Victoria-Beacon Hill | |
Province: | British Columbia |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Election-First: | 1991 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
Prov-Rep: | Grace Lore |
Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2001 |
Demo-Pop: | 49427 |
Demo-Area: | 12.39 |
Demo-Cd: | Capital |
Demo-Csd: | Victoria |
Victoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
Population | 49,427 | |
Population Change, 1996-2001 | -0.1% | |
Area (km2) | 12.39 | |
Pop. Density | 3,989 |
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.
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.
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: