Oak Bay was a provincial electoral district in the

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. It first appeared in the general election of 1941 and last appeared in the 1975 election. Its successor is the

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riding. For other ridings in the area of

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Demographics

Political Geography

Notable Elections

Notable MLAs

Several

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leaders have represented the riding including

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who was Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier in the Liberal-Conservative

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represented the district in the 1970s and his successor as Tory leader

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was its last MLA from 1978 until 1979.

Electoral history

''Note: Winners in each election are shown in'' bold. , - ,

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, Everett Stanley Farr , align="right", 1,520 , align="right", 31.74% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Geoffrey LeGallais , align="right", 593 , align="right", 12.38% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,789 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 68 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Clare Nulalinda McAllister , align="right", 988 , align="right", 17.69% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,586 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 40 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth , Patricia Mary Luchinsky , align="right", 890 , align="right", 12.66% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,028 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 183 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,843 , align="right", 34.45% , align="right", 3,282 , align="right", 43.24% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frederick James Bevis , align="right", 707 , align="right", 8.57% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Philip Archibald Gibbs , align="right", 3,631 , align="right", 44.00% , align="right", 4,308 , align="right", 56.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 8,252 !align="right", % !align="right", 7,590 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 130 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ¹ Preferential ballot; 1st and final counts (of three) shown only. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frederick James Bevis , align="right", 508 , align="right", 6.20% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Douglas Deane Finlayson , align="right", 1,220 , align="right", 14.90% , align="right", - , align="right", - % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Philip Archibald Gibbs , align="right", 3,182 , align="right", 38.85% , align="right", 4,110 , align="right", 52.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 8,190 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 7,791 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 192 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ² Preferential ballot; 1st and final counts (of three) shown only. , - ,

, Philip Archibald Gibbs , align="right", 3,940 , align="right", 49.38% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Justin Victor Harbord , align="right", 919 , align="right", 11.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Patrick Holman Thomas , align="right", 429 , align="right", 5.38% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,979 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 74 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , James Arthur Anderson , align="right", 1,212 , align="right", 11.82% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Alan Brock MacFarlane Alan Brock MacFarlane (May 17, 1924 – December 10, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in British Columbia. He represented Oak Bay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1960 to 1968 as a Liberal. He was born in Vi ...

, align="right", 4,558 , align="right", 44.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Francis Harris Mitchell , align="right", 701 , align="right", 6.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,251 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 113 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , Hugh Larratt Henderson , align="right", 1,726 , align="right", 16.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 4,457 , align="right", 42.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,422 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 72 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 8,118 , align="right", 54.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 14,902 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 184 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Allan Leslie Cox Allan Leslie Cox (born October 4, 1927) is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1968 to 1969, as a Liberal member for the constituency of Oak Bay Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated ...

, align="right", 6,656 , align="right", 36.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 18,303 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 174 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Mel Couvelier Melville Bertram Couvelier (January 20, 1931 – May 30, 2011) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Saanich and the Islands from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Socia ...

, align="right", 3,253 , align="right", 16.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 10,319 , align="right", 52.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 19,747 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 229 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 11,489 , align="right", 51.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,189 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 229 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 6,904 , align="right", 38.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 17,915 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 154 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", The Oak Bay riding was redistributed and the new riding of

created. It first appeared in the general election of 1979.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oak Bay (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia on Vancouver Island