Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)

For other Canadian electoral districts named Victoria, see Victoria#Canadian electoral districts. For other uses, see Victoria.

Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.

Victoria

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 1988 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Will Greaves Liberal
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	117,133
Electors (2015)	90,217
Area (km²)[2]	40.28
Pop. density (per km²)	2,908
Census division(s)	Capital Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Saanich, Victoria, Oak Bay, Capital H

The riding was originally chartered as Victoria District for the special byelections held in 1871 upon the province's entry into Confederation. Like the other B.C. ridings with that appellation, however, the "District" was dropped once the temporary ridings were ratified and made "permanent" for the general election of 1872; this was the first in which the Victoria riding (by that name) appeared. From 1905 up until the 1925 election, Victoria was represented by the riding of Victoria City.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Victoria (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[3]		2016[4]		2011[5]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	93,640	78.54%	90,880	81.08%	89,535	84.42%
East Asian[b]	7,245	6.08%	7,180	6.41%	5,435	5.12%
Indigenous	5,180	4.34%	4,325	3.86%	4,035	3.8%
Southeast Asian[c]	3,820	3.2%	2,880	2.57%	2,140	2.02%
South Asian	3,450	2.89%	2,390	2.13%	1,665	1.57%
African	1,835	1.54%	1,280	1.14%	995	0.94%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,505	1.26%	1,425	1.27%	900	0.85%
Latin American	1,425	1.2%	980	0.87%	645	0.61%
Other[e]	1,135	0.95%	740	0.66%	705	0.66%
Total responses	119,230	96.56%	112,080	95.69%	106,055	95.59%
Total population	123,482	100%	117,133	100%	110,942	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Ethnic groups (2006): 85.54% White, 4.05% Chinese, 3.07% Aboriginal, 1.26% South Asian, 1.22% Japanese, 1.15% Filipino, 1.09% Black
Languages (2011): 83.93% English, 2.92% Chinese, 1.79% French, 1.40% German
Religions (2001): 35.36% Protestant, 15.05% Catholic, 3.94% Other Christian, 1.62% Buddhist, 40.52% No religion
Median income (2005): $24,022

Geography

It covers the entire city of Victoria, the municipality of Oak Bay and the southeastern portion of the municipality of Saanich. It also includes the University of Victoria.

History

This electoral district was created in 1872 when Victoria District riding was abolished. It elected two members to the House of Commons of Canada through Block voting. Of the two it elected in 1872, one (Henry Nathan Jr.) was the first Jewish MP of Canada; the other (William Alexander "Amor De Cosmos" Smith) served as MP while also serving as premier of British Columbia.

In 1878, Sir John A. Macdonald was parachuted into the riding, as he was unelectable in eastern Canada, in the wake of the Pacific Scandal. Macdonald, previously the MP for the Marquette riding in Manitoba, had to run in a by-election as he had been appointed to the cabinet (to serve as prime minister). He chose Victoria, which had not yet held its portion of the 1878 Canadian federal election. Victorians voted for him enthusiastically, as he promised to finally bring about the construction of what became the Canadian Pacific Railway. He did not run for re-election in Victoria, instead securing a safe seat in Ontario in 1882.^[6]

It was abolished in 1903, and its territory was divided between the new single-member ridings of Victoria City and Nanaimo.

It was re-created in 1924 from the Victoria City riding, electing one member to the House of Commons.

A redistribution in 1966 trimmed the size of the riding slightly, removing parts of Saanich west of Cedar Hill Road and north of Cedar Hill Cross Road.

Victoria was one of two electoral districts in British Columbia that saw no changes to its boundaries proposed following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Victoria Riding created from Victoria District
2nd	1872–1874		Henry Nathan, Jr.	Liberal		Amor De Cosmos	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878		Francis James Roscoe	Independent Liberal
4th	1878–1882		John A. Macdonald	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887		Noah Shakespeare	Conservative		Edgar Crow Baker	Conservative
6th	1887
	1888–1889		Edward Gawler Prior
	1889–1891					Thomas Earle
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1902
	1902–1904		George Riley	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Victoria City and Nanaimo
Victoria Riding re-created from Victoria City
15th	1925–1926		Simon Fraser Tolmie	Conservative
16th	1926–1928
	1928–1930		D'Arcy Plunkett
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1936†
	1936–1937†		Simon Fraser Tolmie
	1937–1940		Robert Mayhew	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Francis Fairey
23rd	1957–1958		Albert McPhillips	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		David Groos	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Allan McKinnon	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		John Brewin	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		David Anderson	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Denise Savoie	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012
	2012–2015		Murray Rankin
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Laurel Collins
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Will Greaves	Liberal

Current member of Parliament

The current member of Parliament for Victoria is Laurel Collins. She was first elected in 2019. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. Previously, she was a sociology instructor at the University of Victoria and served on Victoria City Council.

Election results

1925–present

The Victoria riding name was re-established as a one-member seat in 1924.

Graph of election results in Victoria (since 1984, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Will Greaves	41,100	54.28	+27.00
	New Democratic	Laurel Collins	18,864	24.91	–19.02
	Conservative	Angus Ross	12,868	17.00	+3.28
	Green	Michael Doherty	2,331	3.08	–8.12
	People's	David Mohr	278	0.37	–2.73
	Rhinoceros	Cody Fraser	108	0.14	N/A
	Independent	Steve Filipovic	83	0.11	N/A
	Christian Heritage	Mary Moreau	83	0.11	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			75,715	74.72
Eligible voters			101,326
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.01
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Laurel Collins	29,301	43.9	+10.7	$97,858.71
	Liberal	Nikki Macdonald	18,194	27.3	+5.0	$97,566.80
	Conservative	Hannah Hodson	9,152	13.7	+1.1	$18,401.29
	Green	Nick Loughton	7,472	11.2	-18.7	$93,634.92
	People's	John Randal Phipps	2,065	3.1	+1.8	$7,982.12
	Communist	Janis Zroback	273	0.4	+0.2	$0.00
	Animal Protection	Jordan Reichert	243	0.4	-	$2,364.23
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,748	–	–	$126,387.28
Total rejected ballots			468
Turnout			67,216
Eligible voters			99,889
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.85
Source: Elections Canada[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Laurel Collins	23,765	33.2	-9.1	$114,384.10
	Green	Racelle Kooy	21,383	29.9	-3.0	$78,891.28
	Liberal	Nikki Macdonald	15,952	22.3	+10.5	$83,095.70
	Conservative	Richard Caron	9,038	12.6	+0.8	$41,312.21
	People's	Alyson Culbert	920	1.3	-	$5,286.41
	Animal Protection	Jordan Reichert	221	0.3	0.0	$2,270.91
	Communist	Robert Duncan	113	0.2	-
	Independent	David Shebib	111	0.2	-
	Veterans Coalition	Keith Rosenberg	46	0.1	-
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,549	99.3		$121,316.37
Total rejected ballots			475	0.7
Turnout			72,024	76.1
Eligible voters			94,627
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-6.10
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Murray Rankin	30,397	42.28	-8.50	$222,151.95
	Green	Jo-Ann Roberts	23,666	32.92	+21.31	$147,733.88
	Liberal	Cheryl Thomas[12]	8,489	11.81	-2.18	$36,199.72
	Conservative	John Rizzuti	8,480	11.79	-11.83	$72,891.79
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	539	0.75	+0.26	$900.00
	Animal Alliance	Jordan Reichert	200	0.28	–	$10,110.17
	Independent	Saul Andersen	124	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,895	100.00		$234,268.29
Total rejected ballots			241	0.33
Turnout			72,136	77.92
Eligible voters			92,574
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.90
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 26, 2012 On the resignation of Denise Savoie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Murray Rankin	14,507	37.17	−13.61	$95,540
	Green	Donald Galloway	13,389	34.30	+22.69	$97,264
	Conservative	Dale Gann	5,654	14.49	−9.14	$90,170
	Liberal	Paul Summerville	5,097	13.06	−0.92	$81,254
	Libertarian	Art Lowe	193	0.49	–	$496
	Christian Heritage	Philip Ney	192	0.49	–	$3,499
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,032	100.00		$97,992.97
Total rejected ballots			98	0.25
Turnout			39,130	44.02
Eligible voters			88,886
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−12.1
[15]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	30,679	50.78	+6.17	$74,027
	Conservative	Patrick Hunt	14,275	23.63	-3.93	$83,652
	Liberal	Christopher Causton	8,448	13.98	-2.90	$92,040
	Green	Jared Giesbrecht	7,015	11.61	+1.06	$32,030
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,417	100.0		$93,244
Total rejected ballots			208	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			60,625	68.55
Eligible voters			88,438
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.05

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	26,443	44.61	+6.15	$81,857
	Conservative	Jack McClintock	16,337	27.56	+2.96	$82,001
	Liberal	Anne Park Shannon	10,006	16.88	-10.64	$47,655
	Green	Adam Saab	6,252	10.55	+2.42	$25,997
	Christian Heritage	John Cooper	237	0.40	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,275	100.0		$89,794
Total rejected ballots			184	0.31	-0.04
Turnout			59,459
	New Democratic hold		Swing		1.60

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denise Savoie	23,839	38.46	+7.38	$72,365
	Liberal	David Mulroney	17,056	27.52	-7.52	$83,680
	Conservative	Robin Baird	15,249	24.60	+2.77	$83,680
	Green	Ariel Lade	5,036	8.13	-3.56	$25,332
	Marijuana	Fred Mallach	311	0.50	–	$8,108
	Independent	Saul Andersen	282	0.45	–	$409
	Western Block	Bruce Burnett	208	0.34	–
Total valid votes			61,981	100.0
Total rejected ballots			167	0.27	+0.02
Turnout			62,148
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.45

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	20,398	35.04	-7.61	$77,645
	New Democratic	David Turner	18,093	31.08	+18.07	$63,980
	Conservative	Logan Wenham	12,708	21.83	-14.35	$79,360
	Green	Ariel Lade	6,807	11.69	+5.83	$32,630
	Canadian Action	Derek J. Skinner	206	0.35	–	$2,949
Total valid votes			58,212	100.0
Total rejected ballots			169	0.29	-0.08
Turnout			58,381	68.41	+5.14
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.84
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	23,730	42.65	+7.90	$69,260
	Alliance	Bruce Hallsor	16,502	29.66	+0.15	$65,598
	New Democratic	David Turner	7,243	13.01	-8.88	$51,776
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Burchill	3,629	6.52	+0.36	$6,889
	Green	Joan Russow	3,264	5.86	+0.49	$19,737
	Marijuana	Chuck Beyer	863	1.55	–	$975
	Natural Law	Cal Danyluk	138	0.24	-0.41
	Independent	Lorenzo A. Bouchard	101	0.18	–
	Communist	Scott Rushton	92	0.16	–	$189
	Independent	Mary Moreau	75	0.13	–
Total valid votes			55,637	100.0
Total rejected ballots			204	0.37	-0.09
Turnout			55,841	63.55	-4.92
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.88
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Anderson	18,130	34.75	-2.39	$60,758
	Reform	Arla Taylor	15,393	29.51	+1.78	$53,976
	New Democratic	Carol Judd	11,419	21.89	+7.84	$54,055
	Progressive Conservative	John J.P. King	3,589	6.88	-3.50	$14,767
	Green	Joan Russow	2,806	5.37	+3.42	$2,912
	Canadian Action	Brian Burchill	353	0.67	–	$3,521
	Natural Law	Cal Danyluk	340	0.65	-0.23	$321
	Independent	Bob O'Neill	131	0.25	–	$1,045
Total valid votes			52,161	100.0
Total rejected ballots			241	0.46
Turnout			52,402	68.52
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.08

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Anderson	21,402	37.14	+15.75
	Reform	Patrick Hunt	15,981	27.73	+19.33
	New Democratic	John Brewin	8,091	14.04	-23.93
	Progressive Conservative	Faith Collins	5,982	10.38	-19.55
	National	Cecelia Mavrow	4,034	7.00	–
	Green	Donna Morton	1,125	1.95	+0.19
	Natural Law	Michael Coon	511	0.88	–
	Libertarian	Kent Cowan	172	0.29	-0.06
	Independent	Roger Rocan	121	0.20	–
	Independent	Rhyon Caldwell	83	0.14	–
	Communist	Anne Foss	74	0.12	-0.74
	Independent	John Ernest Currie	45	0.07	–
Total valid votes			57,621	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		-1.79

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John F. Brewin	22,399	37.97	-0.63
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Young	17,660	29.93	-16.41
	Liberal	Michael James O'Connor	12,617	21.39	+8.76
	Reform	Terry Volb	4,956	8.40	–
	Green	Laura K. Porcher	1,037	1.76	+0.68
	Rhinoceros	J.C. Hicks	209	0.35	-0.14
	Independent	John A. Harter	121	0.21	–
Total valid votes			58,999	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.89

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	24,588	46.34	-4.00
	New Democratic	John Brewin	20,480	38.60	+4.28
	Liberal	Jane Heffelfinger	6,702	12.63	-1.72
	Green	John F. Knight	575	1.08	–
	Rhinoceros	Dapper Dan Lindsay	262	0.49	-0.40
	Libertarian	Bill J. McElwain	187	0.35	–
	Confederation of Regions	Elizabeth James	162	0.31	–
	Independent	Johannes Balther-Jensen	104	0.20	–
Total valid votes			53,060	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.14

1925-1984

Graph of election results in Victoria (1925–1980, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	25,068	50.34	-4.40
	New Democratic	Robin Blencoe	17,088	34.32	+4.39
	Liberal	Bruce E. Corbett	7,145	14.35	-0.80
	Rhinoceros	Rhino Kirk Higgins	446	0.89	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy Ratzlaff	47	0.01	-0.17
Total valid votes			49,794	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.40

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	28,058	54.74	-0.60
	New Democratic	Gretchen Brewin	15,344	29.93	+15.24
	Liberal	Robert Monaghan	7,766	15.15	-14.39
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy Ratzlaff	91	0.18	-0.26
Total valid votes			51,259	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.92

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	26,771	55.34	+7.86
	Liberal	Frances H. Elford	14,289	29.54	+4.05
	New Democratic	Peter W. James	7,108	14.69	-8.57
	Marxist–Leninist	Dave Danielson	211	0.44	–
Total valid votes			48,379	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.10

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan McKinnon	22,842	47.48	+15.09
	Liberal	David Groos	12,264	25.49	-18.41
	New Democratic	Flemming Hansen	11,192	23.26	+0.80
	Social Credit	Clifford E. Stretch	1,173	2.44	–
	Independent	Daniel Lewis Heffernan	357	0.74	–
	Independent	Michael Charles Hall-Patch	280	0.58	–
Total valid votes			48,108	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.75

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Groos	18,401	43.90	+12.03
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Charman	13,578	32.39	+3.82
	New Democratic	Harvey Richardson	9,414	22.46	+5.85
	Independent	George Burnham	526	1.25	–
Total valid votes			41,919	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.10

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Groos	13,930	31.87	-2.74
	Progressive Conservative	Clifford Waite	12,488	28.57	-2.50
	Social Credit	M. Frank Hunter	9,659	22.10	+8.98
	New Democratic	J. Lloyd Brereton	7,259	16.61	+3.36
	Communist	William Stuart E. Morrison	374	0.86	–
Total valid votes			43,710	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.12

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Groos	15,040	34.61	-0.91
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Charman	13,502	31.07	-4.99
	New Democratic	H.A.L. Fanthorpe	5,757	13.25	-0.64
	Social Credit	Millard H. Mooney	5,701	13.12	-1.41
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	3,460	7.96	–
Total valid votes			43,460	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.04
Independent Liberal candidate Thomas Foster Isherwood lost 27.56 percentage points from his 1962 performance as an official Liberal candidate.

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	14,333	36.06	-25.01
	Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	14,117	35.52	+14.21
	Social Credit	James Audain	5,776	14.53	+8.07
	New Democratic	H.A.L. Fanthorpe	5,520	13.89	+2.73
Total valid votes			39,746	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-19.61
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth votes in the previous election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	24,945	61.07	+16.41
	Liberal	William Geoffrey Ellis	8,706	21.31	-5.98
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Victor W. Williams	4,560	11.16	+1.92
	Social Credit	Elmer D. McEwen	2,637	6.46	-12.34
Total valid votes			40,848	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.20

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert McPhillips	17,981	44.66	+26.33
	Liberal	Francis Fairey	10,987	27.29	-13.72
	Social Credit	Waldo Skillings	7,569	18.80	-7.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Victor W. Williams	3,721	9.24	-4.13
Total valid votes			40,258	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.02

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Fairey	13,696	41.01	-14.96
	Social Credit	Waldo Skillings	8,677	25.98	–
	Progressive Conservative	George James	6,122	18.33	-11.08
	Co-operative Commonwealth	May Campbell	4,465	13.37	-1.25
	Independent Social Credit	Andrew Henry Jukes	422	1.26	–
	Communist	Thomas Seibert	313	0.94	-2.15
Total valid votes			33,395	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-20.47

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	19,324	55.97	+22.65
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Arthur Cameron	10,154	29.41	-2.89
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Baxter Caird	5,048	14.62	-14.44
Total valid votes			34,526	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.77

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	11,806	33.32	-19.15
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton	11,442	32.30	-2.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray D. Bryce	10,295	29.06	+16.38
	Communist	Garry Culhane	1,093	3.09	–
	Social Credit	William Franklin Lougheed	793	2.24	–
Total valid votes			35,429	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.34

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	13,887	52.47	+12.41
	National Government	James Sutherland Brown	9,193	34.78	+2.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth McAllister	3,352	12.68	-14.96
Total valid votes			26,429	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.96

Canadian federal by-election, 29 November 1937 On the death of Simon Fraser Tolmie, 13 October 1937
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Mayhew	9,493	40.06	+6.63
	Conservative	Bruce Alistair McKelvie	7,654	32.30	-1.76
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John King Gordon	6,550	27.64	–
Total valid votes			23,697	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+4.20

Canadian federal by-election, 8 June 1936 On the death of D'Arcy Plunkett, 3 May 1936
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	5,997	34.06	-1.22
	Liberal	John King Gordon	5,887	33.43	+3.43
	Independent	Christopher John McDowell	5,725	32.51	–
Total valid votes			17,609	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.32
Independent candidate Christopher John McDowell gained 2.51 percentage points from his 1935 performance as a Liberal.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Plunkett	7,505	35.28	-21.61
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John King Gordon	6,482	30.47	–
	Liberal	Christopher John McDowell	6,378	30.00	-13.11
	Reconstruction	Percival Edward George	905	4.25	–
Total valid votes			21,270	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-26.04

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Plunkett	8,319	56.89	-6.36
	Liberal	Stuart Alexander Henderson	6,303	43.11	+6.36
Total valid votes			14,622	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-6.36

Canadian federal by-election, 6 December 1928 On the resignation of Simon Fraser Tolmie, 5 June 1928
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Plunkett	5,636	63.25	+0.48
	Liberal	John Duncan MacLean	5,544	36.75	-0.48
Total valid votes			13,355	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.48

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	6,831	62.77	+2.77
	Liberal	Edward Oliver Carew Martin	4,051	37.23	-2.77
Total valid votes			10,882	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.77

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	6,926	60.00
	Liberal	William McKinnon Ivel	4,617	40.00
Total valid votes			11,543	100.0
This riding was created from Victoria City, where Conservative Simon Fraser Tolmie was the incumbent.

1872–1902

The Victoria riding was abolished in 1903. Successor ridings were Victoria City and, for western parts of the riding, Nanaimo. This riding elected two members to parliament.

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 28 January 1902 On election being declared void, 2 December 1901
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	George Riley	1,797	56.60	Y
	Conservative	F.S. Barnard	1,378	43.40
Total valid votes			3,175

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior	1,872	Y
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,775	Y
	Liberal	Richard Low Drury	1,657
	Liberal	George Riley	1,640

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	E.G. Prior	1,647	Y
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,551	Y
	Liberal	William Templeman	1,452
	Liberal	George L. Milne	1,355

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 6 January 1896 On the resignation of Edward Gawler Prior
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior	unknown	Y
	Liberal	William Templeman	unknown
On the appointment of Edward Gawler Prior as Controller of Inland Revenue, 17 December 1895.
There are no vote counts in the Elections Canada records, only an indication that Mr. Prior was the winner of this by-election.

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	1,061	Y
	Conservative	E.G. Prior	1,031	Y
	Liberal	William Templeman	449
	Liberal	William Marchant	417

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 23 January 1888 On the resignation of Noah Shakespeare
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior	acclaimed	Y
On the resignation of Noah Shakespeare to accept the position of Postmaster of Victoria, June 1887.

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 28 October 1889 On the resignation of Edgar Crow Baker, 2 May 1889
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Earle	acclaimed	Y

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	E.C. Baker	632	Y
	Conservative	Noah Shakespeare	548	Y
	Independent Conservative	T.B. Humphreys	394
	Independent Conservative	James Fell	327
	Liberal	W.A. Robertson	253
	Liberal	A.E. McCallum	245

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Edgar Crow Baker	441	Y
	Conservative	Noah Shakespeare	400	Y
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	307
	Unknown	Cornelius Booth	241
	Unknown	John Boyd	149
	Unknown	James Fell	139

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald	896	Y
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos (incumbent)	538	Y
	Unknown	J.P. Davies	480
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Victoria

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	308	Y
	Independent Liberal	Francis J. Roscoe	304	Y
	Unknown	C. Morton	299
	Unknown	T. Harris	97
Source: lop.parl.ca

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Henry Nathan Jr.	402	Y
	Liberal	Amor De Cosmos	398	Y
	Unknown	R. Beaven	94
This riding was created from Victoria District, which elected both Liberal Amor De Cosmos and Henry Nathan Jr. in the previous by-election.
Source: Canadian Elections Database[16]

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.