Saanich and the Islands

Defunct provincial electoral district of British Columbia

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Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich South.[1][2]

For other current and historical ridings on Vancouver Island, please see Vancouver Island (electoral districts) or, for those in the area of Victoria, List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria.

## Electoral history

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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Liberal | James McGeer Campbell  | 3,401  | 23.52%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | Edwin Wallace Haw | 3,821 | 26.43% |  | unknown
| Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 7,237 | 50.05% | – | unknown
Total valid votes  | 14,459  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 152  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| New Democratic | Donald Inge Johannessen | 6,978 | 34.58% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Louis Frederick Lindholm  | 3,312  | 16.41%  |  | unknown
| Social Credit | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | 9,888 | 49.00% | – | unknown
Total valid votes  | 20,178  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 136  |  |
Turnout  | 63.19%  |  |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Liberal | Malcolm B. Anderson  | 3,581  | 15.25%  |  | unknown
| Independent  | John Crawford McKenzie  | 49  | 0.21%  |  | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | Hugh Austin Curtis | 8,427 | 35.88% |  | unknown
| Social Credit | T. Foster Isherwood | 5,894 | 25.09% | – | unknown
| New Democratic | Eric Sherwood | 5,536 | 23.57% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 23,487  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 265  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Progressive Conservative | Irene Rose Block  | 2,883  | 10.22%  |  | unknown
| Social Credit | Hugh Austin Curtis | 14,185 | 50.31% | – | unknown
| New Democratic | Carolyn Mae Pickup | 10,048 | 35.64% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Edgar Rudolf Rhomberg  | 1,079  | 3.83%  |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 28,195  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 356  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Hugh Austin Curtis | 16,018 | 49.42% | – | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | John Willison Green  | 2,431  | 7.50%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | John Mika | 13,961 | 43.08% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 32,410  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 419  |  |
Total Registered Voters  |  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Independent | Douglas Hewson Christie | 1,028 | 2.57% |  | unknown
| Social Credit | Hugh Austin Curtis | 19,219 | 48.13% | – | unknown
| Progressive Conservative | John Willison Green  | 1,560  | 3.91%  |  | unknown
| Liberal | Mary Jane Lewis | 780 | 1.95% |  | unknown
| New Democratic | John Mika | 17,347 | 43.44% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 39,934  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 364  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
34th British Columbia election, 1986 1 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±  | Expenditures

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| Social Credit | Mel Couvelier | 20,658 | 25.42% | – | unknown
| Social Credit | Terry Huberts | 20,517 | 25.24% | – | unknown
| New Democratic | Carolyn Mae Pickup | 17,193 | 21.15% |  | unknown
| Liberal | Clive Tanner  | 5,884  | 7.24%  |  | unknown
| New Democratic | David Herbert Vickers | 17,024 | 20.95% |  | unknown
Total valid votes  | 81,276  | 100.00%  |
Total rejected ballots  | 585  |  |
Turnout  | %  |  |
1 Seat increased to two members from one.

After the 1986 election the riding was redistributed due to population growth in Saanich. The successor ridings are:

Saanich North and the Islands (1991–present) Saanich South (1991—present)

## References

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1. ^ https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Prelim/Part 3-HistoryOfElectoralBoundaries.pdf .27
2. ^ "British Columbia Voters' Lists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-02.

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