British Columbia electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
First contested | 1991 |
Last contested | 2020 |
Demographics | |
Population (2014) | 51,450 |
Area (km²) | 378 |
Census division(s) | Greater Victoria |
Census subdivision(s) | Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin |
Esquimalt-Metchosin is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It existed with this name from 1991 to 2009, and again from 2017 to 2024. In the gap, the overlapping electoral district was called Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The "Royal Roads" in the district's name references the maritime passage that connects the Harbour to the sea and is the namesake of Royal Roads Military College.
The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election. The 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election significantly altered electoral boundaries in the western communities: Metchosin was transferred to the new district of Juan de Fuca-Malahat while the balance of the district's territory was joined to Victoria West to form Esquimalt-Colwood.