Prince George-Valemount

Prince George-Valemount

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Shirley Bond Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2017
Demographics
Population (2006)	46,885
Area (km²)	31,539.04
Pop. density (per km²)	1.5
Census division(s)	Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivision(s)	Prince George, Valemount, McBride

Prince George-Valemount is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 out of mostly Prince George-Mount Robson and small parts of Prince George North, Prince George-Omineca and Cariboo North. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election.

Geography

As of the 2017 provincial election, Prince George-Valemount comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in east-central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the communities of Valemount, McBride and the southeastern portion of Prince George; specifically the boundary line follows the Fraser and Nechako Rivers to the John Hart Bridge where it goes south along Highway 97, west along Massey Drive, south along Ospika Boulevard until Ferry Avenue. The boundary then cuts west to just south of the University of Northern British Columbia before travelling south down Tyner Boulevard and connecting to Highway 16.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prince George-Mount Robson prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Shirley Bond	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Shirley Bond of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Bond was initially elected to the district of Prince George-Mount Robson.

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	11,209	58.20	+1.25	$47,005
	New Democratic	Natalie Fletcher	5,694	29.56	−6.33	$36,872
	Green	Nan Kendy	2,356	12.24	–	$2,925
Total valid votes			19,259	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			154	0.79	−0.28
Turnout			19,413	56.75	+0.19
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	11,291	56.95	+6.34	$168,786
	New Democratic	Sherry Ogasawara	7,116	35.89	−1.69	$103,073
	Conservative	Nathan Giede	1,105	5.57	+1.26	$7,665
	Christian Heritage	Donald A. Roberts	314	1.58	-	$1,705
Total valid votes			19,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214	1.07
Turnout			20,040	56.56
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Prince George-Valemount

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	9,072	50.61	–	$128,833
	NDP	Julie Carew	6,737	37.58		$82,706
	Green	Andrej De Wolfe	1,225	6.83	–	$1,375
	Conservative	Gordon Dickie	780	4.35		$5,426
	Refederation	Don Roberts	113	0.63	–	$510
Total Valid Votes			17,927	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			114	0.6%
Turnout			18,041	52%