British Columbia electoral district | ||
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Provincial electoral district | ||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
MLA | Pat Pimm BC Liberal |
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District created | 1955 | |
First contested | 1956 |
Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.
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Demographics
Population, 2001 | 32,353 |
Population change, 1996-2001 | 4.3% |
Area (km²) | 160,485 |
Population density (people per km²) | 0.20 |
Geography
History
Member of Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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39th | 2009- | Pat Pimm | BC Liberal | |
38th | 2009 | vacant | ||
2005-2009 | Richard Neufeld | BC Liberal | ||
37th | 2001-2005 | |||
36th | 1997-2001 | |||
1996-1997 | Reform BC | |||
35th | 1995-1996 | |||
1991-1995 | Social Credit | |||
34th | 1986-1991 | Tony Brummet | Social Credit | |
33rd | 1983-1986 | |||
32nd | 1979-1983 | |||
31st | 1975-1979 | Dean Smith | Social Credit | |
30th | 1972-1975 | |||
29th | 1969-1972 | |||
28th | 1966-1969 | |||
27th | 1963-1966 | Jake Huhn | Social Credit | |
26th | 1960-1963 | |||
25th | 1956-1960 | Harold Roche | Social Credit | |
Peace River prior to 1956 |
Election results
B.C. General Election 2009 Peace River North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
BC Liberal | Pat Pimm | 3,666 | 43.44 | -15.93 | |
Independent | Arthur Hadland | 2,706 | 32.06 | +32.06 | |
New Democrat | Jackie Allen | 1,158 | 13.72 | -14.50 | |
Green | Liz Logan | 860 | 10.19 | +3.30 | |
Refederation | Sue Arntson | 50 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
Total valid votes |
B.C. General Election 2005 Peace River North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
BC Liberal | Richard Neufeld | 5,498 | 59.37% | ||
New Democrat | Brian Churchill | 2,511 | 27.12% | ||
Green | Clarence G. Apsassin | 638 | 6.89% | ||
Independent | Leonard Joseph Seigo | 613 | 6.62% | ||
Total valid votes | 8,768 | 100.00% |
B.C. General Election 2001: Peace River North | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
BC Liberal | Richard Neufeld | 6,629 | 73.22% | $37,046 | ||
New Democrat | Brian Churchill | 1,047 | 11.56% | $9,796 | ||
Marijuana | Paul Renaud | 810 | 8.95% | $3,199 | ||
Unity | Roy Daniel Stange | 568 | 6.27% | $867 | ||
Total valid votes | 9,054 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 55 | 0.61% | ||||
Turnout | 9,109 | 55.12% |
B.C. General Election 1996: Peace River North | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
BC Reform | Richard Neufeld | 5,299 | 48.41% | $23,557 | ||
BC Liberal | Ben Knutson | 3,137 | 28.66% | $20,370 | ||
New Democrat | Brian Churchill | 1,975 | 18.04% | $27,682 | ||
Social Credit | Dave Bodnar | 240 | 2.19% | $3,978 | ||
Progressive Democrat | Neil Bitterman | 169 | 1.54% | $425 | ||
Independent | Brent Hoar | 125 | 1.14% | $100 | ||
Total valid votes | 10,945 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.39% | ||||
Turnout | 10,988 | 60.49% |
B.C. General Election 1991: Peace River North | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Richard Neufeld | 5,758 | 54.79% | $23,852 | ||
New Democrat | A. Jean Leahy | 2,347 | 22.33% | $34,828 | ||
BC Liberal | Vincent R. Rodriguez | 2,048 | 19.49% | $2,305 | ||
Green | Clarence G. Apsassin | 303 | 2.88% | $1,895 | ||
Independent | Dorothy L. Folk | 54 | 0.51% | $925 | ||
Total valid votes | 10,510 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 277 | 2.57% | ||||
Turnout | 10,787 | 70.01% |
34th British Columbia election, 1986: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet | 6,359 | 67.21% | |||
New Democrat | Ken Platz | 2,314 | 24.46% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Ian Bernard MacKenzie | 511 | 5.40% | |||
Liberal | Jill C. Moore | 277 | 2.93% | |||
Total valid votes | 9,461 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 139 | |||||
Turnout | % |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet | 8,528 | 76.71% | |||
New Democrat | Elmer George Kabush | 2,349 | 21.13% | |||
Liberal | David Charles Parkinson | 240 | 2.16% | |||
Total valid votes | 11,117 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 108 | |||||
Turnout | % |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet | 6,598 | 76.02% | |||
New Democrat | Joseph Mark Breti | 2,081 | 23.98% | |||
Total valid votes | 8,679 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 147 | |||||
Turnout | % |
31st British Columbia election, 1975: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dean Edward Smith | 5,048 | 67.87% | |||
New Democrat | Andrew Philip Schuck | 2,139 | 28.76% | |||
Liberal | Desmond Martin | 251 | 3.37% | |||
Total valid votes | 7,438 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 96 | |||||
Turnout | % |
30th British Columbia election, 1972: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dean Edward Smith | 3,004 | 46.02% | |||
New Democrat | Dennis Warren Nelson | 1,699 | 26.03% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Derril Laverne Leahy | 1,560 | 23.90% | |||
Liberal | William John Herdy | 265 | 4.06% | |||
Total valid votes | 6,528 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 87 | |||||
Turnout | % |
29th British Columbia election, 1969: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dean Edward Smith | 3,877 | 73.23% | |||
New Democrat | Douglas George Pomeroy | 933 | 17.62% | |||
Liberal | Leith Douglas Boulter | 484 | 9.14% | |||
Total valid votes | 5,294 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 49 | |||||
Turnout | % |
28th British Columbia election, 1966: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dean Edward Smith | 1,799 | 48.44% | |||
Independent | Jacob Francis Huhn | 583 | 15.70% | |||
Liberal | Leith Douglas Boulter | 565 | 15.21% | |||
New Democrat | Douglas George Pomeroy | 511 | 13.76% | |||
Independent | Robert Lyle Angus | 256 | 6.89% | |||
Total valid votes | 3,714 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 35 | |||||
Turnout | % |
27th British Columbia election, 1963: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Jacob Francis Huhn | 2,310 | 69.43% | |||
Liberal | Daniel Gilchrist Murray | 603 | 18.12% | |||
New Democrat | Douglas George Pomeroy2 | 414 | 12.44% | |||
Total valid votes | 3,327 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 34 | |||||
Turnout | % | |||||
2 Listed as Dan George in Statement of Votes. |
26th British Columbia election, 1960: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Jacob Francis Huhn | 1,651 | 46.21% | |||
Liberal | John William Belesaigne Baker | 958 | 26.81% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John Gordon Curtis | 769 | 21.52% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Wilbert Daniel Bowes | 114 | 3.19% | |||
Independents | Robert Lyle Angus | 81 | 2.27% | |||
Total valid votes | 3,573 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 57 | |||||
Turnout | % |
25th British Columbia election, 1956: North Peace River | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Harold Earl Roche | 1,087 | 53.23% | |||
Liberal | John William Belesaigne Baker | 423 | 20.71% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Vera Agnes Loucks | 359 | 17.58% | |||
People Party (Common Herd) | Margaret Teresa Lally Murray1 | 173 | 8.47% | |||
Total valid votes | 2,042 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 80 | |||||
Turnout | % | |||||
1 Editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray, former MLA for Lillooet and MP for Cariboo. |
External links
- BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
- Results of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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