Prince George North

Prince George North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1979 to 2009.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

Demographics

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

Geography

History

John Heinrich, Social Credit (1979–1986)
Lois Boone, NDP (1986–1991)
Paul Ramsey, NDP (1991–2001)
Pat Bell, Liberal (2001–2009)

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.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Pat Bell	7,697	49.93%		$78,884
	New Democratic Party	Deborah Poff	5,598	36.32%		$55,244
	Green	Denis L. Gendron	1,201	7.79%		$3,421
	Independent	Leif Jensen	443	2.87%		$2,823
	Democratic Reform	Mike Mann	241	1.56%		$2,124
	Marijuana	Steve Wolfe	235	1.52%		$100
Total valid votes			15,415	100%
Total rejected ballots			64	0.42%
Turnout			15,479	61.55%

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%
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%
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%
Total rejected ballots			218	1.52%
Turnout			14,331	71.58%

External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution • 2001 general election • 2005 general election • 2008 electoral redistribution • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Boundary • Okanagan East • Okanagan-Penticton • Okanagan-Vernon • Okanagan West • Shuswap • Rossland-Trail • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford • Chilliwack • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Matsqui • Mission-Kent • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Little Mountain • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1991 general election • 1996 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ • Columbia River • Kamloops ‡ • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan North • Okanagan South ‡ • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap-Revelstoke • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ • Chilliwack • Delta ‡ • Dewdney ‡ • Langley ‡ • Richmond ‡ • Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt-Port Renfrew • Mackenzie • Nanaimo ‡ • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands ‡ • Victoria (2)

Notes	‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districts