South Victoria
South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).
Demographics
| Population, 1961 | |
| Population change, 1871–1961 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Electoral history
Note: winners of each election are in bold.
| 7th British Columbia election, 1894 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
| Government | Joseph Westrop Carey | 100 | 26.74% | – | unknown | |
| Government | David McEwen Eberts | 274 | 73.26% | – | unknown | |
| Total valid votes | 374 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 8th British Columbia election, 1898 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
| Government | David McEwen Eberts | 236 | 52.91% | – | unknown | |
| Opposition | James Stuart Yates | 210 | 47.09% | – | unknown | |
| Total valid votes | 446 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| British Columbia general election, 1900 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Opposition | David McEwen Eberts | 236 | 52.91% | |||||
| Government-Independent | George Sangster | 208 | 44.54% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 467 | 100.00% | ||||||
The South Victoria riding was succeeded in the 1903 election by Oak Bay.
Sources
Elections BC Historical Returns
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