SKEENA (PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Skeena' is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

External links

Demographics

Population	32,021
Population Change, 1996-2001	-6.4%
Area (km²)	23,569
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1.4

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Robin Austin, a former social worker. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Mr. Austin serves as Opposition Critic for Fisheries.

Election results

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|NDP
|Robin Austin
|align="right"|6,166
|align="right"|48.12%
|align="right"|
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Roger Brendan Harris
|align="right"|5,807
|align="right"|45.32%
|align="right"|
|-
|Green
|Patrick Hayes
|align="right"|616
|align="right"|4.81%
|align="right"|
|B.C. Unity
|Daniel Stelmacker
|align="right"|224
|align="right"|1.75%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|12,813
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Roger Brendan Harris
|align="right"|8,653
|align="right"|65.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$34,842
|-
|NDP
|Helmut Giesbrecht
|align="right"|2,644
|align="right"|19.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$16,230
|Green
|Roger Colin Benham
|align="right"|695
|align="right"|5.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,893
|Marijuana
|Bob Erb
|align="right"|810
|align="right"|6.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,908
|All Nations
|Gerald Victor Amos
|align="right"|479
|align="right"|3.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,918
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,281
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|0.51%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,349
!align="right"|72.13%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Helmut Giesbrecht
|align="right"|5,353
|align="right"|40.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,298
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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Rick Wozney
|align="right"|4,718
|align="right"|35.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$53,331
|BC Reform
|Andy Burton
|align="right"|2,744
|align="right"|20.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$21,615
|Social Credit
|Dave Serry
|align="right"|249
|align="right"|1.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,731
|Green
|Doug Bodnar
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|1.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,269
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|93
!align="right"|0.70%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,362
!align="right"|70.72%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Helmut Giesbrecht
|align="right"|5,597
|align="right"|46.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$31,137
|-
|Social Credit
|Dave Parker
|align="right"|4,766
|align="right"|39.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$65,535
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Juanita Hatton
|align="right"|1,629
|align="right"|13.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$983
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|11,992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|201
!align="right"|1.65%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|12,193
!align="right"|72.46%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|William Hayes
|align="right"|839
|align="right"|4.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|NDP
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|7,101
|align="right"|41.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|David Fletcher Hewlett Parker
|align="right"|8,259
|align="right"|48.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"
|Independent
|Sebastian Gordon
|align="right"|793
|align="right"|4.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$983
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|16,992
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|225
!align="right"|1.65%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|9,682
|align="right"|51.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Joanne B. Monaghan
|align="right"|8,962
|align="right"|47.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Lionel Wayne Sears
|align="right"|297
|align="right"|1.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,941
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|242
!align="right"|1.65%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|NDP
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|7,561
|align="right"|50.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|David L. McCreery
|align="right"|197
|align="right"|1.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Arthur David Serry
|align="right"|83
|align="right"|0.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Cyril Morley Shelford
|align="right"|7,193
|align="right"|47.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|15,034
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|233
!align="right"|1.65%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Hartley Douglas Dent
|align="right"|6,145
|align="right"|44.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|Ronald N. Gowe
|align="right"|484
|align="right"|3.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative
|Victor Charles George Jolliffe
|align="right"|235
|align="right"|1.71 %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Cyril Morley Shelford
|align="right"|6,863
|align="right"|50.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,727
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|141
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Hartley Douglas Dent
|align="right"|5,442
|align="right"|46.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|Ian Charles MacDonald
|align="right"|1,441
|align="right"|12.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative
|Richard William Sargent
|align="right"|1,040
|align="right"|8.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Richard William Sargent
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Cyril Morley Shelford
|align="right"|3,605
|align="right"|31.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|11,604
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|206
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff
|align="right"|748
|align="right"|7.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Dudley George Little
|align="right"|5,044
|align="right"|51.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|NDP
|James Harold Robertson
|align="right"|4,059
|align="right"|41.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|9,851
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|180
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|William Ivor Donald
|align="right"|711
|align="right"|12.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|NDP
|Ronald Douglas
|align="right"|1,742
|align="right"|31.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Dudley George Little
|align="right"|3,046
|align="right"|55.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5,499
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|56
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|William Ivor Donald
|align="right"|961
|align="right"|16.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Dudley George Little
|align="right"|2,963
|align="right"|50.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|NDP
|Richard Mouat Toynbee
|align="right"|1,975
|align="right"|33.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5,899
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|65
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Monty Alton
|align="right"|2,137
|align="right"|37.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Dudley George Little
|align="right"|2,379
|align="right"|41.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|William Donald Stickney
|align="right"|848
|align="right"|14.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Conservative
|Guy Ronald Williams
|align="right"|411
|align="right"|7.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5,775
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|109
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Paul Wilbur Hallman
|align="right"|1,387
|align="right"|27.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|1,823
|align="right"|35.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Social Credit
|Hugh Addison Shirreff
|align="right"|1,886
|align="right"|37.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5,096
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|132
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
Total
|-
|Liberal
|Lionel Charles Houle
|align="right"|1,413
|align="right"|29.60%
|align="right"|2,097
|align="right"|49.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|1,768
|align="right"|37.04%
|align="right"|2,110
|align="right"|50.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Richard Stanley Lawrence
|align="right"|1,372
|align="right"|28.75%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| - %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|William John O'Neill
|align="right"|220
|align="right"|4.61%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,773
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|4,207
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|279
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|5,933 (1952 list)
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|70.15%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|}

|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Frank Howard
|align="right"|1,048
|align="right"|28.83%
|align="right"|1,318
|align="right"|41.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|1,500
|align="right"|41.27%
|align="right"|1,865
|align="right"|58.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Herbert Wallace Leach
|align="right"|586
|align="right"|16.12%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit League
|Kenneth Oroville McAmmond
|align="right"|501
|align="right"|13.78%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,635
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|3,183
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|147
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|¹ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Joseph Daney Denicola
|align="right"|750
|align="right"|26.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Coalition
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|2,048
|align="right"|73.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|2,798
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|91
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Floyd Forester Frank
|align="right"|634
|align="right"|41.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Coalition
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|901
|align="right"|58.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,535
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|47
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|877
|align="right"|61.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative
|William John O'Neill
|align="right"|540
|align="right"|38.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,417
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|61
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|1,006
|align="right"|59.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Doney
|align="right"|678
|align="right"|40.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,684
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Independent
|Ralph Carmichael Bamford
|align="right"|248
|align="right"|15.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
|align="right"|902
|align="right"|56.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Joseph Edgar Panter
|align="right"|451
|align="right"|28.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,601
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|49
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Progressive Conservative
|Frank Maurice Dockrill
|align="right"|765
|align="right"|45.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|Horace Cooper Wrinch
|align="right"|910
|align="right"|54.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,675
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|36
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Provincial
|Frank Maurice Dockrill
|align="right"|535
|align="right"|33.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Conservative
|Richard Strong Sargent
|align="right"|246
|align="right"|15.62
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|Horace Cooper Wrinch
|align="right"|794
|align="right"|50.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|1,575
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

External links

★ BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)

★ Results of 2001 election (pdf)

★ 2001 Expenditures

★ Results of 1996 election

★ 1996 Expenditures

★ Results of 1991 election

★ 1991 Expenditures

★ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

★ Elections BC historical returns