Peace River North

Peace River North (1991–)
North Peace River (1956–1991)
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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District created	1955
First contested	1956

Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.

Peace River North has been represented by a variety of British Columbia Political parties over the years. The riding has consistently elected political parties that come from the right side of the political spectrum. For many years the riding was represented by the BC Social Credit Party. Currently, the riding is represented by the centre-right BC Liberal Party. The left of centre New Democratic party has never been successful in electing a candidate to the BC Legislature, despite fielding numerous candidates since the 1950s.

Demographics

Population, 2001	32,353
Population change, 1996–2001	4.3%
Area (km²)	160,485
Population density (people per km²)	0.20

Geography

As of the 2017 provincial election, Peace River North comprises the entire area of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the northern portion of the Peace River Regional District, located in northeastern British Columbia. The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. Communities in the electoral district consist of Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Taylor and Hudson's Hope.[1]

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

History

Assembly	Years		Party
Peace River prior to 1956
25th	1956–1960	Harold Earl Roche	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963	Jacob Francis Huhn
28th	1963–1966	Jacob Francis Huhn
28th	1966–1969	Ed Smith
29th	1969–1972
30th	1972–1975
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983	Tony Brummet
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991
35th	1991–1994	Richard Neufeld
35th	1994–1996		Reform
36th	1996–1997		Reform
36th	1997–2001		Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2011	Pat Pimm
	2011		Independent
	2011–2013		Liberal
40th	2013–2016		Liberal
40th	2016–2017		Independent
41st	2017–present	Dan Davies	Liberal

Election results

Peace River North, 1991–present

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Davies	9,707	66.27	$53,883
	Independent	Bob Fedderly	2,785	19.01	$31,928
	New Democratic	Robert Dempsey	962	6.57	$1,739
	Independent	Rob Fraser	917	6.27	$25,354
	Independent	Jeff Richert	275	1.88	$1,064
Total valid votes			14,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			65	0.44
Turnout			14,711	56.74
Source: Elections BC[2]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Pimm	7,905	58.94	+15.79	$115,737
	Independent	Arthur Austin Hadland	3,287	24.51	–6.82	$40,752
	New Democratic	Judy Ann Fox-McGuire	1,319	9.84	–4.14	$36,341
	Conservative	Wyeth Sigurdson	900	6.71	–	$882
Total valid votes			13,411	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33
Turnout			13,455	51.47
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.30
Source: Elections BC[3]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Pimm	3,992	43.15	–16.22	$55,563
	Independent	Arthur Hadland	2,899	31.33	–	$17,962
	New Democratic	Jackie Allen	1,293	13.98	–13.14	$17,855
	Green	Liz Logan	1,010	10.92	+4.03	$26,218
	Refederation	Sue Arntson	58	0.63	–	$260
Total valid votes			9,252	100.0
Total rejected ballots			52	0.6
Turnout			9,304	40
	Liberal hold		Swing		–23.78

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Neufeld	5,498	59.37	–13.85	$97,647
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	2,511	27.12	+15.56	$21,975
	Green	Clarence G. Apsassin	638	6.89	–	$200
	Independent	Leonard Joseph Seigo	613	6.62	–	$3,829
Total valid votes			9,260	100.0
Total rejected ballots			61	0.66
Turnout			9,321	47.4
	Liberal hold		Swing		–14.70

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Neufeld	6,629	73.22	+44.56 +24.81	$37,046
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	1,047	11.56	–6.48	$9,796
	Marijuana	Paul Renaud	810	8.95	–	$3,199
	Unity	Roy Daniel Stange	568	6.27	–	$867
Total valid votes			9,054	100.0
Total rejected ballots			55	0.61
Turnout			9,109	55.12
	Liberal gain from Reform		Swing		+25.52

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Richard Neufeld	5,299	48.41	–6.38	$23,557
	Liberal	Ben Knutson	3,137	28.66	+9.17	$20,370
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	1,975	18.04	–4.29	$27,682
	Social Credit	Dave Bodnar	240	2.19	–52.60	$3,978
	Progressive Democrat	Neil Bitterman	169	1.54	–	$425
	Independent	Brent Hoar	125	1.14	–	$100
Total valid votes			10,945	100.0
Total rejected ballots			43	0.39
Turnout			10,988	60.49
	Reform gain from Social Credit		Swing		+19.62

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Richard Neufeld	5,758	54.79	–12.42	$23,852
	New Democratic	A. Jean Leahy	2,347	22.33	–2.13	$34,828
	Liberal	Vincent R. Rodriguez	2,048	19.49	+16.56	$2,305
	Green	Clarence G. Apsassin	303	2.88	–	$1,895
	Independent	Dorothy L. Folk	54	0.51	–	$925
Total valid votes			10,510	100.0
Total rejected ballots			277	2.57
Turnout			10,787	70.01
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–5.14

North Peace River, 1956–1991

1986 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Tony Brummet	6,359	67.21	–9.50
	New Democratic	Ken Platz	2,314	24.46	+3.33
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Bernard MacKenzie	511	5.40	–
	Liberal	Jill C. Moore	277	2.93	+0.77
Total valid votes			9,461	100.0
Total rejected ballots			139
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–6.42

1983 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Tony Brummet	8,528	76.71	+0.69
	New Democratic	Elmer George Kabush	2,349	21.13	–2.85
	Liberal	David Charles Parkinson	240	2.16	–
Total valid votes			11,117	100.0
Total rejected ballots			108
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+1.77

1979 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Tony Brummet	6,598	76.02	+8.15
	New Democratic	Joseph Mark Breti	2,081	23.98	–4.78
Total valid votes			8,679	100.0
Total rejected ballots			147
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+6.46

1975 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	5,048	67.87	+21.85
	New Democratic	Andrew Philip Schuck	2,139	28.76	+2.73
	Liberal	Desmond Martin	251	3.37	–0.69
Total valid votes			7,438	100.0
Total rejected ballots			96
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+9.56

1972 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,004	46.02	–27.21
	New Democratic	Dennis Warren Nelson	1,699	26.03	+8.41
	Progressive Conservative	Derril Laverne Leahy	1,560	23.90	–
	Liberal	William John Herdy	265	4.06	–5.08
Total valid votes			6,528	100.0
Total rejected ballots			87
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–17.81

1969 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,877	73.23	+24.79
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy	933	17.62	+3.86
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	484	9.14	–6.07
Total valid votes			5,294	100.0
Total rejected ballots			49
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+10.46

1966 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	1,799	48.44	–20.99
	Independent	Jacob Francis Huhn	583	15.70	–53.73
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	565	15.21	–2.91
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy	511	13.76	+1.32
	Independent	Robert Lyle Angus	256	6.89	–
Total valid votes			3,714	100.0
Total rejected ballots			35
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–18.34

1963 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	2,310	69.43	+23.22
	Liberal	Daniel Gilchrist Murray	603	18.12	–8.69
	New Democratic	Douglas George Pomeroy¹	414	12.44	–9.08
Total valid votes			3,327	100.0
Total rejected ballots			34
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+15.96
¹Listed as Dan George in Statement of Votes. Change for New Democrats is based from the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1960 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	1,651	46.21	–7.02
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	958	26.81	+6.10
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Gordon Curtis	769	21.52	+3.94
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbert Daniel Bowes	114	3.19	–
	Independent	Robert Lyle Angus	81	2.27	–
Total valid votes			3,573	100.0
Total rejected ballots			57
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–6.56

1956 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	Harold Earl Roche	1,087	53.23
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	423	20.71
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Vera Agnes Loucks	359	17.58
	Common Herd	Margaret Teresa Lally Murray	173	8.47
Total valid votes			2,042	100.0
Total rejected ballots			80

References

Specific

"Peace River North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
"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 17 May 2017.

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[1] "Peace River North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[2] "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

[3] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–2017)
North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Kent Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond North Centre Richmond-Queensborough Richmond South Centre Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Guildford Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey South Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake
See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 Electoral boundary redistribution of 2015 List of British Columbia general elections 2009 general election 2013 general election 2017 general election Defunct districts

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

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet
Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) 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 Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts