North Peace River

North Peace River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the general election of 1956 and last contested in the general election of 1986. It and neighbouring South Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding. Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election saw North Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River North.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Peace River prior to 1956
25th	1956–1960		Harold Earl Roche	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963		Jacob Francis Huhn
28th	1963–1966
28th	1966–1969		Ed Smith
29th	1969–1972
30th	1972–1975
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983		Tony Brummet
33rd	1983–1986

Election results

25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Harold Earl Roche	1,087	53.23%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	423	20.71%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vera Agnes Loucks	359	17.58%		unknown
	Common Herd	Margaret Teresa Lally Murray	173	8.47%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			2,042	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			80
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	1,651	46.21%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	958	26.81%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John Gordon Curtis	769	21.52%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbert Daniel Bowes	114	3.19%		unknown
	Independent	Robert Lyle Angus	81	2.27%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,573	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			57
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	2,310	69.43%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Daniel Gilchrist Murray	603	18.12%		unknown
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy	414	12.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,327	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	1,799	48.44%	–	unknown
	Independent	Jacob Francis Huhn	583	15.70%		unknown
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	565	15.21%		unknown
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy	511	13.76%		unknown
	Independent	Robert Lyle Angus	256	6.89%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,714	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			35
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,877	73.23%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy	933	17.62%		unknown
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	484	9.14%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,294	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,004	46.02%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Dennis Warren Nelson	1,699	26.03%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Derril Laverne Leahy	1,560	23.90%		unknown
	Liberal	William John Herdy	265	4.06%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,528	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			87
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	5,048	67.87%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Andrew Philip Schuck	2,139	28.76%		unknown
	Liberal	Desmond Martin	251	3.37%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,438	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	6,598	76.02%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Joseph Mark Breti	2,081	23.98%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,679	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	8,528	76.71%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Elmer George Kabush	2,349	21.13%		unknown
	Liberal	David Charles Parkinson	240	2.16%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,117	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			108
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	6,359	67.21%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Ken Platz	2,314	24.46%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Bernard MacKenzie	511	5.40%		unknown
	Liberal	Jill C. Moore	277	2.93%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,461	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			139
Turnout			%

External links

• Elections BC website - historical election data