Victoria-Hillside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| First contested | 1991 |
| Last contested | 2005 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2001) | 49,093 |
| Area (km²) | 16.49 |
Demographics
edit| Population, 2001 | 49,093 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 2.3% |
| Area (km²) | 16.49 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 2,977 |
Member of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Victoria-Hillside | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Victoria | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Robin Blencoe | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Steve Orcherton | New Democratic | |
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Sheila Orr | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | Rob Fleming | New Democratic | |
| Riding dissolved into Saanich South and Victoria-Swan Lake | ||||
Its final MLA was Rob Fleming, a former Victoria City Councillor and former University of Victoria Students' Society chairperson. He was first elected as a city councillor in 1999. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Election results
edit| 2005 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 13,926 | 57 | $72,755 | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Orr | 7,042 | 29 | $117,576 | ||||
| Green | Steve Filipovic | 2,934 | 12 | $4,899 | ||||
| Democratic Reform | Jim McDermott | 363 | 1.5 | $5,652 | ||||
| Work Less | Katrina Jean Herriot | 167 | 0.7 | $100 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,432 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,648 | 63 | ||||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1996 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1991 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Robin Blencoe | 11,117 | 51.39 | $29,374 | ||||
| Liberal | Elmer Wiens | 7,233 | 33.43 | $4,018 | ||||
| Social Credit | Patrick Skillings | 2,714 | 12.55 | $20,169 | ||||
| Green | Jay Van Oostdam | 569 | 2.63 | $1,286 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,633 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 584 | 2.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,217 | 73.37 | ||||||