Steve Orcherton

Steve Orcherton (born 1952) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Victoria-Hillside in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. He sat as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Steve Orcherton
MLA for Victoria-Hillside
In office 1996–2001
Preceded by	Robin Blencoe
Succeeded by	Sheila Orr
Personal details
Born	1952 or 1953 (age 72–73)[1] Fort Churchill, Manitoba
Political party	New Democrat
Residence(s)	Victoria, British Columbia

He was defeated by only 82 votes in the 2001 provincial election by Sheila Orr, the same candidate he had faced in the 1996 provincial election. In the 2005 provincial election, Orcherton again sought the New Democratic Party nomination in Victoria-Hillside, but lost to Rob Fleming, who defeated Orr in the general election.

Electoral record

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election: Victoria-Hillside
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

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election: Victoria-Hillside
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