Prince George-Mount Robson

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Prince George-Mount Robson was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

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Geography

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of Prince George South. It was abolished before the 2009 election into Prince George-Valemount.

MLAs

  1. Lois Boone, NDP (1991–2001)
  2. Shirley Bond, Liberal (2001–present)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Shirley Bond who was first elected in 2001. She represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mrs. Bond was appointed Minister of Health Services and Deputy Premier in 2004. She has previously served as Minister of Advanced Education.

Election results

2005 British Columbia general election: Prince George-Mount Robson
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond 5,88541.06%$96,874
  NDP Wayne Mills4,99434.85%$65,715
 Independent Paul Nettleton 2,15815.06%$10,207
Green Don Roberts1,0537.35%$2,460
Marijuana Matthew James Burnett2411.68%$100
Total valid votes14,331 100%
Total rejected ballots290 2.02%
Turnout14,621 58.41%
2001 British Columbia general election: Prince George-Mount Robson
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond 8,03355.72%$49,527
  NDP Todd Whitcombe2,65518.42%$10,219
Green Lelani Lynn Arris1,4299.91%$2,559
Unity Bob Zayonc1,1107.70%$3,799
Marijuana Andrej Joeseph DeWolf7445.16%$1,314
Reform Erle Martz4453.09%$4,022
Total valid votes14,416 100.00%
Total rejected ballots128 0.89%
Turnout14,544 68.80%
1996 British Columbia general election: Prince George-Mount Robson
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  NDP Lois Boone 4,71340.67%$33,423
Liberal Lorne Dittmar3,76432.48%$36,638
Reform Norm Lorenz2,07617.92%$9,657
Progressive Democrat Brian Self7886.80%$978
Green Richard Michael Zammuto2472.13%$440
Total valid votes11,588 100.00%
Total rejected ballots88 0.33%
Turnout11,676 63.84%
1991 British Columbia general election: Prince George-Mount Robson
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  NDP Lois Boone 5,75150.99%$21,158
Social Credit Bruce Strachan 4,13536.66%$24,874
 IndependentWilliam W. Kordyban1,39312.35%$8,934
Total valid votes11,279 100.00%
Total rejected ballots364 3.13%
Turnout11,643 69.32%

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