Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a former federal
electoral district
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in the
province
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of
British Columbia
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, Canada, which was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1988 to 2015
Demographics
Geography
It initially consisted of:
* the Esquimalt District Municipality and the City of Colwood;
* Electoral Area D of the Capital Regional District, the southwest part of Electoral Area B, the southwest part of Electoral Area E'
* the southwest part of Saanich District Municipality,
* the southeast part of Cowichan Valley Regional District, and
* Metchosin District Municipality.
History
The riding was created in 1988 from
Esquimalt—Saanich
Esquimalt—Saanich was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1952 from par ...
and
Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1 ...
ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
*
Library of Parliament Riding ProfileExpenditures - 2008Expenditures - 2004Expenditures – 2000Expenditures – 1997
External links
* Website of th
Parliament of CanadaMap of riding archived by Elections Canada
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Defunct British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island