Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies (previously Prince George—Peace River) is a federal electoral district in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Prince George—Peace River in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries) | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1966 | ||
| First contested | 1968 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 107,382 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 75,063 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 243,276 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.44 | ||
| Census division(s) | Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Peace River Regional District, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Blueberry River 205, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Doig River 206, East Moberly Lake 169, Fort George (Shelley) 2, Fort Nelson, Fort Nelson 2, Fort St. John, Fort Ware 1, Fraser-Fort George A, Fraser-Fort George D, Fraser-Fort George F, Fraser-Fort George G, Fraser-Fort George H, Halfway River 168, Hudson's Hope, Ingenika Point, Mackenzie, McBride, Northern Rockies, Peace River B, Peace River C, Peace River D, Peace River E, Pouce Coupe, Prince George, Prophet River 4, Taylor, Tumbler Ridge, Valemount, West Moberly Lake 168A | ||
Geography
It consists of all of the province of British Columbia east of the Great Divide and some communities west of the divide. It contains large areas of uninhabited wilderness.
Communities include the oil-and-gas exploration centre of Fort St. John; Fort Nelson, with the province's biggest wood products plant; Dawson Creek; Large Coal Mining operations in Tumbler Ridge and the part of Prince George north of the Nechako River and east of the Fraser River.
History
This electoral district was originally created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fort Nelson—Peace River riding and a part of Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings. In 1978, Fort Nelson—Peace River was renamed "Prince George—Peace River". There were no elections during the period it was called "Fort Nelson—Peace River".
This riding has elected conservative candidates consistently since 1972: Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle from 1972 to 1993, and Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Jay Hill from 1993 until 2010. The district is currently represented by Bob Zimmer of the Conservatives.
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Prince George—Peace River should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district will be contested in future elections.[2] The redefined riding regains the community of Valemount and area that had been transferred to Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the previous redistribution. Although not directly related to this boundary adjustment, the riding was renamed as Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies to acknowledge the Northern Rockies Regional District, whose status in the riding is unchanged. These new boundaries and the new name were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.[3]
Demographics
| Ethnic groups in Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies (2016) Source: | Population | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group | European | 80,600 | 74.1% |
| Aboriginal | 16,925 | 15.6% | |
| Filipino | 1,845 | 1.7% | |
| South Asian | 1,350 | 1.2% | |
| Black | 765 | 0.7% | |
| Chinese | 500 | 0.5% | |
| Southeast Asian | 290 | 0.3% | |
| Latin American | 225 | 0.2% | |
| Japanese | 165 | 0.2% | |
| Korean | 135 | 0.1% | |
| Arab | 120 | 0.1% | |
| West Asian | 110 | 0.1% | |
| Multiple minorities | 190 | 0.2% | |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 80 | 0.1% | |
| Total population | 110,995 | 100% | |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George—Peace River Riding created from Cariboo and Kamloops |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | Robert Borrie | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Frank Oberle Sr. | Progressive Conservative | |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Jay Hill | Reform | |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 2000–2000 | Alliance | |||
| 37th | 2000–2003 | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Bob Zimmer | ||
| Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Bob Zimmer | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–present | |||
Current Member of Parliament
Its current Member of Parliament is Bob Zimmer. He was first elected in 2011. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.
Election results
Graph of election results in Peace River—Northern Rockies (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 2015–present
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bob Zimmer | 38,473 | 69.8 | +17.30 | $77,720.06 | |||
| Liberal | Mavis Erickson | 6,391 | 11.6 | -13.30 | $15,885.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Marcia Luccock | 5,069 | 9.2 | -6.30 | none listed | |||
| Green | Catharine Kendall | 3,448 | 6.3 | +1.10 | none listed | |||
| People's | Ron Vaillant | 1,748 | 3.2 | - | $5,312.80 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,129 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 283 | |||||||
| Turnout | 55,412 | 69.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 79,397 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +15.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bob Zimmer | 27,237 | 52.52 | -9.33 | $94,031.80 | |||
| Liberal | Matt Shaw | 12,913 | 24.90 | +19.74 | $4,485.98 | |||
| New Democratic | Kathi Dickie | 8,014 | 15.45 | -10.40 | $3,712.11 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Biggar | 2,672 | 5.15 | -0.91 | $2,593.07 | |||
| Libertarian | W. Todd Keller | 559 | 1.08 | – | – | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Barry Blackman | 464 | 0.89 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,859 | 100.00 | – | $260,780.28 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 197 | 0.38 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,056 | 68.21 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,312 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -14.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,348 | 61.85 | |
| New Democratic | 10,177 | 25.85 | |
| Green | 2,386 | 6.06 | |
| Liberal | 2,033 | 5.16 | |
| Others | 421 | 1.07 | |
Prince George—Peace River, 1968–2015
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bob Zimmer | 23,946 | 62.12 | −1.47 | $81,669 | |||
| New Democratic | Lois Boone | 9,876 | 25.62 | +8.04 | $38,397 | |||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,301 | 5.97 | −4.44 | $11,625 | |||
| Liberal | Ben Levine | 2,008 | 5.21 | −3.20 | $9,197 | |||
| Pirate | Jeremy Cote | 415 | 1.08 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,546 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | 0.32 | −0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,671 | 54.08 | +5 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,507 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.76 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 22,325 | 63.59 | +3.71 | $37,923 | |||
| New Democratic | Betty Bekkering | 6,170 | 17.58 | +0.58 | $8,563 | |||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 3,656 | 10.41 | +4.00 | $7,222 | |||
| Liberal | Lindsay Gidney | 2,954 | 8.41 | -7.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 35,105 | 100.0 | $102,073 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | 0.35 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,230 | 49 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.56 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 22,409 | 59.88 | +1.17 | $62,176 | |||
| New Democratic | Malcolm Crockett | 6,363 | 17.00 | -3.69 | $10,141 | |||
| Liberal | Nathan Bauder | 5,895 | 15.75 | +1.99 | $3,983 | |||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,400 | 6.41 | +0.70 | $4,838 | |||
| Independent | Donna Young | 359 | 0.96 | – | $589 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,807 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.30 | -0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,807 | 53 | -0.56 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.43 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jay Hill | 21,281 | 58.71 | -17.04 | $53,326 | |||
| New Democratic | Michael Hunter | 7,501 | 20.69 | +16.03 | $11,997 | |||
| Liberal | Arleene Thorpe | 4,988 | 13.76 | -1.77 | $19,341 | |||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 2,073 | 5.71 | +3.54 | $1,252 | |||
| Canadian Action | Harley J. Harasym | 301 | 0.83 | -0.81 | $1,028 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tara Rimstad | 101 | 0.27 | +0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,245 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 162 | 0.44 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,407 | 53.56 | -3.09 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -16.54 | ||||||
| Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Jay Hill | 23,840 | 69.61 | +2.70 | $47,199 | |||
| Liberal | Arleene Thorpe | 5,319 | 15.53 | -1.54 | $22,183 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jan Christiansen | 2,103 | 6.14 | +0.40 | $4,980 | |||
| New Democratic | Lenart Nelson | 1,597 | 4.66 | -4.32 | $4,329 | |||
| Green | Hilary Crowley | 744 | 2.17 | +0.89 | $1,306 | |||
| Canadian Action | Henry A. Dunbar | 562 | 1.64 | – | $2,640 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Colby Nicholson | 80 | 0.23 | – | $8 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,245 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 118 | 0.34 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,363 | 56.65 | -0.90 | |||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | +2.12 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Jay Hill | 22,270 | 66.91 | +10.60 | $48,148 | |||
| Liberal | Barb Shirley | 5,683 | 17.07 | -2.38 | $23,330 | |||
| New Democratic | Alex Michalos | 2,989 | 8.98 | -2.19 | $14,819 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Lugosi | 1,911 | 5.74 | -5.44 | $16,754 | |||
| Green | Julie Zammuto | 429 | 1.28 | – | $450 | |||
| Total valid votes | 33,282 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,387 | 57.55 | ||||||
| Reform hold | Swing | +6.49 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Reform | Jay Hill | 20,671 | 56.31 | +41.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Jacques Monlezun | 7,140 | 19.45 | +7.54 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Sandhu | 4,104 | 11.18 | -28.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alan Timberlake | 4,099 | 11.17 | -22.12 | ||||
| Natural Law | Robert Walker | 292 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | John Van der Woude | 198 | 0.54 | – | ||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Dorothy Folk | 114 | 0.31 | – | ||||
| Independent | Archie Tannock | 89 | 0.24 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,707 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Reform gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.16 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 13,903 | 39.60 | -22.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alan Timberlake | 11,684 | 33.28 | +9.17 | ||||
| Reform | Jay Hill | 5,077 | 14.46 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Jacques Monlezun | 4,183 | 11.92 | +1.97 | ||||
| Independent | Howard Karpes | 169 | 0.48 | – | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Lorne W. Backus | 89 | 0.25 | -0.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,105 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -16.00 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 21,154 | 62.44 | +10.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Best | 8,168 | 24.11 | -2.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Bouey | 3,368 | 9.94 | -9.39 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | J. Paul Ekering | 385 | 1.14 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Richard J. Lawrence | 342 | 1.01 | -1.37 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | John F. Light | 335 | 0.99 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Sid Schneider | 127 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,879 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.22 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 13,593 | 52.10 | -8.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Simpson | 6,835 | 26.20 | +5.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim McIntyre | 5,044 | 19.33 | +0.78 | ||||
| Social Credit | Richard J. Lawrence | 620 | 2.38 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,092 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.28 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 16,288 | 60.95 | +14.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Simpson | 5,478 | 20.50 | +5.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Les Broddy | 4,957 | 18.55 | -15.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,723 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.14 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 18,769 | 46.84 | +7.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Bate | 13,759 | 34.33 | +2.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Stuart Robert Steventon | 5,880 | 14.67 | -7.03 | ||||
| Social Credit | Wendell Philip Smith | 1,665 | 4.15 | -3.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,073 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.38 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle, Sr. | 14,648 | 39.36 | +9.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Borrie | 11,766 | 31.62 | -3.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Close | 8,076 | 21.70 | -0.33 | ||||
| Social Credit | Al Kruegar | 2,726 | 7.32 | -4.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,216 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.48 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Borrie | 10,926 | 34.92 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Runkle | 9,293 | 29.70 | |||||
| New Democratic | Erhart Regier | 6,894 | 22.03 | |||||
| Social Credit | Bert Leboe | 3,776 | 12.07 | |||||
| Independent | John H. Powers | 402 | 1.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,291 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from Cariboo and Kamloops, which elected a Social Credit and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Bert Leboe was the incumbent from Cariboo. | ||||||||
References
- "(Code 59022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1966–1976
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1978–2005
- Expenditures – 2004
- Expenditures – 2000
- Expenditures – 1997
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- Final Report – British Columbia
- Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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