Bill Belsey
Bill Belsey is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of North Coast in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party.[1]
Bill Belsey | |
|---|---|
| MLA for North Coast | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Miller |
| Succeeded by | Gary Coons |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Residence | Prince Rupert, British Columbia |
Following his electoral defeat in 2005, Belsey was elected vice-president of the BC Liberal Party in 2011.[1] He was implicated in a potential conflict of interest in 2012, when he was directly involved in correspondence with cabinet minister Pat Bell about regulatory matters pertaining to Sun Wave Forest Products, Belsey's current employer.[1]
Electoral record
| 2001 British Columbia general election: North Coast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bill Belsey | 4,915 | 45.25 | +19.50 | $51,617 | |||
| New Democratic | Colleen Fitzpatrick | 4,084 | 37.61 | −27.21 | $28,479 | |||
| Marijuana | Kenneth Leonard Peerless | 623 | 5.74 | – | $1,840 | |||
| Green | David Konsmo | 560 | 5.16 | +3.10 | $152 | |||
| All Nations | Emsily Victor Bolton | 526 | 4.84 | – | $8,371 | |||
| Unity | Clarence Hall | 152 | 1.40 | – | $730 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,860 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,906 | 66.27 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +23.36 | ||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election: North Coast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Gary Coons | 5,845 | 53.77 | +16.16 | $55,751 | |||
| Liberal | Bill Belsey | 4,185 | 38.50 | −6.75 | $138,287 | |||
| Green | Hondo Arendt | 629 | 5.79 | +0.63 | $780 | |||
| Marijuana | David Johns | 211 | 1.94 | −3.80 | $100 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,870 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 47 | 0.43 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,917 | 60.86 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.46 | ||||||
References
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