Photo: John Newcomb · CC BY 3.0Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, which takes in View Royal, is held by Stephanie McLean (Liberal Party of Canada)
The Liberal Party of Canada has 20 of the 43 MPs elected in British Columbia. Locally, View Royal is run as a town. Who leads View Royal’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in British Columbia. View Royal sends one MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from Esquimalt-Colwood, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.
Three governments, and who does what
View Royal, a town 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 View Royal 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 View Royal, from the most recent elections.
- 1View Royal councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaEsquimalt-Colwood
- 3House of CommonsEsquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
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 View Royal votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| View Royal council | 17 October 2026 | 19 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | 19 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on 19 October 2024. Elected on 17 October 2026, View Royal council is up again on 19 October 2030. The Local Government Act fixes that date: the third Saturday in October every four years. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
View Royal votes in Esquimalt-Colwood 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 ↗Esquimalt-Colwood takes in View Royal and elects its MLA to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
BC ridings: Elections BC 2023 electoral districts (Elections BC Open Data Licence)
The 2024 provincial election in Esquimalt-Colwood
Darlene Rotchford (BC NDP) took Esquimalt-Colwood in October 2024 with 51% of the vote, 6,586 votes clear of the runner-up (Conservative Party of BC). 63% of its registered voters cast a ballot, more than BC’s 58% overall.
BC 2024 results: Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results and Registered Voter Counts (Elections BC Open Data Licence)
Stephanie McLean represents Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke · 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
Stephanie McLean is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke puts the New Democratic Party first at 43%: Stephanie McLean won it away from them in 2025. Earlier, Stephanie McLean held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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
In 2021, Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke re-elected Randall Garrison of the New Democratic Party
Results in Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Back in 2019, Randall Garrison took the riding on 34%. Randall Garrison won the 2021 race in Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke for the New Democratic Party, polling 43% and beating Doug Kobayashi (Liberal Party of Canada) by 13,590 votes. Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke turned out at 64% in 2021; the country managed 63%.
All 6 candidates in Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Garrison | New Democratic Party | 28,056 | 42.8% |
| Doug Kobayashi | Liberal Party of Canada | 14,466 | 22.1% |
| Laura Anne Frost | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,885 | 21.2% |
| Harley Gordon | Green Party of Canada | 5,891 | 9.0% |
| Rob Anderson | People's Party of Canada | 2,995 | 4.6% |
| Tyson Riel Strandlund | Communist Party of Canada | 249 | 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 View Royal 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
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
Questions about how View Royal is run
Who is the MP for View Royal?
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke’s MP, Stephanie McLean of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents View Royal.
Which party won View Royal in the 2021 federal election?
Randall Garrison won Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke for the New Democratic Party in 2021; the riding is now Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, held by Stephanie McLean.
Who is the MLA for View Royal?
Esquimalt-Colwood elected Darlene Rotchford (BC NDP) in October 2024; the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s members page shows who sits for it as MLA now.
Who heads the council in View Royal?
View Royal is a town; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
Which regional body is View Royal part of?
The board of the Capital Regional District takes directors from member councils such as View Royal’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).