Riding Profile:
| Candidates: |
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Liberal Party |
| COELL, Murray Robert |
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Independent |
| JENSEN, Balther Johannes |
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Green Party |
| LEWIS, Andrew |
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Marijuana Party |
| RACKI, Christina |
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New Democratic Party |
| SAM, Paul |
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| Incumbent: |
| Saanich North and the Islands |
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Murray Coell |
| Previous Result (redistribution): |
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11892 | 47.18% |
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9500 | 37.69% |
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1454 | 5.77% |
| PDA |
1428 | 5.67% |
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807 | 3.20% |
| Previous Result (old ridings): |
| Saanich North and the Islands |
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13374 | 47.57% |
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10546 | 37.51% |
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1627 | 5.79% |
| PDA |
1533 | 5.45% |
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| Census 1996: |
| Population: | 50860 |
| Dev. from Quota: | 7.88% |
| Area (km2): | 474 |
| Pop Density: | 107.30 |
Surrounding Ridings:
Saanich South
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Submissions
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19/02/01 |
CM |
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Coell will hold easily, despite being against the Green Party leader.
Editor's Note: Andrew Lewis, candidate for Green Party, is not the Leader of the
Green Party of BC. Green's Leader, Adriane Carr, is seeking a seat in Powell River-Sunshine Coast. |
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24/03/01 |
Poll Junkie |
Email: |
| Coell will win easily, but he is NOT running against the Green Party leader. Adrienne Carr is running against Gordon Wilson in Powell River-Sunshine Coast. Also, his first name is spelt "Murray." He's a former Saanich mayor who is popular locally and would win the riding even if the provincial party standings were much tighter then they currently are. |
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07/04/01 |
Highland Flood |
Email:jazzpolice_99@yahoo.ca |
| Green candidate Wally du Temple got 3% of the votes here in 1996, the 7th best riding for the Greens, and well above the 1-2% that they got in most other ridings. Andrew Lewis will certainly build on that, especially given the pointlessness of voting NDP in a riding that the Liberals won fairly easily last time. The only question is one of degree: whether former NDP supporters will flock to him en masse. Lewis, who was one of the earliest Green candidates to be nominated, could finish second to Coell. |
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10/04/01 |
Kermit |
Email: |
| Murray Coell will easily win here. Polling indicates Liberals at 67%, Greens at 12%, NDP 6.6%. The NDP vote collapsed in the Federal election to its core of about 2000 votes, this jives with their 6-7% poll. There seems to be high undecided responses in canvassing. This could be politeness or real confusion. If the Green campaign takes off, they could take 20-30% of the vote and place a very decent second. The wild card is the BC Marijuana Party, which is supposed to run a candidate. This will split the left vote three ways. |
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04/05/01 |
Dave |
Email:dave_too2@yahoo.ca |
| Will remain in the Liberal win column, but it is interesting to note that this was one riding where the Green Party actually won a polling division in last fall's federal election! |
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