Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Bulkey Valley-Stikine

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Sharon Hartwell Conservative
District created	1991
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.

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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
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

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sharon Hartwell	4,992	52.31	–	$34,154.30
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	3,709	38.86	−12.91	$42,557.85
	Green	Gamlakyeltxw Wilhelm Marsden	604	6.33	–	$889.70
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	239	2.50	−8.98	$8,901.96
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,544	99.74	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			25	0.26	–
Turnout			9,569	64.24	+14.11
Registered voters			14,895
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+32.61
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]

Stikine

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election : Stikine
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	99.26	–
Total rejected ballots			54	0.74	+0.06
Turnout			7,288	50.13	−15.48
Registered voters			14,537
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election : Stikine
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 [7]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election : Stikine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	4,074	47.10	–3.3	$49,856
	Liberal	Sharon Hartwell	3,167	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			8,662	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			35	0.40	-0.7
Turnout			8,697	62.82	-2.48
Registered voters			13,845
Source: Elections BC [8] [9]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election : Stikine
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

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
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

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
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

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election
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

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election
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

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

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 – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
4. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
5. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
7. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
8. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved May 17, 2017.
9. "FRPC - Provincial Financial Report Listing". Elections BC . Retrieved November 5, 2020.

External links

• 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