Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Oak Bay-Gordon Head is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Greater Victoria
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Diana Gibson New Democratic
District created	1979
First contested	1979
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	47,814
Area (km²)	30
Pop. density (per km²)	1,593.8
Census division(s)	Greater Victoria
Census subdivision(s)	Oak Bay, Saanich, and Victoria

Demographics

Population, 2001	47,814
Population Change, 1996–2001	0.2%
Area (km²)	30
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1,598

Geography

After restructuring prior to the 2017 election, Oak Bay-Gordon Head consists of the entirety of Oak Bay, as well as portions of Saanich and Victoria. The Saanich portions of the electoral district include Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay, and the Panhandle east of Shelbourne Street. The Victoria portions are made up of the Jubilee and Gonzales neighbourhoods east of Richmond Road.^[1][2] The University of Victoria, Camosun College Lansdowne campus and the Jubliee Hospital are located within Oak Bay-Gordon Head.

History

Voters have chosen people across the political spectrum with NDP, Liberal, and Green holding the seat in order from 1989.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The district has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
32nd	1979–1983		Brian Smith	Social Credit
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1989
	1989–1991		Elizabeth Cull	New Democratic
35th	1991–1996
36th	1996–2001		Ida Chong	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Andrew Weaver	Green
41st	2017–2020
	2020–2020			Independent
42nd	2020–2024		Murray Rankin	New Democratic
43rd	2024-present		Diana Gibson

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Diana Gibson	14,519	49.10	-2.02	$45,884.22
	Conservative	Stephen Andrew	8,542	28.89	–	$27,538.99
	Green	Lisa Gunderson	6,509	22.01	-3.51	$56,199.87
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,570	99.81	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			55	0.19	–
Turnout			29,625	69.80	+2.01
Registered voters			42,442
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.45
Source: Elections BC[3][4]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Murray Rankin	14,748	51.12	+27.50	$54,662.71
	Green	Nicole Duncan	7,362	25.52	−26.68	$10,054.16
	Liberal	Roxanne Helme	6,597	22.87	−0.88	$56,823.54
	Communist	Florian Castle	142	0.49	–	$123.40
Total valid votes			28,849	99.55	–
Total rejected ballots			129	0.45	+0.14
Turnout			28,978	67.79	-4.20
Registered voters			42,749
	New Democratic gain from Green		Swing		+27.09
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Andrew Weaver	15,405	52.20	+11.77	$50,974
	Liberal	Alex Dutton	7,008	23.74	−5.55	$62,220
	New Democratic	Bryce Casavant	6,972	23.63	−4.79	$42,402
	Vancouver Island Party	Jin Dong Yang-Riley	66	0.23	–	$100
	4BC	Xaanja Ganja Free	59	0.20	–	$115
Total valid votes			29,510	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			89	0.30	−0.08
Turnout			29,599	71.99	+2.43
Registered voters			42,117
Source: Elections BC[7][8]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Andrew Weaver	10,722	40.43	+31.52	$111,365
	Liberal	Ida Chong	7,767	29.29	−17.35	$128,726
	New Democratic	Jessica Van der Veen	7,536	28.42	−16.03	$105,108
	Conservative	Greg Kazakoff	492	1.86	–	$3,550
Total valid votes			26,517	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			102	0.38	−0.25
Turnout			26,619	69.56	+2.70
Registered voters			38,267
Source: Elections BC[9]

B.C. General Election 2009: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ida Chong	11,877	46.64%	-1.16%
	New Democratic	Jessica Van der Veen	11,316	44.45%	+2.14%
	Green	Steven Johns	2,330	8.91%	+0.65%
Total valid votes

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ida Chong	12,911	47.80
	New Democratic	Charley Beresford	11,430	42.31
	Green	Stephen Hender	2,232	8.26
	Democratic Reform	Lyne England	268	0.99
	Independent	Lindsay Budge	171	0.63
Total			27,012	100.00

B.C. General Election 2001: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ida Chong	14,588	57.31%		$40,994
	NDP	Charley Beresford	5,789	22.74%		$30,917
	Green	Christin Geall	4,666	18.33%	–	$4,291
	Marijuana	Michael "Mik" Mann	411	1.62%		$583
Total Valid Votes			25,454	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			93	0.37%
Turnout			25,547	75.54%

B.C. General Election 1996: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ida Chong	12,340	46.59%		$52,261
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	11,700	44.17%		$45,690
	Progressive Democrat	Gordon Henderson	937	3.54%	–	$305
	Reform	Paul Yewchuk	675	2.55%		$11,324
	Green	Lenora Burke	566	2.14%	–	$1,903
	Family Coalition	Alan Idler	56	0.21%	–	$225
	Social Credit	John van Dyk	48	0.18%	–	$3,796
	Independent	John Ernest Currie	48	0.18%		$244
	Natural Law	Gary Zak	47	0.18%		$165
	Independent	Casey Edge	35	0.13%		$604
	No Affiliation	Nicholas Varzeliotis	35	0.13%		$1,645
Total Valid Votes			26,487	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			123	0.46%
Turnout			26,610	79.49%

B.C. General Election 1991: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	10,522	39.61%		$42,729
	Liberal	Paul McKivett	9,685	36.46%		$11,068
	Social Credit	Susan Brice	5,556	20.91%	–	$43,573
	Reform	Terry Milne	604	2.27%		$7,043
	Family Coalition	Kathleen Toth	157	0.59%	–	$539
	Human Race	John Currie	42	0.16%		$8
Total Valid Votes			26,566	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			422	1.56%
Turnout			26,988	83.16%

Oak Bay-Gordon Head Byelection, Dec. 13 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Elizabeth Cull	10,807	45.26%
	Social Credit	Susan Brice	10,430	43.68%	–
	Liberal	Paul McKivett	2,174	9.11%
	Green	Garth Lenz	328	1.37%	–
	Human Race Party	Louis Lesosky	20	0.08%
	Independent	Roland Isaacs	117	0.49%
Total Valid Votes			23,876	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			242	1.56%
Eligible Voters			32,351
Turnout				73.80%

B.C. General Election 1986: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Brian Smith	14,008	52.50%
	NDP	Muriel Agnes Overgaard	9,580	35.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Irvin Kimball Burbank	1,678	6.29%
	Liberal	Matthew Julian	635	2.38%
	Western Canada Concept	Tom Pappajohn	515	1.93%
	Independent	Ernest A. LeCours	201	0.75%
	Independent	Russel Ellsworth Downe	63	0.24%
Total Valid Votes			26,680	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			237
Turnout			26,988	83.16%

B.C. General Election 1979: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Brian Smith	12,730	49.43%	–
	NDP	Muriel Agnes Overgaard	6,741	26.17%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Albert Stephens	6,284	24.40%
Total Valid Votes			24,755	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			497
Turnout

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts