Skeena (federal electoral district)

Skeena
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	2003
First contested	1917
Last contested	2000

Last updated February 09, 2025

Skeena was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 2004.

Geography

This was a rural, mostly wilderness, riding in northwestern BC It consisted of the northwest corner of the province of British Columbia, including the towns of Prince Rupert, Smithers and Terrace, and Haida Gwaii.

History

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin. It was first used in the 1917 federal election. The district was abolished in 2003. It was merged with portions of Prince George—Bulkley Valley and Cariboo—Chilcotin to form Skeena—Bulkley Valley.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding crested from Comox—Atlin
13th	1917–1921	Cyrus Wesley Peck	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Alfred Stork	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	Alfred Stork	Liberal
16th	1926–1930	James Charles Brady	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	Olof Hanson	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949	Harry Archibald	Co-operative Commonwealth
21st	1949–1953	Edward Applewhaite	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Edward Applewhaite	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Frank Howard	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1958–1961		Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1961–1962		New Democratic
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979	Iona Campagnolo	Liberal
31st	1979–1980	James Fulton	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Mike Scott	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003	Andy Burton	Alliance
37th	2003–2004	Andy Burton	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Andy Burton	12,787	42.72	+0.37	$31,566
	Liberal	Rhoda Witherly	8,714	29.11	+8.86	$40,113
	New Democratic	Larry Guno	6,273	20.96	-10.20	$39,490
	Progressive Conservative	Devin Lee Glowinski	965	3.22	-0.27
	Green	Roger Colin Benham	688	2.29	–	$253
	Independent	George Joseph	361	1.20	–	$14,292
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	140	0.46	–
Total valid votes			29,928	100.0
Total rejected ballots			122	0.41
Turnout			30,050	59.67
	Alliance hold		Swing		-4.24
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the results of the Reform party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Mike Scott	13,402	42.35	+4.27	$56,933
	New Democratic	Isaac Sobol	9,863	31.16	+10.48	$38,320
	Liberal	Rhoda Witherly	6,408	20.25	-3.38	$37,343
	Progressive Conservative	Kent Glowinski	1,106	3.49	-3.29	$3,219
	Christian Heritage	Rod Freeman	864	2.73	+0.66	$6,556
Total valid votes			31,643	100.0
Total rejected ballots			150	0.47
Turnout			31,793	63.66
	Reform hold		Swing		-3.10

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Mike Scott	11,885	38.08	+37.19
	Liberal	Rhoda Witherly	7,374	23.63	+9.07
	New Democratic	Joe Barrett	6,454	20.68	-32.02
	National	Isaac Sobol	2,410	7.72	–
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Sheridan	2,117	6.78	-21.50
	Christian Heritage	Louis Luke Kwantes	645	2.07	-1.51
	Green	Peter Ewart Mehling	176	0.56	–
	Natural Law	Calvin Danyluk	149	0.48	–
Total valid votes			31,210	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.06

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Fulton	16,815	52.70	+6.91
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Halvorson	9,023	28.28	-7.93
	Liberal	Odd Eidsvik	4,646	14.56	-2.01
	Christian Heritage	Tom Brophy	1,142	3.58	–
	Reform	Don Buckland	284	0.89	–
Total valid votes			31,910	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.42

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Fulton	14,174	45.79	-3.73
	Progressive Conservative	Pete Weeber	11,209	36.21	+13.12
	Liberal	Elmer Derrick	5,130	16.57	-10.06
	Rhinoceros	Douglas Boss Hogg Craig	443	1.43	–
Total valid votes			30,956	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.42

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Fulton	13,280	49.52	+7.70
	Liberal	Jack Talstra	7,141	26.63	-12.85
	Progressive Conservative	Allan T. Sheppard	6,191	23.09	+6.21
	Independent	Tony Organ	205	0.76	-0.70
Total valid votes			26,817	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+10.28

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Fulton	10,996	41.82	+11.02
	Liberal	Iona Campagnolo	10,381	39.48	-0.73
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Cousins	4,437	16.88	-12.10
	Independent	Tony Organ	384	1.46	–
	Independent	Franz G. Colet	95	0.36	–
Total valid votes			26,293	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.88

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Iona Campagnolo	12,218	40.21	+18.00
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	9,358	30.80	-16.97
	Progressive Conservative	Everett Stevens	8,806	28.98	-1.04
Total valid votes			30,382	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+17.48

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	13,100	47.77	-4.42
	Progressive Conservative	Everett Stevens	8,234	30.02	+15.16
	Liberal	John E. Mitchell	6,091	22.21	-10.74
Total valid votes			27,425	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-9.79

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	12,471	52.19	-1.79
	Liberal	Art Bates	7,874	32.95	+2.69
	Progressive Conservative	Vern Ciccone	3,552	14.86	+10.24
Total valid votes			23,897	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.24

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	11,477	53.98	+0.87
	Liberal	Art Bates	6,433	30.26	+6.23
	Social Credit	Dave Rea	2,368	11.14	-0.49
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Pickering	982	4.62	-6.60
Total valid votes			21,260	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.68

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	10,743	53.11	-6.66
	Liberal	John F. Magor	4,860	24.03	–
	Social Credit	L.G. Madley	2,353	11.63	-4.92
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald John Jephson	2,270	11.22	-12.47
Total valid votes			20,226	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.34

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Howard	10,946	59.77	+19.97
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Vance	4,338	23.69	-6.42
	Social Credit	Lewis G. Madley	3,031	16.55	+11.30
Total valid votes			18,315	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+13.20
Change for the New Democrats is based on the results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Howard	6,647	39.80	+0.75
	Progressive Conservative	Allan D. Vance	5,028	30.11	+4.80
	Liberal	Edward T. Kenney	4,148	24.84	-10.80
	Social Credit	Rudolph Rapske	876	5.25	–
Total valid votes			16,699	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		-2.02

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Howard	5,517	39.05	+8.62
	Liberal	Edward Applewhaite	5,035	35.64	-7.93
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan Kerr	3,575	25.31	–
Total valid votes			14,127	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.28

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Applewhaite	5,332	43.57	-14.73
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Archibald	3,724	30.43	-11.27
	Social Credit	James Thomas McKelvie	2,880	23.54	–
	Labor–Progressive	Ann Minard	301	2.46	–
Total valid votes			12,237	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.74

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Applewhaite	5,847	58.30	+28.21
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Grenfell Archibald	4,183	41.70	+4.87
Total valid votes			10,030	100.0
	Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+11.67

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Archibald	4,079	36.83	+6.70
	Liberal	Edward Applewhaite	3,333	30.09	-22.65
	Progressive Conservative	James Teetzel Harvey	2,184	19.72	+4.13
	Labor–Progressive	Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh	1,479	13.35	–
Total valid votes			11,075	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.68

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olof Hanson	4,980	52.74	+5.55
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George W. Weaver	2,845	30.13	–
	National Government	George F. Cameron	1,472	15.59	-16.02
	Independent Liberal	Frank Morris	145	1.54	–
Total valid votes			9,442	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.29
Change for the National Government is based on the results of the Conservative party.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olof Hanson	3,898	47.19	-8.10
	Conservative	Joseph Edgar Panter	2,611	31.61	-13.10
	Reconstruction	Cyril Hodgins Orme	1,751	21.20	–
Total valid votes			8,260	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.50

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olof Hanson	5,351	55.29	+7.29
	Conservative	James Charles Brady	4,327	44.71	-7.29
Total valid votes			9,678	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.29

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Charles Brady	4,170	52.00	+11.93
	Liberal	Alfred Stork	3,849	48.00	-1.51
Total valid votes			8,019	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.72

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Stork	3,633	49.51	-0.78
	Conservative	George Gordon Bushby	2,940	40.07	-9.64
	Progressive	George Watson Nickerson	765	10.43	–
Total valid votes			7,338	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.43

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Stork	3,261	50.29	+7.36
	Conservative	Cyrus Wesley Peck	3,223	49.71	-7.36
Total valid votes			6,484	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.36

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	Cyrus Wesley Peck	2,806	57.07
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Alfred Stork	2,111	42.93
Total valid votes			4,917	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Comox—Atlin, which elected a Conservative in the previous election.

External links

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria