Peace River North

Peace River North
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jordan Kealy; Conservative
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District created	1955
First contested	1956
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	32,353
Area (km²)	160,485
Pop. density (per km²)	0.2

Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 BC election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.

Peace River North has been represented by a variety of British Columbia Political parties over the years. The riding has consistently elected political parties that come from the right side of the political spectrum. For many years the riding was represented by the BC Social Credit Party. Currently, the riding is represented by the centre-right BC Liberal Party. The left of centre New Democratic party has never been successful in electing a candidate to the BC Legislature, despite fielding numerous candidates since the 1950s.

In 2023, a petition to recall the district's MLA, Dan Davies, was approved by Elections BC under the Recall and Initiative Act. However, the petition did not attract the required number of signatures.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Peace River North comprises the entire area of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the northern portion of the Peace River Regional District, located in northeastern British Columbia. The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. Communities in the electoral district consist of Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Taylor and Hudson's Hope.^[2]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years		Party
North Peace River Riding created from Peace River
25th	1956–1960	Harold Earl Roche	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963	Jacob Francis Huhn
27th	1963–1966	Jacob Francis Huhn
28th	1966–1969	Ed Smith
29th	1969–1972
30th	1972–1975
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983	Tony Brummet
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991
Peace River North
35th	1991–1995	Richard Neufeld	Social Credit
35th	1995–1996		Reform
36th	1996–1997		Reform
36th	1997–2001		Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2010	Pat Pimm
	2010–2011		Independent
	2011–2013		Liberal
40th	2013–2016		Liberal
40th	2016–2017		Independent
41st	2017–2020	Dan Davies	Liberal
42nd	2020–2023		Liberal
42nd	2023–2024		United
43rd	2024–present	Jordan Kealy	Conservative

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jordan Kealy	10,997	74.40	+40.10
	Independent	Dan Davies	2,978	20.15	-35.61
	New Democratic	Ian McMahon	806	5.45	-4.48
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+37.86

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Davies	6,746	55.76	−10.51	$32,293.82
	Conservative	Trevor Bolin	4,150	34.30	–	$0.00
	New Democratic	Danielle Monroe	1,202	9.94	+3.37	$739.00
Total valid votes			12,098	99.29	–
Total rejected ballots			86	0.71
Turnout			12,184	46.48
Registered voters			26,216
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Davies	9,707	66.27	+7.33	$53,883
	Independent	Bob Fedderly	2,785	19.01	–	$31,928
	New Democratic	Robert Dempsey	962	6.57	−3.27	$1,739
	Independent	Rob Fraser	917	6.27	–	$25,354
	Independent	Jeff Richert	275	1.88	–	$1,064
Total valid votes			14,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			65	0.44
Turnout			14,711	56.74
Source: Elections BC^[5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Pimm	7,905	58.94	+15.79	$115,737
	Independent	Arthur Austin Hadland	3,287	24.51	–6.82	$40,752
	New Democratic	Judy Ann Fox-McGuire	1,319	9.84	–4.14	$36,341
	Conservative	Wyeth Sigurdson	900	6.71	–	$882
Total valid votes			13,411	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33
Turnout			13,455	51.47
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.30
Source: Elections BC^[6]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Pimm	3,992	43.15	–16.22	$55,563
	Independent	Arthur Hadland	2,899	31.33	–	$17,962
	New Democratic	Jackie Allen	1,293	13.98	–13.14	$17,855
	Green	Liz Logan	1,010	10.92	+4.03	$26,218
	Refederation	Sue Arntson	58	0.63	–	$260
Total valid votes			9,252	100.0
Total rejected ballots			52	0.6
Turnout			9,304	40
	Liberal hold		Swing		–23.78

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Neufeld	5,498	59.37	–13.85	$97,647
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	2,511	27.12	+15.56	$21,975
	Green	Clarence G. Apsassin	638	6.89	–	$200
	Independent	Leonard Joseph Seigo	613	6.62	–	$3,829
Total valid votes			9,260	100.0
Total rejected ballots			61	0.66
Turnout			9,321	47.4
	Liberal hold		Swing		–14.70

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Neufeld	6,629	73.22	+44.56 +24.81	$37,046
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	1,047	11.56	–6.48	$9,796
	Marijuana	Paul Renaud	810	8.95	–	$3,199
	Unity	Roy Daniel Stange	568	6.27	–	$867
Total valid votes			9,054	100.0
Total rejected ballots			55	0.61
Turnout			9,109	55.12
	Liberal gain from Reform		Swing		+25.52

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Richard Neufeld	5,299	48.41	–6.38	$23,557
	Liberal	Ben Knutson	3,137	28.66	+9.17	$20,370
	New Democratic	Brian Churchill	1,975	18.04	–4.29	$27,682
	Social Credit	Dave Bodnar	240	2.19	–52.60	$3,978
	Progressive Democrat	Neil Bitterman	169	1.54	–	$425
	Independent	Brent Hoar	125	1.14	–	$100
Total valid votes			10,945	100.0
Total rejected ballots			43	0.39
Turnout			10,988	60.49
	Reform gain from Social Credit		Swing		+19.62

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Richard Neufeld	5,758	54.79	–12.42	$23,852
	New Democratic	A. Jean Leahy	2,347	22.33	–2.13	$34,828
	Liberal	Vincent R. Rodriguez	2,048	19.49	+16.56	$2,305
	Green	Clarence G. Apsassin	303	2.88	–	$1,895
	Independent	Dorothy L. Folk	54	0.51	–	$925
Total valid votes			10,510	100.0
Total rejected ballots			277	2.57
Turnout			10,787	70.01
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–5.14

Citations

^ Michael Popove (April 5, 2023). "Bid to recall Peace River North MLA fails". CJDC-TV. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Peace River North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results" (PDF). Retrieved October 20, 2024.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ "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 May 17, 2017.

References

[1] Michael Popove (April 5, 2023). "Bid to recall Peace River North MLA fails". CJDC-TV. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[2] "Peace River North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.

[3] "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results" (PDF). Retrieved October 20, 2024.

[4] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

[5] "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

[6] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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