Stikine (provincial electoral district)
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1991 | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa | ||
Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
The riding was known as Bulkley Valley-Stikine until the 2009 election. Following the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, which came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, the riding was renamed Stikine.
Following the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Bulkley Valley-Stikine but will not undergo any boundary changes.[1]
Geography[edit]
As of the 2020 provincial election, Stikine comprises the entire Stikine Region, the northern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and a small area of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako containing the communities of Smithers and Telkwa. Located in northwestern British Columbia the electoral district is bordered by the Yukon to the north and Alaska, United States to the west. Other communities in the electoral district consist of New Hazelton, Stewart and Atlin.[2]
History[edit]
This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine Riding created from Atlin, Skeena and Omineca |
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| 35th | 1991–1996 | Jackie Pement | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Bill Goodacre | ||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Dennis MacKay | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | |||
| Stikine | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Doug Donaldson | New Democratic | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Nathan Cullen | ||
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||
Election results[edit]
Stikine[edit]
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nathan Cullen | 3,745 | 51.77 | −0.33 | $32,249.48 | |||
| Liberal | Gordon Sebastian | 1,904 | 26.32 | -12.43 | $25,199.00 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 831 | 11.49 | +2.34 | $11,622.14 | |||
| Rural | Darcy Repen | 754 | 10.42 | – | $1,115.05 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,234 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.74 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,288 | 50.13 | −15.48 | |||||
| Registered voters | 14,537 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4,748 | 52.10 | +4.99 | $34,474 | |||
| Liberal | Wanda Good | 3,531 | 38.75 | +2.13 | $50,964 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 834 | 9.15 | +3.22 | $9,112 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,113 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 62 | 0.68 | +0.27 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,175 | 65.61 | +2.79 | |||||
| Registered voters | 13,985 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.43 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4074 | 47.10 | -3.3 | $49,856 | |||
| Liberal | Sharon Hartwell | 3167 | 36.61 | -8.49 | $45,162 | |||
| Conservative | Jonathan Dieleman | 533 | 6.16 | – | $6,706 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 514 | 5.94 | – | $14,482 | |||
| Green | Roger Benham | 303 | 3.50 | -0.9 | $480 | |||
| Independent | Jesse OLeary | 59 | 0.68 | – | $380 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8662 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.40 | -0.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 8697 | 62.82 | -2.48 | |||||
| Registered voters | 13,845 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4,274 | 50.4 | $43,322 | ||||
| Liberal | Scott Groves | 3,829 | 45.1 | $81,572 | ||||
| Green | Roger Benham | 375 | 4.4 | $692 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,478 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 94 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,572 | 65.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 13,131 | |||||||
Bulkley Valley-Stikine[edit]
| 2005 British Columbia general election: Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis MacKay | 6,279 | 48.30 | $96,735 | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 5,177 | 39.82 | $50,561 | ||||
| Green | Leanna Mitchell | 769 | 5.91 | $3,466 | ||||
| Democratic Reform | Nipper Kettle | 354 | 2.72 | $2,899 | ||||
| Marijuana | Reginald Bruce Gunanoot | 205 | 1.58 | $100 | ||||
| British Columbia Party | Jack Kortmeyer | 175 | 1.35 | $344 | ||||
| People's Front | Frank Martin | 41 | 0.32 | $540 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,000 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 60 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,060 | 68.78 | ||||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election: Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dennis MacKay | 7,414 | 55.93 | +27.06 | $44,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Bill Goodacre | 2,823 | 21.29 | −15.73 | $30,795 | |||
| Unity | Rod Taylor | 1,190 | 8.98 | – | $11,169 | |||
| Green | Rolf Hussinger | 856 | 6.46 | +5.29 | $3,693 | |||
| Marijuana | Trevor McKilligan | 507 | 3.82 | – | $582 | |||
| All Nations | Theresa Tait | 405 | 3.05 | – | $5,540 | |||
| Citizens Alliance | Bill Forsyth | 62 | 0.47 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,257 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,301 | 73.28 | ||||||
| 1996 British Columbia general election: Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Bill Goodacre | 4,779 | 37.02 | +3.05 | $19,497 | |||
| Liberal | Pat Beach | 3,726 | 28.87 | −2.69 | $28,587 | |||
| Reform | Bill Zemenchik | 3,473 | 26.91 | – | $26,855 | |||
| Progressive Democrat | Sharon L. Hartwell | 624 | 4.83 | – | $2,926 | |||
| Social Credit | Peter Barendregt | 155 | 1.20 | – | $2,481 | |||
| Green | Stuart Hertzog | 151 | 1.17 | – | $997 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,908 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,960 | 71.05 | ||||||
| 1991 British Columbia general election: Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Jackie Pement | 3,744 | 33.97 | $26,935 | ||||
| Liberal | Alice Maitland | 3,479 | 31.56 | $787 | ||||
| Independent | Jack Kempf | 2,842 | 25.79 | $13,905 | ||||
| Independent | Herbert George | 957 | 8.68 | $16,448 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,022 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 260 | 2.30 | ||||||
| Turnout | 11,282 | 70.24 | ||||||
External links[edit]
- BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
- Results of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
References[edit]
- ^ "BC Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Stikine Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "FRPC - Provincial Financial Report Listing". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
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