Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

Demographics

Population, 2001	110,909
Electors	83,527
Area (km²)	1,682
Population density (people per km²)	59.56

Geography

It initially consisted of:

• the Esquimalt District Municipality and the City of Colwood;
• Electoral Area D of the Capital Regional District, the southwest part of Electoral Area B, the southwest part of Electoral Area E'
• the southwest part of Saanich District Municipality,
• the southeast part of Cowichan Valley Regional District, and
• Metchosin District Municipality.

History

The riding was created in 1988 from Esquimalt—Saanich, Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Saanich—Gulf Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Esquimalt—Saanich, Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands and Saanich—Gulf Islands prior to 1987
34th	1988-1993		Dave Barrett	New Democrat
35th	1993-1997		Keith Martin	Reform
36th	1997-2000
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
	2004			Independent
38th	2004-2006			Liberal
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Keith Martin, a former physician. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada. Martin was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from 2004 until the Liberals' defeat in 2006; now in opposition, he is the party's critic for the Canadian International Development Agency. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been a member of the Standing Committee on National Defence.

Election results

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada