Saanich South

Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election. Between 1966 and 1991, the riding was dominated by Social Credit, who won every election except for 1972 when the riding was won by the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party.

Saanich South

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lana Popham New Democratic
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,585
Area (km²)	82
Pop. density (per km²)	604.7
Census division(s)	Greater Victoria
Census subdivision(s)	Saanich

Since 1991, the riding has been won by the NDP in every election except for the BC Liberal landslide victory in 2001. During the 1990s, the riding was represented by prominent Cabinet minister, Andrew Petter, who served in the Harcourt, Clark, and Dosanjh governments.

Demographics

Population	49,585
Population Change, 1996–2001	3.4%
Area (km²)	82
Pop. Density (people per km²)	604

Geography

Saanich South covers the northern and western portions of the District of Saanich.^[1] Neighbourhoods within the electoral district include Cordova Bay, Prospect Lake, Royal Oak, Broadmead, Strawberry Vale, Glanford, North Quadra, and Blenkinsop Valley.

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

The MLA for Saanich South is Lana Popham, a farmer, small-business person and environmentalist. She was first elected in 2009 and represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Saanich South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Andrew Petter	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Susan Brice	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		David Cubberley	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013		Lana Popham
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	15,190	55.67	+13.20	$32,127.82
	Liberal	Rishi Sharma	6,608	24.22	−6.83	$37,039.98
	Green	Kate O'Connor	5,488	20.11	−5.28	$14,020.41
Total valid votes			27,286	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			159	0.58	+0.13
Turnout			27,445	65.12	−5.51
Registered voters			42,148
Source: Elections BC^[2]^[3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	11,921	42.47	−3.08	$59,661
	Liberal	David Calder	8,716	31.05	−4.24	$66,005
	Green	Mark Neufeld	7,129	25.39	+10.10	$15,073
	Libertarian	Andrew Paul McLean	177	0.63	–	$0
	Vancouver Island Party	Richard Percival Pattee	130	0.46	–	$1,570
Total valid votes			28,073	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			126	0.45	+0.12
Turnout			28,199	70.63	+3.52
Registered voters			30,926
Source: Elections BC^[4]^[5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	11,946	45.55	-1.59	$104,395
	Liberal	Rishi Sharma	9,256	35.29	-9.91	$64,424
	Green	Branko Mustafovic	4,011	15.29	+8.58	$200
	Conservative	Joshua Galbraith	873	3.33		$1,700
	Independent	Peter Kappel	142	0.54		$910
Total valid votes			26,228	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88	0.33
Turnout			26,316	67.11
Source: Elections BC^[6]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	11,697	47.14	+1.15	$93,914
	Liberal	Robin Adair	11,215	45.20	+0.43	$121,866
	Green	Brian Gordon	1,664	6.71	−0.41	$655
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	235	0.95	+0.19	$250
Total valid votes			24,811	100
Total rejected ballots			164	0.7
Turnout			24,975	64

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	David Cubberley	12,287	45.99	+17.90
	Liberal	Susan Brice	11,959	44.77	−7.40
	Green	Brandon McIntyre	1,902	7.12	−8.58
	Democratic Reform	Brett Hinch	211	0.79	–
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	202	0.76	–
	Independent	Kerry Steinemann	153	0.57	–
Total			26,714	100.00

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Susan Brice	12,699	52.17%	$40,228
	New Democratic	David Cubberley	6,838	28.09%	$38,619
	Green	Gracie MacDonald	3,823	15.70%	$3,545
	Marijuana	Tamara Tulloch	462	1.90%	$394
	Conservative	Paul Scrimger	349	1.43%	$1,032
	Independent	James Robert Lauder	172	0.71%	$608
Total valid votes			24,343	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			66	0.27%
Turnout			24,409	76.00%

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Petter	11,394	46.11	$46,181
	Liberal	Frank Leonard	10,867	43.98	$42,352
	Progressive Democrat	Cherie Dealey	1,198	4.85	$6,794
	Reform	Colin Knecht	676	2.74	$2,842
	Green	Jack Etkin	343	1.39	$1,081
	Natural Law	Gail Anderson	86	0.35	$100
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	66	0.27	$100
	Libertarian	Ken Wiebe	40	0.16	–
	Common Sense	Laery Braaten	38	0.15	$100
Total valid votes			24,708	100.00
Total rejected ballots			141	0.57
Turnout			24,849	77.16

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Petter	10,254	44.63	$42,789
	Liberal	Lorne Peasland	8,309	36.17	$7,035
	Social Credit	Allen L. Vandekerkhove	4,218	18.36	$92,822
	Western Canada Concept	Douglas Christie	193	0.84	–
Total valid votes			22,974	100.00
Total rejected ballots			300	1.03
Turnout			23,274	79.87

References

1. McElroy, Justin (May 8, 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Saanich South riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
6. (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• Results of 1991 election