Esquimalt-Metchosin

Esquimalt-Metchosin is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It existed with this name from 1991 to 2009, and again from 2017 to 2024. In the gap, the overlapping electoral district was called Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The "Royal Roads" in the district's name references the maritime passage that connects the Harbour to the sea and is the namesake of Royal Roads Military College.

Esquimalt-Metchosin

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2014)	51,450
Area (km²)	378
Census division(s)	Greater Victoria
Census subdivision(s)	Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin

The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election. The 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election significantly altered electoral boundaries in the western communities: Metchosin was transferred to the new district of Juan de Fuca-Malahat while the balance of the district's territory was joined to Victoria West to form Esquimalt-Colwood.

Demographics

Population, 2014	51,450
Area (km²)	378

Geography

The Esquimalt-Metchosin electoral district is made up of the municipalities of Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin in western Greater Victoria.^[1]

Esquimalt-Royal Roads included communities that surround Esquimalt Harbour, including Esquimalt to the east and Colwood to the west.

History

Esquimalt-Metchosin
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt-Metchosin Riding created from Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
35th	1991–1996		Moe Sihota	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Arnie Hamilton	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Maurine Karagianis	New Democratic
Esquimalt-Royal Roads
39th	2009–2013		Maurine Karagianis	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
Esquimalt-Metchosin
41st	2017–2020		Mitzi Dean	New Democratic
42nd	2020–2024

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its current MLA is Mitzi Dean, the former executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services. She was first elected in 2017. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mitzi Dean	15,070	59.32	+13.07	$36,746.64
	Green	Andy MacKinnon	6,140	24.17	−0.64	$9,644.51
	Liberal	RJ Senko	3,940	15.51	−12.11	$16,844.69
	Independent	Desta McPherson	254	1.00	–	$1,062.36
Total valid votes			25,404	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mitzi Dean	11,816	46.25	$65,033
	Liberal	Barb Desjardins	7,055	27.62	$52,675
	Green	Andy MacKinnon	6,339	24.81	10,290
	Libertarian	Josh Steffler	171	0.67	$200
	Independent	Delmar Martay	102	0.40	$475
	Communist	Tyson Riel Strandlund	65	0.25	$0
Total valid votes			25,548	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84	0.33
Turnout			25,632	65.88
Registered voters			38,909
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Esquimalt-Royal Roads
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	10,963	48.20
	Liberal	Chris Ricketts	6,511	28.63
	Green	Susan Christina Low	4,928	21.67
	Independent	Joshua Steffler	343	1.51

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election: Esquimalt-Royal Roads
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	11,514	52.92	+3.29
	Liberal	Carl Ratsoy	6,579	30.24	-7.94
	Green	Jane Sterk	3,664	16.84	+6.27
Total valid votes			21,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122	0.56
Turnout			21,879	58.27
Source: Elections BC[6]

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maurine Karagianis	12,545	49.63	+19.60
	Liberal	Tom Woods	9,650	38.18	-7.61
	Green	Jane Sterk	2,672	10.57	-7.11
	Democratic Reform	Graeme Rodger	409	1.62	–
Total valid votes			25,276	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140	0.55
Turnout			25,416	66.89
Source: Elections BC[7]

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
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
Source: Elections BC[8]

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%

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%

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