Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca

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Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca

British Columbia electoral district
Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca in relation to other Vancouver Island federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Keith Martin Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	120,669
Electors (2006)	87,456
Area (km²)	1,862
Pop. density (per km²)	64.8
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt, Colwood, Sooke, View Royal, Metchosin, Capital H (Part 1)

Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 3.2 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	110,909
Electors	83,527
Area (km²)	1,682
Population density (people per km²)	59.56

[edit] 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.

[edit] History

The riding was created in 1988 from Esquimalt–Saanich, Cowichan–Malahat–The Islands and Saanich–Gulf Islands ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt–Saanich, Cowichan–Malahat–The Islands and Saanich–Gulf Islands prior to 1987
34th	1988-1993		Dave Barrett	New Democrat
35th	1993-1997		Keith Martin	Reform
36th	1997-2000
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
	2004			Independent
38th	2004-2006			Liberal
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Keith Martin, a former physician. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada. Martin was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from 2004 until the Liberals' defeat in 2006; now in opposition, he is the party's critic for the Canadian International Development Agency. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been a member of the Standing Committee on National Defence.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	20,042	34.18%	-0.75%	--
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	19,974	34.07%	+6.60%	$89,760
	New Democrat	Jennifer Burgis	13,322	22.72%	-8.57%	$54,909
	Green	Brian G. Gordon	4,854	8.28%	+2.58%	$19,491
	Independent	Philip G. Ney	309	0.53%		$2,282
	Canadian Action	Brad Rhodes	130	0.22%	+0.07%	$774
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,631	100.00%		$91,768

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	20,761	34.93%	-0.36%	$79,041
	New Democrat	Randall Garrison	18,595	31.29%	+0.67%	$75,094
	Conservative	Troy DeSouza	16,327	27.47%	+3.31%	$83,818
	Green	Mike Robinson	3,385	5.70%	-3.54%	$1,911
	Western Block Party	Doug Christie	272	0.46%	-	$98
	Canadian Action	David Piney	89	0.15%	-0.10%	$3,523
Total valid votes			59,429	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			112	0.2%
Turnout			59,541	68.9%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Keith Martin	19,389	35.29%	+11.37%	$76,722
	New Democrat	Randall Garrison	16,821	30.62%	+17.21%	$36,277
	Conservative	John Koury	13,271	24.16%	-17.58%	$61,902
	Green	Jane Sterk	5,078	9.24%	+4.98%	$20,392
	Independent	Jen Fisher-Bradley	229	0.41%		$5,424
	Canadian Action	Shawn W. Giles	141	0.25%
Total valid votes			54,929	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			144	0.26%
Turnout			55,073	65.93%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Keith Martin	23,982	49.73%	+6.31%	$55,783
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	11 536	23.92%	-2.25%	$42,770
	New Democrat	Carol E. Harris	6,468	13.41%	-8.76%	$17,154
	Progressive Conservative	John Vukovic	3,857	7.99%	+3.51%	$7,015
	Green	Casey Brennan	2,056	4.26%	+1.75%	$129
	Natural Law	Paul E. Tessier	324	0.67%	+0.01%
Total valid votes			48,223	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			157	0.32%
Turnout			48,380	61.50%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Keith Martin	20,370	43.42%	+8.13%	$61,464
	Liberal	John Bergbusch	12,278	26.17%	+4.65%	$51,318
	New Democrat	Chris Main	10,400	22.17%	-5.02%	$55,916
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Prentice	2,104	4.48%	-5.41%	$4,987
	Green	Robert Moore-Stewart	1,181	2.51%		$979
	Natural Law	Sylvia Danyluk	311	0.66%	-0.26%	$321
	Canadian Action	Dan Whetung	261	0.55%		$3,206
Total valid votes			46,905	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			150	0.32%
Turnout			47,055	64.98%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Keith Martin	16,352	35.29%	+24.86%
	New Democrat	Dave Barrett	12,600	27.19%	-23.73%
	Liberal	Ross McKinnon	9,970	21.52%	+9.52%
	Progressive Conservative	Grace Holman	4,582	9.89%	-15.21%
	National	Dan W. Whetung	2,214	4.78%
	Natural Law	Don McCarthy	426	0.92%
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	98	0.21%	-0.09%
	Canada Party	Alisen Oliver	97	0.21%
Total valid votes			46,339	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Dave Barrett	22,644	50.92%
	Progressive Conservative	Owen Lippert	11,162	25.10%
	Liberal	William J. McElroy	5,332	11.99%
	Reform	William Kronkhite	4,637	10.43%
	Green	Beverley A. Holden	444	1.00%
	Independent	Louis J. Lesosky	132	0.30%
	Not affiliated	Richard Lewers	84	0.19%
	Confederation of Regions	Donald L. Porter	34	0.08%
Total valid votes			44,469	100.00%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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