North Peace River

North Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956. It and neighbouring South Peace River were formed by the partition of the old Peace River riding

[edit] Notable MLAs

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	423	20.71%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Vera Agnes Loucks	359	17.58%		unknown
	People Party (Common Herd)	Margaret Teresa Lally Murray¹	173	8.47%		unknown
	Social Credit	Harold Earl Roche	1,087	53.23%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,042	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			80
Turnout			%
¹ Editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray, former MLA for Lillooet and MP for Cariboo.

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independents	Robert Lyle Angus	81	2.27%		unknown
	Liberal	John William Belesaigne Baker	958	26.81%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbert Daniel Bowes	114	3.19%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	John Gordon Curtis	769	21.52%		unknown
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	1,651	46.21%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,573	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			57
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Jacob Francis Huhn	2,310	69.43%		unknown
	Liberal	Daniel Gilchrist Murray	603	18.12%		unknown
	New Democrat	Douglas George Pomeroy²	414	12.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,327	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34
Turnout			%
² Listed as Dan George in Statement of Votes.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Robert Lyle Angus	256	6.89%		unknown
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	565	15.21%		unknown
	Independent	Jacob Francis Huhn	583	15.70%		unknown
	New Democrat	Douglas George Pomeroy	511	13.76%		unknown
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	1,799	48.44%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,714	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			35
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Leith Douglas Boulter	484	9.14%		unknown
	New Democrat	Douglas George Pomeroy	933	17.62%		unknown
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,877	73.23%		unknown
Total valid votes			5,294	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	William John Herdy	265	4.06%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Derril Laverne Leahy	1,560	23.90%		unknown
	New Democrat	Dennis Warren Nelson	1,699	26.03%		unknown
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	3,004	46.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,528	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			87
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Desmond Martin	251	3.37%		unknown
	New Democrat	Andrew Philip Schuck	2,139	28.76%		unknown
	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	5,048	67.87%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,438	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Joseph Mark Breti	2,081	23.98%		unknown
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	6,598	76.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,679	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	8,528	76.71%		unknown
	New Democrat	Elmer George Kabush	2,349	21.13%		unknown
	Liberal	David Charles Parkinson	240	2.16%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,117	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			108
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	6,359	67.21%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Bernard MacKenzie	511	5.40%		unknown
	Liberal	Jill C. Moore	277	2.93%		unknown
	New Democrat	Ken Platz	2,314	24.46%		unknown
Total valid votes			9,461	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			139
Turnout			%