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Prince George North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1979 to 2009.
| Population, 2001 | 36,696 |
| Population change, 1996–2001 | -4.5% |
| Area (km2) | 56,431 |
| Population density (people per km2) | 0.65 |
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Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is the Hon. Pat Bell, former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in Prince George. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the 2005 election, was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Paul Ramsey | 5,468 | 38.74% | $19,464 | ||
| Liberal | John Mangan | 4,506 | 31.93% | $4,028 | ||
| Social Credit | Keith Thompson | 4,139 | 29.33% | – | $28,770 | |
| Total valid votes | 14,113 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | 1.52% | ||||
| Turnout | 14,331 | 71.58% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Paul Ramsey | 5,837 | 39.58% | $32,817 | ||
| Liberal | Bob Viergever | 4,923 | 33.38% | $47,977 | ||
| Reform | Ron Hirvi | 2,430 | 16.48% | $15,529 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Adele Graber | 891 | 6.04% | – | $1,199 | |
| Independent | Ken Benham | 495 | 3.36% | $868 | ||
| Green | Carolyn Linden | 173 | 1.17% | – | $100 | |
| Total valid votes | 14,749 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.79% | ||||
| Turnout | 14,866 | 66.75% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pat Bell | 9,215 | 61.02% | $43,559 | ||
| New Democratic | Bryan Llewellyn | 2,148 | 14.22% | $6,552 | ||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 1,137 | 7.53% | – | $2,866 | |
| Unity | David G. Low | 838 | 5.55% | $267 | ||
| Western Reform | Lisa Maskell | 621 | 4.11% | $8,195 | ||
| Marijuana | Robert Grimsrud | 588 | 3.89% | $500 | ||
| Independent | Fred McLeod | 478 | 3.17% | $854 | ||
| Independent | Leif Jensen | 76 | 0.51% | $100 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,101 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 68 | 0.45% | ||||
| Turnout | 15,169 | 71.77% | ||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Pat Bell | 7,697 | 49.93 | $78,884 | ||||
| New Democratic | Deborah Poff | 5,598 | 36.32 | $55,244 | ||||
| Green | Denis L. Gendron | 1,201 | 7.79 | $3,421 | ||||
| Independent | Leif Jensen | 443 | 2.87 | $2,823 | ||||
| Democratic Reform | Mike Mann | 241 | 1.56 | $2,124 | ||||
| Marijuana | Steve Wolfe | 235 | 1.52 | $100 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,415 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,479 | 61.55 | ||||||
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