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.

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada