Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Bulkley Valley-Stikine was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	31,728
Population change, 1996–2001	-1.4%
Area (km²)	176,914
Population density (people per km²)	0.18

MLAs

Frank Arthur Calder, CCF/NDP (1949–1975); Social Credit (1975–1979)
Al Passarell, NDP (1979–1986)
Larry Guno, NDP (1986–1991)
Jackie Pement, NDP (1991–1996)
Bill Goodacre, NDP (1996–2001)
Dennis MacKay, Liberal (2001–present)

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Dennis MacKay, a former private investigator, provincial coroner, and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jackie Pement	3,744	33.97%	$26,935
	Liberal	Alice Maitland	3,479	31.56%	$787
	Independent	Jack Kempf	2,842	25.79%	$13,905
	Independent	Herbert George	957	8.68%	$16,448
Total valid votes			11,022	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			260	2.30%
Turnout			11,282	70.24%

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Goodacre	4,779	37.02%	+3.05	$19,497
	Liberal	Pat Beach	3,726	28.87%	−2.69	$28,587
	Reform	Bill Zemenchik	3,473	26.91%	–	$26,855
	Progressive Democrat	Sharon L. Hartwell	624	4.83%	–	$2,926
	Social Credit	Peter Barendregt	155	1.20%	–	$2,481
	Green	Stuart Hertzog	151	1.17%	–	$997
Total valid votes			12,908	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			52	0.40%
Turnout			12,960	71.05%

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	7,414	55.93%	+27.06	$44,836
	New Democratic	Bill Goodacre	2,823	21.29%	−15.73	$30,795
	Unity	Rod Taylor	1,190	8.98%	–	$11,169
	Green	Rolf Hussinger	856	6.46%	+5.29	$3,693
	Marijuana	Trevor McKilligan	507	3.82%	–	$582
	All Nations	Theresa Tait	405	3.05%	–	$5,540
	Citizens Alliance	Bill Forsyth	62	0.47%	–	–
Total valid votes			13,257	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33%
Turnout			13,301	73.28%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	6,279	48.30%	$96,735
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	5,177	39.82%	$50,561
	Green	Leanna Mitchell	769	5.91%	$3,466
	Democratic Reform	Nipper Kettle	354	2.72%	$2,899
	Marijuana	Reginald Bruce Gunanoot	205	1.58%	$100
	British Columbia Party	Jack Kortmeyer	175	1.35%	$344
	People's Front	Frank Martin	41	0.32%	$540
Total Valid Votes			13,000	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			60	0.46%
Turnout			13,060	68.78%

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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

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