Prince George—Peace River
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Prince George—Peace River
 British Columbia electoral district |
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| Prince George—Peace River in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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Conservative |
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| District created | 1976 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2008 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[2] | 105,782 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 72,063 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 243,588.80 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.43 | ||
| Census divisions | |||
| Census subdivisions | Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Mackenzie, Peace River B, Peace River C, Peace River D, Fraser-Fort George A, Fraser-Fort George D | ||
Prince George—Peace River is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
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Geography
It consists of all of the province of British Columbia east of the Great Divide and some communities west of the divide. It contains large areas of uninhabited wilderness.
Communities include the oil-and-gas exploration centre of Fort St. John; Fort Nelson, with the province's biggest wood products plant; Dawson Creek; Large Coal Mining operations in Tumbler Ridge and the part of Prince George north of the Nechako River and east of the Fraser River.
History
This electoral district was originally created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fort Nelson—Peace River riding and a part of Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings. In 1978, Fort Nelson—Peace River was renamed "Prince George—Peace River". There were no elections during the period it was called "Fort Nelson—Peace River".
This riding has elected conservative candidates consistently since 1972: Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle from 1972 to 1993, and Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Jay Hill from 1993 until 2010. The district is currently represented by Bob Zimmer of the Conservatives.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Cariboo and Kamloops prior to 1966 | ||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Robert Borrie | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Frank Oberle, Sr. | Progressive Conservative | |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Jay Hill | Reform | |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 2000 | Canadian Alliance | |||
| 37th | 2000–2003 | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 41st | 2011–present | Bob Zimmer | Conservative | |
Current Member of Parliament
Its current Member of Parliament is Bob Zimmer. He was first elected in 2011. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Prince George—Peace River [edit] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Conservative | Bob Zimmer | 23,946 | 62.12 | -1.47 | ||
| New Democratic | Lois Boone | 9,876 | 25.62 | +8.04 | ||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,301 | 5.97 | -4.44 | ||
| Liberal | Ben Levine | 2,008 | 5.21 | -3.20 | ||
| Pirate | Jeremy Cote | 415 | 1.08 | – | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 38,546 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | 0.32 | -0.03 | |||
| Turnout | 38,671 | 54.08 | +5 | |||
| Eligible voters | 71,507 | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 22,325 | 63.59 | +3.71 | $37,923 | |
| New Democratic | Betty Bekkering | 6,170 | 17.58 | +0.58 | $8,563 | |
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 3,656 | 10.41 | +4.00 | $7,222 | |
| Liberal | Lindsay Gidney | 2,954 | 8.41 | -7.34 | – | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 35,105 | 100.00 | $102,073 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | 0.35 | +0.06 | |||
| Turnout | 35,230 | 49 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 22,409 | 59.88 | +1.17 | $62,176 | |
| New Democratic | Malcolm Crockett | 6,363 | 17.00 | -3.69 | $10,141 | |
| Liberal | Nathan Bauder | 5,895 | 15.75 | +1.99 | $3,983 | |
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,400 | 6.41 | +0.70 | $4,838 | |
| Independent | Donna Young | 359 | 0.96 | – | $589 | |
| Total valid votes | 34,807 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.30 | -0.14 | |||
| Turnout | 34,807 | 53 | -0.56 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 21,281 | 58.71 | -17.04 | $53,326 | |
| New Democratic | Michael Hunter | 7,501 | 20.69 | +16.03 | $11,997 | |
| Liberal | Arleene Thorpe | 4,988 | 13.76 | -1.77 | $19,341 | |
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,073 | 5.71 | +3.54 | $1,252 | |
| Canadian Action | Harley J. Harasym | 301 | 0.83 | -0.81 | $1,028 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Tara Rimstad | 101 | 0.27 | +0.04 | ||
| Total valid votes | 36,245 | 100 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 162 | 0.44 | +0.10 | |||
| Turnout | 36,407 | 53.56 | -3.09 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Alliance | Jay Hill | 23,840 | 69.61 | +2.70 | $47,199 | |
| Liberal | Arleene Thorpe | 5,319 | 15.53 | -1.54 | $22,183 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jan Christiansen | 2,103 | 6.14 | +0.40 | $4,980 | |
| New Democratic | Lenart Nelson | 1,597 | 4.66 | -4.32 | $4,329 | |
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 744 | 2.17 | +0.89 | $1,306 | |
| Canadian Action | Henry A. Dunbar | 562 | 1.64 | – | $2,640 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Colby Nicholson | 80 | 0.23 | – | $8 | |
| Total valid votes | 34,245 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 118 | 0.34 | +0.03 | |||
| Turnout | 34,363 | 56.65 | -0.90 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Jay Hill | 22,270 | 66.91 | +10.60 | $48,148 | |
| Liberal | Barb Shirley | 5,683 | 17.07 | -2.38 | $23,330 | |
| New Democratic | Alex Michalos | 2,989 | 8.98 | -2.19 | $14,819 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Lugosi | 1,911 | 5.74 | -5.44 | $16,754 | |
| Green | Julie Zammuto | 429 | 1.28 | – | $450 | |
| Total valid votes | 33,282 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.31 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,387 | 57.55 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Reform | Jay Hill | 20,671 | 56.31 | +41.85 | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Monlezun | 7,140 | 19.45 | +7.54 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Sandhu | 4,104 | 11.18 | -28.42 | ||
| New Democratic | Alan Timberlake | 4,099 | 11.17 | -22.12 | ||
| Natural Law | Robert Walker | 292 | 0.80 | |||
| Christian Heritage | John Van der Woude | 198 | 0.54 | |||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Dorothy Folk | 114 | 0.31 | |||
| Independent | Archie Tannock | 89 | 0.24 | |||
| Total valid votes | 36,707 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 13,903 | 39.60 | -22.84 | ||
| New Democratic | Alan Timberlake | 11,684 | 33.28 | +9.17 | ||
| Reform | Jay Hill | 5,077 | 14.46 | |||
| Liberal | Jacques Monlezun | 4,183 | 11.92 | +1.97 | ||
| Independent | Howard Karpes | 169 | 0.48 | |||
| Confederation of Regions | Lorne W. Backus | 89 | 0.25 | -0.74 | ||
| Total valid votes | 35,105 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 21,154 | 62.44 | +10.34 | ||
| New Democratic | Jim Best | 8,168 | 24.11 | -2.09 | ||
| Liberal | Paul Bouey | 3,368 | 9.94 | -9.39 | ||
| Rhinoceros | J. Paul Ekering | 385 | 1.14 | |||
| Social Credit | Richard J. Lawrence | 342 | 1.01 | -1.37 | ||
| Confederation of Regions | John F. Light | 335 | 0.99 | |||
| Libertarian | Sid Schneider | 127 | 0.37 | |||
| Total valid votes | 33,879 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 13,593 | 52.10 | -8.85 | ||
| New Democratic | Bob Simpson | 6,835 | 26.20 | +5.70 | ||
| Liberal | Jim McIntyre | 5,044 | 19.33 | +0.78 | ||
| Social Credit | Richard J. Lawrence | 620 | 2.38 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,092 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 16,288 | 60.95 | +14.11 | ||
| New Democratic | Bob Simpson | 5,478 | 20.50 | +5.83 | ||
| Liberal | Les Broddy | 4,957 | 18.55 | -15.79 | ||
| Total valid votes | 26,723 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 18,769 | 46.84 | +7.48 | ||
| Liberal | Allan Bate | 13,759 | 34.33 | +2.72 | ||
| New Democratic | Stuart Robert Steventon | 5,880 | 14.67 | -7.03 | ||
| Social Credit | Wendell Philip Smith | 1,665 | 4.15 | -3.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 40,073 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 14,648 | 39.36 | +9.66 | ||
| Liberal | Robert Borrie | 11,766 | 31.62 | -3.30 | ||
| New Democratic | Bill Close | 8,076 | 21.70 | -0.33 | ||
| Social Credit | Al Kruegar | 2,726 | 7.32 | -4.74 | ||
| Total valid votes | 37,216 | 100.00 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Liberal | Robert Borrie | 10,926 | 34.92 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Runkle | 9,293 | 29.70 | |||
| New Democratic | Erhart Regier | 6,894 | 22.03 | |||
| Social Credit | Bert Leboe | 3,776 | 12.07 | |||
| Independent | John H. Powers | 402 | 1.28 | |||
| Total valid votes | 31,291 | 100.00 | ||||
See also
References
- "(Code 59022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59022&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1966–1976
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1978–2005
- Expenditures – 2004
- Expenditures – 2000
- Expenditures – 1997
Notes
- ^ Stastistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Stastistics Canada: 2012
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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