Photo: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0Victoria sends Will Greaves (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from the riding of the same name
The 4 ridings of Victoria-Beacon Hill, Victoria-Swan Lake, Esquimalt-Colwood and Oak Bay-Gordon Head each take in part of Victoria for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. No open list says who the MLA is today; the last open record is the 2024 count. Statistics Canada lists Victoria as a city. This page names no head of council for Victoria, as no open list of councils exists in British Columbia. 20 of the 43 MPs from British Columbia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Victoria, a city in British Columbia, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Regional parks, waste, rural areas’ services.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
leg.bc.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Capital Regional District counts Victoria among its member municipalities; its board provides regional services and the rural areas’ local government.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Victoria, from the most recent elections.
- 1Victoria councilCity
- 2Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaVictoria-Beacon Hill · Victoria-Swan Lake · Esquimalt-Colwood
- 3House of CommonsVictoria
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Victoria votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria council | 17 October 2026 | 19 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | 19 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them. After the 17 October 2026 election, Victoria council next goes to the polls on 19 October 2030. The Local Government Act fixes that date: the third Saturday in October every four years. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia was last elected on 19 October 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Victoria spans 4 ridings for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
MLA: see the legislature’s list
leg.bc.ca ↗MLA: see the legislature’s list
leg.bc.ca ↗MLA: see the legislature’s list
leg.bc.ca ↗MLA: see the legislature’s list
leg.bc.ca ↗Which MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia represents a home in Victoria depends on the street.
BC ridings: Elections BC 2023 electoral districts (Elections BC Open Data Licence)
The 2024 provincial election in Victoria-Beacon Hill
66% of its registered voters cast a ballot, more than BC’s 58% overall. 3,990 votes separated Grace Lore (BC NDP) from the runner-up (BC Green Party) in Victoria-Beacon Hill in October 2024; the winner polled 47%.
BC 2024 results: Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results and Registered Voter Counts (Elections BC Open Data Licence)
Will Greaves represents Victoria in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Victoria · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada20
- Conservative Party of Canada19
- New Democratic Party3
- Green Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Victoria, the 2021 vote favoured the New Democratic Party with 44%, which makes Will Greaves’s 2025 win a gain. The 2025 general election sent Will Greaves to the Commons for the first time.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Laurel Collins kept Victoria for the New Democratic Party in 2021
Victoria as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
67% of electors in Victoria voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada. Victoria elected Laurel Collins (New Democratic Party) in 2021: 44% of the vote, a lead of 11,107 over Nikki Macdonald (Liberal Party of Canada). 33% had elected Laurel Collins there in 2019.
All 7 candidates in Victoria, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Collins | New Democratic Party | 29,301 | 43.9% |
| Nikki Macdonald | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,194 | 27.3% |
| Hannah Hodson | Conservative Party of Canada | 9,152 | 13.7% |
| Nick Loughton | Green Party of Canada | 7,472 | 11.2% |
| John Randal Phipps | People's Party of Canada | 2,065 | 3.1% |
| Janis Zroback | Communist Party of Canada | 291 | 0.4% |
| Jordan Reichert | Animal Protection Party of Canada | 273 | 0.4% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Victoria is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.bc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
Questions about how Victoria is run
Who is the MP for Victoria?
Will Greaves of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for the riding of the same name, which includes Victoria.
Which party won Victoria in the 2021 federal election?
Laurel Collins won Victoria for the New Democratic Party in 2021; the riding is now Victoria, held by Will Greaves.
Who is the MLA for Victoria?
Each of Victoria-Beacon Hill, Victoria-Swan Lake, Esquimalt-Colwood and Oak Bay-Gordon Head elects its own MLA to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and Victoria lies across them.
Who heads the council in Victoria?
Ask the municipality itself: Victoria, a city, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Which regional body is Victoria part of?
The board of the Capital Regional District takes directors from member councils such as Victoria’s and runs regional services.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · BC ridings: Elections BC 2023 electoral districts (Elections BC Open Data Licence) · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026 · BC 2024 results: Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results and Registered Voter Counts (Elections BC Open Data Licence). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).