Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

|Population

|49,427

|-

|Population Change, 1996–2001

| -0.1%

|-

|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

|12.39

|-

|Pop. Density

|3,989

|}

Geography

The riding comprises most of the city of Victoria, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west including the downtown core; by the Municipality of Oak Bay to the east, by Bay Street and Haultain Street to the north.

History

Victoria-Beacon Hill was created in 1989, in time for the 1991 British Columbia general election, after the abolition of the two-member district of Victoria along with all other such dual ridings. In the 2008 boundary redistribution, Victoria-Beacon Hill kept 89 per cent of its area and added nine per cent of Victoria-Hillside.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

See also

  • List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

  • BC Stats Profile - 2001
  • Results of 2001 election (pdf)
  • 2001 Expenditures
  • Results of 1996 election
  • 1996 Expenditures
  • Results of 1991 election
  • 1991 Expenditures
  • Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia