Victoria — Canadian Federal Election Results

Victoria was won by NDP at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 11,107 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Victoria from 1867 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1867–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 778 58.6% Unknown (549) 229 (17.3 pts)
1872 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,141 62.6% Liberal (402) 739 (40.6 pts)
1874 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 868 45.5% Unknown (429) 439 (23.0 pts)
1878 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 896 32.4% Liberal (748) 148 (5.3 pts)
1882 Conservative Conservative 857 61.0% Liberal (307) 550 (39.1 pts)
1887 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,286 36.9% Liberal (978) 308 (8.8 pts)
1891 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,427 43.8% Conservative (1,061) 366 (11.2 pts)
1896 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,864 37.6% Conservative (1,647) 217 (4.4 pts)
1900 Conservative Conservative 1,872 53.0% Liberal (1,657) 215 (6.1 pts)
1904 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 4,085 37.0% Unknown (3,782) 303 (2.7 pts)
1908 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 4,315 39.5% Unknown (3,277) 1,038 (9.5 pts)
1911 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 4,001 30.0% Liberal (3,225) 776 (5.8 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 6,338 60.0% Opposition (3,626) 2,712 (25.7 pts)
1921 United Farmers United Farmers 11,402 39.3% Independent (8,019) 3,383 (11.7 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 8,632 44.2% Progressive (6,285) 2,347 (12.0 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 9,070 47.4% Progressive (6,004) 3,066 (16.0 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 8,999 58.8% Liberal (6,303) 2,696 (17.6 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 8,234 34.6% Conservative (8,174) 60 (0.3 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 13,887 52.5% National Government (9,193) 4,694 (17.8 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 11,806 33.3% Progressive Conservative (11,442) 364 (1.0 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 19,324 54.5% Progressive Conservative (11,061) 8,263 (23.3 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 13,696 34.1% Progressive Conservative (12,634) 1,062 (2.6 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,981 44.7% Liberal (10,987) 6,994 (17.4 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 24,945 61.1% Liberal (8,706) 16,239 (39.8 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 14,333 36.1% Liberal (14,117) 216 (0.5 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 15,040 34.6% Progressive Conservative (13,502) 1,538 (3.5 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 13,930 31.9% Progressive Conservative (12,488) 1,442 (3.3 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 18,401 43.9% Progressive Conservative (13,578) 4,823 (11.5 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 22,842 47.5% Liberal (12,264) 10,578 (22.0 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 26,771 55.3% Liberal (14,289) 12,482 (25.8 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 28,058 54.7% NDP (15,344) 12,714 (24.8 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 25,068 50.3% NDP (17,088) 7,980 (16.0 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 24,588 46.3% NDP (20,480) 4,108 (7.7 pts)
1988 NDP NDP 22,399 38.0% Progressive Conservative (17,660) 4,739 (8.0 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 21,557 37.3% Reform (15,978) 5,579 (9.6 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 18,130 34.8% Reform (15,393) 2,737 (5.2 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 23,730 42.7% Canadian Alliance (16,502) 7,228 (13.0 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 20,398 35.0% NDP (18,093) 2,305 (4.0 pts)
2006 NDP NDP 23,839 38.5% Liberal (17,056) 6,783 (10.9 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 26,443 44.6% Conservative (16,337) 10,106 (17.0 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 30,679 50.8% Conservative (14,275) 16,404 (27.2 pts)
2015 NDP NDP 30,397 42.3% Green (23,666) 6,731 (9.4 pts)
2019 NDP NDP 23,765 33.2% Green (21,383) 2,382 (3.3 pts)
2021 NDP NDP 29,301 43.9% Liberal (18,194) 11,107 (16.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative77858.6%
Unknown54941.4%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,14162.6%
Liberal40222.1%
Unknown27915.3%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative86845.5%
Unknown42922.5%
Liberal30816.1%
Independent Liberal30415.9%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative89632.4%
Liberal74827.0%
Conservative64523.3%
Unknown48017.3%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Conservative85761.0%
Liberal30721.9%
Unknown24117.2%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,28636.9%
Liberal97828.0%
Conservative83023.8%
Independent Conservative39411.3%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,42743.8%
Conservative1,06132.6%
Liberal77023.6%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,86437.6%
Conservative1,64733.2%
Liberal1,45229.3%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,87253.0%
Liberal1,65747.0%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative4,08537.0%
Unknown3,78234.3%
Liberal2,17619.7%
Conservative9889.0%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative4,31539.5%
Unknown3,27730.0%
Liberal2,61123.9%
Conservative7286.7%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative4,00130.0%
Liberal3,22524.2%
Unknown2,70720.3%
Conservative2,70220.2%
Independent7195.4%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist6,33860.0%
Opposition3,62634.3%
Independent6025.7%

1921

PartyVotesShare
United Farmers11,40239.3%
Independent8,01927.6%
Conservative7,81626.9%
Liberal1,7806.1%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,63244.2%
Progressive6,28532.2%
Liberal4,61723.6%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,07047.4%
Progressive6,00431.4%
Liberal4,05121.2%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,99958.8%
Liberal6,30341.2%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,23434.6%
Conservative8,17434.4%
CCF6,48227.2%
Reconstruction9053.8%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,88752.5%
National Government9,19334.8%
CCF3,35212.7%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,80633.3%
Progressive Conservative11,44232.3%
CCF10,29529.1%
Labor-Progressive1,0933.1%
Social Credit7932.2%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,32454.5%
Progressive Conservative11,06131.2%
CCF5,04814.2%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,69634.1%
Progressive Conservative12,63431.4%
Social Credit8,67721.6%
CCF4,46511.1%
Independent Social Credit4221.0%
Labor-Progressive3130.8%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,98144.7%
Liberal10,98727.3%
Social Credit7,56918.8%
CCF3,7219.2%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative24,94561.1%
Liberal8,70621.3%
CCF4,56011.2%
Social Credit2,6376.5%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative14,33336.1%
Liberal14,11735.5%
Social Credit5,77614.5%
NDP5,52013.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,04034.6%
Progressive Conservative13,50231.1%
NDP5,75713.2%
Social Credit5,70113.1%
Independent Liberal3,4608.0%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,93031.9%
Progressive Conservative12,48828.6%
Social Credit9,65922.1%
NDP7,25916.6%
Communist3740.9%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,40143.9%
Progressive Conservative13,57832.4%
NDP9,41422.5%
Independent5261.3%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative22,84247.5%
Liberal12,26425.5%
NDP11,19223.3%
Social Credit1,1732.4%
Independent3570.7%
Independent2800.6%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative26,77155.3%
Liberal14,28929.5%
NDP7,10814.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party2110.4%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative28,05854.7%
NDP15,34429.9%
Liberal7,76615.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party910.2%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative25,06850.3%
NDP17,08834.3%
Liberal7,14514.3%
Rhinoceros4460.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party470.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative24,58846.3%
NDP20,48038.6%
Liberal6,70212.6%
Green5751.1%
Rhinoceros2620.5%
Libertarian Party of Canada1870.4%
Confederation of Regions1620.3%
Independent1040.2%

1988

PartyVotesShare
NDP22,39938.0%
Progressive Conservative17,66029.9%
Liberal12,61721.4%
Reform4,9568.4%
Green1,0371.8%
Rhinoceros2090.4%
Independent1210.2%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,55737.3%
Reform15,97827.6%
NDP8,18214.1%
Progressive Conservative6,04910.5%
National Party of Canada4,0727.0%
Green1,1352.0%
Natural Law Party of Canada5050.9%
Libertarian Party of Canada1710.3%
Independent1210.2%
Canada Party730.1%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,13034.8%
Reform15,39329.5%
NDP11,41921.9%
Progressive Conservative3,5896.9%
Green2,8065.4%
Canadian Action Party3530.7%
Natural Law Party of Canada3400.7%
Independent1310.3%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,73042.7%
Canadian Alliance16,50229.7%
NDP7,24313.0%
Progressive Conservative3,6296.5%
Green3,2645.9%
Marijuana Party8631.6%
Natural Law Party of Canada1380.2%
Independent1010.2%
Communist920.2%
Independent750.1%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,39835.0%
NDP18,09331.1%
Conservative12,70821.8%
Green6,80711.7%
Canadian Action Party2060.4%

2006

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,83938.5%
Liberal17,05627.5%
Conservative15,24924.6%
Green5,0368.1%
Marijuana Party3110.5%
Independent2820.5%
Western Block Party2080.3%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP26,44344.6%
Conservative16,33727.6%
Liberal10,00616.9%
Green6,25210.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2370.4%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP30,67950.8%
Conservative14,27523.6%
Liberal8,44814.0%
Green7,01511.6%

2015

PartyVotesShare
NDP30,39742.3%
Green23,66632.9%
Liberal8,48911.8%
Conservative8,48011.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada5390.7%
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada2000.3%
Independent1240.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,76533.2%
Green21,38329.9%
Liberal15,95222.3%
Conservative9,03812.6%
People's Party9201.3%
Animal Protection Party of Canada2210.3%
Communist1130.2%
Independent1110.2%
Veterans Coalition Party of Canada460.1%

2021

PartyVotesShare
NDP29,30143.9%
Liberal18,19427.3%
Conservative9,15213.7%
Green7,47211.2%
People's Party2,0653.1%
Communist2910.4%
Animal Protection Party of Canada2730.4%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal-Conservative margin 17.3 pts 1872: Liberal-Conservative margin 40.6 pts 1874: Liberal-Conservative margin 23.0 pts 1878: Liberal-Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1882: Conservative margin 39.1 pts 1887: Liberal-Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1891: Liberal-Conservative margin 11.2 pts 1896: Liberal-Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 6.1 pts 1904: Liberal-Conservative margin 2.7 pts 1908: Liberal-Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1911: Liberal-Conservative margin 5.8 pts 1917: Unionist margin 25.7 pts 1921: United Farmers margin 11.7 pts 1925: Conservative margin 12.0 pts 1926: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1930: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 1935: Liberal margin 0.3 pts 1940: Liberal margin 17.8 pts 1945: Liberal margin 1.0 pts 1949: Liberal margin 23.3 pts 1953: Liberal margin 2.6 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 17.4 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 39.8 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 0.5 pts 1963: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1965: Liberal margin 3.3 pts 1968: Liberal margin 11.5 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 22.0 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 25.8 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 24.8 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1988: NDP margin 8.0 pts 1993: Liberal margin 9.6 pts 1997: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 2000: Liberal margin 13.0 pts 2004: Liberal margin 4.0 pts 2006: NDP margin 10.9 pts 2008: NDP margin 17.0 pts 2011: NDP margin 27.2 pts 2015: NDP margin 9.4 pts 2019: NDP margin 3.3 pts 2021: NDP margin 16.6 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Victoria has been contested at 44 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative, Unionist, United Farmers, Liberal, Progressive Conservative, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Victoria in the 2021 general election?

NDP won Victoria in 2021 with 29,301 votes (43.9%), a margin of 11,107 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Victoria since 1867?

Since 1867, Victoria has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, NDP, Progressive Conservative, Unionist, United Farmers.

What was the closest result in Victoria?

The closest contested result on record for Victoria was 1935, when Liberal beat Conservative by 60 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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