Stikine (provincial electoral district)
Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election, and most recently in the 2017 provincial election.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa | ||
Geography
As of the 2020 provincial election, Stikine comprises the entire Stikine Region, the northern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and a small area of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako containing the communities of Smithers and Telkwa. Located in northwestern British Columbia the electoral district is bordered by the Yukon to the north and Alaska, United States to the west. Other communities in the electoral district consist of New Hazelton, Stewart and Atlin.[1]
History
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlin | ||||
| 14th | 1916-1920 | Frank Harry Mobley | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1920-1924 | Herbert Frederick Kergin | ||
| 16th | 1924-1928 | |||
| 17th | 1928-1933 | |||
| 18th | 1933-1937 | William James Asselstine | ||
| 19th | 1937-1941 | |||
| 20th | 1941-1945 | |||
| 21st | 1945-1949 | William Duncan Smith | Coalition | |
| 22nd | 1949-1952 | Frank Arthur Calder | CCF | |
| 23rd | 1952-1953 | |||
| 24th | 1953-1956 | |||
| 25th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 26th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963-1966 | NDP | ||
| 28th | 1966-1969 | |||
| 29th | 1969-1972 | |||
| 30th | 1972-1975 | |||
| 31st | 1975-1979 | Social Credit | ||
| 32nd | 1979-1983 | Al Passarell | New Democratic | |
| 33rd | 1983-1986 | |||
| 34th | 1986-1991 | Larry Guno | ||
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Jackie Pement | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Bill Goodacre | ||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Dennis MacKay | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | |||
| Stikine | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Doug Donaldson | New Democratic | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–present | Nathan Cullen | ||
Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Nathan Cullen of the BC NDP.
Election results
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nathan Cullen | 3,745 | 51.77 | −0.33 | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Sebastian | 1,904 | 26.32 | -12.43 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 831 | 11.49 | +2.34 | ||||
| Rural | Darcy Repen | 754 | 10.42 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,234 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4,748 | 52.10 | +4.99 | $34,474 | |||
| Liberal | Wanda Good | 3,531 | 38.75 | +2.13 | $50,964 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 834 | 9.15 | +3.22 | $9,112 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,113 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 62 | 0.68 | +0.27 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,175 | 65.61 | +2.79 | |||||
| Registered voters | 13,985 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.43 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4074 | 47.10 | -3.3 | $49,856 | |||
| Liberal | Sharon Hartwell | 3167 | 36.61 | -8.49 | $45,162 | |||
| Conservative | Jonathan Dieleman | 533 | 6.16 | – | $6,706 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 514 | 5.94 | – | $14,482 | |||
| Green | Roger Benham | 303 | 3.50 | -0.9 | $480 | |||
| Independent | Jesse OLeary | 59 | 0.68 | – | $380 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8662 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.40 | -0.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 8697 | 62.82 | -2.48 | |||||
| Registered voters | 13,845 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Donaldson | 4,274 | 50.4 | $43,322 | ||||
| Liberal | Scott Groves | 3,829 | 45.1 | $81,572 | ||||
| Green | Roger Benham | 375 | 4.4 | $692 | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 8,478 | 100 | ||||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 94 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,572 | 65.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 13,131 | |||||||
References
- "Stikine Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "FRPC - Provincial Financial Report Listing". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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