Esquimalt-Port Renfrew

Esquimalt-Port Renfrew was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986. Its predecessor riding was Esquimalt. It was redistributed into the ridings of Malahat-Juan de Fuca, Esquimalt-Metchosin and Saanich South.

For other Greater Victoria area ridings see List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria. For other Vancouver Island ridings see List of electoral districts on Vancouver Island or List of electoral districts in Greater Nanaimo.

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

History

Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt
10th	1903–1907		Charles Edward Pooley	Conservative
11th	1907–1909		John Jardine	Liberal
12th	1909–1912
13th	1912–1916		Robert Henry Pooley	Conservative
14th	1916–1920
15th	1920–1924
16th	1924–1928
17th	1928–1933
18th	1933–1937			Unionist
19th	1937–1941		Elmer Victor Finland	Conservative
20th	1941–1945
21st	1945–1949		Charles Taschereau Beard	Coalition
22nd	1949–1952
23rd	1952–1953		Frank Mitchell	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1953–1956		Herbert Joseph Bruch	Social Credit
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1963
27th	1963–1966
28th	1966–1969
29th	1969–1972
30th	1972–1975		Jim Gorst	New Democratic
31st	1975–1979		Lyle Kahl	Social Credit
Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
32nd	1979–1983		Frank Mitchell	New Democratic
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991		Moe Sihota
Riding dissolved into Esquimalt-Metchosin, Malahat-Juan de Fuca and Saanich South

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Western Independence	Orest Peter Jakubec	280	1.16%
	Social Credit	Lyle Benjaim James Kahl	9,812	40.58%
	Progressive Conservative	William James (Bill) Langlois	1,462	6.05%
	New Democratic	Frank Mitchell	12,419	51.37%
	Independent New Hope Party	Donald Cecil Stansall	72	0.30%
	Independent	Wayne Arthur Williams	131	0.54%
Total valid votes			24,176
Total rejected ballots			523

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Western Canada Concept	Kerry Gordon Greenwood	1,151	4.08%		unknown
	Social Credit	Brian Lightburn	10,185	36.09%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Frank Mitchell	16,304	57.77%		unknown
	Liberal	William Charles Stanley	580	2.06%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,220	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			299
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Henry Jones	1,293	4.54%		unknown
	Social Credit	T. Brian Killip	11,649	40.93%	–	unknown
	Western Canada Concept	Richard (Dick) Lewers	322	1.13%		unknown
	New Democratic	Munmohan Singh (Moe) Sihota	15,198	53.40%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,462	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			250
Turnout			%

Sources

• Elections BC Historical Returns