Prince George-Valemount

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Prince George-Valemount
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Rosalyn Bird
Conservative
District created2008
First contested 2009
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Population (2006)46,885
Area (km²)31,539.04
Pop. density (per km²)1.5
Census division(s) Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivision(s) Prince George, Valemount, McBride

Prince George-Valemount is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 out of most of Prince George-Mount Robson and small parts of Prince George North, Prince George-Omineca, and Cariboo North. It was first contested in the 2009 provincial election.

Contents

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Prince George-Valemount comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in east-central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the communities of Valemount, McBride, and the southeastern portion of Prince George. The boundary line within the city of Prince George comes from the east following along the Fraser, and then the Nechako River to the John Hart Bridge where it goes south along Highway 97, west along Massey Drive, south along Ospika Boulevard until Ferry Avenue. The boundary then cuts west to just south of the University of Northern British Columbia before travelling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west. [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Rosalyn Bird from the BC Conservative Party since 2024. Before then it was Shirley Bond of BC United. Bond was initially elected to the district of Prince George-Mount Robson.

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

Prince George-Valemount
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Prince George-Mount Robson
39th 2009–2013   Shirley Bond Liberal
40th 2013–2017
41st 2017–2020
42nd 2020–2023
2023–2024   BC United
43rd 2024–present   Rosalyn Bird Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Prince George—Valemount (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rosalyn Bird 9,01555.2%+55.1
New Democratic Clay Pountney5,70834.9%+5.9
Green Gwen Johansson1,6129.9%-6.0
Total valid votes27,329
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [2]
2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party %
  Liberal 52.1
  New Democratic 29.0
  Green 15.9
  Conservative 0.1
2020 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond 9,70355.62−2.58$29,563.67
New Democratic Laura Parent4,71727.04−2.52$6,549.23
Green MacKenzie Kerr2,59714.89+2.65$5,375.30
Libertarian Sean Robson4282.45$46.95
Total valid votes17,445100.00
Total rejected ballots1100.63–0.16
Turnout17,55547.42–9.33
Registered voters37,020
Liberal hold Swing –0.03
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]
2017 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond 11,20958.20+1.25$47,005
New Democratic Natalie Fletcher5,69429.56−6.33$36,872
Green Nan Kendy2,35612.24$2,925
Total valid votes19,259100.00
Total rejected ballots1540.79−0.28
Turnout19,41356.75+0.19
Source: Elections BC [6]
2013 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond 11,29156.95+6.34$168,786
New Democratic Sherry Ogasawara7,11635.89−1.69$103,073
Conservative Nathan Giede1,1055.57+1.26$7,665
Christian Heritage Donald A. Roberts3141.58-$1,705
Total valid votes19,826100.00
Total rejected ballots2141.07
Turnout20,04056.56
Source: Elections BC [7]
BC General Election 2009 Prince George-Valemount
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Shirley Bond9,07250.61$128,833
  NDP Julie Carew6,73737.58$82,706
Green Andrej De Wolfe1,2256.83$1,375
Conservative Gordon Dickie7804.35$5,426
Refederation Don Roberts1130.63$510
Total Valid Votes17,927100%
Total Rejected Ballots1140.6%
Turnout18,04152%

See also

References

  1. "Prince George-Mackenzie Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. https://globalnews.ca/news/10779080/bc-election-2024-results-prince-george-valemount/
  3. "Prince George-Valemount". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  4. Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 267–269. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  6. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  7. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.