Victoria-Swan Lake
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Victoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Greater Victoria | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 49,304 | ||
| Area (km²) | 18.28 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,697.2 | ||
| Census division | Capital | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Victoria, Saanich | ||
Geography
Victoria-Swan Lake makes up the northern portions of Victoria and the southern portions of Saanich. The Victoria section, north of Bay Street, consists of the neighbourhoods of Burnside-Gorge, Hillside-Quadra, and Oaklands. In Saanich, the electoral district covers Tillicum-Gorge, Uptown, and Quadra-Cedar Hill.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Victoria-Swan Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Victoria-Hillside prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Rob Fleming | New Democratic | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Nina Krieger | ||
Electoral history
Graph of the election results in Victoria-Swan Lake (minor parties are combined into "Others")
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nina Krieger | 14,273 | 56.0% | -3.35 | ||||
| Green | Christina Winter | 5,900 | 23.2% | -4.57 | ||||
| Conservative | Tim Taylor | 5,146 | 20.2% | |||||
| Communist | Robert Crooks | 156 | 0.6% | +0.15 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,475 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -11.78 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 14,186 | 59.35 | +5.75 | $29,468.05 | |||
| Green | Annemieke Holthuis | 6,638 | 27.77 | −1.94 | $11,832.34 | |||
| Liberal | David Somerville | 2,729 | 11.42 | −4.45 | $2,429.03 | |||
| Independent | Jenn Smith | 241 | 1.01 | – | $8,085.95 | |||
| Communist | Walt Parsons | 107 | 0.45 | – | $123.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,901 | 99.27 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.73 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,076 | 59.02 | –5.31 | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,790 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 13,374 | 53.61 | −0.88 | $46,600 | |||
| Green | Christopher Alan Maxwell | 7,413 | 29.71 | +6.50 | $6,955 | |||
| Liberal | Stacey Piercey | 3,960 | 15.87 | −6.43 | $27,194 | |||
| Vancouver Island Party | David Costigane | 203 | 0.81 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,950 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 169 | 0.67 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,119 | 64.33 | +6.26 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,046 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −2.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 12,350 | 54.49 | −6.04 | $82,519 | |||
| Green | Spencer Alexander Malthouse | 5,260 | 23.21 | +11.09 | $5,028 | |||
| Liberal | Christina Bates | 5,055 | 22.30 | −4.24 | $36,719 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,665 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 143 | 0.63 | −0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,808 | 58.07 | +1.17 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,275 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Fleming | 13,119 | 60.53 | +4.53 | $75,655 | |||
| Liberal | Jesse McClinton | 5,754 | 26.54 | −2.54 | $36,875 | |||
| Green | David Wright | 2,628 | 12.12 | +0.12 | $760 | |||
| Refederation | Bob Savage | 174 | 0.81 | – | $750 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,675 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 153 | 0.70 | −0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,828 | 56.90 | −6.10 | |||||
| Registered voters | 38,359 | |||||||
| Net change is calculated based on the 2005 results from Victoria-Hillside. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
