Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Bulkley Valley-Stikine is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	31,728
Population change, 1996-2001	-1.4%
Area (km²)	176,914
Population density (people per km²)	0.18

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Dennis MacKay, a former private investigator, provincial coroner, and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Dennis MacKay	6,279	48.30%	-7.61
	New Democrat	Doug Donaldson	5,177	39.82%	+18.55
	Green	Leanna Mitchell	769	5.92%	-0.55
	Democratic Reform BC	Nipper Kettle	354	2.72%
	Marijuana	Reginald Bruce Gunanoot	205	1.58%	-2.22
	British Columbia Party	Jack Kortmeyer	175	1.35%
	People's Front	Frank Martin	41	0.32%
Total valid votes			13,000

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

B.C. General Election 2001: Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Dennis Edwin MacKay	7,414	55.93%	+27.06	$44,836
	New Democrat	Bill Goodacre	2,823	21.29%	-15.73	$30,795
	Unity	Rod Taylor	1,190	8.98%		$11,169
	Green	Rolf Hussinger	856	6.46%	+5.29	$3,693
	Marijuana	Trevor McKilligan	507	3.82%		$582
	All Nations	Theresa Tait	405	3.05%		$5,540
	Citizens Alliance	Bill Forsyth	62	0.47%
Total valid votes			13,257	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33%
Turnout			13,301	73.28%

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

B.C. General Election 1996: Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bill Goodacre	4,779	37.02%	+3.05	$19,497
	BC Liberal	Pat Beach	3,726	28.87%	-2.69	$28,587
	BC Reform	Bill Zemenchik	3,473	26.91%		$26,855
	Progressive Democrat	Sharon L. Hartwell	624	4.83%		$2,926
	Social Credit	Peter Barendregt	155	1.20%		$2,481
	Green	Stuart Hertzog	151	1.17%		$997
Total valid votes			12,908	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			52	0.40%
Turnout			12,960	71.05%

B.C. General Election 1991: Bulkley Valley-Stikine (70% Voter turnout)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jackie Pement	3,744	33.97%		$26,935
	BC Liberal	Alice Maitland	3,479	31.56%		$787
	Independent	Jack Kempf	2,842	25.79%		$13,905
	Independent	Herbert George	957	8.68%		$16,448
Total valid votes			11,022	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			260	2.30%
Turnout			11,282	70.24%

External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts
North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena
Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Vancouver Island	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 2005 general election • Defunct districts

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