British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2008 | ||
First contested | 2009 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 45,379 | ||
Area (km²) | 20,361.32 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Regional District of Fraser-Fort George | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Prince George, Mackenzie |
Prince George-Mackenzie 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.
As of the 2020 provincial election, Prince George-Mackenzie comprises the northern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the community of Mackenzie and the northwestern 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 traveling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west. [1]
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Prince George North prior to 2009 | ||||
39th | 2009–2013 | Pat Bell | Liberal | |
40th | 2013–2017 | Mike Morris | ||
41st | 2017–present |
2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Morris | 8,543 | 50.8 | −6.32 | $30,276.67 | |||
New Democratic | Joan Atkinson | 5,717 | 33.99 | +2.34 | $4,085.37 | |||
Green | Catharine Kendall | 1,935 | 11.51 | +0.28 | $3,692.23 | |||
Christian Heritage | Dee Kranz | 336 | 2.00 | – | $1,193.15 | |||
Libertarian | Raymond Rodgers | 287 | 1.71 | – | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes | 12,155 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||
Source: Elections BC [2] [3] |
2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Morris | 10,725 | 57.12 | +1.54 | $49,947 | |||
New Democratic | Bobby Deepak | 5,942 | 31.65 | -2.62 | $53,121 | |||
Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,109 | 11.23 | +5.54 | $1,433 | |||
Total valid votes | 18,776 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 146 | 0.77 | ||||||
Turnout | 18,922 | 57.44 | ||||||
Source: Elections BC [4] |
2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Morris | 10,524 | 55.58 | -0.47 | $168,600 | |||
New Democratic | Bobby Deepak | 6,488 | 34.27 | -2.57 | $138,631 | |||
Green | Karen McDowell | 1,077 | 5.69 | -1.42 | $3,465 | |||
Conservative | Terry Rysz | 845 | 4.46 | - | $21,364 | |||
Total valid votes | 18,934 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 165 | 0.86 | ||||||
Turnout | 19,099 | 56.86 | ||||||
Source: Elections BC [5] |
2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | Pat Bell | 9,816 | 56.05 | $99,560 | ||||
New Democratic | Tobias Lawrence | 6,452 | 36.84 | $111,514 | ||||
Green | Kevin Creamore | 1,245 | 7.11 | $1,230 | ||||
Total valid votes | 17,513 | 100 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.9 | ||||||
Turnout | 17,671 | 54 |
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