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{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Oak Bay-Gordon Head
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = 2023 305 Oak Bay-Gordon Head.svg
| caption             = Location in [[Greater Victoria]]
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 1979
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1979
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = [[Diana Gibson (politician)|Diana Gibson]]
| prov-rep-link       = 
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = 
| demo-census-date    = 2001
| demo-pop            = 47814
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 30
| demo-cd             = [[Greater Victoria]]
| demo-csd            = [[Oak Bay]], [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]], and [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
}}

'''Oak Bay-Gordon Head''' is a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada.

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|47,814
|-
|Population Change, 1996–2001
|0.2%
|-
|Area (km²)
|30
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|1,598
|}

== Geography ==
After restructuring prior to the 2017 election, Oak Bay-Gordon Head consists of the entirety of [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], as well as portions of [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]] and [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]. The Saanich portions of the electoral district include [[Gordon Head]], [[Cadboro Bay]], and the Panhandle east of Shelbourne Street. The Victoria portions are made up of the Jubilee and Gonzales neighbourhoods east of Richmond Road.<ref name="cbc profile">{{cite news|last1=McElroy|first1=Justin|title=B.C. Votes 2017: Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding profile|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-oak-bay-gordon-head-1.4054137|access-date=15 May 2017|publisher=CBC News|date=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="TC profile">{{cite news|title=Oak Bay-Gordon Head candidates and riding profile|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/oak-bay-gordon-head-candidates-and-riding-profile-1.14626380|access-date=15 May 2017|publisher=Times Colonist|date=30 April 2017}}</ref> The [[University of Victoria]], Camosun College Lansdowne campus and the Jubliee Hospital are located within Oak Bay-Gordon Head.

== History ==
{{expand section|date=May 2017}}

Voters have chosen people across the political spectrum with NDP, Liberal, and Green holding the seat in order from 1989.<ref name="cbc profile" />

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
The district has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| [[32nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|32nd]]
| 1979–1983
| rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|BC|Social Credit|background}}| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan="3" | [[Brian Smith (Canadian politician)|Brian Smith]]
| rowspan="3" | [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|-
| [[33rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|33rd]]
| 1983–1986
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|34th]]
| 1986–1989
|-
| 1989–1991
| rowspan="2" {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}}| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan="2" | [[Elizabeth Cull]]
| rowspan="2" | [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
| [[35th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|35th]]
| 1991–1996
|-
| [[36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|36th]]
| 1996–2001
| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan="4" | [[Ida Chong]]
| rowspan="4" | [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
| [[37th Parliament of British Columbia|37th]]
| 2001–2005
|-
| [[38th Parliament of British Columbia|38th]]
| 2005–2009
|-
| [[39th Parliament of British Columbia|39th]]
| 2009–2013
|-
| [[40th Parliament of British Columbia|40th]]
| 2013–2017
| rowspan="2" {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}}| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan="3"| [[Andrew Weaver]]
| rowspan="2"| [[British Columbia Green Party|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[41st Parliament of British Columbia|41st]]
| 2017–2020
|-
| 2020–2020
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|background}}|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| [[42nd Parliament of British Columbia|42nd]]
| 2020–2024
| rowspan="2" {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}}| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| [[Murray Rankin]]
| rowspan="2"|[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
| [[43rd Parliament of British Columbia|43rd]]
| 2024-present
| [[Diana Gibson (politician)|Diana Gibson]]
|}

== Election results ==
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2009]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |'''[[Ida Chong]]''' |11,877 |46.64% |-1.16%}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Jessica Van der Veen|11,316|44.45%|+2.14%}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Steven Johns |2,330 |8.91% |+0.65%}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |'''[[Ida Chong]]''' |'''14,588''' |'''57.31%''' | |'''$40,994'''}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Charley Beresford
|align="right"|5,789
|align="right"|22.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$30,917
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Christin Geall |4,666 |18.33% |&ndash; |$4,291}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Michael "Mik" Mann|411|1.62%||$583}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,454
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|93
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,547
!align="right"|75.54%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |'''[[Ida Chong]]''' |'''12,340''' |'''46.59%''' | |'''$52,261'''}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Elizabeth Cull
|align="right"|11,700
|align="right"|44.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$45,690
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Gordon Henderson |937 |3.54% |&ndash; |$305}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Paul Yewchuk |675 |2.55% | |$11,324}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Lenora Burke |566 |2.14% |&ndash; |$1,903}}
{{CANelec |BC |Family Coalition |Alan Idler |56 |0.21% |&ndash; |$225}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |John van Dyk |48 |0.18% |&ndash; |$3,796}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|John Ernest Currie
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$244
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}
|[[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]]
|Gary Zak
|align="right"|47
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$165
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Casey Edge
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|0.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$604
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|No Affiliation
|Nicholas Varzeliotis
|align="right"|35
|align="right"|0.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,645
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,487
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|123
!align="right"|0.46%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,610
!align="right"|79.49%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|'''[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]'''
|'''[[Elizabeth Cull]]'''
|align="right"|'''10,522'''
|align="right"|'''39.61%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|'''$42,729'''
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Paul McKivett |9,685 |36.46% | |$11,068}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |[[Susan Brice]] |5,556 |20.91% |&ndash; |$43,573}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Terry Milne |604 |2.27% | |$7,043}}
{{CANelec |BC |Family Coalition |Kathleen Toth |157 |0.59% |&ndash; |$539}}
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[[Human Race Party of British Columbia|Human Race]]
|John Currie
|align="right"|42
|align="right"|0.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,566
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|422
!align="right"|1.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,988
!align="right"|83.16%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=Oak Bay-Gordon Head Byelection, Dec. 13 1989}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|'''[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]'''
|'''[[Elizabeth Cull]]'''
|align="right"|'''10,807'''
|align="right"|'''45.26%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |[[Susan Brice]] |10,430 |43.68% |&ndash; |}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Paul McKivett |2,174 |9.11% | |}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Garth Lenz |328 	 |1.37% |&ndash; |}}
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Human Race Party
|Louis Lesosky
|align="right"|20 	
|align="right"|0.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Roland Isaacs
|align="right"|117 	
|align="right"|0.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,876
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|242
!align="right"|1.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Eligible Voters
!align="right"|32,351
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|73.80%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1986 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1986]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Brian Smith (Canadian politician)|Brian Smith]]''' |'''14,008''' |'''52.50%'''}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Muriel Agnes Overgaard
|align="right"|9,580
|align="right"|35.91%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Irvin Kimball Burbank
|align="right"|1,678
|align="right"|6.29%
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Matthew Julian |635 |2.38%}}
{{CANelec|BC|Western Canada Concept|Tom Pappajohn|515|1.93%}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Ernest A. LeCours
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|0.75%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Russel Ellsworth Downe
|align="right"|63
|align="right"|0.24% 
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|26,680
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|237
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,988
!align="right"|83.16%
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1979 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1979]]: Oak Bay-Gordon Head}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Brian Smith (Canadian politician)|Brian Smith]]''' |'''12,730''' |'''49.43%''' |&ndash; |  }}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Muriel Agnes Overgaard
|align="right"|6,741
|align="right"|26.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"| 
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}} 
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Victor Albert Stephens]]
|align="right"|6,284
|align="right"|24.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,755
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|497
!align="right"| 
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"| 
!align="right"| 
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_38.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050226122509/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/obg.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 83.16(pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050414170636/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_obg.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050421010931/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-61.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|1966|2020}}
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[[Category:Politics of Victoria, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Saanich, British Columbia]]