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Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.
[edit] Demographics
Population |
32,021 |
Population Change, 1996-2001 |
-6.4% |
Area (km²) |
23,569 |
Pop. Density (people per km²) |
1.4 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Robin Austin, a former social worker. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Mr. Austin serves as Opposition Critic for Fisheries.
[edit] Election results
B.C. General Election 2001: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
BC Liberal |
Roger Brendan Harris |
8,653 |
65.15% |
|
$34,842 |
|
NDP |
Helmut Giesbrecht |
2,644 |
19.91% |
|
$16,230 |
|
Green |
Roger Colin Benham |
695 |
5.23% |
|
$1,893 |
|
Marijuana |
Bob Erb |
810 |
6.10% |
|
$4,908 |
|
All Nations |
Gerald Victor Amos |
479 |
3.61% |
|
$3,918 |
Total Valid Votes |
13,281 |
100.00% |
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
68 |
0.51% |
|
Turnout |
13,349 |
72.13% |
|
B.C. General Election 1996: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Helmut Giesbrecht |
5,353 |
40.34% |
|
$29,298 |
|
BC Liberal |
Rick Wozney |
4,718 |
35.56% |
|
$53,331 |
|
BC Reform |
Andy Burton |
2,744 |
20.68% |
|
$21,615 |
|
Social Credit |
Dave Serry |
249 |
1.88% |
|
$3,731 |
|
Green |
Doug Bodnar |
205 |
1.54% |
|
$100 |
Total Valid Votes |
13,269 |
100.00% |
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
93 |
0.70% |
|
Turnout |
13,362 |
70.72% |
|
B.C. General Election 1991: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Helmut Giesbrecht |
5,597 |
46.67% |
|
$31,137 |
|
Social Credit |
Dave Parker |
4,766 |
39.74% |
|
$65,535 |
|
BC Liberal |
Juanita Hatton |
1,629 |
13.59% |
|
$983 |
Total Valid Votes |
11,992 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
201 |
1.65% |
|
|
Turnout |
12,193 |
72.46% |
|
|
B.C. General Election 1986: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
BC Liberal |
William Hayes |
839 |
4.94% |
|
|
|
NDP |
Frank Howard |
7,101 |
41.79% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
David Fletcher Hewlett Parker |
8,259 |
48.61% |
|
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|
Independent |
Sebastian Gordon |
793 |
4.66% |
|
$983 |
Total Valid Votes |
16,992 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
225 |
1.65% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
|
B.C. General Election 1983: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Frank Howard |
7,561 |
50.29% |
|
|
|
Independent |
David L. McCreery |
197 |
1.31% |
|
|
|
Independent |
Arthur David Serry |
83 |
0.55% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
Cyril Morley Shelford |
7,193 |
47.85% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
15,034 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
233 |
1.65% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
|
B.C. General Election 1972: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Hartley Douglas Dent |
5,442 |
46.90% |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Ian Charles MacDonald |
1,441 |
12.42% |
|
|
|
Progressive Conservative |
Richard William Sargent |
1,040 |
8.96% |
|
|
|
Independent |
Richard William Sargent |
76 |
0.65% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
Cyril Morley Shelford |
3,605 |
31.07% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
11,604 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
206 |
% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
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B.C. General Election 1969: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff |
748 |
7.59% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
Dudley George Little |
5,044 |
51.20% |
|
|
|
NDP |
James Harold Robertson |
4,059 |
41.20% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
9,851 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
180 |
% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
|
B.C. General Election 1966: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
William Ivor Donald |
711 |
12.93% |
|
|
|
NDP |
Ronald Douglas |
1,742 |
31.68% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
Dudley George Little |
3,046 |
55.39% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
5,499 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
56 |
% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
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B.C. General Election 1963: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
William Ivor Donald |
961 |
16.29% |
|
|
|
Social Credit |
Dudley George Little |
2,963 |
50.23% |
|
|
|
NDP |
Richard Mouat Toynbee |
1,975 |
33.48% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
5,899 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
65 |
% |
|
|
Turnout |
|
% |
|
|
Total
24th British Columbia election, 1953 2 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
1st count |
% |
Votes
final count |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Liberal |
Lionel Charles Houle |
1,413 |
29.60% |
2,097 |
49.85% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Frank Howard |
1,768 |
37.04% |
2,110 |
50.15% |
|
unknown |
|
Social Credit |
Richard Stanley Lawrence |
1,372 |
28.75% |
- |
- % |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
William John O'Neill |
220 |
4.61% |
- |
-% |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
4,773 |
100.00% |
4,207 |
% |
|
Total rejected ballots |
279 |
|
|
|
|
Total Registered Voters |
5,933 (1952 list) |
|
|
|
|
Turnout |
70.15% |
|
|
|
|
Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown |
B.C. General Election 1924: Skeena |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Provincial |
Frank Maurice Dockrill |
535 |
33.97% |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Strong Sargent |
246 |
15.62 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Horace Cooper Wrinch |
794 |
50.41% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
1,575 |
100.00% |
|
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Total Rejected Ballots |
|
% |
|
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Turnout |
|
% |
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[edit] External links
British Columbia provincial electoral districts |
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North / Central |
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Southern Interior |
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Fraser Valley / South |
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Vancouver |
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Vancouver Island |
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