Stikine (provincial electoral district)

Stikine

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Nathan Cullen New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine
Census subdivision(s)	Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa

Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election, and most recently in the 2020 provincial election.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, 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. ^[1]

History

This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Stikine
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Bulkley Valley-Stikine prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Doug Donaldson	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Nathan Cullen

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
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	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			54	0.74	+0.06
Turnout			7,288	50.13	−15.48
Registered voters			14,537
Source: Elections BC [2] [3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
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 [4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	4074	47.10	-3.3	$49,856
	Liberal	Sharon Hartwell	3167	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			8662	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			35	0.40	-0.7
Turnout			8697	62.82	-2.48
Registered voters			13,845
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
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

References

1. "Stikine Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
4. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
6. "FRPC - Provincial Financial Report Listing". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 5, 2020.