Esquimalt-Metchosin is a provincial

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for the

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, Canada. It first existed from 1991 to 2009, when it was succeeded by the electoral district of

Esquimalt-Royal Roads Esquimalt-Royal Roads is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2008, ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was first contested in the 2009 British Columbia ...

. The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election.

Demographics

Geography

The Esquimalt-Metchosin electoral district is made up of the municipalities of

Esquimalt The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de ...

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, Colwood, and

Metchosin The District of Metchosin is a municipality and community in Greater Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a coastal community adjacent to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Metchosin is part of the Wester ...

in western

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History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its current MLA is

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. She represents the

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Election results

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External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991–2001 British Columbia provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island