Peace River North
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Dan Davies
Liberal
District created1955
First contested1956
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2001)32,353
Area (km²)160,485
Pop. density (per km²)0.2

Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 BC election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.

Peace River North has been represented by a variety of British Columbia Political parties over the years. The riding has consistently elected political parties that come from the right side of the political spectrum. For many years the riding was represented by the BC Social Credit Party. Currently, the riding is represented by the centre-right BC Liberal Party. The left of centre New Democratic party has never been successful in electing a candidate to the BC Legislature, despite fielding numerous candidates since the 1950s.

In 2023, a petition to recall the district's MLA, Dan Davies, was approved by Elections BC under the Recall and Initiative Act. However, the petition did not attract the required number of signatures.[1]

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Peace River North comprises the entire area of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the northern portion of the Peace River Regional District, located in northeastern British Columbia. The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. Communities in the electoral district consist of Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Taylor and Hudson's Hope.[2]

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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

History

Assembly Years Member Party
North Peace River prior to 1991
35th 1991–1994 Richard Neufeld Social Credit
1994–1996 Reform
36th 1996–1997
1997–2001 Liberal
37th 2001–2005
38th 2005–2009
39th 2009–2011 Pat Pimm
2011 Independent
2011–2013 Liberal
40th 2013–2016
2016–2017 Independent
41st 2017–2020 Dan Davies Liberal
42nd 2020–present

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Dan Davies 6,746 55.76 −10.51 $32,293.82
Conservative Trevor Bolin 4,150 34.30 – $0.00
New Democratic Danielle Monroe 1,202 9.94 +3.37 $739.00
Total valid votes 12,098 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 60 0.50    
Turnout 12,158 46.38    
Registered voters 26,216    
Source: Elections BC[3][4]
2017 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Dan Davies 9,707 66.27 +7.33 $53,883
Independent Bob Fedderly 2,785 19.01 – $31,928
New Democratic Robert Dempsey 962 6.57 -3.27 $1,739
Independent Rob Fraser 917 6.27 – $25,354
Independent Jeff Richert 275 1.88 – $1,064
Total valid votes 14,646 100.00
Total rejected ballots 65 0.44
Turnout 14,711 56.74
Source: Elections BC[5]
2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Pat Pimm 7,905 58.94 +15.79 $115,737
Independent Arthur Austin Hadland 3,287 24.51 –6.82 $40,752
New Democratic Judy Ann Fox-McGuire 1,319 9.84 –4.14 $36,341
Conservative Wyeth Sigurdson 900 6.71 – $882
Total valid votes 13,411 100.00
Total rejected ballots 44 0.33
Turnout 13,455 51.47
Liberal hold Swing +11.30
Source: Elections BC[6]
2009 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Pat Pimm 3,992 43.15 –16.22 $55,563
Independent Arthur Hadland 2,899 31.33 – $17,962
New Democratic Jackie Allen 1,293 13.98 –13.14 $17,855
Green Liz Logan 1,010 10.92 +4.03 $26,218
Refederation Sue Arntson 58 0.63 – $260
Total valid votes 9,252 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 52 0.6
Turnout 9,304 40
Liberal hold Swing –23.78
2005 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Richard Neufeld 5,498 59.37 –13.85 $97,647
New Democratic Brian Churchill 2,511 27.12 +15.56 $21,975
Green Clarence G. Apsassin 638 6.89 – $200
Independent Leonard Joseph Seigo 613 6.62 – $3,829
Total valid votes 9,260 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 61 0.66
Turnout 9,321 47.4
Liberal hold Swing –14.70
2001 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Richard Neufeld 6,629 73.22 +44.56
+24.81		 $37,046
New Democratic Brian Churchill 1,047 11.56 –6.48 $9,796
Marijuana Paul Renaud 810 8.95 – $3,199
Unity Roy Daniel Stange 568 6.27 – $867
Total valid votes 9,054 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 55 0.61
Turnout 9,109 55.12
Liberal gain from Reform Swing +25.52
1996 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Richard Neufeld 5,299 48.41 –6.38 $23,557
Liberal Ben Knutson 3,137 28.66 +9.17 $20,370
New Democratic Brian Churchill 1,975 18.04 –4.29 $27,682
Social Credit Dave Bodnar 240 2.19 –52.60 $3,978
Progressive Democrat Neil Bitterman 169 1.54 – $425
Independent Brent Hoar 125 1.14 – $100
Total valid votes 10,945 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 43 0.39
Turnout 10,988 60.49
Reform gain from Social Credit Swing +19.62
1991 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social Credit Richard Neufeld 5,758 54.79 –12.42 $23,852
New Democratic A. Jean Leahy 2,347 22.33 –2.13 $34,828
Liberal Vincent R. Rodriguez 2,048 19.49 +16.56 $2,305
Green Clarence G. Apsassin 303 2.88 – $1,895
Independent Dorothy L. Folk 54 0.51 – $925
Total valid votes 10,510 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 277 2.57
Turnout 10,787 70.01
Social Credit hold Swing –5.14

Citations

  1. ^ Michael Popove (April 5, 2023). "Bid to recall Peace River North MLA fails". CJDC-TV. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Peace River North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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