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South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria. For other Victoria-area ridings please see Victoria (electoral districts).
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[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: winners of each election are in bold.
| 7th British Columbia election, 1894 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Government |
Joseph Westrop Carey |
100 |
26.74% |
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unknown |
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Government |
David McEwen Eberts |
274 |
73.26% |
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unknown |
| Total valid votes |
374 |
100.00% |
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| 8th British Columbia election, 1898 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Government |
David McEwen Eberts |
236 |
52.91% |
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unknown |
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Opposition |
James Stuart Yates |
210 |
47.09% |
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unknown |
| Total valid votes |
446 |
100.00% |
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| 9th British Columbia election, 1900 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Opposition |
David McEwen Eberts |
236 |
52.91% |
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unknown |
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Government-Independent |
George Sangster |
208 |
44.54% |
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unknown |
| Total valid votes |
467 |
100.00% |
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The South Victoria riding was succeeded in the 1903 election by Oak Bay.
[edit] Source
Elections BC Historical Returns
