Esquimalt-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 British Columbia [electoral redistribution, 2015|2015 electoral redistribution] and was contested again in the 2017 [British Columbia general election|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, Greater Victoria|Victoria West] to form Esquimalt-Colwood.

Geography

The Esquimalt-Metchosin electoral district is made up of the municipalities of Esquimalt, View [Royal, British Columbia|View Royal], Colwood, and Metchosin in western Greater Victoria.
Esquimalt-Royal Roads included communities that surround Esquimalt Harbour, including Esquimalt to the east and Colwood to the west.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its current MLA is Mitzi Dean, the former executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services. She was first elected in 2017. She represents the British Columbia [New Democratic Party].