Skeena (federal electoral district)
Skeena was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 2004.
Geography
This was a rural, mostly wilderness, riding in northwestern B.C. It consisted of the northwest corner of the province of British Columbia, including the towns of Prince Rupert, Smithers and Terrace, and the Queen Charlotte Islands.
History
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin. It was first used in the 1917 federal election. The district was abolished in 2003. The entirety of this district went to help form Skeena—Bulkley Valley.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- 1917-1921: Cyrus Wesley Peck - Unionist
- 1921-1926: Alfred Stork - Liberal
- 1926-1930: James Charles Brady - Conservative
- 1930-1945: Olof Hanson - Liberal
- 1945-1949: Harry Archibald - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- 1949-1957: Edward Applewhaite - Liberal
- 1957-1974: Frank Howard - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1957–1961), New Democratic Party (1961–1974)
- 1974-1979: Iona Campagnolo - Liberal
- 1979-1993: Jim Fulton - New Democratic Party
- 1993-2000: Mike Scott - Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
- 2000-2004: Andy Burton - Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Conservative (2003–2004)
Election results
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Andy Burton | 12,787 | 42.72% | – | $31,566 | |||
| Liberal | Rhoda Witherly | 8,714 | 29.11% | – | $40,113 | |||
| New Democratic | Larry Guno | 6,273 | 20.96% | – | $39,490 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Devin Lee Glowinski | 965 | 3.22% | – | ||||
| Green | Roger Colin Benham | 688 | 2.29% | – | $253 | |||
| Independent | George Joseph | 361 | 1.20% | – | $14,292 | |||
| Natural Law | Cliff Brown | 140 | 0.46% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,928 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 122 | 0.41% | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,050 | 59.67% | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Mike Scott | 13,402 | 42.35% | – | $56,933 | |||
| New Democratic | Isaac Sobol | 9,863 | 31.16% | – | $38,320 | |||
| Liberal | Rhoda Witherly | 6,408 | 20.25% | – | $37,343 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kent Glowinski | 1,106 | 3.49% | – | $3,219 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Freeman | 864 | 2.73% | – | $6,556 | |||
| Total valid votes | 31,643 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 150 | 0.47% | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,793 | 63.66% | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Reform | Mike Scott | 11,885 | ||||||
| Liberal | Rhoda Witherly | 7,374 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Joe Barrett | 6,454 | ||||||
| National | Isaac Sobol | 2,410 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Danny Sheridan | 2,117 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | Louis Luke Kwantes | 645 | ||||||
| Green | Peter Ewart Mehling | 176 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Calvin Danyluk | 149 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jim Fulton | 16,815 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Halvorson | 9,023 | ||||||
| Liberal | Odd Eidsvik | 4,646 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | Tom Brophy | 1,142 | ||||||
| Reform | Don Buckland | 284 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jim Fulton | 14,174 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pete Weeber | 11,209 | ||||||
| Liberal | Elmer Derrick | 5,130 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Douglas Boss Hogg Craig | 443 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jim Fulton | 13,280 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jack Talstra | 7,141 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan T. Sheppard | 6,191 | ||||||
| Independent | Tony Organ | 205 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jim Fulton | 10,996 | ||||||
| Liberal | Iona Campagnolo | 10,381 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rod Cousins | 4,437 | ||||||
| Independent | Tony Organ | 384 | ||||||
| Independent | Franz G. Colet | 95 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Iona Campagnolo | 12,218 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 9,358 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Everett Stevens | 8,806 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 13,100 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Everett Stevens | 8,234 | ||||||
| Liberal | John E. Mitchell | 6,091 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 12,471 | ||||||
| Liberal | Art Bates | 7,874 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vern Ciccone | 3,552 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 11,477 | ||||||
| Liberal | Art Bates | 6,433 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Dave Rea | 2,368 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Philip Pickering | 982 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 10,743 | ||||||
| Liberal | John F. Magor | 4,860 | ||||||
| Social Credit | L.G. Madley | 2,353 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ronald John Jephson | 2,270 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Howard | 10,946 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Vance | 4,338 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lewis G. Madley | 3,031 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Howard | 6,647 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan D. Vance | 5,028 | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward T. Kenney | 4,148 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Rudolph Rapske | 876 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Howard | 5,517 | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Applewhaite | 5,035 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Duncan Kerr | 3,575 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Applewhaite | 5,332 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Archibald | 3,724 | ||||||
| Social Credit | James Thomas McKelvie | 2,880 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Ann Minard | 301 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Applewhaite | 5,847 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Grenfell Archibald | 4,183 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Archibald | 4,079 | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Applewhaite | 3,333 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | James Teetzel Harvey | 2,184 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh | 1,479 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Olof Hanson | 4,980 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George W. Weaver | 2,845 | ||||||
| National Government | George F. Cameron | 1,472 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Frank Morris | 145 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Olof Hanson | 3,898 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Edgar Panter | 2,611 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Cyril Hodgins Orme | 1,751 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Olof Hanson | 5,351 | ||||||
| Conservative | James Charles Brady | 4,327 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Charles Brady | 4,170 | ||||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stork | 3,849 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stork | 3,633 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Gordon Bushby | 2,940 | ||||||
| Progressive | George Watson Nickerson | 765 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stork | 3,261 | ||||||
| Conservative | Cyrus Wesley Peck | 3,223 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Cyrus Wesley Peck | 2,806 | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Alfred Stork | 2,111 | ||||||
See also
External links
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile
- Expenditures - 2004
- Expenditures - 2000
- Expenditures – 1997
- Website of the Parliament of Canada