Prince George North

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Prince George North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the general election of 1979.

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001 36,696
Population change, 1996-2001 -4.5%
Area (km²) 56,431
Population density (people per km²) 0.65

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is the Hon. Pat Bell, former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in Prince George. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the 2005 election, was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Prince George North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Pat Bell 7,697 49.93%
     New Democratic Party Deborah Poff 5,598 36.32%
     Green Denis L. Gendron 1,201 7.79%
     Independent Leif Jensen 443 2.87%
     Democratic Reform Mike Mann 241 1.56%
     Marijuana Steve Wolfe 235 1.52%
Total valid votes 15,415 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Prince George North
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Pat Bell 9,215 61.02% $43,559
     New Democratic Party Bryan Llewellyn 2,148 14.22% $6,552
     Green Hilary Crowley 1,137 7.53% $2,866
     Unity David G. Low 838 5.55% $267
     Western Reform Lisa Maskell 621 4.11% $8,195
     Marijuana Robert Grimsrud 588 3.89% $500
     Independent Fred McLeod 478 3.17% $854
     Independent Leif Jensen 76 0.51% $100
Total valid votes 15,101 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 68 0.45%
Turnout 15,169 71.77%
B.C. General Election 1996: Prince George North
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Paul Ramsey 5,837 39.58% $32,817
     BC Liberal Bob Viergever 4,923 33.38% $47,977
     BC Reform Ron Hirvi 2,430 16.48% $15,529
     Progressive Democrats Adele Graber 891 6.04% $1,199
     Independent Ken Benham 495 3.36% $868
     Green Carolyn Linden 173 1.17% $100
Total valid votes 14,749 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 117 0.79%
Turnout 14,866 66.75%
B.C. General Election 1991: Prince George North
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democratic Party Paul Ramsey 5,468 38.74% $19,464
     BC Liberal John Mangan 4,506 31.93% $4,028
     Social Credit Keith Thompson 4,139 29.33% $28,770
Total valid votes 14,113 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 218 1.52%
Turnout 14,331 71.58%

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