Steve Orcherton
Steve Orcherton (born 1952) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Victoria-Hillside in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. He sat as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Steve Orcherton | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Victoria-Hillside | |
| In office 1996–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Robin Blencoe |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Orr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 70–71)[1] Fort Churchill, Manitoba |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence(s) | Victoria, British Columbia |
He was defeated in the 2001 provincial election by Sheila Orr, the same candidate he had faced in the 1996 provincial election. In the 2005 provincial election, Orcherton again sought the New Democratic Party nomination in Victoria-Hillside, but lost to Rob Fleming, who defeated Orr in the general election.
Electoral record
| 1996 British Columbia general election: Victoria-Hillside | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Orcherton | 11,585 | 53.32 | $37,372 | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Orr | 6,862 | 31.58 | $40,983 | ||||
| Progressive Democrat | Gary Beyer | 1,227 | 5.65 | $100 | ||||
| Reform | Dan Willson | 979 | 4.51 | $5,595 | ||||
| Green | David Scott White | 790 | 3.64 | $4,715 | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Erich Peter | 102 | 0.47 | $2,304 | ||||
| Natural Law | Andy Guest | 97 | 0.45 | $211 | ||||
| Libertarian | C. David Randall | 86 | 0.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,728 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,867 | 67.53 | ||||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election: Victoria-Hillside | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Orr | 7,878 | 37.71 | $46,661 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Orcherton | 7,796 | 37.31 | $49,950 | ||||
| Green | Stuart Hertzog | 4,142 | 19.82 | $3,285 | ||||
| Marijuana | Chuck Beyer | 663 | 3.17 | $762 | ||||
| Unity | Allan Whittal | 293 | 1.40 | $870 | ||||
| Communist | George Gidora | 72 | 0.35 | $749 | ||||
| Citizens Commonwealth | Laery Braaten | 49 | 0.24 | $100 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,893 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 140 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,033 | 68.73 | ||||||
References
- This is the one to watch: [Final Edition] Wilson, Carla. Times - Colonist [Victoria, B.C] 14 May 2001: A5.
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