Prince George—Bulkley Valley

Prince George—Bulkley Valley

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	2003
First contested	1979
Last contested	2000

Prince George—Bulkley Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Prince George—Peace River, Skeena and Kamloops—Cariboo
31st	1979–1980		Lorne McCuish	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Brian L. Gardiner	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Dick Harris	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Prince George, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, Prince George—Peace River and Kamloops—Thompson

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Dick Harris	20,596	58.83	+4.55	$15,125
	Liberal	Jeannette Townsend	8,202	23.43	+1.51	$23,510
	Progressive Conservative	Oliver William Ray	2,448	6.99	-1.11	$3,639
	New Democratic	Mark Walsh	2,029	5.79	-6.41	$3,616
	Green	John Grogan	793	2.26	+0.69	$1,209
	Canadian Action	Suzanne Woodrow	701	2.00	–	$5,911
	Independent	John van der Woude	152	0.43	-0.50	$3,169
	Marxist–Leninist	David MacKay	84	0.23	–	$17
Total valid votes			35,005	100.0
Total rejected ballots			139	0.40
Turnout			35,144	59.28
	Alliance hold		Swing		+1.52

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Dick Harris	17,505	54.28	+14.08	$41,733
	Liberal	Eric Moore	7,070	21.92	-0.38	$36,251
	New Democratic	Molly Eichar	3,935	12.20	-11.10	$11,185
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Strachan	2,615	8.10	-4.07	$24,359
	Green	John Grogan	505	1.57	+0.98	$459
	Independent	Thea Bove Zznoneoff	315	0.97	–	$751
	Christian Heritage	John van der Woude	300	0.93	-0.04	$5,236
Total valid votes			32,247	100.0
Total rejected ballots			119	0.37
Turnout			32,366	58.00
	Reform hold		Swing		+7.23

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dick Harris	13,927	40.20	+38.58
	New Democratic	Brian Gardiner	8,073	23.30	-14.86
	Liberal	David Stephen Wilbur	7,726	22.30	-2.56
	Progressive Conservative	Colin J. Kinsley	4,215	12.17	-19.55
	Christian Heritage	Bert Prins	336	0.97	-2.21
	Green	Rick Zammuto	203	0.59	–
	Natural Law	Alan Phillips	164	0.47	–
Total valid votes			34,644	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+26.72

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Gardiner	14,248	38.16	+3.54
	Progressive Conservative	Valerie Kordyban	11,844	31.72	-17.57
	Liberal	Bob Harkins	9,281	24.86	+11.50
	Christian Heritage	Bert Prins	1,186	3.18	–
	Reform	Svend Serup	605	1.62	–
	Independent	Michael J. Karpes	171	0.46	–
Total valid votes			37,335	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.56

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne McCuish	18,897	49.29	+9.81
	New Democratic	Brian Gardiner	13,274	34.62	+2.68
	Liberal	Noel Patrick O'Beirne	5,121	13.36	-15.21
	Libertarian	Ron Good	478	1.25	–
	Rhinoceros	Ben "The Newt" Van Drimmelen	401	1.05	–
	Independent	James L. Swanson	168	0.44	–
Total valid votes			38,339	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.56

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne McCuish	12,640	39.48	-3.13
	New Democratic	Archie Patrick	10,226	31.94	+4.64
	Liberal	Monica Marguerite Becott	9,147	28.57	+3.38
Total valid votes			32,013	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.88

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne McCuish	13,300	42.61
	New Democratic	Archie Patrick	8,521	27.30
	Liberal	Spike Enemark	7,862	25.19
	Independent	William W. Kordyban	1,531	4.90
Total valid votes			31,214	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Prince George—Peace River, Skeena and Kamloops—Cariboo, which elected two Liberals and one Progressive Conservative (Prince George—Peace River) in the previous election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

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