Prince George North

{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}

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Prince George North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1979 to 2009.

Demographics

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|Population, 2001

|36,696

Population change, 1996–2001

| -4.5%

Area (km2)

|56,431

Population density (people per km2)

|0.65

Geography

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History

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is the Hon. Pat Bell, former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in Prince George. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the 2005 election, was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

Election results

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1991: Prince George North}}

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{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Paul Ramsey|5,468|38.74%||$19,464}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |John Mangan |4,506 |31.93% | |$4,028}}

{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Keith Thompson |4,139 |29.33% |– |$28,770}}

{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |14,113 |100%}}

{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |218 |1.52%}}

{{CANelec/total |Turnout |14,331 |71.58%}}

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1996: Prince George North}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Paul Ramsey

|align="right"|5,837

|align="right"|39.58%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$32,817

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Bob Viergever |4,923 |33.38% | |$47,977}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Ron Hirvi |2,430 |16.48% | |$15,529}}

{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Adele Graber |891 |6.04% |– |$1,199}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Ken Benham

|align="right"|495

|align="right"|3.36%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$868

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Carolyn Linden |173 |1.17% |– |$100}}

{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |14,749 |100%}}

{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |117 |0.79%}}

{{CANelec/total |Turnout |14,866 |66.75%}}

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 2001: Prince George North}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Pat Bell |9,215 |61.02% | |$43,559}}

|-

{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Bryan Llewellyn|2,148|14.22%||$6,552}}

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Hilary Crowley |1,137 |7.53% |– |$2,866}}

{{CANelec |BC |Unity |David G. Low |838 |5.55% | |$267}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|Western Reform

|Lisa Maskell

|align="right"|621

|align="right"|4.11%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$8,195

{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Robert Grimsrud|588|3.89%||$500}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Fred McLeod

|align="right"|478

|align="right"|3.17%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$854

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Leif Jensen

|align="right"|76

|align="right"|0.51%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$100

{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |15,101 |100%}}

{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |68 |0.45%}}

{{CANelec/total |Turnout |15,169 |71.77%}}

|}

{{2005 British Columbia general election/Prince George North}}