Bulkley Valley-Stikine

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Bulkey Valley-Stikine
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
BC 2015 Stikine.png
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Sharon Hartwell
Conservative
District created1991
First contested 1991
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Census division(s) Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine
Census subdivision(s) Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa

Bulkley Valley-Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

The riding was known as Bulkley Valley-Stikine from its first creation in 1991 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 that took effect for the 2024 election, it returned to its original name but did not undergo any boundary changes. [1]

Geography

As of the 2024 provincial election, Bulkley Valley-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

This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Riding created from Atlin, Skeena and Omineca
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
43rd 2024–present   Sharon Hartwell Conservative

Election results

Bulkley Valey-Stikine

2024 British Columbia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Sharon Hartwell 4,87552.41
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 3,60238.73-13.0
Green Gamlakyeltxw Wilhelm Marsden5886.32
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor2362.54-9.0
Total valid votes–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +32.7

Stikine

2020 British Columbia general election : Stikine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 3,74551.77−0.33$32,249.48
Liberal Gordon Sebastian1,90426.32-12.43$25,199.00
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor83111.49+2.34$11,622.14
Rural Darcy Repen75410.42–$1,115.05
Total valid votes7,23499.26–
Total rejected ballots540.74+0.06
Turnout7,28850.13−15.48
Registered voters14,537
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]
2017 British Columbia general election : Stikine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Doug Donaldson 4,74852.10+4.99$34,474
Liberal Wanda Good3,53138.75+2.13$50,964
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor8349.15+3.22$9,112
Total valid votes9,113100.0–
Total rejected ballots620.68+0.27
Turnout9,17565.61+2.79
Registered voters13,985
New Democratic hold Swing +1.43
Source: Elections BC [5]
2013 British Columbia general election : Stikine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Doug Donaldson 407447.10-3.3$49,856
Liberal Sharon Hartwell316736.61-8.49$45,162
Conservative Jonathan Dieleman5336.16–$6,706
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor5145.94–$14,482
Green Roger Benham3033.50-0.9$480
Independent Jesse OLeary590.68–$380
Total valid votes8662100.00–
Total rejected ballots350.40-0.7
Turnout869762.82-2.48
Registered voters13,845
Source: Elections BC [6] [7]
2009 British Columbia general election : Stikine
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
New Democratic Doug Donaldson 4,27450.4$43,322
Liberal Scott Groves3,82945.1$81,572
Green Roger Benham3754.4$692
Total valid votes8,478 100
Total rejected ballots94 1.1
Turnout8,572 65.3
Registered voters13,131

Bulkley Valley-Stikine

2005 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Liberal Dennis MacKay 6,27948.30$96,735
New Democratic Doug Donaldson 5,17739.82$50,561
Green Leanna Mitchell7695.91$3,466
Democratic Reform Nipper Kettle3542.72$2,899
Marijuana Reginald Bruce Gunanoot2051.58$100
British Columbia Party Jack Kortmeyer1751.35$344
People's Front Frank Martin410.32$540
Total valid votes13,000 100
Total rejected ballots60 0.46
Turnout13,060 68.78
Distribution of popular vote map by voting area Bulkley Valley-Stikine 2001.PNG
Distribution of popular vote map by voting area
2001 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Dennis MacKay 7,41455.93+27.06$44,836
New Democratic Bill Goodacre2,82321.29−15.73$30,795
Unity Rod Taylor1,1908.98–$11,169
Green Rolf Hussinger8566.46+5.29$3,693
Marijuana Trevor McKilligan5073.82–$582
All Nations Theresa Tait4053.05–$5,540
Citizens AllianceBill Forsyth620.47––
Total valid votes13,257 100.00
Total rejected ballots44 0.33
Turnout13,301 73.28
Distribution of popular vote map by voting area Bulkley Valley-Stikine 1999.png
Distribution of popular vote map by voting area
1996 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Bill Goodacre4,77937.02+3.05$19,497
Liberal Pat Beach3,72628.87−2.69$28,587
Reform Bill Zemenchik3,47326.91–$26,855
Progressive Democrat Sharon L. Hartwell6244.83–$2,926
Social Credit Peter Barendregt1551.20–$2,481
Green Stuart Hertzog1511.17–$997
Total valid votes12,908 100.00
Total rejected ballots52 0.40
Turnout12,960 71.05
1991 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
New Democratic Jackie Pement3,74433.97$26,935
Liberal Alice Maitland3,47931.56$787
Independent Jack Kempf2,84225.79$13,905
Independent Herbert George9578.68$16,448
Total valid votes11,022 100.00
Total rejected ballots260 2.30
Turnout11,282 70.24



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References

  1. ↑ "BC Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Stikine Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "FRPC - Provincial Financial Report Listing". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 5, 2020.


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