Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a former federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015

Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

British Columbia electoral district
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2013
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	132,300
Electors (2011)	91,003
Area (km²)[2]	1,796.18
Census division(s)	Capital
Census subdivision(s)	Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt, Colwood, Sooke, View Royal, Metchosin, Capital H (Part 1)

Demographics

Population, 2006	120,669
Electors	87,456
Area (km²)	1,862
Population density (people per km²)	64.80

Geography

It initially consisted of:

• the Esquimalt District Municipality and the City of Colwood;
• Electoral Area D of the Capital Regional District, the southwest part of Electoral Area B, the southwest part of Electoral Area E'
• the southwest part of Saanich District Municipality,
• the southeast part of Cowichan Valley Regional District, and
• Metchosin District Municipality.

History

The riding was created in 1988 from Esquimalt—Saanich and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Esquimalt—Saanich and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
34th	1988–1993		Dave Barrett	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Keith Martin	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Independent
38th	2004–2006			Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Randall Garrison	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke and Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Randall Garrison	26,198	40.87	+18.15
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	25,792	40.24	+6.17
	Liberal	Lillian Szpak	6,409	10.00	-24.18
	Green	Shaunna Salsman	5,351	8.35	+0.07
	Independent	Louis James Lesosky	181	0.28	–
	Canadian Action	Christopher Porter	145	0.23	-0.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,096	100.0
Total rejected ballots			152	0.24
Turnout			64,248	66.35
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.99

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	20,042	34.18	-0.75
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	19,974	34.07	+6.60	$89,760
	New Democratic	Jennifer Burgis	13,322	22.72	-8.57	$54,909
	Green	Brian G. Gordon	4,854	8.28	+2.58	$19,491
	Independent	Philip G. Ney	309	0.53	–	$2,282
	Canadian Action	Brad Rhodes	130	0.22	+0.07	$774
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,631	100.0		$91,768
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.68

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	20,761	34.93	-0.36	$79,041
	New Democratic	Randall Garrison	18,595	31.29	+0.67	$75,094
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	16,327	27.47	+3.31	$83,818
	Green	Mike Robinson	3,385	5.70	-3.54	$1,911
	Western Block	Doug Christie	272	0.46	–	$98
	Canadian Action	David Piney	89	0.15	-0.10	$3,523
Total valid votes			59,429	100.0
Total rejected ballots			112	0.19
Turnout			59,541	68.9
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.52

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	19,389	35.29	+11.37	$76,722
	New Democratic	Randall Garrison	16,821	30.62	+17.21	$36,277
	Conservative	John Koury	13,271	24.16	-33.56	$61,902
	Green	Jane Sterk	5,078	9.24	+4.98	$20,392
	Independent	Jen Fisher-Bradley	229	0.41	–	$5,424
	Canadian Action	Shawn W. Giles	141	0.25	–
Total valid votes			54,929	100.0
Total rejected ballots			144	0.26
Turnout			55,073	65.93
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		-2.92
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. Liberal candidate Keith Martin lost 14.44 percentage points from his 2000 performance running as a Canadian Alliance candidate.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Keith Martin	23,982	49.73	+6.31	$55,783
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	11,536	23.92	-2.25	$42,770
	New Democratic	Carol E. Harris	6,468	13.41	-8.76	$17,154
	Progressive Conservative	John Vukovic	3,857	7.99	+3.51	$7,015
	Green	Casey Brennan	2,056	4.26	+1.75	$129
	Natural Law	Paul E. Tessier	324	0.67	+0.01
Total valid votes			48,223	100.0
Total rejected ballots			157	0.32
Turnout			48,380	61.50
	Alliance hold		Swing		+4.28
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Keith Martin	20,370	43.42	+8.13	$61,464
	Liberal	John Bergbusch	12,278	26.17	+4.65	$51,318
	New Democratic	Chris Main	10,400	22.17	-5.02	$55,916
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Prentice	2,104	4.48	-5.41	$4,987
	Green	Robert Moore-Stewart	1,181	2.51	–	$979
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	311	0.66	-0.26	$321
	Canadian Action	Dan Whetung	261	0.55	–	$3,206
Total valid votes			46,905	100.0
Total rejected ballots			150	0.32
Turnout			47,055	64.98
	Reform hold		Swing		+1.74

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Keith Martin	16,352	35.29	+24.86
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	12,600	27.19	-23.73
	Liberal	Ross McKinnon	9,970	21.52	+9.52
	Progressive Conservative	Grace Holman	4,582	9.89	-15.21
	National	Dan W. Whetung	2,214	4.78	–
	Natural Law	Don McCarthy	426	0.92	–
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	98	0.21	-0.09
	Canada Party	Alisen Oliver	97	0.21	–
Total valid votes			46,339	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+24.30

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	22,644	50.92
	Progressive Conservative	Owen Lippert	11,162	25.10
	Liberal	William J. McElroy	5,332	11.99
	Reform	William Kronkhite	4,637	10.43
	Green	Beverley A. Holden	444	1.00
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	132	0.30
	Independent	Richard Lewers	84	0.19
	Confederation of Regions	Donald L. Porter	34	0.08
Total valid votes			44,469	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Esquimalt—Saanich and Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands, which elected a Progressive Conservative and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada