Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the

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, upon its entry into

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that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the

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several prominent

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(MLAs) and

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s. It last appeared on the hustings in the 1963 election.

Electoral history

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

Robert Beaven Robert Beaven (January 20, 1836 – September 18, 1920), son of James Beaven, was a British Columbia politician and businessman. Beaven moved to British Columbia from Toronto, where he had been educated at Upper Canada College, because of t ...

, align="right", 301 , align="right", 19.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent ,

Simeon Duck Simeon Duck (December 1, 1834 – February 5, 1905) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875, from 1882 to 1886 and from 1888 t ...

, align="right", 301 , align="right", 19.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , John Foster McCreight¹ , align="right", 373 , align="right", 24.62% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , James Trimble , align="right", 321 , align="right", 21.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Robert Taylor Williams , align="right", 124 , align="right", 8.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,515 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ First

Premier of British Columbia Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

. , - , Independent ,

, align="right", Acclaimed , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", n/a !align="right", -.- % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² The byelection was called due to Beaven's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 727 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁴ The byelection was called following Elliott's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on February 1, 1876. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,523 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Independent ,

, align="right", 368 , align="right", 13.09% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,811 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁶ Sixth

. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 555 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁷ The byelection was called due to the resignation of

upon his appointment to the Executive Council March 21, 1885. , Independent (?) , Joseph Westrop Carey , align="right", 543 , align="right", 1.34% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour , John Mayfield Duval , align="right", 127 , align="right", 3.21% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour , Andrew Johnston Smith , align="right", 208 , align="right", 5.26% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,955 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁸

. , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁹ Later the fifteenth Premier of British Columbia. , Independent , Charles Wilson , align="right", 570 , align="right", 7.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,179 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,257 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹⁰ Eleventh

. , Independent ,

, align="right", 906 , align="right", 9.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,408 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Labour ,

James Stuart Yates James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

, align="right", 1,233 , align="right", 10.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 11,264 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹¹ Thirteenth

. In 1902, premier Edward Gawler Prior won a seat in a by-election. ,

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William George Cameron William George Cameron (September 25, 1853 – October 29, 1930) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1903 to 1907 from the electoral district of Victoria City, as a Liberal Liberal or libe ...

, align="right", 1,860 , align="right", 14.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Low Drury , align="right", 1,744 , align="right", 13.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Hall , align="right", 1,554 , align="right", 12.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Charles Hayward , align="right", 1,396 , align="right", 10.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Henry Dallas Helmcken Henry Dallas "Harry" Helmcken (December 23, 1859 – July 6, 1912https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98143353/henry-dallas-helmcken) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assem ...

, align="right", 1,342 , align="right", 10.49% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Joseph Hunter , align="right", 1,223 , align="right", 9.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

James Dugald McNiven James Dugald McNiven (March 11, 1859 – July 17, 1936) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of ...

, align="right", 1,627 , align="right", 12.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Albert Edward McPhillips Albert Edward McPhillips (21 March 1861 – 24 January 1938) was a Canadian politician and a barrister. Early years He was the son of George McPhillips (born Co. Monaghan, 1805–1878) and Margaret Lavin (born Co. Armagh), both of whom were ...

, align="right", 1,352 , align="right", 10.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,795 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Conservative ,

Henry Frederick William Behnsen Henry Frederick William Behnsen (March 16, 1852 – March 6, 1938) was a German-born cigar manufacturer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbi ...

, align="right", 1,477 , align="right", 11.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William George Cameron , align="right", 1,164 , align="right", 9.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Frederick Davey Frederick Davey (February 22, 1847 – April 24, 1926) was an English-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1907 to 1916 as a Conservative. He was bo ...

, align="right", 1,497 , align="right", 11.93% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Low Drury , align="right", 1,192 , align="right", 9.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party of BC , Ernest Amos Hall , align="right", 863 , align="right", 6.88% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Hall , align="right", 1,089 , align="right", 8.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party of BC , Arngrimur Johnson , align="right", 437 , align="right", 3.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party of BC , William Herbert Marcon , align="right", 366 , align="right", 2.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Richard McBride¹² , align="right", 1,614 , align="right", 12.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 1,029 , align="right", 8.20% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Henry Broughton Thomson Henry Broughton Thomson (July 21, 1870 – September 17, 1939) was a Canadian merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservati ...

, align="right", 1,377 , align="right", 10.97% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,548 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹² Sixteenth

. , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,497 , align="right", 12.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,053 , align="right", 12.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Low Drury , align="right", 2,031 , align="right", 10.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William Kyle Houston , align="right", 1,875 , align="right", 9.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Richard McBride , align="right", 2,846 , align="right", 14.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Alfred James Morley ¹³ , align="right", 2,218 , align="right", 11.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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¹⁴ , align="right", 2,216 , align="right", 11.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,465 , align="right", 12.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 19,320 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹³ Endorsed by Liberals. , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹⁴ Later 19th Premier of BC 1918-1927. , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,392 , align="right", 14.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Harlan Carey Brewster , align="right", 2,049 , align="right", 12.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,471 , align="right", 15.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Richard Thomas Elliott , align="right", 1,979 , align="right", 12.34% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Richard McBride , align="right", 3,223 , align="right", 20.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Bernard Joseph Perry , align="right", 616 , align="right", 3.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,641 , align="right", 16.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 16,034 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹⁵ Endorsed by Social Democratic Party of BC ,

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, align="right", 3,963 , align="right", 12.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Harlan Carey Brewster Harlan Carey Brewster (November 10, 1870 – March 1, 1918) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Brewster arrived in British Columbia in 1893 and had various careers working on a ship and then in a cannery. He eventually became owner of ...

, align="right", 4,988 , align="right", 16.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , John Dilworth , align="right", 2,651 , align="right", 8.62% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent Liberal , Ernest Amos Hall , align="right", 1,518 , align="right", 4.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Henry Charles Hall Henry Charles Hall (November 25, 1883 – February 27, 1962) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 to 1920 from the electoral district of Victoria City, a member of the Liberal Libe ...

, align="right", 3,161 , align="right", 10.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Hart , align="right", 3,660 , align="right", 11.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Reginald Hayward , align="right", 2,793 , align="right", 9.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Alfred James Morley , align="right", 1,185 , align="right", 3.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Alexander Stewart , align="right", 3,129 , align="right", 10.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Leonard Tait , align="right", 2,774 , align="right", 9.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 30,751 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Joseph Badenoch Clearihue , align="right", 3,498 , align="right", 6.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Samuel James Drake , align="right", 3,527 , align="right", 6.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party , Mary Gertrude Graves , align="right", 1,056 , align="right", 2.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party , James Hurst Hawthornthwaite , align="right", 821 , align="right", 1.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Reginald Hayward , align="right", 6,127 , align="right", 11.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Joshua Hinchcliffe , align="right", 6,118 , align="right", 11.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Robert Allan Gus Lyons Robert Allan "Gus" Lyons (July 8, 1890 – December 27, 1984) was a bond broker and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City from 1924 to 1928 as a Conservative. He was born in London, Ontario, the son of Robert A ...

, align="right", 5,120 , align="right", 9.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Christopher Roland North , align="right", 1,715 , align="right", 3.32% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 4,032 , align="right", 7.80% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Canadian Labour Party , William Edouard Peirce , align="right", 763 , align="right", 1.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Melbourne Raynor , align="right", 4,138 , align="right", 8.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

Harold Despard Twigg Harold Despard Twigg (April 5, 1876 – November 12, 1946) was an Irish-born lawyer, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1924 to 19 ...

James Harry Beatty James Harry Beatty (March 11, 1890 – February 18, 1966) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 from the electoral district of Victoria City, as a Conservative. References Br ...

, align="right", 7,505 , align="right", 13.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Robert Alexander C. Dewar , align="right", 6,180 , align="right", 10.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Mark Willson Graham , align="right", 6,025 , align="right", 10.49% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Reginald Hayward , align="right", 7,754 , align="right", 13.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Joshua Hinchcliffe , align="right", 7,614 , align="right", 13.25% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Duncan MacLean , align="right", 6,672 , align="right", 11.61% , Independent , Christopher Rowland North , align="right", 894 , align="right", 1.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William Thomas Straith , align="right", 6,201 , align="right", 10.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative ,

, align="right", 5,710 , align="right", 11.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 57,457 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 251 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Independent , Herbert Anscomb , align="right", 5,767 , align="right", 8.83% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Baxter Caird , align="right", 2,528 , align="right", 3.87% ,

, Joseph Badenoch Clearihue , align="right", 5,551 , align="right", 8.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Robert Connell , align="right", 5,607 , align="right", 8.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independents , Clem Davies , align="right", 5,259 , align="right", 8.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Hart , align="right", 6,133 , align="right", 9.39% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Reginald Hayward , align="right", 3,812 , align="right", 5.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Byron Ingemar Johnson , align="right", 7,774 , align="right", 11.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, William Hamilton Kinsman , align="right", 4,962 , align="right", 7.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Andrew McGavin , align="right", 1,054 , align="right", 1.61% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Agnes Helen Mason , align="right", 107 , align="right", 0.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Victor Rainsford Midgley , align="right", 2,892 , align="right", 4.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Christopher Rowland North , align="right", 412 , align="right", 0.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour Party , John Harry Owen , align="right", 503 , align="right", 0.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Thomas Guy Sheppard , align="right", 4,111 , align="right", 6.29% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Patrick John Paterson Sinnott , align="right", 1,557 , align="right", 2.38% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Robert Taylor Williams , align="right", 1,257 , align="right", 1.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 65,316 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 185 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹⁹ In addition to William John Bowser (NPIG), the List of Candidates contains five other candidates who did not run on the amended polling day (see note 2): Charles Randall Bishop (NPIG), Joshua Hinchliffe (UPBC), Walter Luney (NPIG), George McGregor (NPIG) and Lorne Ross (IND.). , Conservative , Herbert Anscomb , align="right", 6,927 , align="right", 10.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Kathleen Anderson Bell , align="right", 2,362 , align="right", 3.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Baxter Caird , align="right", 2,343 , align="right", 3.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , BC Constructivist Party , Robert Connell , align="right", 2,540 , align="right", 3.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Hart , align="right", 7,196 , align="right", 10.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Nancy Hodges , align="right", 6,259 , align="right", 9.49% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Joseph Douglas Hunter , align="right", 6,792 , align="right", 10.30% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Byron Ingemar Johnson , align="right", 6,440 , align="right", 9.76% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Bruce Alistair McKelvie , align="right", 6,585 , align="right", 9.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Nigel Morgan , align="right", 2,536 , align="right", 3.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

William Thomas Straith William Thomas Straith (August 5, 1894 – March 27, 1980) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1953 as a Liberal. He was born in Inne ...

, align="right", 6,676 , align="right", 10.12% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James Johnstone Walker , align="right", 2,357 , align="right", 3.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Frederick Arthur Willis , align="right", 5,270 , align="right", 7.99% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 65,955 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 233 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Baxter Caird , align="right", 3,358 , align="right", 7.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Hart , align="right", 6,637 , align="right", 15.26% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Nancy Hodges , align="right", 5,854 , align="right", 13.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Joseph Douglas Hunter , align="right", 5,220 , align="right", 12.00% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Clare Nulalinda McAllister , align="right", 3,380 , align="right", 7.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Duncan Douglas McTavish , align="right", 4,657 , align="right", 10.71% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Harold Oscar Simpson , align="right", 2,998 , align="right", 6.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Conservative , Waldo McTavish Skillings , align="right", 4,150 , align="right", 9.54% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 6,280 , align="right", 14.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 43,497 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 131 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ²⁰ Seat reduced from four members to three. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frederick James Bevis , align="right", 5,288 , align="right", 10.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Murray D. Bryce , align="right", 6,485 , align="right", 12.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , May Campbell , align="right", 5,093 , align="right", 10.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent Progressive Conservative , Ellen Hart , align="right", 473 , align="right", 0.94% , Labour Progressive Party , Robert Joseph Kerr , align="right", 436 , align="right", 0.87% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 50,071 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 124 , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , May Campbell , align="right", 5,809 , align="right", 8.84% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Violet J. Rayment , align="right", 5,310 , align="right", 8.08% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Phyllis Jean Webb , align="right", 5,900 , align="right", 9.00% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 65,679 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 253 , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Baxter Caird , align="right", 6,008 , align="right", 25.21% , align="right", 8,421 , align="right", 41.09% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Phillip Bernard Freedman , align="right", 137 , align="right", 0.57% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Lillian Margaret Harvey , align="right", 4,362 , align="right", 18.30% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Nancy Hodges , align="right", 8,805 , align="right", 36.95% , align="right", 12,071 , align="right", 58.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 23,830 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 20,492 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,991 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 77.94% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ²¹ Candidate choices in multi-member ridings such as Victoria City were split into separate ballot competitions for the elimination ballot. Victoria City ran three fields of candidates, arranged in Ballots A, B, and C. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Colin Cameron , align="right", 6,329 , align="right", 27.08% , align="right", 8,902 , align="right", 44.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Albert DeBurgo McPhillips , align="right", 4,608 , align="right", 19.72% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Daniel John Proudfoot , align="right", 7,842 , align="right", 33.56% , align="right", 11,057 , align="right", 55.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , William Alfred Scott , align="right", 226 , align="right", 0.97% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 23,370 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 19,959 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,424 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 77.94% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ²² Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) shown only. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , May Campbell , align="right", 5,975 , align="right", 25.24% , align="right", 8,511 , align="right", 41.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Walter Sabiston Miles , align="right", 4,601 , align="right", 19.44% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 8,457 , align="right", 35.73% , align="right", 11,762 , align="right", 58.02% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 23,670 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 20,273 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,129 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 77.94% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ²³ Preferential ballot; first and final counts only (of 3) shown. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Thomas Victor Allen , align="right", 4,881 , align="right", 21.42% , align="right", 1 - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Arthur St. Clair Chapman , align="right", 1,227 , align="right", 5.38% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Claude Lionel Harrison , align="right", 1,022 , align="right", 4.49% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Nancy Hodges , align="right", 6,915 , align="right", 30.35% , align="right", 8,869 , align="right", 47.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,787 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 18,868 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,804 !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=7, ²⁴ See Note on 1952 Election Ballot A. Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 5) shown only. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Colin Cameron , align="right", 5,267 , align="right", 23.50% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Daniel John Proudfoot , align="right", 6,484 , align="right", 28.92% , align="right", 8,344 , align="right", 44.68% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Montague Laurence Tyrwhitt-Drake ²⁶ , align="right", 1,383 , align="right", 6.17% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,418 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 18,674 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,162 !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=7, ²⁵ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ²⁶ Listed as "Drake, Montagne Lawrence Tyrwhitt" in Statement of Votes. In 1956 Statement of Votes he was listed as Tyrwhitt-Drake. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , May Campbell , align="right", 4,923 , align="right", 21.96% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Robert James Patch , align="right", 1,139 , align="right", 5.08% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 7,193 , align="right", 32.09% , align="right", 8,907 , align="right", 46.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 22,414 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 18,991 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 2,173 !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", !align="right" colspan=7, ²⁷ Preferential ballot; first and final counts (of 4) not shown , Labour Progressive Party , Myrtle Woodward Bergren , align="right", 124 , align="right", 0.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour Progressive Party , Doris Winifred Blakey , align="right", 143 , align="right", 1.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth , William Baxter Caird , align="right", 3,417 , align="right", 2.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth , May Campbell , align="right", 3,432 , align="right", 5.67% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Geoffrey Innes Edgelow , align="right", 7,241 , align="right", 11.96% , align="right", unknown ,

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, align="right", 8,408 , align="right", 13.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth , Neil Johnson MacGregor Hindle , align="right", 3,265 , align="right", 5.39% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour Progressive Party , Ernest Leon Knott , align="right", 162 , align="right", 0.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Forrest Linden Shaw , align="right", 7,205 , align="right", 11.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake , align="right", 1,476 , align="right", 2.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 60,519 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 212 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Clive D. Campbell , align="right", 1,959 , align="right", 3.00% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, May Campbell , align="right", 4,598 , align="right", 7.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Theodore H. Cressy , align="right", 1,543 , align="right", 2.36% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Geoffrey Innes Edgelow , align="right", 6,083 , align="right", 9.31% , align="right", unknown ,

, Rhoda Erickson , align="right", 4,262 , align="right", 6.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, George Frederick Thompson Gregory , align="right", 7,278 , align="right", 11.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Neil John MacGregor Hindle , align="right", 4,516 , align="right", 6.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 8,408 , align="right", 13.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Charles A.P. Murison , align="right", 2,236 , align="right", 3.42% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Forrest Linden Shaw , align="right", 5,464 , align="right", 8.36% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 65,329 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 388 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Theodore H. Cressy , align="right", 2,282 , align="right", 1.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Elizabeth Forbes , align="right", 4,355 , align="right", 2.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , William Charles Gelling , align="right", 2,528 , align="right", 1.41% , align="right", unknown ,

, Michael Griffin , align="right", 4,440 , align="right", 7.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Bruce Humber , align="right", 4,302 , align="right", 7.33% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , John Wilberforce Loader , align="right", 2,253 , align="right", 3.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 58,670 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 175 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right",

Sources

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