Prince George North

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	36,696
Population change, 1996–2001	-4.5%
Area (km²)	56,431
Population density (people per km²)	0.65

History

John Heinrich, Social Credit (1979–1986)
Lois Boone, NDP (1986–1991)
Paul Ramsey, NDP (1991–2001)
Pat Bell, Liberal (2001–2009)

Member of 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

B.C. General Election 1991: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Paul Ramsey	5,468	38.74%		$19,464
	Liberal	John Mangan	4,506	31.93%		$4,028
	Social Credit	Keith Thompson	4,139	29.33%	–	$28,770
Total valid votes			14,113	100%
Total rejected ballots			218	1.52%
Turnout			14,331	71.58%

B.C. General Election 1996: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Paul Ramsey	5,837	39.58%		$32,817
	Liberal	Bob Viergever	4,923	33.38%		$47,977
	Reform	Ron Hirvi	2,430	16.48%		$15,529
	Progressive Democrat	Adele Graber	891	6.04%	–	$1,199
	Independent	Ken Benham	495	3.36%		$868
	Green	Carolyn Linden	173	1.17%	–	$100
Total valid votes			14,749	100%
Total rejected ballots			117	0.79%
Turnout			14,866	66.75%

B.C. General Election 2001: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Bell	9,215	61.02%		$43,559
	New Democratic	Bryan Llewellyn	2,148	14.22%		$6,552
	Green	Hilary Crowley	1,137	7.53%	–	$2,866
	Unity	David G. Low	838	5.55%		$267
}	Western Reform	Lisa Maskell	621	4.11%		$8,195
	Marijuana	Robert Grimsrud	588	3.89%		$500
	Independent	Fred McLeod	478	3.17%		$854
	Independent	Leif Jensen	76	0.51%		$100
Total valid votes			15,101	100%
Total rejected ballots			68	0.45%
Turnout			15,169	71.77%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Bell	7,697	49.93	$78,884
	New Democratic	Deborah Poff	5,598	36.32	$55,244
	Green	Denis L. Gendron	1,201	7.79	$3,421
	Independent	Leif Jensen	443	2.87	$2,823
	Democratic Reform	Mike Mann	241	1.56	$2,124
	Marijuana	Steve Wolfe	235	1.52	$100
Total valid votes			15,415	100
Total rejected ballots			64	0.42
Turnout			15,479	61.55

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)
North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena
Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside
See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)
North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena
Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts
‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

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