Prince George-Mackenzie
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 45,379 | ||
| Area (km²) | 20,361.32 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2.2 | ||
| Census divisions | Regional District of Fraser-Fort George | ||
| Census subdivisions | Prince George, Mackenzie | ||
Prince George-Mackenzie is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election. It will next be contested in the 2013 provincial election.
Geography
As of the 2017 provincial election, Prince George-Mackenzie comprises the northern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the community of Mackenzie and the northwestern 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.[1]
History
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George North prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Pat Bell | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Mike Morris | ||
Election results
| British Columbia general election, 2017 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Mike Morris | 9,674 | 57.33 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bobby Deepak | 5,319 | 31.52 | |||||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 11.14 | 11.14 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 16,873 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mike Morris | 10,524 | 55.58% | -0.47% | $168,600 | |
| New Democratic | Bobby Deepak | 6,488 | 34.27% | -2.57% | $138,631 | |
| Green | Karen McDowell | 1,077 | 5.69% | -1.42% | $3,465 | |
| Conservative | Terry Rysz | 845 | 4.46% | n/a | $21,364 | |
| Total Valid Votes | 18,934 | 100% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 165 | 0.86% | ||||
| Turnout | 19,099 | 56.86% | ||||
| British Columbia general election, 2009 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Pat Bell | 9,816 | 56.05 | $99,560 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tobias Lawrence | 6,452 | 36.84 | $111,514 | ||||
| Green | Kevin Creamore | 1,245 | 7.11 | $1,230 | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 17,513 | 100 | ||||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 158 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,671 | 54 | ||||||
- ↑ "Prince George-Mackenzie Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.