Prince George–Bulkley Valley
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Prince George–Bulkley Valley
Prince George–Bulkley Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004.
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Geography
This was a large, rural riding in northern B.C.
History
This electoral district was created in 1976 from parts of Prince George–Peace River, Skeena and Kamloops–Cariboo ridings.
This district was abolished in 2003. Parts of it went to Cariboo–Prince George, Skeena–Bulkley Valley, Prince George–Peace River and Kamloops–Thompson ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- 1979-1988: Lorne McCuish – Progressive Conservative
- 1988-1993: Brian Gardiner – New Democratic Party
- 1993-2004: Dick Harris – Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance(2000–2003), Conservative (2003–2004) – currently represents Cariboo–Prince George.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Alliance | Dick Harris | 20,596 | 58.83% | – | $15,125 | |
| Liberal | Jeannette Townsend | 8,202 | 23.43% | – | $23,510 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Oliver William Ray | 2,448 | 6.99% | – | $3,639 | |
| New Democratic | Mark Walsh | 2,029 | 5.79% | – | $3,616 | |
| Green | John Grogan | 793 | 2.26% | – | $1,209 | |
| Canadian Action | Suzanne Woodrow | 701 | 2.00% | – | $5,911 | |
| Independent | John Van der Woude | 152 | 0.43% | – | $3,169 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | David MacKay | 84 | 0.23% | – | $17 | |
| Total valid votes | 35,005 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.40% | ||||
| Turnout | 35,144 | 59.28% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Dick Harris | 17,505 | 54.28% | – | $41,733 | |
| Liberal | Eric Moore | 7,070 | 21.92% | – | $36,251 | |
| New Democratic | Molly Eichar | 3,935 | 12.20% | – | $11,185 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce Strachan | 2,615 | 8.10% | – | $24,359 | |
| Green | John Grogan | 505 | 1.57% | – | $459 | |
| Independent | Thea Bove Zznoneoff | 315 | 0.97% | – | $751 | |
| Christian Heritage | John Van Der Woude | 300 | 0.93% | – | $5,236 | |
| Total valid votes | 32,247 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 119 | 0.37% | ||||
| Turnout | 32,366 | 58.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Reform | Dick Harris | 13,927 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Gardiner | 8,073 | ||||
| Liberal | David Stephen Wilbur | 7,726 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colin J. Kinsley | 4,215 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Bert Prins | 336 | ||||
| Green | Rick Zammuto | 203 | ||||
| Natural Law | Alan Phillips | 164 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Gardiner | 14,248 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Valerie Kordyban | 11,844 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Harkins | 9,281 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Bert Prins | 1,186 | ||||
| Reform | Svend Serup | 605 | ||||
| Independent | Michael J. Karpes | 171 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne McCuish | 18,897 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Gardiner | 13,274 | ||||
| Liberal | Noel Patrick O'Beirne | 5,121 | ||||
| Libertarian | Ron Good | 478 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Ben The Newt Van Drimmelen | 401 | ||||
| Independent | James L. Swanson | 168 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne McCuish | 12,640 | ||||
| New Democratic | Archie Patrick | 10,226 | ||||
| Liberal | Monica Marguerite Becott | 9,147 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne McCuish | 13,300 | ||||
| New Democratic | Archie Patrick | 8,521 | ||||
| Liberal | Spike Enemark | 7,862 | ||||
| Independent | William W. Kordyban | 1,531 | ||||
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