouard Peirce
align="right"|1,216
align="right"|21.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Unionist
Simon Fraser Tolmie
align="right"|1,823
align="right"|31.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman William Whittaker
align="right"|2,171
align="right"|37.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,718!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|47!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Social Credit League of BC
Andrew Henry Jukes
align="right"|271
align="right"|4.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Leslie Follett Osborne
align="right"|1,659
align="right"|28.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Constructivist
William Edouard Peirce
align="right"|224
align="right"|3.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Frank Bertram Shearme
align="right"|37
align="right"|0.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Thomas Guy Sheppard
align="right"|1,531
align="right"|26.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman William Whittaker
align="right"|2,106
align="right"|36.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,828 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|88!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
Macgregor Fullarton Macintosh
align="right"|2,939
align="right"|35.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Martin Anton Neilson
align="right"|2,385
align="right"|28.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman William Whittaker
align="right"|3,017
align="right"|36.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,341 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|158!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Conservative
Loudon Hope McQueen 1
align="right"|275
align="right"|2.94%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Martin Anton Neilson
align="right"|3,431
align="right"|36.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive
William Broadhurst White
align="right"|239
align="right"|2.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Coalition
Norman William Whittaker
align="right"|5,414
align="right"|57.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|9,359!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|138!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 McQueen was listed as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the Statement of Votes and List of Candidates, but he is more properly classified as an Independent PC since the Progressive Conservative Party, formerly the Conservative Party, was officially running as part of the Coalition and did not consider MacQueen as a legitimate party candidate.
(cited from [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/21ge1945-1.html Elections BC, Note 4] )

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Coalition
Arthur James Richard Ash
align="right"|9,998
align="right"|66.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Union of Electors
Andrew Henry Jukes
align="right"|473
align="right"|3.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Martin Anton Neilson
align="right"|4,646
align="right"|30.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,117 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|407!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
Arthur James Richard Ash
align="right"|4,964
align="right"|28.89%
align="right"|7,599
align="right"|49.13
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
BC Social Credit League
Andrew Henry Jukes
align="right"|2,947
align="right"|17.15%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Cecil James Hamilton Holms
align="right"|3,407
align="right"|19.83%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Snowsell
align="right"|5,863
align="right"|34.12%
align="right"|7,867
align="right"|50.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|17,181 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"|15,466
align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|657!align="right"
!align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
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Liberal
Arthur James Richard Ash
align="right"|4,256
align="right"|25.09%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Nora Grace Lindsay
align="right"|990
align="right"|5.84%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Snowsell
align="right"|5,037
align="right"|29.69
align="right"|6,466
align="right"|42.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
align="right"|6,681
align="right"|39.38%
align="right"|8,876
align="right"|57.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|16,964 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"|15,342
align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|605!align="right"
!align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
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Progressive Conservative
Hugh Larratt Henderson
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Hugh Dyer Ramsay
align="right"|3,344
align="right"|20.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Snowsell
align="right"|5,439
align="right"|32.80
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
align="right"|6,542
align="right"|39.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|16,582 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|181
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%
align="right"
align="right"

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Liberal
Frank W. Grieve
align="right"|4,451
align="right"|19.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Communist
Ernest Leon Knott
align="right"|73
align="right"|0.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Thomas Patrick Holman
align="right"|6,512
align="right"|28.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
align="right"|10,165
align="right"|44.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Victor Ernest Virgin
align="right"|1,782
align="right"|7.75
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|22,983 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|313
align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%
align="right"
align="right"
align="right"

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Socialist
John George Jenkins
align="right"|75
align="right"|0.35%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Gordon Lee
align="right"|3,180
align="right"|14.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Ian Hugh Stewart
align="right"|3,049
align="right"|14.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
align="right"|10,657
align="right"|49.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John Windsor
align="right"|4,778
align="right"|21.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|21,739 !align="right"|100.00%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|158
align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3
!align="right"|%
align="right"
align="right"
align="right"

The Saanich riding was combined with parts of Nanaimo and the Islands to form Saanich and the Islands for the 1966 election.

Sources

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]


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