Bulkley Valley-Stikine

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

Demographics edit

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

Geography edit

History edit

MLAs edit

Member of the Legislative Assembly edit

Its last member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was 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 edit

1991 British Columbia general election
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
1996 British Columbia general election
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
2001 British Columbia general election
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
2005 British Columbia general election
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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